All-Natural Gem Polish: The gems in the series look sparkly when they're mined.Actionized Sequel: The first two games had a moderately paced real time combat, but Rune Factory 3 brought significant changes to its system turning ramping up the action making fights a lot faster compared to the first two games, and Rune Factory 3 was the first one where the postgame content focused heavily on combat.And this is all in your first year! No wonder some characters hate you so much. You also build up a farm that they couldn't for years, become everyone's best friend, and steal away girls (or boys, starting from Oceans) that some of these characters had been going after since childhood. Look at it from the other villagers' perspective: You sweep into town from nowhere, become a more successful farmer, warrior, and item crafter. Rune Factory 3 level cap is 10,000 and Rune Factory 4 is 50,000. Absurdly High Level Cap: Rune Factory 3 and Rune Factory 4 has some truly absurd level caps, enough to make Nippon Ichi games blush.

This video-game series provides examples of:

Rune Factory 5, the first original installment on the Switch.

Later ported to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows.

Rune Factory 4 Special, an Updated Re-release, and the first installment of the series on the Nintendo Switch.

Rune Factory 4, the series' debut on the 3DS.

Rune Factory Oceans ( Rune Factory: Tides Of Destiny in the US), the second title for the Wii and first for the PS3.

Rune Factory 3 Special, an Updated Re-release for the Switch.

Rune Factory 3, the third installment on the DS.Rune Factory Frontier, the series' debut on the Wii, featuring the main cast of the original game.Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (originally lacking the subtitle in Japan), again for the DS.Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the DS.It started as a Spin-Off of the Story of Seasons series, retaining the core farming and social aspects of its parent series and integrates it into a fantasy setting complete with an anime-inspired art style and some RPG-style elements, such as the ability to fight monsters. Rune Factory is a game series developed by Neverland Co.

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