Let's discuss an intellectual game

>>712846517 (OP)
fubuki mating press [picture missing]

Do I need to do ALL the village missions to hit level 10?

>>712846517 (OP)
Why would giving someone a gift take half an hour? Or nevermind the exact time, why would it take longer than having a discussion?

I’m gonna start this game tonight. How’s the combat compared to past games? I assume the farming stuff will be a lot of the same, but I wanted more interesting combat. I never played 5, so I don’t know if that game made any real strides in adding complexity or enhancing the feel of it.

>>712846790
its just there to pretend like you need to manage your time

My love, Dolce

>>712846812
>How’s the combat compared to past games?
better? same? idk its not bad but nothing to write home about. enemies arent really aggressive enough to take advantage of any combat mechanics. you have flashguard from ys to make it easier
>I assume the farming stuff will be a lot of the same
HEH!!!!
>complexity
HEEEHHHHH!!!!!

>>712846812
Combat is better but it's still pretty bad compared to other games with similar combat. Farming is VERY simple and the whole village building part is retarded

>>712846517 (OP)
What is the appeal of this japshit genshin clone?

I WANT SEX FROM TSUBAME

>>712847063
ululakas thighs

>>712847063
>genshin clone
You've revealed your immense levels of stupidity.

>>712846517 (OP)
That face looks like it has NOTHING going on inside it.

>>712847173
nta but the going out and hitting shit part of the game is pretty close

>finally made femc romanceable
>she is overshadowed by almost the entire female cast

>>712846778
I think so

>>712847345
Bro, your Sonja?

Love this dummy

>You ask Hina for tail hugs after proposing to her

>>712846812
Combat is fine. Bosses battles are pretty great to me. You can marry a cute bear too.

I love my cute robo-wife! We're expecting ;))

>>712847579

>switch 2 version is the same size as switch 1 cases
I thought the switch 2 ones were larger? Did anons lie to me about switch 2 games? But at least it has an actual manual instead of an empty box, that's cool when nobody does that anymore.

>>712848314
>switch 2 games
dont you mean game?

>>712848415
No, I mean games. What do YOU mean by that?

>>712848527
there is literally only 1 switch 2 game. hope this explains the joke.

>>712848314
They’re the same size and you’re the only one I have seen thinking the switch2 game case is larger

>>712848584
Sorry it was just a really bad joke. Next time I will get

>>712848314
Changing the size of the case would've only made it annoying to people trying to store Switch 1 and 2 games on the same shelf. The cart itself is the same size and can even be put into a Switch 1 to play the non-enhanced version.

>>712848625
Really? I saw anons saying it was larger I one of those pre release threads.

These two...

Why yes, I understand how the old talisman woman could probably help delivery a baby but why the fuck did you bring the town carpenter, fisherman, hotel manager, blacksmith, retired mayor, merchant, and a chef?

>>712848917
I'd trust Watarase with my life. He has an honest face.

>>712848917
The old man probably has a wealth of experience. The others are your hype squad.

>>712848917
Not being able to romance tsubame is a true crime

>>712849357

Ages of Love DLC pack with romances and swimsuits for Suzu and Hisui when?

>>712849450

For me it's Clorica.

>>712849540

Lovely!

One cat marriage pls

...

>2025
>still can't marry Venti

Mod that puts Ulalaka in Matsuri's marvelous swimsuit (size stays the same) when?

PAY DEBTS!

>>712846517 (OP)
Can I level up my ranch animals, or do I have to get rid of them and replace them with higher level ones?

>>712850518
But anon, the fabric wouldn't be able to contain the ulas.

>>712850648
You can put them in your party and bring them to fight.

>>712846517 (OP)
Rune Factory 4 is on PC now right? Is there a harem mod for it?

>>712850798
Last time I saw it was all kinds of faggot mods so no

I hate that the game gives you activity options that other characters hate, like what even is the purpose?

>>712851475
To tell Matsuri ghost stories.

>>712850798
That's an impossible ask unless you're willing to reverse engineer everything yourself

>>712846517 (OP)

Has no one made a gift guide for the non-romanceable villagers yet

>>712848917
>"hey guys, follow me! Ula's giving birth and everyone's invited to watch!

>>712852829
https://game8.co/games/Rune-Factory-Guardians-of-Azuma/archives/522580

>>712850386
I'm still annoyed we couldn't marry Venti, even in the "Special" re-release. They had a clear ally-oop and totally fumbled the dunk. TWICE. Unforgivable...

How will the dead old man ever recover?

>>712853095
it's very funny that when asked if you can marry her in 4 special they initially gave a "who knows?" type of non answer but quickly corrected to a hard "no you can't". Presumably because there was real concern about the outrage of leading fans on like that.

>>712853340
Lets not forget the shitshow in 5. I am no deagon fucker, but it was a damn crime to deny it there too.

>>712847345
I have the opposite problem personally because they made her the MCs fucking fiancee. And its not like they genuinely fight or one seems disinterested in the ofher either. They stacked the deck so much I dont want to choose any other option.

>>712853452
it at least looked like they were considering it, but honestly it might be worse that they did some of the work for it but never finished it

Is Eneba a legit reseller or it's one of those wacky russian money laundering schemes?
I'm thinking about this

>>712850717
Wait, really? That's hillarious.

Okay, I'm gonna bring my Lv12 Chicken into battle, that sounds fun.

>>712853583
I think it was something like that. Least they could have done was to make her dlc, since they did some of the work already. Imagine if they sold it for 5 bucks, they would have made a killing. Also wasnt there some enraging tweets from them about future dlc? I cant remember...

>>712852943
We already know you're gay af Takumi. No need to pretend and overcompensate.

>>712853095
We got robbed so fucking bad

>>712853583
When does this dialog come up? Do you have to be in a relationship to trigger it during a story point? It seems like the closest thing this game has to jealousy events

>>712847470
Despite all the great bachelorettes in ToD, marrying her felt right. All that bickering they had while she was trapped in Aden's body was cute. Odette was real close to claiming me tho.

We got wolf pussy last game, now got fox pussy (she can even transform). That means next game might have dragon pussy.

>>712853452
>I am no deagon fucker
I am

So no cute and funny bachelorette? Lame.

>>712854424
RADICAL

>>712853736
I used to buy steam codes from there some years ago, they're legit.

>>712848917
That's just how it is in the boonies. The entire old women squad in my neighborhood apparently watched my mom gave birth to me, like, literally in the room with the midwife and her helpers.

>>712853736
Just pirate it you retard. You're not even giving your money to the devs.

>>712854537
She looks like the kind of girl that would get tricked into NTR'ing her partner

Piconahole

>>712854809
No never. She is loyal and wants you all to herself (All spouses do)

Only missing one but I don't know where.

>>712854943
Did you check the floating island dungeons?

