Has anyone had any success in finding games that are enough like Rune Factory (4) to scratch the itch that has been...

Has anyone had any success in finding games that are enough like Rune Factory (4) to scratch the itch that has been left unscratched for a little over 5 years now?

Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons just don't quite cut it. They've got the farming sim genre down pat, but even so much as socializing with villagers leaves much to be desired, not to mention the things that Rune Factory has that those types of games lack almost entirely (combat, exploration, dungeons, weapon/armor crafting and customization, raising pets for combat, involved and meaningful questlines, etc.)

If I could even find a game that takes everything BUT the farming out of Rune Factory 4 I'd be satisfied, but in 5 years of searching I haven't found something that offers as much content with as much earnest polish and quality as Rune Factory 4.

If anyone has some suggestions, I'd like to hear them.

please don't suggest anything that has turn-based, time-based, or otherwise non-action-oriented combat

inb4 idea thread

Ever Oasis or Fantasy Life

no
why didnt they make a proper port to a console/pc

There are 2 rune factory games on console, 2 on wii, one on ps3. Frontier has an annoying runey system, but the best waifus. Tides of destiny has my favorite combat, and my personal favorite cake, but the farming is automated.

Fantasy Life has no combat, and every single minigame (cooking, crafting, smithing, etc.) is the exact same.

Not to mention it's a faux MMO in every way and progress gets pretty fucking slow after playing the game for a minute.

Which bachelorette did you choose?

Also here's the sixth.

I havent played 4 yet, but i would go with number 4.

Then what the fuck is this?
Honesty can't really say much about the game, haven't played it yet.

All the waifus in 4 sucked. Give me the RF3 waifus back.

I pick female Jackie Chan every time.

The fact that you can't romance best milf is a fuckin crime. You'd end up having to settle for her retarded kid.

Oh shit, my bad. I must have blocked the combat out of my memory because it was so shitty.

But yeah, shitty combat.

You could always play Rune Factory 3, the last good RF game


Ever Oasis is garbage

I swear they made them unobtainable just to laugh at our pain.

Nigga you can do better than that.

What did he meme by this?

It's a bad game
As a software classification, this type is commonly referred to as shovelware
Its fate lies in its home, the trash can
It will live out the rest of its days not in living memory, but forgotten and alone in a pile of refuse
It is garbage

did you even get past the tutorials?

so no, no you did not. You have to get some materials from monsters, there are combat oriented jobs like the paladin, etc etc

The narcoleptic one.

I'm still dating Dolce, Clorica, Amber and Not Saber. I wish we could have dated the dragon loli and I also wish that the extra story chapter wasn't dependent on RNG.

I chose the blue haired guy who used to be the horse boss.

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That doesn't explain shit.

Amber, she's cute and reminds me of my waifu

If you're having trouble understanding what it means, you could try googling "garbage", I'm you'll find plenty of resources to help you get a handle on it

Well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Gross a clown-themed goth-loli with an annoying brat ghost tailing along 24/7 who could ever even like such a dumb chara-
>"Looks like it's going to be a beauti-fall season"
>"That was an awful pun Lest, you really Autumn have said that"
Literal perfection I'm in love.

I sunk a hundred hours into RF4 and got the wrong waifu

A wonderful waifu. After that the only logical choice was changing my male character into the female one through the magic of prince(ess) points. Then somehow babby was made.

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Okay, nix the waifus.

Give me a game with good combat, crafting, customization, exploration, dungeons, bosses, and freeform style gameplay that lets me take it at my own pace.

Any suggestions?

Bumping because this is an incredible game

It's a good game for kids who wants to start playing vidya, it's way too easy. My major gripe is that it's a pain in the ass to switch members, you have to teleport back to your village when you encounter nodes/puzzles that require a specific character skill. You basically have a teleport like in Diablo, so what's the point of not giving the player the ability to switch party members instantly? except in combat of course.
Also, the gameplay loop is way too dull, building your own village, optimizing spaces and decorations to boost sales, go fart on your crops, organizing festival to boost a specific type of ware, all of that is way too simple and it becomes a chore, later in the game, you can send your slaves, I mean friends, to go fetch materials for you, but you can't skip the results, so if you have several expedition, you have to check every. one. of. them.

The random dungeons and the final boss were pretty neat though

bampu because I want this too though I don't mind if there's waifus

Runescape desu.

Closest I can think of is Kamidori Alchemy Meister. It still has the waifus though.

seconding this user , if you haven't played it you are really missing out. It is much like sengoku rance where the gameplay far exceeds most bullshit today despite it primarily being a porn game.

If you are truly serious about your game parameters, give some rogue-likes a try. If you aren't a casual you will really enjoy the genre. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead fits your bill perfectly.

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