I'm also curious about the spin off "Rune Factory", have you played it?
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I've played all of them. RF4 is the one I had the most fun with. I also liked RF: Oceans a lot, but people generally consider that game the worst entry.
I was curious because of the fantasy factor.
Also, I often found little gems under the label of "shitty games" I don't mind bad reviews.
They are still farming games in a way, and they use HM/SoS as a foundation. but the adventure/magical part certainly has become a bigger part of the franchise each time a new one came out. I like how they handle both sides. Oceans is my guilt pleasure, because it attempts to do a bunch of new stuff and it becomes too grindy in the long term, but I like it's very unique farming system.
And with that, down in my "next to try" list!
Thank you for sharing! 🤗