#rfgoa

[digitalmagus]

You guys know it's not RF6 right?

I love Guardians of Azuma but it is not actually Rune Factory 6 anymore than Frontier and Tides of Destiny are. Rune Factory 6 is still an in development project. I only want to ask because everytime I'm in the RF6 tag looking for updates it's always Azuma posts.

[plow-and-propose]

imagine being a soldier so loyal you follow your clearly unhinged princess across whole continents on her orders and then after you die for her cause not only does she become rehinged and retroactively betray you but seven years later when you're chilling in the astral plane you meet the fucker who killed you and they have the audacity to kill you again

[plow-and-propose]

ok my love of GoA aside i hope Marvelous doesn't look at its success and insist Hakama try to copy paste it onto RF6

GoA is great but it is a spin-off game, it's very different from mainline Rune Factory in ways I don't think would necessarily work in a mainline title

like the relative lack of farming - it's cool to have a more streamlined experience but Rune Factory games are farming sims and that's not just a big part of the gameplay but also the world and story. caring for the earth and growing food for people is framed as something both humble and special, which is part of what makes eartmates such a big deal

that's not to say there are no lessons to be learned from GoA (e.g. i much prefer the furniture placement mechanic) just that it's a very different game

[plow-and-propose]

kind of obsessed with the way GoA dropped hints about technology in the Rune Factory world and proceeded to not expand on any of it

like does Mihoshi Habaki speak that way for flavour? just because it's neat to have characters who sound like robots in worlds without digital technology?

or are they actually a giant supercomputer from the lost technological era??

the world may never know and I think that's very funny

[plow-and-propose]

I truly love Guardians of Azuma. Rune Factory games and especially Azuma speak to something deep in my soul. They're just so earnest and heartwarming, silly but still deep. Even if I don't do more romance routes any time soon, Azuma will stay with me for a very long time.

But now I've finally finished the whole story I'm struck by the feeling that there could have been so much more.

More enemies, more dialogue, more story, more dungeons, more secrets, more characters, more lore, more everything.

I don't want to sound greedy because I think the game we got was great, and I understand it's a spin off of an already niche title made by a relatively small studio, but the possibilities haunt me.

I really hope there's a sequel that uses the first game as a base to build something even grander than the first, because there's clearly potential for something truly spectacular.

[plow-and-propose]

I finally did it i finally finished Guardians of Azuma 😂

I made The Choice™ but immediately changed my mind and reloaded lol

[plow-and-propose]

Happy birthday Guardians of Azuma! 🥳

[bedazzledcrowbones]

Just started rune factory Guardians of Azuma.

I went into this expecting it to be buggy, its towns/backgrounds/feilds to be kinda empty and generally to feel like an unfinished game since most new nintendo games feel lile that....

But im barely in it, the black dragon just left some spores and Iroha is crying about cutting down the tree and going "no you cant!"

Which is a good dramatic responce.... except they talked about it like 10 - 20 minutes of gameplay earlier and while she was against it, she was a lot less caring. Like 'aww youre gonna cut it down? You shouldnt, Thats to bad you" kinda vibes.

But she seems shocked here.

If they didnt add that earlier scene, or her responce was just a but different/tone was different or even if the animation was... like actually moving, then this scene could have been more impactful. Like it seems like it wants to be.

All the other lackluster stuff i figured would happen im already seeing as well.

The dialouge is the most upsetting to me, its.. its so weird. Its just kinda off. Like it makes sense but doesnt quite fit. And for a rune factory game? Oof.

If this game had more time to develop and more money put into it i think it could have been really really cool.

Anyways im gonna keep playing, i like the chsracter designs, i like the dragons and the weird comedic sheep dragon guy. Its cool Hina's joiningnthe game, i look forward to meeting other characters and the story seems cool. Like its such an appealing idea and look and l i think there was love put jntk this... i just wish it could have been developed more thoroughly