>>712854887
It's a crime she isn't romanceable.

>>712854809
Hina is the designated cuckqueen though. All you need to do is beat her up once.

Just got started. Can I seggs the little shrine maiden?

>>712855723
Yes, but realize her true love will always be dango.

Dead thread
Dead game
Dead series

>>712853246
Would he really have all that much of a problem with it? Breeding Earthmate power into the bloodline would probably be helpful for more power.

>Start this after The Hundred Line
>Immediately meet a character with the same VA talking about someone named Takumi
The game truly never ends

is there an equivalent to charging your fishing rod to force attract fish to it or do you just have to wait and hope they care about your bait. Even throwing it in front of them only seems to work sometimes.

>>712856448
100 Line was such an incredibly frustrating game.

>>712847209
That's because it is.
The kids get their brain from you

>>712846517 (OP)
is the game in the usual places?

Is this game like 4S where you can romance every girl and only marry one, or are you exclusive with one the moment you confess to her?

>>712857662
The former. Also you can visit alternate timelines where you can marry the others while keeping the bond level to the point when you can immediately start the romance.

How does appraising mushrooms work? It matters if I join him in trying it?

>>712846517 (OP)
Matsuri genuinely steals every scene she's in, didn't expect her to be so entertaining

>>712857662
You can date them all, but there's apparently jealousy dialogue but it is rare
Some people in the modding discord managed to trigger it and they're trying to mod it out

>>712857930
fug, forgot my image

>>712857930
>>712858017
That's what you get for being bitches and whores

Iroha creates dango using the flesh of villagers you kick out and feeds it to everyone as a form of addictive sustenance. They don't know! THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!

"Local ingredients" indeed...

>>712857930
>Mod it out
How about just not being a cheater?

>>712858369
I'm not saying I agree with them
More than one waifu will ruin your laifu

>>712858329
Good for her. I mostly kick out fat people. Maybe she should hold back on using the ederly meat though.

Been thinking about buying this for a few days now but want to know some things first. Is the story good? How is the actual gameplay outside of dialog sessions? Are the voices dubbed in english and if so how good/bad are they? And for those of you who have completed it how long would you say it takes to finish the game?

I'm just looking for something comfy to play on my switch and this seems like the right option for now

>>712858329
no, the secret ingredient is actually pink melons.

>>712858619
The MC sounds a little "faggy" like a lot of young asian English-speaking VAs, but he's not that bad after I played a little more. The rest of the dub is actually pretty good, Woolby being a stand out.

>>712858017
Well fuck that, I'm not letting my big titty girl down.

>"hey earth dancer you can recruit monsters right? add a bird and dog to your party"
>don't feel like going and capturing a tengu
>wait, Kurama is basically a tengu
>add him to party, it counts
>Huh, cool, so all I need is Hina then
>Hina doesn't count
what the fuck, she was a big fucking ninetails earlier

I guess its double fuckboy time

Anyone mind telling me how to do clarice's 2nd bossfight? I can't figure out this mechanic at all. Everything I do seems to do 0.

>by the time I finally get this game all discussion of it will be over
Guess I'll spend more time playing the older ones again.

>>712859483
I just added a random wolf and chicken I had caught a while back

>>712859483
Hina is a fox dummy
Fubuki is the dog

>>712859504
Look very carefully at the barrier covering her, and then remind yourself what deals with that color of problem

RF5 was so fucking boring that it's done perma damage to any attempt to ever try a RF game again

>>712857309
>50 hours of kino mixed in with 100 hours of dogshit
Not worth it tbdesu.

>>712850551
i am willing to pay her my semen debt in full

So wait what exactly is the difference between the Forest of Beginnings and Forest of Endings?

>>712860435
Oh ok I gotcha now. I guess I just didn't try fire. I really thought I had.

>>712846517 (OP)
I'm interested in this game specifically for dating cute girls, is the romance good?

>>712846517 (OP)
can i be a FeMC and marry women?

>>712861697
yes
that's pretty gay though

>>712861697
That’s forbidden love. You can’t do that.

Even AI knows what Ulalaka is there for.
https://smash-or-pass-ai--gorgonzolagary45665823.on.websim.com/

>>712861697
If you play the male MC you can marry the female MC

>third most popular marriage option beating out any of the fujo options
Dangos... won!

I LOVE drunkards

>>712861697
Not only that, you can even have kids.

>>712858619
Around 60-70 hours for postgame

I ship em
>onee-dom spring always sitting on winter and smothering him out when its her turn to start the season

>spend an hour extracting textures with the UERune tool
>extracting them as png washes out all the color
FUG!!! :DDDDD
pro tip for anybody who wants to edit shit in GoA: extract the files as TGA

>>712862932
How does that work

>>712863365
Magic turnip baby

bun sex

>>712863103
Based rivalCHAD! Rival marriages DLC when Marvelous?

>>712861697
Only if they aren't dragon women...

>>712847345
>Kaguya
>overshadowed by the entire female cast
Definitely not Iroha though

>>712864550
Rival Marriages would be the one thing that stops me from buying a new SoS game. Almost cancelled my Evershine kickstarter until the devs said that only the minor characters with almost no player content that no one cares about get rival marriages.

So, what's the best weapon?

>>712864902
Bosses have weapon weaknesses so you should invest in all anyway. Bow is the best for fodder enemies.

>1 str increases attack by 1
>1 int increases m-attack by 1
>1 dex increases crit chance by 1%
So str and int are basically useless from the skill nodes while dex is very strong

>>712854302
>We got wolf pussy last game, now got fox pussy (she can even transform). That means next game might have dragon pussy.
Bro, your bear pussy???

>for your sacrifice, I will take all of the bonds you formed
>actually just skims a little off the top
extremely anti-climactic

>>712864902
spamming your sacred tools should handle every small enemy quicker than anything else. Wind seems to have the best range, but elemental weakness is important to consider.
long sword charge attack spam might be better for bosses, maybe? You can start the next charge as soon as you release the button so they come out pretty quickly. Again I think it kind of depends on what the boss is weak to.

>>712858619
>Playing Rune Factory for the story
Anon…

>>712864902
imo the short sword is best because it's got like no animation lock on it's swings.
dagger is good to level though since dodges are so stupid good, making extra dodge window good.

>>712863103
I prefer Kai/Ulalaka and their drinking buddies dynamic.
Would rather throw Fubuki at Clarice and her fluffly tail and ears fetish plus that whole his twin brother brutally murdered her entire family drama

>>712858619
Story has some annoying padding, but the characters are likeable, and the deep lore regarding the dragons, Azuma and the runes are pretty fascinating
Anyway it took me 60+ hours to beat the game plus bonus dungeon as well as being almost done with all the sidequests

>hug your wife for 30 minutes
god I wish that were me

Reminder that if you want to marry Pilika, do not confess until after you have seen the first credits otherwise you will get softlocked from being able to progress her bonds.

