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Rune Factory Frontier: Not Just Harvest Moon's bastard stepchild anymore
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Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:35:51
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Picked up Rune Factory Frontier last night.  Had to sell a couple old games (something I swore I wouldn't do this gen), but it was a good decision.  The game is excellent.  It's everything that was good in the DS version plus a little more, with better combat (though still not great).  So far I think the most interesting thing I've noticed is the more and more I play the less like Harvest Moon it feels.  The farming aspect is still there (not quite to a true Harvest Moon level of depth), but they've stacked so much more onto this.  There's combat, smithing, crafting, cooking, socializing, and monster training.  And while most of those things have existed in the series they've been given an extra level of depth so that they feel genuinally important instead of just side projects.

In the previous Rune Factories farming still felt llike the main job.  In fact in the first one, all you could do in the first weeks of the game was farm (everything else was introduced later).  Now it just feels like one more part of the game.  It's still important mind you, but it's getting pushed further and further from the center.  In fact, the game is really starting to feel more like Legend of Mana now minus the world creation feature with all the directions you're able to take the character.  

For the next month(s) this is likely all I'll be playing with a few minutes over We Ski and Snowboard to break things up.  I shall reach GamingGeek/HotD: Overkill proportions of annoyance with the updates as well so please prepare yourselves.  

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Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa
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SteelAttack said:
Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa

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Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:26:43
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bugsonglass said:

SteelAttack said:
Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa

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 LOL 

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Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:07:29
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bugsonglass said:

SteelAttack said:
Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa

spoken like a true paedo Nyaa

Bugsy you are not on Gamespot anymore. No one will ban you, so the smiley is not necessary! And do not worry about Steelo's feelings, all the last traces of his humanity were wiped out, once he became a Gamespot moderator.

@Robio

Check out the IGN video review I posted at GGweekly.

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Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:11:11
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bugsonglass said:

SteelAttack said:
Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa

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Paella?

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:11:46
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phantom_leo said:

bugsonglass said:

SteelAttack said:
Is this for the Wii? I'm getting back to AC this weekend, so I'm definitely interested in this one. Thanks for the infos. Need pics, though. Nyaa

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Paella?

 I had paella last weekend. It gave me superhuman sexual prowess. 

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:01:37
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Hey, I updated the HOTD thread more than GG! Sad

Actually he might've mae more posts, but mine were longer. Nyaa

It's like our penises. Mine is longer and satisfying, but his is short and doesn't last very long.

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:39:58
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Foolz said:

It's like our penises. Mine is longer and satisfying, but his is short and doesn't last very long.

 LOL 

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:31:05

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.

In other news yesterday I played it for 6 hours.  Let me explain something... I normally spend about 6 to 10 hours a week on the Wii if I'm lucky.  So the fact that I killed that much time in one day is pretty impressive.  It's not without flaws (hell it has plenty), but it's sucked me in like a cheap male whore with 5 minutes and GamingGeek (god dammit now you've got me doing it).

I'll post more impressions and pics later tonight.  Off to the Ren Faire today.

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:41
I'll have you know I spend at least 10 minutes with GG...

...and WHO are you calling "CHEAP?!"

**Humph!**
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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:05:27
...oh! Rune Factory! That's right!

Funny story: I thought getting to the floating Whale Island was going to be something you would have to achieve near the END of the game...

...within an hour I had watered the beanstalk and up I went!

I've sold a few thousand in Turnips already and purchased a Sword and some defensive equipment. If I have energy left at the end of the day, I expend it, swinging my sword to build my attack strength... My farming days are almost at an end! I am training, and I plan on becoming an adventurer any moment now!
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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:07:27

robio said:

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.

LOL

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:05:09

robio said:

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.


BTW, Good News: The next game in the series has already been announced!

It is now officially called "Poon Factory" and your farm will be exclusively run by the Vulva creatures depicted here:

Just WAIT to see what you get to do with the Wii-Mote in THAT game!

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:19:16

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.


BTW, Good News: The next game in the series has already been announced!

It is now officially called "Poon Factory" and your farm will be exclusively run by the Vulva creatures depicted here:

Just WAIT to see what you get to do with the Wii-Mote in THAT game!

I hate you.

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:10:44
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phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.


BTW, Good News: The next game in the series has already been announced!

It is now officially called "Poon Factory" and your farm will be exclusively run by the Vulva creatures depicted here:

Just WAIT to see what you get to do with the Wii-Mote in THAT game!

LOL

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:57:34
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Foolz said:

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Get all your pensises and paella out of my thread!! You're destroying the sanctity and purity of the Rune Factory.


BTW, Good News: The next game in the series has already been announced!

It is now officially called "Poon Factory" and your farm will be exclusively run by the Vulva creatures depicted here:

Just WAIT to see what you get to do with the Wii-Mote in THAT game!

LOL

 LOL 

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:50:46

phantom_leo said:
...oh! Rune Factory! That's right!

Funny story: I thought getting to the floating Whale Island was going to be something you would have to achieve near the END of the game...

...within an hour I had watered the beanstalk and up I went!

I've sold a few thousand in Turnips already and purchased a Sword and some defensive equipment. If I have energy left at the end of the day, I expend it, swinging my sword to build my attack strength... My farming days are almost at an end! I am training, and I plan on becoming an adventurer any moment now!

If I were you'd I'd head to the Island and practice your sword there and see if you can't kill a few monsters at the same time to start leveling your character up. Plus you'll be able to start gathering materials for weapon and armor forging, as well as do a little mining to get some iron for the first round of forging as well.

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:24:48

Rune Factory's opening video (and yes this is for the NA version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTAtKCXiSHM

First time I saw this I was absolutely horrified. The music was (and still is) just so freaking wrong for the game.  It sounds like it could have been for Katamari Damacy.  Fortunately the in-game music is much more subdued and appropriate.  Most of it's pretty forgetable truth be told but in the dungeons there is some excellent work.  One song is so good I'd swear came out of Chrono Trigger and that's about as good of a compliment as I can give any game.  

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:33:16

http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=3851

You know those cute little glowing floaty guys you've seen in Rune Factory Frontier screenshots? Late last week, I got my hands on a tool that can suck them up into my inventory, so I can go trade them in—effectively, turning them into currency—for "Rune Wonders" such as a rainy week, more fruit on trees, or little stones that are actually required in dungeons. I ran around sucking them out of the sky for an in-game day or two and seeing what I could do... and found out that I had become Death, destroyer of Runey ecosystems.


You see, there are four types of Runeys: water, rock, tree, and grass. They exist in a food chain whereby water eats rock and so on (nobody eats water, strangely.) I'm still exploring the system, but it seems that growing crops spawns more grass Runeys and several areas of the map are prime real estate for certain types of Runey, meaning their numbers will naturally increase, given no external action......

More at the link

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