Rune Factory 5 - Nintendo Switch

Loving this game so far, have about 50 hours into it. Here's the key concepts:- You can plant crops/farm (like in Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon)- Instead of barns for animals, you build Monster Barns for your Monsters. You don't buy the monsters at the store though, the monsters are roaming around the open world. You can fight them and bring their health down a bit, and feed them/give them items to befriend them. If you're getting only a skull icon over their head, it means you dont have space in your monster barn (or dont have a barn yet). If you get a heart, followed by a skull, it means it's not friendly enough just yet and wants you to give it more stuff. Once you do, the hearts blink and it becomes your tamed monster.- With monsters in your barn, you can assign them to do field work. This basically consists of planting seeds and watering your crops for you. You can have 3 monsters on 1 field, and its really nice to not have to go around watering everything.- You can bring monsters with you to help you explore the world and fight other monsters. You can also talk to people and request they explore with you (press L & R at the same time, then ask them to go adventuring). There can be a maximum of 4 in your party (you +combo of 3 people/monsters).- You can craft weapons and armor, you can cook a wide range of foods, you can make your own medicine, etc.- You can upgrade your weapons and armor up to 10 times at your forge.You can place items you buy, such as the forge or cooking table, etc., just about anywhere, even outside -- you aren't limited to your own house. The whole world is yours!Helpful tips:1) Fast travel everywhere. 2 minutes real-time = 1hour in game.2) Press the MINUS key on your controller, then X , to fast travel to your bed in your house. Then save the game frequently, especially if you're low on health. It gets expensive very quickly to be healed at the clinic should you faint.3) Always travel with monsters/people if you're able to, the help they provide (including causing Aggro so you are not solely taking damage) is worth it.4) You can temporarily befriend a monster in the wild by holding ZL, then releasing it once its charged. The monster you hit with that magic constricting move, has a chance of swapping to your team for 24 hours. You can also feed them/give them items at that point to try and keep them permanently.5) Keep plenty of lumber and bricks on hand at all times, you need a ton of them to build everything.6) As soon as you run out of RP, STOP doing field work or you'll burn through your HP fast. Instead, Fast Travel to the Blue Moon Inn, and go to the spa. It does not move time forward, and you become fully healed (HP and RP). Then you can fast travel back to your field, without having to waste food.Overall, I think this game is a better version of Stardew Valley with better graphics. With that said, I do have my switch on a dock with a fan to help cool it down because the Switch does get hot (I have the OLED version). Even with the fan, there is in-game stuttering, most notable when you fast travel. It clears up after 3 or 4 seconds, and I haven't noticed any stuttering during battles. There will hopefully be a patch released to address this, but it's completely playable and hasn't froze on me or crashed so I'm okay with it.

It was cheap so I decided to go for it. The game is surprisingly fun. Not normally the person to play these types of games but I'm glad I went for it.

I personally really love the game so far! There's some flaws but overall, I really do enjoy it. There's bonus content if you played RF4, and my copy of the game came with this really cute small handbook of the game, it was a really pleasant surprise. The framerate does decrease once in a while but it doesn't bother me too much. So far, the game is enjoyable and I really do enjoy the graphics and models. The characters are very likeable! Overall, I really do enjoy the game and recommend it to anyone who's a fan of the series!

I'll start off by saying that I'm up through the summer of my first year ATM and am having a lot of fun. I can't wait to sit down and play more! However I held off on getting this game because of bugs and let downs I'd heard of since it's launch, and I'm sad to see they still haven't fixed it.The game lags. If the switch can have games as expansive as BoTW, I don't get why a game of this proportion lags so much. I have a lot of my Switch's games and files stored on an SD card, so you wouldn't think memory and such would be an issue. And from other reviews I've seen, I'm not the only one. I've changed whatever settings I could to minimize this, but it feels unavoidable.I've had 2 game crashes so far. Both times were simply just playing. One time was while I was loading into a dungeon. The other time was when I was simply cleaning up the debris on a farm dragon. I'm grateful for autosave, but it still sucks to lose the days progress.The town feels too big and empty. A lot of the buildings look the same. It took me a bit to remember what building was what because it was the same old, worn wood look everywhere. I miss RF4 because of how full the town felt. I love exploring the open fields and forests in RF5! But coming back to town just feels so bland. They could've given Rigbarth a lot more life with the same layout if they had shrunken it, paved/cobble stoned a few more roads, and given the buildings a little more personality. Should've let Palmo make the town as quirky as he wanted to. I get that it's the whole "sleepy backwater town". But there's not a whole lot of life in it. It doesn't fit the characters.I do really love the characters. I'm having a hard time deciding who to romance. I'm enjoying the banter and conversations just as much as I felt in RF4. Simone seems a little odd to me as being the mayor AND town doctor. Also I'm sad to see Livia never leave her office. But these are just personal preferences.I hope they can come out with an RF6 that can fix these things. If they can make Rune Factory games on older consoles that don't lag or have these issues, I don't see why it would be a problem now. I don't think fans of these games are asking for something on the scale of BotW, they want a beautiful and well written game with characters they can fall in love with, both romantically and platonically. I think they did a lot good with this game and I'm excited to see where the rest of this story goes, but so help me I will cry if the game crashes again. I know it will, so I'm prepping for the tears. I'm chalking this one up to games from the 2020s that could've been so much better had they actually worked properly.

Got game on sale nice game like the characters it look good make good gift.

great game

Great old style Anime RPG.Good to add to any collection.Got product on an XSEED Sale!

I'm a little late in reviewing this but looking back I had a great time with this game and wouldn't be surprised if I went back to it later.The combat was fun, the story was funny, the characters were charming, and the crafting and farming never left me bored.The game packs all the mechanics of Rune Factory 4 into a much prettier 3d world. The loading times and occasional frame drops were definitely manageable and more than worth it for the improvement in character design and graphics. I also loved the farm dragons to death. Best feature I've ever seen in a farm sim.

Llego un dia antes, totalmente nuevo y sellado, excelente presentacion por parte de la compañia

Arrived quickly and the case was in perfect condition. No complaints!

RF5 continua a utilizar a boa fórmula da franquia Rune Factory, e testando alguns aspectos novos, como a câmera atrás do personagem e um gameplay genuinamente tridimensional.Porém, é nitidamente mal executada, havendo frame drops em quase todos os momentos, animações e controles não tão polidos, expressões faciais vazias, e poucos recursos realmente novos (mesmo vindo em uma geração nova de consoles).A versão física vem com um guidebook básico, o que é até mais que a média dos jogos de Switch, mas nada que seja realmente um diferencial.Pode ser uma decepção por ter sido lançado depois de tanto tempo do RF4, que era um jogo extremamente divertido. Não recomendo comprar em full price, mas infelizmente é raro jogos de Switch estarem em promoção.

Llegó antes de la fecha indicada y en perfectas condiciones,a pesar de que no venía muy bien protegido, está muy bonito el diseño que tiene por dentro no esperaba que viniera con el libro a color, fue un regalo para mi novio y le encanto 🥰🥰

Rune Factory 5 is the easiest game in the RF series. Though, it can be a bit slow at times.The game provides the player with icons on the map for story and town events happening as to not get lost. It has a Hard, Normal and Easy mode that you can change anytime you want. 12 romantic interests. You can have opposite or same gender marriages. 3 kids in total. Farming, Fishing, Crafting, Taming Monsters, Marriage, Fighting and Cooking are available in this game. You can change your outfit too. Includes 20 save slots.