>>712865925
>Not Kai/Kanata

>>712866694
Kai and Ula have a lot of cute party banter, I see where Anon's coming from

Hound needs plapping correction

Please dont fuck my mom

>>712854149
Story

Is it true you can marry and impregnate the villain in this game?

>>712867468
Yes. She is very cute too.

>>712867468
One of them yes

>>712867545
>>712867546
Okay I'm buying and leaving a review mentioning how seducing villains in specific convinced me to play it in hopes it becomes more common

Still waiting on my Earth Dancer edition, I’ve been seeing conflicting opinions regarding the daily dialogue variety in this game. /v/ seems to think it’s at least a step up from 5, yet the RF discord and reddit claim it’s even worse than 5 and Tides. They’re claiming all the dialogue variety went into party banter leaving little in the way for actual day to day dialogue when you talk to an NPC. Yet still others claim they datamined the game and looked through the files and apparently there’s as much daily dialogue if not more than even 4, just the RNG is retarded and it’s a pain to trigger and requires the player having a more varied schedule?

So what is the truth?

>>712867468
Even funnier, the villain killed your fiancee. And since she's revived, your ex-fiancee will be at the wedding watching you marry the villain that killed her.

>>712867959
These are the people that insist RF5 is good.

>>712867959
Well, people on reddit say there's no post marriage or dating dialogue, and yet people here have posted evidence to the contrary
People on reddit have said there's no jealousy dialogue, but there's people in the modding discord are trying to figure out how to remove the jealousy dialogue
Maybe don't listen to retards on reddit

>>712866874
look at how smug and cool and smart she is
definitely not a dork

>>712862303
Ulalaka at the top is unsurprising.
Subaru Kaguya for the CF people.
Hina I have no idea why she's that popular.

>>712868338
*who are
fug

>>712868183
Nothing a good threesome can't fix

>>712867959
>Reddit
Reddit is the only place on the internet that got tricked by actual bots and only realized it when the university publicly admitted it, you REALLY shouldn't listen to morons on reddit

>>712867959
I've noticed if you do the chat option multiple times in a row they have plenty of things to say. You only get bond points for the first time but technically it's not daily dialogue.

>>712868448
Yeah this, essentiailly you have to spam the talk feature for stuff like this
https://litter.catbox.moe/0fw6y398wsclsbhg.webm

>>712868658
damn, too bad hina even more adorable than that no tits no ass bear.
pink fox > black bear

>>712868658
How do I get an Ainu wife?

>>712868789
If you get the answer relay it to me too.

>>712868448
>>712868658
So how many times do you have to spam chat to exhaust all their available dialogue? Is this like Animal Parade which had the system of new dialogue getting automatically added to a pool which went in order or is it completely RNG based?

>>712868183
This image really is a staple of RF thread on /v/ kek

>>712864550
Hopefully never

Tsubame is so fucking hot, why isn't she dateable

>>712868924
It's RNG

>>712849256
>>712868959
There's no way she's not here simply to make you interested in the sequel where you can date her

>>712868948
It's the most painful vidya image I've in years.

>>712868959
>Tsubame is so fucking hot, why isn't she dateable
This, but with Hound instead.

leddit's shilling of RF5 is funny because they have nothing good to say about the game, just that it "owned the chuds" and they like the furry bara

I like the bear.

>>712869467
t. pretty pilipili's perfect partner

Man, is it just me or are the outfits including optional ones just really bad this time around? I guess Ulalaka and the bear's outfits are fine but the rest were meh

>>712869467
Pilika is the cutest and bestest

How many weapon types are there, do we have spears?

>>712868789
>Ainu
She’s only half Ainu, her other half is a literal bear.

Yes this game unironically implies that Ainu fuck bears.

>>712869742
Short Sword, Long Swords, Dual Blade, Bow and Arrow, and these tarot card shits

>>712869742
Katana
Big katana
Dual blades
Bow
Talisman

>>712869801
>ainus fuck bears
Or possibly GET FUCKED by bears. It's still unclear.

>>712869801
She is a quarter, she is not half. She is more human than she is bear. If she was half she'd probably have been better off in her village.

Here are your rival ships bros.

>>712869879
My cute ostracized bearwife...

>>712869980
rival and shipfags should kill themselves

Hina is such a passive aggressive bitch most of the time that she would bully Pilika for not being able to transform.

>>712870094
>>712864838
>Marvelous claims they nixed rival marriage because most players are purityfags who can’t stand the thought of their chosen candidate even thinking of anyone else
>Lots of rival ship fanart on Japanese twitter
Curious…

>>712870094
It's just Rivalcuck/Houndtroon samefagging and shitting up the thread because no one likes him.

>>712870582
I mean, yeah, that's normal. Look at Genshin, the ship will get 9999999999 twitter artwork and then the ship character hits the gacha and tanks the revenue for the month.

>>712870223
Isnt she like ranked 2 or 3 for Japs?
Why do they like her?

I like Woolby desu

>>712869862
Ainu worship bears (no, unironically)
So she could be an unwanted child of some ritual

>>712870582
>Lots
Rivalcuck/Houndtroon kys please

>>712870626
>him

The wedding with Kanata was fun, now how many months do I have to wait for the first child?

>>712870928
5 days for her to pop the question
5 days for the little bugger to be born

>>712870850
Why do you automatically think I’m that Houndfag? Meds, schizo.

>>712870850
Nah, that part is true. A lot of women follow franchises for the characters to ship. It's actually confusing companies a lot.
>Character X has ten billion likes on twitter
>surely they must be popular, right
>release character
>no one cares, because the shippers don't actually play the game, just use them for AO3 fanfiction and twitter shipshit art

>>712871012
>Filenames
>Same posting style
>Rival faggotry and r*ddit mental illness

>>712871060
Truth nuke

>>712871060
>>712870657
>>712870850
Except most fans have been begging for rival marriage to return to the SOS/RF franchises for years now and feel the towns are objectively less alive without them.

>>712870967
Holy crap, that's fast. Thanks.

>>712871163
>Filenames
There are plenty of phone posters on /v/, bikinischizo is one and he’s not the same person as Houndfag or Rivalfag obviously.

here we go again with the rivalschizo

>>712871238
Most fans or just r*ddit trannies? Most Japanese fans don't want that shit. Most farm sims don't even have the mechanic. Rival faggotry in waifu and husbando simulators never mesh well.

>>712870784
Sex the sheep and make a Micah.

>>712871240
Yeah, unlike a lot of the other games in the franchise or its sister games, GOA doesn't fuck around and just lets you get the good stuff asap if you want it
No waiting several months to unlock a dungeon/feature/waifu here

Would you invite Kurama into your discord?

