Rune factory sucks you in right away with an amazing FMV opening. It's all uphill from there. The story is your a guy with no identity so a strange woman takes you in and lets you live on her farm so long as you do work. Of cores it's not all good in the little town there are monsters that lurk in the caves. So the mayor gives you passes to go in the caves and kick monster ass. But it's not all monster fighting you can do all that you loved to do in the past HM games grow crops, raise animals, fish, make friends, find a wife and more. The farm part is the same only you can capture monsters and make them work on your farm you can also make them fight with you. The fighting is solid and the weapons you can get along with the magic you learn make things better. It's just to bad there are only a few caves. The only major complaint is your HP can be unforgiving. When you run out of rune points you lose HP while using tools thats just annoying in caves.Also almost the whole town shuts down every Sunday in some certain situations you could be in trouble. The best part of this game is that it's not really slow paced like HM DS you can have a successful farm running in no time. Rune Factory beautifully blends action and farming into one game. It's like an rpg that you can live. The best portable HM ever.
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