I think it's the best Rune Factory ever made, and I say that as someone who played all of them. Never saw this much effort put into a Rune Factory/Story of Seasons game. The start is very slow, but it's one of those game it gets better after each new unlocked mechanic.
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Good to know. It's only my second game which has some type of "farming sim". The other one was Harvestella which I liked a lot.