>>712871542
There's a lot of places I'd invite him

>>712871421
>Most Japanese fans don't want that shit.
Explain the rival ships fanart I just posted then?

>>712871592
>Most
Learn to read. Of course there's going to be a few shipfags.

>>712871238
No.

>>712871542
The dude exclusively hangs out with children in his off time so nyes. Discord seems like the perfect place for him.

Do we know if the game is selling well?

>>712871668
There’s even more RF4 rival fanart where that came from though, people have been shipping Leon/Forte for years now.

>>712850551
Why can't you romance milfs in this game yet?

>>712870728
>Why do Japs like Hina?
Nips are natural groomers

>>712872053
In Japan at least physical sales are doing worse than RF5, but it might be selling better on the west and there is also steam that weren't an option when RF5 first released. If anything I don't think it's a flop.

>>712872053
Well it's doing several times better than RF5 on steam
As far as nip switch sales go it only did like half of RF5's numbers for first week sales iirc, almost certainly because of how RF5 nuked the series reputation

>>712872119
You won't even find a lot of those unless you search hard enough and most are just kids drawings and RF4 is 12 years old.

What are the children's personalities like? Is there a little "ojou-sama" or something?

>>712870728
Probably her design, same reason people go for Ulalaka I suppose.

>>712872403
>Is there a little "ojou-sama" or something?
Yes, but I found her annoying so I went back for the shy one which was cu ter.

>>712872403
There's a bossy acting mature one, didn't go for her though as she's not as cute as the shy daughter

>>712870626
Yeah I noticed this as well lol
Redditors man...

>>712871238
>Except most fans
Lmao, sure.
>but a bunch of westacucks said so
Sorry, but CN GODS like me don't like it so it's removed most of the time.

>>712872643
CN as Chinese? They usually have shit taste anyways so why should anyone listen to them?

>>712872741
Redditors have shit taste too, why should we listen to them?

>>712870819
>Ainus worship bears
Would you a Pajeet bachelorette that was made half cow?

>>712864550
Fuck rivals, I just want to play matchmaker for the ones I don't care about.

>>712873110
>Fire Emblem esque support system
No, then the rival scenes will just be short and shitty with zero chemistry

>>712873097
You know, I can't believe I've never seen an indian holstaur before

>>712873186
Did you not hear me? I don't give a shit about your rivals.

>>712873110
this, at least let me pick someone for each girl

>>712872901
In this case the redditors are right, rival marriage and especially kids in a lifesim is just an objective improvement all around as it adds even more social content. It feels like the town is constantly changing and evolving instead of remaining stagnant, it helps the game feel less “gamey” for lack of a better word.

Why else do you think HM64 and Animal Parade are two of the best and most beloved Harvest Moon games?

>>712873214
I only hear the voices in my head.

>>712873389
Because they're not. A lot of HM games are better. Most successful farm sims don't have this mechanic.

>>712873186
>No, then the rival scenes
Did you not read the words "Fuck" and "Rivals" in that post?
They were written together, like so; "Fuck Rivals"
While Fuck is a word with many meanings and countless contexts, the way it was being used here was in the negative.
Fuck, as in; "I disregard."
So it would be "I disregard any relevancy of the concept of Rivals"
This means that the person you are speaking to does not care about Rivals, or their scenes, and doesn't want to see them.

This could be because they are more focused on pairing other characters together romantically (as you are making a match between two people.); a motive that is lended greater credence by that anon saying "I want to play matchmaker."

I hope this helps you understand better, you disgusting NTR nigger.
Fuck rivals.

>>712873506
nobody gives a shit, rivalschizo

>>712873506
Rivaltroon/Houndtroon is mentally ill

I don't care about any of this
Pilika cute

>>712873582
BASED.

>>712873550
You say that like it's worse being schizophrenic than it is to be an NTR rivalfaggot.

I am looked at with pity.
You are looked at with disgust.
There is a reason adultery is punishable by death in most religions.

>>712873582
That dipshit is going to just keep taking the bait until the thread is completely derailed, unfortunately
Pilika is cute

>>712873389
>Why else do you think HM64 and Animal Parade are two of the best and most beloved Harvest Moon games?
Kek, you mean among the people that never even followed the franchise anyway?

>>712873097
How cute are we talking about here. Shortstack and cute as Pilika?
Fuck yeah

>>712873684
>That dipshit is going to just keep taking the bait until the thread is completely derailed, unfortunately
Yes I am.

>>712873446
Pilika…

>>712873684
>Bait
No, this guy is 100% serious. That's all he's been talking about in this threads.

>>712869879
Yes

>>712873763
THEY ARE SPIRITS
THEY ARE REAL
LIKE ACTUALLY REAL
DON'T FUCKING CALL HER A SCHIZO

>>712873807
Ok Pilika.

>>712873505
>Because they're not. A lot of HM games are better.
Only Bokumono that could be considered better than 64 and AP is Trio of Towns.

>>712873838
Nigga they literally change the weather to keep her in Azuma I'll kick your ass

>>712873582
Based

>>712873860
AWL is better
The first SoS is better

>>712873871
Yes Pilika, and next you're gonna tell me Cuilang is AI, and the travelling merchants control inter-island banking.

>>712873996
>AWL
Could’ve been the peak of the franchise if it hadn’t been developed while Victor Interactive was on the brink of bankruptcy, unfortunately it is an unfinished mess like RF5 and the remake barely managed to fix it.
>The first SoS is better
The candidate designs maybe, but there isn’t nearly enough dialogue compared to Trio and the festivals are pretty mid as well.

Did Rune Factory 3 add anything worth replaying the game for

>>712874292
*Rune Factory 3 Special

>>712874221
AWL is peak for me just for the hybrid autism and the slower pace.
First SoS at least tries to change the formula, introduce new machanics and there are many love events that I like from that game.

>>712873996
First SoS's gameplay was a fucking abomination, bro.
The sheer hoops that game asks you to jump if you want to be reverse confessed to, the unlock requirements for the various foreign shops, and the dumb shit with the +Wool materials which are already a pain to get not being compatible/easily swappable with the not + wools in recipes forcing you to keep two different kinds of animals, when that game already has a ridiculous number of sheep/alpacas etc

>>712873996
A wonderful life has rival events (not marriages though) you fart huffing secondary
https://fogu.com/hm/hmawl/events.php

>>712874560
And the female version of AWL has more added
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/919314-harvest-moon-another-wonderful-life/faqs/72849

>>712874560
>No rival marriage
>Doesn't dive too deep and the bachelorettes don't give a shit for said rivals
I have no reason to get mad at this

>wake up
>check thread
>rival faggotry that devolves into mindless shitflinging
EVERY.FUCKING.DAY.
please discuss that on rddit
you'll find more like-minded people there

>>712874292
>>712874345
Mechanically, it's pretty much the same as the DS version.
Graphically, it has higher resolution backgrounds and textures. Models are now also Bravely Default style cute chibi pudgy dolls instead of the blocky yet charming monstrosities they were in the DS version.
Content wise, there's Honeymoon mode and Audio Dramas for all the heroines in the same way that 4 Special did. So you're looking at like 3-4 hours of new waifufagging content (which are essentialy just glorified VN sections).

