Typically, you get a request to clear out a dungeon, finish it up, and then spend a few days relaxing and farming until you are ushered to the next one. Outside of town, there are several dungeons, each associated with the events of the story. Making use of the crafting system is essential if you want to tackle the harder dungeons without grinding.Įach area has a different theme and unique monsters to match.
All of these tasks produce items you can give as gifts, but for the most part, I did these activities in the service of dungeon crawling.
Depending on the gender you choose at the beginning of the game, you’ll also be able to date some of them.īeyond interacting with NPCs, I spent a lot of time cooking, crafting armor and weapons, and fishing. NPCs can give gifts back, offer new items at their store, or follow you on adventures. By offering gifts and befriending NPCs, it quickly becomes apparent that they have more to offer than just idle chatter. Even at the end of the game, characters I regularly interacted with had new things to say. The first thing I did was get to know the NPCs around the town.Īll the NPCs in Rune Factory 4 Special have distinct personalities and loads of dialogue. Whether you take care of your farm yourself or recruit monsters to do it, farming will generally just take part your morning each day, leaving you all afternoon to explore everything else the game has to offer. Players more interested in the other portions of the game shouldn’t fret too much, though, as a lot of the farming process can be automated by capturing monsters to sow and water seeds. While it may sound tedious initially, managing your crops is a quick affair, and by the end of the game I enjoyed the sense of calm brought about by the routine farming. This is the main way you’ll make money, which funds all the other activities you’ll want to tackle. You spend at least a portion of almost every in-game day buying seeds, tilling fields, and watering crops. Despite some of these ingredients coming out undercooked, Rune Factory 4 Special combines its mechanics into an overall experience that is much more than the sum of its parts.Īt its core, Rune Factory 4 Special is a farming RPG. threw in a smorgasbord of RPG ingredients - town building, dungeon crawling, dating, fishing - and wrapped them up in a massive progression system that applies to almost any action you take (seriously, there are levels for walking, sleeping, and eating). Rune Factory 4 Special is the crockpot dinner of RPGs.
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