'Rune Factory 5' play review where you can enjoy romance while cultivating fields and fighting monsters in the fantasy world
'Rune Factory 5 ', the latest work in the 'Rune Factory' series where you can experience life and adventure in the fantasy world, was released for Nintendo Switch on Thursday, May 20, 2021. I actually played this work, which is a fusion of life simulation elements that enjoy farming and interaction with residents, and adventure elements such as dungeon capture and battle with strong enemies, and tried to immerse myself in the fantasy world.
'Rune Factory 5' | Nintendo Switch
◆ World view
At Rune Factory 5, you can control the hero who has lost his memory and enjoy life in a fantasy world. In addition. The gender of the main character can be selected from men and women.
The hero who wakes up in a state of losing his memory will live as a member of the security organization 'Seed' in a town called 'Rig Bath' while solving the problems of the residents.
◆ Crop cultivation
The protagonist, who will work as a member of Seed, will be given a field where he can grow a variety of crops. The fields in the initial state are full of rocks and stumps, but ...
By servicing with tools such as an ax and a hammer, you will be able to plant your favorite seeds and grow crops. Harvested crops are collected every morning and rewards can be earned according to the type and quantity of harvested crops.
In the following movie, you can see how the fields are actually being maintained and the crops are being harvested.
Enjoying farm work at 'Rune Factory 5' --YouTube
'Rune points' are consumed when you perform actions such as field maintenance and watering. When the remaining amount (RP) of the rune points displayed on the upper left of the screen becomes 0, the hit points (HP) start to decrease, and when the hit points also reach 0, the hero faints.
The fainted hero is automatically taken to the clinic in Rig Bath and loses his treatment.
Rune points can be recovered over time and with the use of items. Also, take a bath at the inn in Rig Bath ...
You can greatly recover your rune points by eating at a restaurant. Making good use of these facilities and doing a lot of work while recovering rune points is an important point of this work.
◆ Activities as Seed
The security organization 'Seed', to which the main character belongs, is responsible for solving the problems of the inhabitants and defeating dangerous monsters. The protagonist will also be a member of Seed and will settle since the inhabitants of Rigberth. Requests from residents are posted on the request bulletin board of the 'Seed Rig Bath Book' where the main character sleeps.
The contents of the request bulletin board look like this. The details of the request, the requester, the reward, etc. are displayed. At the beginning of the game, many requests are posted to help you understand the game system, so it is recommended to check the request bulletin board frequently.
'Seed points' will increase when you complete the request or interact with the residents. By spending the accumulated Seed points, you can hold events such as 'cooking competition' and 'bean sowing competition'.
Many residents, including the main character, will participate in the event. Also, depending on the result of the event, you may be able to acquire useful items, so it is recommended to actively hold the event.
◆ Combat
In addition to the requests sent to the request bulletin board, events may occur from conversations with residents. Some requests and events require exploration of fields that extend outside the rig berth.
Many monsters are walking around the field, and you can get items and experience points by defeating monsters.
In addition, as you repeat the battle, skill points will be accumulated, and you can learn various attack methods such as attacks with steps and tame attacks.
In the following movie, you can see how you actually fight the monsters on the field.
In addition, a mighty boss awaits you in the back of the field, and you can also enjoy a chewy battle. Also, there is no particular penalty for changing the difficulty level, so if you feel that the battle is too difficult, lowering the difficulty level is also an option.
◆ Form a party
As you progress through the story, you will be able to use the throwing weapon 'Seed Circle'.
Seed circles are thrown by pressing the ZL button. It is possible to stop the movement of the monster by hitting the thrown Seed circle against the monster.
Also, by pressing and holding the ZL button and then throwing it, you can join the monster that hit the Seed Circle.
You can take the monsters you made friends with on the field and fight together. You can also check the status of the monster on the status screen.
Not only monsters can fight together, but you can also invite the residents of Rigverse to adventure and organize a party.
The maximum number of parties is 4 including monsters. Residents and monsters who become party members can roam the town of Rigberth and explore the fields together.
You can also use the 'cooperative technique' that causes great damage to monsters in cooperation with the residents of the town who made you a party member.
◆ Love
At Rune Factory 5, you can also enjoy love and marriage with the residents of Rig Bath. You can check the liking from the residents from the menu screen, and you can have a romance by increasing the liking.
This time, I confessed to the girl 'Priscilla' I met at the beginning of the story ...
I've been fluttering wonderfully.
In addition, if you raise your liking and succeed in confessing, you can date, get married and have children.
◆ Other factors
Rune Factory 5 has many other elements that make life in the fantasy world more exciting. For example, enjoy fishing in the water ...
Capture dangerous monsters and keep your rigverse safe ...
You can freely enjoy life in the fantasy world by growing crops on the 'farm' that exists on the back of a huge dragon.
In addition, the voices of the characters in Rune Factory 5 are handled by the gorgeous voice actors, and you can watch the comments of each voice actor by selecting 'Voice Comment' on the title screen.
The voice comment screen looks like this. Each comment is recorded for a few minutes, so you can fully enjoy the comments of your favorite voice actors.
Rune Factory 5 has been available for Nintendo Switch since May 20, 2021 (Thursday). The suggested retail price is 6980 yen excluding tax, and at the time of writing the article, it is available at Amazon.co.jp for 6646 yen including tax.
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