Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

HAO

having an absolutely lovely time.

I really enjoyed my time with this game. Im not into farming sims to be honest, tho I greatly enjoy the life sim elements of those games so I tend to get stuck in the middle, when I watched or tried Rune Factory games in the past, I tended to bounce of pretty quickly simply because growing plants, cooking from them, keeping an eye on the weather and seasons for better yield, that sort of thing just isnt for me. However I do think that Guardians of Azume landed on just the right amount of farming, to make it be more like a management game which, added to the nice focus on the characters and relationships really drew me in. Taking care of the villages, building houses and bringing in people, yea, that is something I can definitely get a kick out of. It isnt always thrilling and sometimes it does require some grinding but overall I cant say much wrong about this system, its definitely closer to my heart than just farming on its own. The overall presentation of this game is really high for me, after they added the ability to remove the oil painting overlay on everything, the game really poped graphically, I love the asian style enviroments, most of the character designs and the vibrant colors, all the villages are different and most of the locales are quite unique as well. Combat is surpsiingly fun and in depth, considering this is a farming series, this game has got some insane rpg bones in its structure, you can craft a ton of gear, which is actually required on both you and your companions if you want to take on the more difficult challenges, you can use several unique weapons with different playstyles, supported by different godly weapons as well. The story is nothing wildly special but it definitely delivers where its needed, I have to give special props for the two big story choices you get, I realise most people, like me will choose the obvious outcome but the fact that it is a choice and you can account for players feeling otherwise is a huge plus for me. I really grew to care about Azuma in the tnarrative runtime and the flow of takin care of your villages, speaking to the companion characters while doing main story missions when appropriate was really smooth, the story even takes itself seriously enough so that you immidiately know its nothing throwaway. I really enjoyed it, the lands of Azuma are very welcoming and being able to save and take care of them in the story and outside was great, I honestly hope we get to come back one day. But of course characters/companions are the main draw here, at least for me, I really like most of them and I love the amount of content was delegated to them, everyone has multiple interactions (tho those are same between everyone for the most part, untill you romance someone), wildly different personalities that play well with each other, unique stories about their backround and/or how they settle in Azuma, and of course you get romances with the bachelorettes/bachelors of your choice. While it can feel at times like the unique content is a bit too far into the game for some characters and many of the unique interactions/dialogue is limited to the romance partners as well as specific festivals and such, I loved the idea of actually spending time in game to do stuff with the characters, even if those things were largely the same, it still gave me something to do every day even when I didnt care to run around caring for plants anymore. That being said, I think its criminal that Yachiyo isnt romanceable, honestly same with Zaza and Tsubame. Lastly, I know that Pillika and I think Cuilang have their romance and stories locked behind a DLC, and yea, I think that really sucks, its an unexpectedly dumb move imo but it doesnt detract from my love of what is already in the game by default, even if I will not be bying the DLC. Overall, I can only heartily recommend this to any and all enjoyers of anything rpg, cozy life sim or farming sim, this game has got it all, maybe not in depths expected if it focused on one thing, but certainly enough to keep me entertained with all it does have. Thanks Marvelous and Thanks Xseed.

好玩

战斗无聊，剧情低龄，种田约等于没有，还好你不叫符文6 冲着谈恋爱来都要多少吃上几口热乎的，好感拉高了表白了又能如何，进了主线就是男主的小娇妻一枚阿，“你们是不是恋人”堪比“你有个很棒的发小”一样恶心，我不理解你要强绑强卖男女主cp那你做个鸡毛的花嫁花婿候补，配上男主那个唐b脸真是无敌了，我还得谢谢你能让我选把他弄死，不然还能看到他在我的婚礼上抢戏刷脸，真tm奇异搞笑

love it! 10/10