Rune factory 2 rom11/20/2022 ![]() ![]() There is so much quirky humour, sly little asides and detailed character studies in Rune Factory 2. When I compare Rune Factory with Rune Factory 2, I detect more of 'Harvest Moon' in the sequel than in the original. ![]() This is very typical of Harvest Moon where people who lived in Mineral Town would speak of Forget-Me-Not Valley long before players had any opportunity to experience an intersection between the two. Characters in Rune Factory 2 speak of individuals in the original Rune Factory. The plot is important in Rune Factory and Rune Factory 2 but ultimately, these games are about a world and the people who inhabit that world. Sometimes it is nothing more than a single statement by a character at a specific heart level. There always are clues to the secrets in Harvest Moon games, although you have to pay attention. The 'Secret Concerto' in the 1st Generation is a clue that ultimately can lead you towards the 'Inquisitive Waltz'. Recipes include them as ingredients but it may be only through exhaustive research and experimentation that players stumble upon them. The 'Gold' Crops in Rune Factory 2 are secret items. Many players of 'Friends of Mineral Town' and 'More Friends of Mineral Town' may not ever have known of the existence of 'X Wool', for example. In most Harvest Moon games, there are 'secret' items that are discovered by oblique means. You obtain or make every possible item in the game not because each has a distinct purpose in the sense of plot but because doing so represents 100% completion. In a sense, Harvest Moon is based on completing Items Lists. The player who feels a little cheated because he really did not NEED to make the most powerful weapons in order to defeat the Boss may not be aware of the role that 'Cookbooks' play in any Harvest Moon game. The purpose of the game is to restore the farm and to create a decent life for yourself. 'Beating' the ultimate Boss isn't the purpose of this game, either in Rune Factory or in Rune Factory 2. The plot and the combat aspects of the game are 'frills' in a sense. I think this is where some players misunderstand the concept of Rune Factory. If you did this, you would be playing a classical Harvest Moon game. You could tame the Monsters who produce Ranch products, reach 10 hearts with every one in Alvarna and focus on growing the rare Crops rather than moving into the future. If you wished, you could stay in the 1st Generation in Rune Factory 2, living happily as a farmer in Alvarna, with only the occasional earthquake to remind you that there was a nebulous threat somewhere in the future. Rune Factory and Rune Factory 2 have very definite plots and goals but the player is given almost total freedom to choose when, how or if he/she wishes to complete the story. Harvest Moon games are NOT linear in nature. Where Rune Factory and Rune Factory 2 are concerned, I think that a player who is accustomed to traditional RPGs may not realise how much both games truly are part of the Harvest Moon genre. That is very much like real life after all. Even so, I like the idea that a player can take one year to court and marry his/her heart's desire or take a decade to do it. This is ironic, in a way, because I am a player who tries to complete all goals at the earliest possible opportunity. I do prefer games that allow the player to 'live' his/her life without pressure of conforming to a specific timetable, but although 'Save the Homeland' and 'Innocent Life' both required the player to complete tasks in a specific time period, they nonetheless were wonderful games. I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on some of these things and on the game overall compared to RF 1.'įirst, I would like to go on record once again in stating that I never played ANY Harvest Moon game that I did not enjoy thoroughly. It just seems to me that you should have to complete some of these tasks in order to defeat the final boss and beat the game.Īll that said, I can't wait for RF 3. I'm conflicted of getting into the Harvest Moon series or the whole Rune Factory series.'įrom the second reader: 'I also never even completed the first requests in Gen 2 for Julia, Barrett, or Herman. ![]() So, in your opinion which game is 'better' and explain why? Both basically asked me my own personal opinion of the merits of Rune Factory 2 as compared to the original Rune Factory and other Harvest Moon games.įrom the first reader: 'Recently I found myself with fascinated with the whole farming game genre. Two readers posted comments to which I would like to respond in an actual post. ![]()
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