>>712875494
>More Raven content
Sold. Thanks.

>Art flooded with fag and dyke shit instead of normal male MC and bachelorette or female MC and bachelor
Fuck homos

>>712875727
Artists gonna draw what they want to draw

>>712846517 (OP)
is the game worth the 60$ or should i wait for a discount?

>>712874560
Were these rival events kept in the remake?

>>712876052
Game is worth playing, but fuck no at its current full price given the experience it currently offers.
I'm a buckbroken superfan of the series, so I paid full price but I'd advise any non-insane people to wait for a discount.

>>712874292
Honestly none of the ports are worth buying if you've played them to death in the past

I need more comfy games of this type, bonus points for romance
I played My Time in Sandrock too, and I thought it was fun.

>>712876227
thanks anon, i will wait until it hit the 40$-30$ mark

>>712876106
Yes
https://fogu.com/sos5/events/rival_events.html

>>712876319
I wouldn't say "played to death" honestly, I played it twice, once to marry Raven and the other to marry Sofia. As much as it gets praised everywhere I really didn't like 4 because I couldn't care less for any of the characters in it like I did for 1,2 and 3. Doesn't help that when I was actually getting invested in 4 I got fucking cucked by dogshit RNG that made it literally impossible to marry because for some reason the next romance event refused to pop so I just ragequit. So I have fond memories of 3 and if there's a good excuse to replay it (there is ift here's more raven content) then why not. I'm pretty much done with azuma having suck like 70 hours in it.

>>712876323
Immortal Life is cool but it doesn't have romance (because the devs say it interferes with the cultivation)

>>712876691
Only reason why people wouldn’t like 4 and would prefer 3 to it is because they’re salty that 4 finally decided to fully include and pander to a female playerbase.

Search your heart you know it to be true, you only prefer 3 out of spite.

>>712876959
I'm not nearly terminally online enough to care about any of that. Again, I did not really like the characters in 4. It's that simple.

I can't believe they named the off brand nazi woman von sex.

It's unfair that Hina is the only pink who gives your spawn unique features

>>712877365
>Subaru has to endure getting milked by Ulalaka everynight until the end of their lifespan.
Idk if this is a blessing or a curse.

>>712877365
>>712877634
GIWTWM

>>712876323
There's like a dozen SDV clone at this point

>>712876452
you on pc? you can get it discounted for pretty cheap if you're not going the yar har route. deluxe is around 45 I think

So I was looking at some reviews on Amazon JP and spotted this 1 star review. Anyone know WTF this person is talking about?

"The characters are all based on Vtubers, and it's like a V country.
As I was playing, I kept seeing names and settings that felt familiar, and I thought, "What's this? I was completely convinced when I saw the child born at

I did a little research and found that there had been allegations that the development was “nhl” even before it was released.
It's not only completely true, but they've done more than the allegations suggest.
It's safe to assume that 90% of the potential lovers are holo-libbers. The children born to them are also firmly holo. The children born are also holo-native. It is very blatant.

Lunfaq is a series that has been established by the fans' attachment to the characters and the world view, even if there are some difficulties in the game parts.
Of course, the fans value such elements the most. It's not just an add-on to a farming simulator.

This is completely out of the scope of the kind of playfulness that makes fans grin, such as inserting small jokes into conversations.
In a game where the characters are the lifeblood of the game, to take those characters and twist them into a virtual idol group by taking a total clapback to a virtual idol group is just...

To put it bluntly, I feel nothing but discomfort at being forced to go along with the self-assertion of an intrusive otaku
If you are so eager to show off your hobby, please do it without using the name of the series
As a fan of the series, I really resent the fact that your goal is to expose your hobby rather than to entertain your fans. As a fan of the series, I'm really angry at you.
I've put up with even 5 as an offering, but I won't buy the next one if this is your attitude. Good bye."

I didn't know Vtuber antis in Japan were this schizo.

>>712878114
Schizos gonna schizo, bro

>>712878114
Amazon jp reviews are considered memes, basically it's kinda like /v/ schizo ranting but in Japanese

>>712878114
>The characters are all based on Vtubers,
>Hololive vtubers
Bro what is this guy retarded or did he see them shilling it and made a retarded assumption

i just finished the first astral shrine how much is left of the main story

>tfw they go back to the usual artist for RF6
It hurts...

>>712878114
A bunch of character names in GoA are the same as many members of Hololive. They are all common names so it's probably just coincidence, but it is funny how many there are. Also, I saw some posts of some jp schizo comparing designs with Miko, but it was nonsense.

>>712878352
Still a fair bit, around 30-40% I'd say

>>712878114
vtuber pros are also schizo. I prefer to not get involved at all with those brands of mental illness.

>>712878352
you should have just unlocked a new tab in the fast travel location menu for other
go ahead and check how many ????? are in it to get a good guess

EN subaru sounds like he takes dicks
i'm not imagining JP would be any better

>>712878114
I mean I can see where he's coming from, there's been sort of an arms race of "retardedly overdesigned cute girls" ever since gachas exploded and have tried to differentiate themselves. New-gen vtubers and indies especially crank this up to the max with their sparkledog-tier deviantart OCs.

Honestly the only character in the cast i'd mistake for a vtuber avatar would be Hina with her new outfit. Ulalaka looks like an average gacha alt outfit or something.

>>712877901
Yeah but which ones are good

GUYS WHERE DO I STAND FOR THE FIREWORKS FESTIVAL I HAVE A DATE AND NO QUEST

>>712878630
you wouldn't happen to be doing it when the gods are out of commission would you?

>>712878630
Did you help matsuri make a firework?
If not, reload
Are the gods taking a nap?
If so, you're fucked

>>712853095
>Special Rerelease includes Venti Newlyweds story
FOR WHAT FUCKING PURPOSE

>>712878630
You have to ask your waifu out when it's time. If you already did the daily activity, you're fucked. I hope you saved lately.

