In most RPGs that isn’t too much of a problem, things are sorted in their categories: weapons and armor are in one space, consumable items are in a different spot, crafting items have their own place, etc etc. I’m the type of gaming who likes to pick up everything that isn’t nailed down to the floor, then goes on to eventually pick up the floor that things are nailed down to. Inventory/time management can be annoying- I have two complaints with Rune Factory 4 Special: inventory and time management. Previously these were DLC for the 3DS game, but now are part of the game to be unlocked, the way its suppose to be in my opinion. Newlywed mode are addition missions that you are able to take on with your new spouse. New content- The new content for Rune Factory 4 Special comes in the form of a couple of new modes: Newlywed and Another Episode. This is really helpful as this frees up more time for you to explore and complete quests. Once tamed they can do much more than just fight, they can also be ridden on and help out on the farm by you assigning them chores. Sometimes they’ll just eat the item and regain health, have some effect happen (such as poison or paralyze for example) or not like it, get mad at you and start attacking. If they like it, they will now follow you and fight along side you. It’s pretty simple: you take and hold on to an item, walk up to a monster and give them the item. Monster taming- Monster taming has to be one of my favorite things to do in Rune Factory 4 Special. As you get stronger, you’ll be able to one shot most monsters, which is useful when trying to gather materials. You’ll be able to level up skills and learn new attacks for certain weapons the more you use them. Most of the combat takes place in the areas outside of Selphia’s gates such as forests, fields and dungeons. There’s a sort of calming feeling when tending to the farm relaxing and fun.Īs for the combat, its almost the same as farming except your equipping weapons and killing monsters. As you progress further, you will start to gain items that will help speed up the progress of the plants, new seeds to plant, new additions to the farm to store materials and much more. Till land, plant seeds, water and repeat. With the farming aspect of the game, you’re giving a plot of land and some farming tools to use for growing crops. Simple and fun farming/combat mechanics- The farming and combat mechanics in Rune Factory 4 Special are pretty simple and fun. All the touch functionalities that were on the 3DS version of the game have been implemented pretty well in the Switch port. This includes maps, inventory, navigating sub menus, managing equipment, etc etc. Touch functionality transitioned to Switch- One of the more difficult tasks in porting a 3DS game to the Switch is merging any touch functions that the game may have into one screen.
So you explore the surrounding areas in a top down view, hacking and slashing you way for answers. It’s also up to you to figure out what’s going on and see if these events have to do with your arrival to Selphia (more on that in a bit). That’s the Animal Crossing comparison, as for Link to the Past: as you’re trying to grow the population, there’s are some strange occurrences that are happening in the surrounding areas of Selphia. Along the way you can get to know and eventually marry one of twelve characters (six male, six female) and have them hep you with your tasks. In the game you are tasked to help grow the population of Selphia through doing various task for the townspeople such as gathering items, killing/taming monsters and of course farming crops.
Gameplay is Link to the Past meets Animal Crossing- The best way that I can describe the gameplay of Rune Factory 4 is that its one part Link to the Past and one part Animal Crossing. So strap on those overall, put on a straw hat and pick up that sword, we are taking a look at Rune Factory 4 Special for the Nintendo Switch. Marvelous and XSEED decided to bring everyone back to the fantasy farm with a remastered version of the last game in series, Rune Factory 4 for the 3DS. Since then there has been four games and two spin-offs. It was released in celebration of Harvest Moon’s 10th anniversary.
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One of those spin-off was a series called Rune Factory, a fantasy spin-off of the main series on the Nintendo DS. And like all popular games, it eventually spawned off a couple of spin-off games. The trend started off with a series of games called Harvest Moon (now known as Story of Season). But what some gamers don’t know is that these games have been around longer than they think. Ever since the release of Stardew Valley, farming simulation RPGs have seen a rise in popularity.