Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

Ich liebe die Rune Factory Reihe. Ein gelungenes Spiel auch wenn ich gerne in dem gesamten Dorf bauen würde anstatt nur in den dafür festgelegten Bereichen.

作为符文工房系列粉丝很失望，手感稀烂技术力低下，boss战设计召唤堆怪也是尽显制作低能

This is the best Rune Factory game so far. Even though it isn't a mainline Rune Factory game it feels like an evolution to the series that brings everything it can to the table. Rune Factory 5 felt like it took a step back as a result of the series going fully 3d... Guardians of Azuma is Rune Factory in 3D but this time the result is much better and feels like it's 3 steps forward. The balance between making bonds with characters, village building, and adventure/combat is perfect. Music is amazing and the overall sound design is top tier. The story is memorable and has good pacing. Characters have good depth and animation, along with good english voice acting. Combat is something I wasn't expecting to be great since it was shallow in the past games as it was never really the focus of the series, but here it's done well and has good enough depth to feel satisfying until the end. Specifically one thing that's done extremely well is how your AI companions actually know when they're being targeted and will stop spamming attacks so that they can dodge. I played on hard and was watching my party members dodge attacks and use their flashy skills at the right moments where it never felt like I had to over manage them with healing. It's going to be interesting to see what they do with Rune Factory 6 because this could have easily passed as a mainline RF game.

I love goddess

As is tradition, i wish for steam to have a "meh" rating. Because that is exactly what this game is, a mixup of mediocre, standard ideas with a japanese folk skin on it. The combat is braindead, the farming is automated, and the relationships are purely based on an extremely gamified points system. The best thing about this game are the characters, but even they fall into a lot of easily recognizable tropes. If you want simple combat with a bit of farming sim sprinkled in, then this might be a game for you. It is not obnoxiously bad.

Crafting simulator -50.00% Dating simulator -50.00% Talking simulator -50.00% Total -150% (FFF)

Interesting game. Combat is ok. There are 4 towns to explore and upgrade. Many interesting characters to meet and a cool white dragon to fly. It took me a long while to realize how to properly upgrade a town and simply placing what you want where you want it will result in not being able to fully upgrade a town. There is not much of a reason to hang out with most people you meet beyond the first few levels. I wish the game did a better job of letting you know where you can find certain items, like telling you which enemies are in a certain area and what they drop.