>>712846517 (OP)
The characters are so expressionate i love it ngl

>>712878790
Because fuck you, lol

>>712878790
4 Special is held together by rubber bands and chewing gum

>>712846683
nigga dats gay

>>712878745
The gods were locked behind story
As soon as I got back from my fight with hound and talked to matsuri she gave me the firework prompt so I made one
Talked to iroha she reminded me fireworks were at 7 pm
tried talking to iroha at 7 pm in her tea shop and nothing happened

Tried to run over all of the event trigger locations I remembered in summer shrine to no luck

>>712879016
Ah, then you're fucked
They have to all be back for the event to work

>>712879127
its over this is like the third time I've had to stand someone up and I've never had a choice

>>712879016
>not finishing main story by Spring/very beginning of Summer
Skill issue

What is Matsuri weak to?
Anal?
Mating press?

>>712879539
GHOOOOOOOOOOOOST BLOWJOOOOOOB

WOO WOO WOO

>reach autumn village
>turnips, rice and honey giving me money faster than I can spend it, if anything I don't have enough lumber to support my spending, causing money to build up even faster
I don't even know what to spend it on.

>>712846683
the most intellectual fpbp ever
>[picture missing]
discarded

Where is all the preg belly art?

>>712879629
Put a carpenter in every village, multiple if you have to, staff them all
you can buy 20 lumber per carpenter a day.

>>712879629
>if anything I don't have enough lumber to support my spending, causing money to build up even faster
Plant some damn trees in your villages, and watch as your lumber stocks quickly balloon into insanity

>>712879629
later game weapons

>>712879674
Oh nice, that sounds good. Does the blacksmith/ carpenter shop make money too?

>>712879828
Yeah they have passive income when staffed. But also dedicating an entire lot to trees helps a lot too. Its not like you use villagers to farm anyway.

Why is she looking at me like this?

>>712879796
>>712879867
Yup, thanks. Half my villagers are either treecutters or fisherman.

>>712879880
Those wet dreams you keep having? Ula's fault

>>712880076
I knew it...

>>712878382
I'm blind, is this art from the new artist or the old one?

My villages are horribly unoptimized but I keep worrying that if I spend hours optimizing them I'll unlock a new feature that means it was all wasted and I have to reoptimize.

>the sakura trees are radiant in spring village
>crops and fruit are growing at an incredible pace
>the divine tree glows a beautiful pink at night
>but the village chief looks haggard and exhausted

>>712880330
Do a final fix after unlocking all the villages and buildings, and the ema board quests.

>>712880345
Nonstop milking session

How long will you get a child after marriage?

>>712880480
Like 10 days

>>712880570
Got it. Thanks

AAAAAA I JUST GOT ROKUBE
LET ME EXECUTE HIM INSTEAD OF EXILING HIM

>>712880635
He'll be back

So If I have no plans on being a prancing lala homo man, in terms of actively building friendship levels with the dudes, I should be fine at leaving them at lvl 7 right? There's no more recipe unlocks beyond that?

>>712880935
As long as you don't confess, shit doesn't turn gay, and there are

So how many in game days/years does the game take

Its pretty nice of them to leave offerings after I slam their heads with the spiky club of peace and Pilika pelts them with friendship arrows.

>>712881268
You can finish the whole main story before the end of Spring, and the bonus dungeon by Summer

>>712880935
you can check in the profile menu what bond levels unlock recipes if that's all you care about

Any cummable girls?

I’m super early in the game, like a couple hours, and it’s reminding me of when I played Ys X. It’s a very comfortable, easy to play, streamlined game, but I wonder if it will do anything to make itself more memorable. Every other JRPG that comes out has this kind of safeness to it, and this is giving me those signs right at the start. Not everything needs to be an instant classic, but I do want more than just a nice game that doesn’t upset me.
To people that have actually been playing the game since it came out and can give a real impression, would you consider it memorable or just a normal, good game? Like, will you be thinking about this game ten years from now?

>>712881517
>Ys X. It’s a very comfortable, easy to play, streamlined game,
Ys X has the best combat in the series and this has dogshit combat

>>712867545
>Yes. She is very cute too.
>>712867756
>Okay I'm buying and leaving a review mentioning how seducing villains in specific convinced me to play it in hopes it becomes more common

I've been hesitating because of how shit 5 was but now i'm tempted to give it a try, the witch was always my favorite in the harvest moon games.

I played too much GoA recently. I had a dream with Ula this night. She gave me a handjob, while I licked her massive tits

>kurama can't use his tengu sword
seems odd having none of the deities use a shortsword

Do the non combat aspects of the game ever get slightly challenging

>>712881383
What's this event

>>712882750
What do you mean, like, if you pick the wrong option while hanging out you lose bond levels?

>>712882397
I had a dream about harvesting crops with Iroha.
And for some reason that "YOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" guy who yells whenever you level up kept doing that sfx whenever I picked up a crop and then Matsuri said he was too loud and I woke up.

>>712882862
Like farming, town and time management

>>712882858
A story event where Pilika leads you to an astral shrine

I just reached the first Astral Shrine, when do I get Kaguya?

>>712878556
Subaru?

How do I prevent Ulalaka from stealing my seed?

>>712881201
>have to suck dick to get every recipe
I'm a completionist, but I'm not that desperate.

>>712883561
You can't

>>712883595
This, i only buy games if its mp or im going to love it and 100% it and seeing marriage with homos made me stick with pirated version real quick, shame.

>>712883524
After the astral shrines

>>712883595
No you retard you can still increase bond levels without confessing

>>712883561
Beg the Sex Empire for help

>>712883732
But then Clarice will devour his seed with her hungry sechs pussy instead?

>>712883783
Nice cock anon

Matsuri suggests hiding your seed in her womb, but only at night so the sperm is asleep and she wont get pregnant

will the villagers level up crops on their own?

>>712883969
No.
Do not let villagers touch your crops. Do not let them touch your fields.

>>712878557
Nah, he was talking about how hololive also has girls named Matsuri, Kanata, Iroha, and Subaru. Huh, that's actually more than I initially thought.

>>712883969
Some can do that, but its a low chance

i bought this game to fuck the brown girl but theres a bunch of farming and city building shit i dont care about

>>712883969
I've pretty much never used them, but my assumption is that by default no. But there's a villager ability called crop whisperer that lets them level up your crops, increasing in chance the more days that villager works that crop.
You really shouldn't let the villagers touch your crops at all, they're very bad.

>>712884036
Yeah those are basically the most generic names you can possibly give a fictional japanese character too
>Matsuri literally just means festival
>Fubuki is just fucking blizzard
The entire cast is the JP equivalent of calling yourself Chris Redfield or John Shootguy

Why did Pilika make a cave out of pillows and blankets?

>>712882920
>>712882397
I don't believe you larpers

>>712884036
Those are just very common thematic names.

A goddess of fun times literally named "Festival"
A Sky goddess named "Far Away"
Tutorial/Starter Bitch named: "Fundamentals"
And a pair of protagonists with paired star symbolism names (Kaguya from the Myth of Kaguya, and Subaru is literally just the japanese name of the Pleiades stars)
etc.

