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As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
Rune Factory 5 is a rpg, farming sim and romance game
developed by Marvelous Inc.
and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous Europe.
Released on July 13th 2022 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 1,861 reviews of which 1,444 were positive and 417 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.78€ on Eneba.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 8.1 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6500
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 Ti
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 9 GB available space
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Hard to Love, But Good I have been a long time fan of Rune Factory since playing Rune Factory 4 on my 3DS for the first time many years ago, since then I've played RF1, RF2, RF:F, RF3 and completed 4 a dozen times. So I'm a seasoned veteran of Rune Factory, I know how it works and how it looks. So when I saw that Rune Factory 5 would be switching the formula from an isometric top down view to a fully 3D third person experience, I was excited to see how it would turn out. Rune Factory did have a 3D environment in Rune Factory Frontier, but that was more akin to old Resident Evil because it had a fixed camera that you couldn't pan around with. I originally bought this game on my Nintendo Switch when it released and...well, it was utterly unplayable. The game was horrifically unoptimized and ran at hardly 15fps at BEST. So when I saw it was on PC, I figured this was the best place to experience it. The Bad So lets get the most glaring issue with RF5 out of the way. It's visuals. They aren't...great. They really look like assets you would find labeled [Unity.asst.store.txtre_anime_wall] and its not pretty. Somehow everything in this game looks oversaturated while also being washed out, it's an interesting phenomenon that I think has to do with the weird shading that's put over everything. The textures and models are also extremely blurry even at a distance, guessing that has to do with being developed initially for the Switch. But that is not an excuse because of how incredibly smooth the Xenoblade Chronicles series runs on Switch while also achieving higher detailed textures, shading and having a larger world size. So Marvelous does not have many excuses. If Monolithsoft can do it, so can Marvelous. Even on PC the game is still unoptimized and has some lags and jitters occasionally. The Good Now RF5 isn't all bad. But it is weaker than previous entries in the series. The Rune Factory stories are as cliche as you can get in a JRPG and RF5 is no different, but that doesn't bother me because I love a good cliche story. The characters are harder to love in RF5 than they were in say RF3 and 4 as well. But after a while of playing I am starting to warm up to them. I think the gameplay is good, a bit clunky, but it is their first time doing third person in this series so I can give that a pass. I do like many of the QOL changes they made to the game as well, making inventory management a bit less tedious than previous entries. Conclusion Rune Factory 5 is a slight departure from what is comfortable in the series. I don't much mind because I like when a series changes things while retaining it's original identity. It took me a few tries to get into RF5 but once I finally got the rhythm going I started to enjoy it. I have not tried Guardians of Azuma yet but I do hope that it looks better than RF5 does, because that is my biggest gripe.
A significant improvement on gameplay experience compared to the Switch version, which is insufferable. The visual aspect is lacking, but it is compensated by the intriguing combat, gear upgrading, and farming mechanisms as a classic appeal of the Rune Factory series. The QoL is better with a faster sorting function and bigger storage capacity. However, I find the storylines related to most marriage candidates a tad immature in general as if they are oriented for little kids. So, I usually play solo without romancing anyone through the end. In my heart, RF4 is peak.
There’s honestly not too much to say here. If you want that cute little village-life feeling where you farm, cook, craft, raise monsters, build relationships with the characters and eventually choose someone to fall in love with, then Rune Factory 5 is a fun game. Is it the best Rune Factory? No, but I still somehow spent quite a few hours on it. The main thing I didn’t love was how slow relationship progression could feel. I enjoy getting to know the characters and slowly choosing who I want to romance, but here it sometimes felt a bit too slow for me. Also, I’m just going to say it: check online for the easy money trick. There’s a specific method for making a lot of gold quite early, and honestly it made things much more fun for me. The character designs are beautiful, as I usually expect from Rune Factory, and I enjoyed the whole colorful anime look of the cast. The game itself definitely feels outdated in places though, both graphically and in the way some of the gameplay feels. But honestly, if that kind of thing doesn’t bother you, then it doesn’t bother you. You’re also probably not playing this for some mind-blowing story. The story is okay, but for me the real appeal is simply living inside the game: waking up, talking to people, farming, crafting, cooking, fighting monsters, raising creatures, building relationships and just having all these different things to do. Overall? It’s not amazing, but I had fun with it and clearly played enough hours to prove that. So yes, I’d still recommend it. Why not?
Overall a pretty solid game. I'm going to compare it to the previous entries a bit, because there are a number of differences. The good points: - The 3D with regards to fighting. Like going from 2D Zeldas to 3D, the fights feel more engaging. - Being able to have 3 party members with you at any given moment is a game changer, especially with how varied their combat styles are. You can actually have a tank/healer/dps setup, which is neat. - The crafting feels a bit more intuitive, and there are a lot of effects. - The Catch mechanic is really nice for stealing drops from enemies, since you can spam it on rarer spawns to get an item instead of having to kill it and pray for the next enemy to spawn being the same one. - The world feels larger and more immersive with the 3D. The bad: - The 3D, and particularly the no fixed overhead camera, is annoying when you're farming. Too often have I gone to strike a boulder that appeared on my field, only to accidentally smack the ground next to it and the seeds sown there go poof. - There can be issues with clipping like while chopping a stump, a piece of lumber landing on top of the stump, and then the lumber getting in the way of the axe until you pick it up, which can be frustrating. Same with mining. - The world feels a bit too big at times, especially since so many of the warp points are entrances to dungeons gated by story progression. This is especially annoying in the early game, since if instead of blasting through the story, you decide to do SEED hunts, kill/tame certain monster types, or farm some specific item type that only shows up in some area outside of town, you're out of luck for warp points and will have to hoof it the whole way there every single time. - I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the Catch skill and Cure (healing) spells use a % of your maximum RP instead of a flat number, so as you go through the game, those get far more expensive, to the point where keeping food on hand that replenishes RP gets prohibitively less efficient for regen in the later game. This gets particularly annoying because of the next issue. - Townspeople, shops, and even more particularly the baths, are not always available at their posted times because the townsperson has to be in their shop, not in your party, AND in "vendor mode". Sometimes they'll just be chillin' on the beach for absolutely no reason, or sitting in their room reading a book and not have the vendor option in their dialogue, and all you can do is wait ... in a game where you're always on a timer. Overall, I'd say this game is pretty dang solid, but I liked 3 and 4 more. The combat is better, but the farming is worse, which is kind of the same problem I had with Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny, tbh. If you liked RF:ToD, though, this game is probably right up your alley.
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Rune Factory 5 is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
No, Rune Factory 5 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Rune Factory 5 received 1,444 positive votes out of a total of 1,861 achieving a rating of 7.47.
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Rune Factory 5 was developed by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous Europe.
Yes, Rune Factory 5 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Rune Factory 5 is not playable on MacOS.
No, Rune Factory 5 is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Rune Factory 5 is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Rune Factory 5 is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Rune Factory 5 does not support VR.
Rune Factory 5 is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 10 DLCs available for Rune Factory 5. Explore additional content available for Rune Factory 5 on Steam.
No, Rune Factory 5 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Rune Factory 5 does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Rune Factory 5 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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