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Rune factory

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

All the things that took forever in the other harvest moon games, like building friendships, taking care of animals, and having stuff built on your farm are now a LOT faster, which is awsome. The festivals however are not that interactive, and you cant swim at the beach :( and you cant even see your character in the hot spring which is annoying. But its pretty cool, the dungeons can be hard, but as long as you bring lots of supplies you should be fine, and its easy to make money!

Save the swordplay for The Legend of Zelda...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I feel that the fighting in this game takes out the very "soul" of this beloved simulation game series. Harvest Moon is about living the quiet life (befriending the neighbors, marrying, building up your farm, raising your child that actually grows up). The fact that the original series is relaxing and a break from fighting games in general is what makes it so appealing in the first place. It's uniqueness in lack of violence is what makes it a jewel. If you have an itch to fight in dungeons, play the Legend of Zelda games! The way the stamina bars are set up makes it very limiting to how much you can do in a day. I also didn't like the whole catching your monsters (livestock) in the caves. It just makes it more work than it's worth. The only good thing about this game really are the graphics, which are indeed eye candy. For those who find the original Harvest Moon series boring, then maybe this game is your cup-of-tea. But if you're like me and fighting isn't vital to your gaming, and if you're also a huge fan of the original Harvest Moon series, then I advise against getting this game.

Rune Factory

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of Harvest Moon games, you will like
this game. It's rather different in that there is some
fighting and exploration involved and instead of the
traditional farm animals, you have monsters in your
monster houses (barns) which you tame during your exploration
of the local caves. Some of the monsters provide milk,
eggs, etc., others simply accompany you and provide
back-up during the fighting sessions.

cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

fast delivery. The game is fun...it's very much like harvest moon meets final fantisy

A harvest Moon game for the die-hard RPG fan.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Harvest Moon games are known by RPG gamers that are "in the know" as having a quirky charm that only seems to appeal to the person who can't decide whether to play the latest Zelda offering, the Sims, or whatever long RPG they haven't finished.

This game is no exception to the appeal to "sandbox" game lovers. Much like other games in the series it allows the deeper exploration of the day to day events in a single town with several female suiters for your main character to woo, some more interested in you initially than others. but what is exceptional is the addition of the caves and monsters. This adds both a deeper adventure element, and an element of preparing for that adventure, in making sure your place won't be in shambles when you return.

While initially you only have to leave for a few hours, the later caves are larger, and if you want to get down to the bottom floors where all the good things are, (fish, gems, precious metals) but also the tough monsters.

You also can tame some of the monsters to help with farm work, and produce items (eggs, wool, milk and honey) or to help you fight. The monster helping you fight has a very predictable attack pattern, making coordinating with it simple, unfortunately they cannot help in the boss battles.

This game could keep you occupied as long as you let it if you play it like a sandbox game, but you could probably rush through it in about 50-100 hours if you really felt like it. It also obviously isn't for those who want a game that requires no long term thought. However, those wanting a long term, in depth game will be in gamer's paradise with this one.

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!! ****

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this game. It is great for a gamer who is sick of the usual hack and slash and needs a different kind of break. I had never played a Harvest Moon title before so I am coming from that perspective. I played Animal Crossing and liked it ok, so I thought I would try this game out and I am GLAD that I did.

It is alot of fun and is in my opinion more fun then Animal Crossing as it has a bit more challenge to it. I think the graphics are cute and done well and it offers quite a few different things to do.

I had been getting burned out on all my fighting based RPG PC and DS games and this was a really great break from that.

I will give one warning though.... THIS GAME IS EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE. So make sure you have time to sink into it before you get it.

A must

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games I've ever played. I recommend it to any RPG and simulation fans.

Your caracter has amnesia, so somewhat odd girl Mist makes you pick a name and lets you live on her overgrown farm which is right by the town of Kardia. You plow, seed, water and harvest crops which you can keep for cooking or sell for money. Partcipate in the local festivals to make friends and meet potencial brides. Soon you can expand your house. Once your house is expanded, you can forge your own weapons and accessories. You can also furnish your house to make it look nicer. By giving gifts or doing special things on festival days, you can win the heart of one of the (?)ten girls of Kardia.

There are caves dotted around Kardia, and you need a pass from the mayor to enter them. Inside, there are strange machines which summon monsters. You can befriend monsters and bring them back to your farm (you need a monster hut first). They can harvest or water the crops, produce wool or milk, or accompany you in the caves and fight by your side. In each cave, their is a Greater Demon which you must defeat (or, according to the plot, save). You can also farm in caves. The climate never changes, which is necessary for the slower growing plants.

Did I mention it has really nice graphics?

This is a great game. Hope this review helped.

Harvest Moon on the rocks.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

basically this game is everything you love from the harvest moons of the past, minus crappy controls and camera angles, and mindless droning at the fields day by day, you gain the ability to control beasts found throughout the game that have multiple purposes.

Though it is not all an improvement, the fact that you capture these beasts in a cave makes the game much less interactive, often spending strings of days in a cave for great fortune, and there is no farm, or vineyard, or other sort of section in the town that gives you a little change on your day to day basis.

The mining aspect is a nice system, and you can make SUBSTANTIAL income early in the game through it. The monsters need work, if you set them to water your field, only one preforms at a time, and waters every tilled plot, whether there is a plant in it or not.. which wastes time and make it somewhat worthless.

The game is fun, worth a measly what, thirty some dollars, if your an addict to games you'll play it for hours, but thats like saying if you like milk you'll drink it for breakfast... Either way, if you like harvest moon.. and the gameplay of pokemon and harvest moon.. this is the byproduct of the two.

Rune Factory: A Harvest Moon Fantasy & Patience

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A good game for a person willing to put in the time and patience in "farming" and "logging." I play it while watching TV. It has become a bit addictive, since I do have the time and patience. This is a game that I bought a guide for, as things need to be done in the proper sequence and time to get anywhere with the peripherals. You could just do the minimum and hack your way thru the caves, but there are a lot of "daily living" features that you would miss and is really the over-all purpose of the game.

This game had almost everything i love to do

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

what can i say, this game has everything i love to do..growing vegetables, making food, making medicines, crafting armor and weapons, fishing, fighting monsters, having pets, making friends, collecting things, doing quest, different outcome depending on how one plays... I just hope they release English versions of the sequel!

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