The chuubas chose them for the same reason that RF chose them. It's easy to make mythological/visual associations with those names.

>>712884319
You'll be surprised how people IRL name their kids assuming they're not polish, german, english or french

>>712884319
> Kaguya myth
> A princess who get separated from her lover
Kek. No wonder

>>712884319
I was honestly surprised that they didn't name the two protagonists Orihime and Hikoboshi. But I guess that would be too on the nose.

>>712884197
>John Factory and Jane Harvest of Country Town
Rune Factory 6 is looking good

>>712884443
>only for an evil gaijin barbarian to kill kaguyahime and take the lover

I hope RF6 will be a lot like GoA
Just the way it controls is a huge improvement over the other games, just needs fists and more non-human wives

What other games do I play for this feel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ko6NBmxrU

>>712884197
>Fubuki
I can't believe I forgot about Friend.

>>712884585
Yeah uh, sorry for killing you and stealing your fiancee. Have a zwiebelkuchen.

>>712884585
Can't wait for DLC where lunar aliens arrived to do a Chris Redfield on Subaru

>>712883561
Marry Iroha

>>712884798
>DLC
I genuinely wish they would release a DLC pack/expansion for this before 6.

Can someone mod out the gay options? I’m on Switch, so I wouldn’t be able to install it personally. It’s more about the spirit of it existing.

>>712884274
>Why did Pilika make a cave out of pillows and blankets?
Bears hibernate.

>>712884946
But she's only half bear.

>>712884929
Just don't tell the dude you want to take a nap together, its not hard.

i cant save enough skill points to unlock the kiss activity...

>>712884884

where the fuck do you get regular ass flowers in this game it's the only thing I'm missing for my villages

>can fly
>can't FRY HIGHER
>no RED RINGS OF ROVE
it's over...

>>712881583
>dogshit combat
It’s good by Rune Factory standards though, actually probably the best combat in the entire series so far, not that the bar was very high to begin with.

>>712883561
Play as Kaguya.

>>712885031
Farm turnips

>>712846517 (OP)
test

i kind of want to marry iroha just because no one else is

>They made the one Ainu character the product of a bear fucker
Is this racist?

>>712885061
You mean to plant in development zones? Have Woolby make them.

>>712885160
According to Steam she's the most popular after Ulalaka, Kaguya and Hina and most of the men.

>>712885031
Actively hang out with other people or just fucking use all purpose EXP

>4chan not letting me post pictures without getting an error
The fuck is this

>>712885206
>Liking Iroha over Matsuri, Kanata, and Clarice
Extremely shit taste.

>>712885008
Nah. It shouldn’t be in the game. Not a trace left in the code.
To be honest I wouldn’t care as much if this wasn’t something that XSNEED staff had been specifically twisting their arm to add into the franchise for years by their own admission back when 5 came out. It’s an unnatural, parasitic feature.

What would you do if you woke up with Pilika clinging to you, but she just won't wake up?

>>712885201
No I mean for village missions. Like red crystal flowers or wood sorrels

>>712885290
Okay bye

>still no way to screen and murder every slacker who might even consider entering your villages
just let me go full outer heaven already

>>712885323
I would cuddle and lose however many hours it takes for her to wake up.

>>712885326
I found blue crystal flowers on an island

>>712885290
Azuma has several brown and black NPCs (brown MC in fact) and generic villager models, did XSEED convince Marvelous to add those in as well? It’s woke already even without the fag marriage.

>>712846517 (OP)
For some reason she has more bond level than my childhood friend gf

>>712885326
You can buy some from the flower carts, I got blue crystal flower seeds from a fubuki personal quest so I assume matsuri might have the red ones?

>trailer shows endgame stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRb4MwoDOWA

>>712885381
You passively gain standing with people in your combat party, so it's probably heavily inflated from that if you bring her out for killing shit.

>>712885404
The first 10 seconds is literally the last 10 minutes of the end game kek

Surprising amount of research.
Ainu did pay huge respects to bear, even making a whole ceremony when killing one

>>712885323
Call a doctor.

>>712885445
>You passively gain standing with people in your combat party
You mean the all-important bee slots?

>>712885323
Continue to sleep

>>712881583
I thought 4chan and reddit hates Ys X's combat, I'm convinced I'm the only one who genuinely liked it

The only party member I take along is my giant wolf
He is a good boy and he likes bagels

>>712885160
The game literally TELLS you to marry Iroha when she’s the candidate that shows up in the marriage tutorial pop-up.

>>712885285
It's the lategame recruitment curse.

>>712885503
I liked Ys X's combat. I think Trails is getting more and more influenced by Ys' mechanics so I had to learn to love them.

>>712885231
For now, try disabling adblocker to post pictures. See if it works bc the same happened to me

>>712885538
Matsuri is relatively early game though and Iroha is still married more often than her apparently.

MATSURI HANABIII!!!

For how prominent Rin is with stuff involving the gods, I'm surprised she isn't considered a proper villager character with a profile, relationship values and all that. At the very least, she has more presence than the winter villagers that aren't romance candidates. She's definitely one of the anomalies that hint that this game might've been rushed out earlier than expected.

>>712885487
just find higher level bees later to replace them
what level do you need bees at to consistently get lvl 9 honey anyways?

>>712885630
She's the next DLC romanceable character alongside Watarase

>>712885576
Nope, still get errors.

>>712885449
So Ainus are with bears like Hindus are with cows?

Ulalaka gives me NTR vibes but I like her titties... is it over for me

>>712867307
Her mom is a shit compared to her

>>712885751
You got issues.

>>712885751
Yes, because she is actually a mastermind pretending to be an airhead just to seduce you and steal your semen so she can fulfill her dream of being a mother with a big happy family

>>712885731
I'd say its more like mongols with horses. Just without the taming part.

Honestly, this interaction made her go from meh to wife
I wish we got more girls who pursue (you)

>>712885630
She lived in the heavenly realm managing all the godly stuff while kanata plays hide and seek down below

>>712885751
The NTR candidate is Hina

>Doing Kanata's events
>Suddenly, Objective:
>Beat a child to death.
Well alright then.

>>712885943
i hate it because it's just the devs saying "no we wont let you marry the mom"

>>712885729
>Watarase
Takumisisters...

>>712886081
She's a married woman

>>712886081
Yeah but her mom sucks and is an awful person. She's kind of a dumb hot slut but I wouldn't want to marry her. Occasional oyakodon threesome mistress at best, but Xiao Pai is the wife.

>>712886081
I mean, she is still married so...
Now Misasagi on the other hand...

>>712885378
Azuma also promotes race mixing with Pilika’s character plus allows the Brown MC to utterly cuck and defile the Not!Nazi Germany’s Pure Aryan bloodline.

