Rune Factory 4 Special
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Bridge the divide of an ancient schism between humans and monsters in Rune Factory 3 Special as half-human, half-wooly protagonist Micah. Farm, fight and fall in love as you revisit a classic in the series that perfected the blend of RPG & Life-sim genres.
Rune Factory 3 Special is a rpg, farming sim and romance game
developed by Marvelous Inc.
and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous.
Released on September 05th 2023 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 666 reviews of which 636 were positive and 30 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 10.00€ on K4G.
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- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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you know, the reason that i bought this game was never the gameplay. rune factory's gameplay never really change (nah, rf5 doesn't have any significant changes. it's just move from top-down to a full 3D). i only bought this because my friend recommended it, so i checked the characters's design. oh boy, i instantly fell for shara and decided to just buy it. tbh, this game is far easier than rf4. i remember that i had a very hard time with how rf4 relationships events work (it's just so random that i spent most days just sleep to wait for the event to trigger, but nope). in this game, it's just basically "check your mailbox and the request board regularly" and you're good
A charming game, it's not as complex or crazy as 4, but it's the last game in the series to have an exclusively male protagonist, so a lot of work went into the bachelorettes, and they're all very well developed and fun to build relations with. Easy to beat before the first year is over.
Rune factory 3 walked so that Rune Factory 4 could run. The systems, and honestly everything about the game, are a lot simpler than 4, but it's still a great intro to the series; arguably the perfect way to wet your feet. If you get any enjoyment out of this game, then 4 is perfect for you. If you enjoyed 4, you'll see the foundations of it here. I would still advise to not pay full price for this game, but any discount under 20$ usd is a must, and it regularly seems to dip down to 10$
I love this game. It's a bit simpler than Rune Factory 4 but the story and cast is fantastic. I played probably hundreds of hours on the original DS release and the special edition is ALMOST as good. I highly recommend adding the original voice lines mod from the steam workshop cause when they redid the voice acting for the little snippets of text it was nothing like the original games. Poor Raven and Daria were hit the hardest. (I tested and that mod doesn't affect achievements incase you were worried about that) For those who have never played a Rune Factory game, it's kind of like Stardew Valley in that the base game is a farming sim but there's so much more to do. There's so many skills (it's the main gimmick of the Rune Factory series) where as you level up a specific weapon, your ability to find hidden loot, or even your ability to sleep, your character grows stronger so it's not all about combat to level you up and get stronger. You play as a male antagonist who fell from the sky and has amnesia (a trope for all Rune Factory games at this point) and has the ability to transform into a Wooly (this world's monster version of a sheep) Sadly there's no gender option in this game, you play as a male and the story require you to romance one of the 11 bachelorettes. All of them are pretty unique from each other at least. If you know what you're doing, you can be done with the main story in under an ingame year (at the time of writing this review and 22 hours in, I'm on summer 24 and on the 4th of 5 dungeons). There's also difficulty options if you think the game's going too fast but in my opinion it just makes the enemies tankier and makes you grind more, doesn't actually add mechanics or anything. There is a randomized dungeon in the postgame which features bosses from the two previous RF games as well as bosses from this entry. There are different difficulty levels you can pick where they have specific bosses at the end of them as well as a super hard randomized dungeon (I think it's level 220 but I would recommend being 10-20 levels above the level of the dungeons when you attempt them the enemies are stronger than their level would suggest)
9/10 Compared to RF4, the story is simpler, the crafting is simpler, ost is still godly and the romance is a bit more straightforward... but by god, the characters in this game are so unhinged and freaky that it becomes incredibly charming, It is wholesome af and I really enjoy it. I also ended up 100% it because the game is addicting as hell.
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Rune Factory 3 Special is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Rune Factory 3 Special received 636 positive votes out of a total of 666 achieving a rating of 8.91.
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Rune Factory 3 Special was developed by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous.
Yes, Rune Factory 3 Special is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special is not playable on MacOS.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Rune Factory 3 Special is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Rune Factory 3 Special is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special does not support VR.
Rune Factory 3 Special is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 6 DLCs available for Rune Factory 3 Special. Explore additional content available for Rune Factory 3 Special on Steam.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Rune Factory 3 Special does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Rune Factory 3 Special 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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Developer
Marvelous Inc.
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XSEED Games,
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