It also degrades white women by implying they fuck dogs, this is the most blatantly woke entry yet.

>>712885943
People who love Xiao Pai don't pick her, they get picked by her.

>>712886134
that won't stop me

Test

>>712886101
>>712885729
>Watarase
No it’s gonna be Hound, just based on the fanart the director retweeted.

>>712886239
>houndschizo WON
I won too, I want to make him less evil with a healthy dose of cock.

>>712886238
Thought I was finally free from non image posting hell after this but I'm right back in it. Oh well.

>>712885751
She's loyal to (you). You, on the other hand, should be ashamed of yourself.

Do I mainline the story to unlock everything or do I do all the side stuff and level up villages as much as possible before progressing?

>>712885751
Hina is NTR queen but orchestrates it for other characters, (you) are safe.

>>712886174
Baits used to be believable lmao

>>712886383
Rush the story

>>712886383
Level your villages to at least 3 and then start grinding the story
Too many decorations unlock late

>>71288643
And summer to 5*

>>712886174
>Ethelberd knowing his precious royal bloodline got PLOWED, FARMED, WATERED and SEEDED

>>712885751
Never entering threads discussing waifus in this shithole again. nothing can prove me that you faggots are not unironic cucks, so fucking pathetic.

>>712886403
>Hina is NTR queen but orchestrates it for other characters, (you) are safe.
She literally tries to cuck you with Mauro in her first romantic event

>>712885378
one day you mfs will stop spamming the word woke 24/7...one day

So what are you supposed to be selling to make money here

>>712886792
Rice
Do not listen to Mist propaganda

>>712886792
turnips, rice, honey

>>712886792
honey

best place to get them early on is in the autumn region, go to the maple forest warp point, cross the bridge, turn right and keep following the path until you see a few lv35 giant hornets

lv65+ ones won't come for a good bit after that, i think the earliest you can find them is one room in fleeting flower, otherwise they're in random sky islands

>>712886792
Rice is Life.

>>712886792
Turnips are great from the start because the drum makes any 3 day or less crop harvestable every day.
Rice has very high yields (~29 per harvest) but requires a special 2x2 plot that needs a water tile next to it. Still, it's very efficient and if you really wanted to probably manage with villager farmers.
Honey is completely automated and all you have to do is build barns and kidnap bees and you'll print money forever with no upkeep required.

>>712886542
Genuinely the worst bond event in the game, holy shit.
>so, Hina, tell me about Rigbart-
>*ITALIAN NOISES* WOW HINA WE REALLY ARE TWO PEAS IN A POD
>Hina, I want to get to know you bett-
>*ITALIAN NOISES* WE REALLY ARE KINDRED SPIRITS HINA
To make things worse even she was trying to talk to Subaru.

When the FUCK did you become a God of Fishing too, Ulalaka?

>bring low lvl party to new dungeon
>YOOOOOooooooYOOOOoooooYOOOoooo

Alright I've scoured these threads enough, I'll buy this game. Any tips before I start? I usually go in blind as much as I can but I notice someone is having issues with events not triggering in game because they didn't finish the story or something? Most information I've picked up over the past few days regarding any possible spoilers has already left my brain, information like that doesn't stick unless I'm currently playing something but if I can avoid issues later down the line like one anon is having I'd appreciate some guidance

>>712887663
Just don't date anyone until you complete the main story

What Contest do I hold on Matsuri's birthday?

>>712887663
think the only thing i would be aware of is that at some point, the gods will be out of commission and you have to go help them. for a lot of people, this usually coincides with the fireworks festival

the game will give you a pop up that tells you the gods will be temporarily unavailable at that point of the story. make sure you progress far enough to make them available again if you want to invite someone to the fireworks festival or else it will completely bug out (if you don't care about inviting anyone then it doesn't matter)

>>712887737
The cooking one so she can feast

>>712887663
It's the cute dlc green bear girl
Don't do her romance events until post game
Another tip: Unless you want to speed run the story, do NOT unlock the epicenter before the fireworks festival. Wait. Otherwise you'll be like this poor anon, cockblocked by Clarice and the Hound >>712878630

>>712887737
if you're like me fucking nothing
couldn't even celebrate Matsuri's birthday either

i don't understand cuilang

so he's a robot? but he eats?

he has a master? who?

>>712885943
I've always loved how she talks.

>>712888158
>he has a master? who?
Me.

>>712887712
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>>712887827
So if I'm reading this correctly, which I'm probably not, there's a fireworks festival in game that I'm assuming only happens once and you can take someone with you on a date but it can bug out unless you reach the end of the main story, is that right? So if I want to take someone with me to the festival I need to rush the main story line first?

>>712888253
Once a year in the summer
And no, there's just a point in the story that will softlock it
I did mine before I did that part of the story and it worked just fine.

>>712888253
>Once
Only if you plan on playing a single year in the game (which is understandable going through a year takes fucking forever)

>>712886952
>early on
Is Autumn considered early game still?

>>712888253
it happens once a calendar year which is 4 months, you could cycle through an entire year if you missed it the first time

you only need to rush the main story if you've reached the part where the gods are not available, if you haven't by the time the festival rolls around, then you don't need to worry

>>712888253
It's less about rushing the story and more about the timing of certain events, for me it was Tanabata that got messed up instead of the fireworks festival

>>712888253
Tanabata, the first actual festival in the game happens on the 7th Summer, and it and the Fireworks one on 20th Summer which needs the Gods present to happen, can get fucked if you reach a certain point of the story which takes the Gods away from the village for a period of time, and don't complete that section before the day of the festival comes

The game warns you when you're about to reach that point, so you either have the option of delaying story progress until the day of the festival least you be forced to wait until the next year to experience it, or charging full speed ahead and completing the rest of the story so that it stops being an issue

>>712887360
So that's why people hate Mauro, in his bond events he seemed like an absolute bro.

>>712886542
>>712887360
Mauro is CLEARLY the gay best friend.

>>712888346
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>>712888305
Got it so it's a certain quest or story segment that is very specific and if that lines up with the festival then you're out of luck. So let's say I take my time with everything and don't rush anything at all I'll most likely be good then yeah?

My IRL friend and I play games at the same time a lot, he will play casually and in 30 hours be almost 95% through. I'll play 30 hours and only progress 5% if that

>>712887597
Watarase is a fucking joke.

>>712888332
You're basially not out of the tutorial until you unlock all 4 seasonal areas and get shunted into the sky dungeons.

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>>712888423
I don't like him because he screeches at me constantly and it's annoying
He's fine as a character but holy fuck

>>712889709
If it was rune factory 3 or 4 (you) would be able to romance her, my only disappointment in this game yet besides the obvious ones like homos that will hopefully get modded out.

>>712890492
>it was rune factory 3 or 4 (you) would be able to romance
What is Monica and Pico