Like in nearly every Rune Factory game, the main character, Frey, gets amnesia again and falls out of an airship after being ambushed, then lands on the dragon Ventuswill. The people assume she's a princess, until Arthur comes along. Arthur, the Prince of Norad, leaves his duties to her so Frey ends up having princess responsibilities.
But I was wrong. And after a couple of hours of exploring its systems — which include multiple kinds of crafting, farming and even dating, I was hooked. It only took a few in-game days for to turn me into an obsessive, monster-hunting, weapon-crafting lunatic. 4 begins on an airship, transporting your hero — a young man or woman — to the pastel-hued town of Selphia. A couple of gangster soldiers hijack the ship, and you fall (literally) into town with a wicked case of amnesia. From here, you serve as a member of the community — operating a farm, interacting with townsfolk and running out into nearby fields and dungeons to slay monsters.
The narrative is simple, with a focus on the quirky characters of Selphia and an arc that centers on themes of friendship and loyalty alongside the more typical 'save the world' heroics. It isn't ground-breaking, but it works as a premise for the main draw — the series' signature gameplay. Rune Factory 4 is a marriage of farm/town simulator and action-RPG. I spent much of my time in my own field — planting, tending to my crops, selling the extras, caring for my barn of 'monster' animals and running around town raising my 'friendship' level with the townsfolk.
Much of this half of the game is concerned with crafting — you can buy 'recipes' for food, weapons and gear, medicines and more, all yielding benefits in the more action-oriented combat half. The rest of my time was spent in oppressive mazes, forests and mountains, slaying thousands of beasts, collecting the items they dropped, and facing off against boss characters.
It's vanilla hack-and-slash, but the speed at which you level up — and the promise of crafting newer, better gear with the item drops — made for an addicting experience. The speed at which you level up made for an addicting experience Taken separately, Rune Factory 4's main gameplay modes are perfectly serviceable. But the game integrates its systems so well that the overall experience drew me in and didn't let go until I was obsessed with my character's progression in the world. I would spend 'mornings' in my farm, cook a bunch of tasty dishes in preparation for an afternoon of monster bashing, and head out to slay beasts.
I would collect crystals, skulls and other paraphernalia with which to level up my weapons and armor. Gender bummer The very first action set before me was a choice between two dialogue options: 'I'm flying' high, baby!'
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And 'Goodness, I'm so high up!' I chose the more daring option, and the game informed me that this selection denotes a male player character. To play as a woman, I had to go back to the original choice and select the daintier 'Goodness, I'm so high up.' I appreciated that the option to play as a female protagonist (a first for the series) was included. And Rune Factory 4's cast includes a number of nuanced, strong women — chief among them, Forte, a badass knight with a sweet tooth. But that initial choice put me off immediately.
Some days I would just spend fishing and sell my catches. Others, I would talk to townsfolk and give 'presents' to the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes (though same-sex marriage hasn't made its way to Selphia yet, sadly). There's enough to see and do — and craft and kill — in Rune Factory 4 to fill hundreds of hours. Not all of those hours will be equally exciting, however. There's a lot of level grinding in Rune Factory 4, and not just on the combat side. In order to unlock new crafting recipes, you need to level your skills as a blacksmith, chef, farmer and alchemist — which means spending lots of time with low-level crafting until you get to the good stuff.
I had to make dozens of onigiri — the lowest level rice recipe — until I was able to really dive in to the finer (read: higher HP-yielding) dishes. This slow burn across every imaginable skill got tedious, especially when I found myself making useless items just to fill my progress meter.
This grinding bloats the game unnecessarily. Given that there are multiple story arcs and a tremendous deal of content to work through, Rune Factory 4 doesn't need any padding. It certainly doesn't ruin the experience — the gameplay systems are fun to engage with — but it does make the game much longer than it needed to be.
Wrap Up: Rune Factory 4 is worth the grind Rune Factory 4 is a time sink. I spent dozens of hours grinding for better gear, better recipes and the opportunity to tackle more exciting challenges. But the game earned that commitment from me, offering an almost unlimited sense of progression, and mechanics that blended together into a cohesive, addicting whole. I spent 70 plus hours in Selphia — and I could've easily spent 70 more. Rune Factory 4 was reviewed using a downloadable code provided by the publisher. You can read more about Polygon's ethics policy.
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Prepared food is helpful in battle and in wooing characters, who each have a favorite meal. Image Credit: Xseed Games Forging enables players to create and upgrade farming tools, weapons, and battle gear while crafting produces armor and accessories. “What gives crafting a unique flavor, however, is that all headgear crafted is visible on your character model,” said Avery. “If you want to craft some cool glasses and wear them, you’ll see them on yourself as you run around town. You can also give hats, glasses, ribbons, and more to your neighbors; if you give them more than one type of headgear, they’ll wear different ones throughout the week. I had the entire town of Selphia decked out in top hats once!” (That’s a lot like fashion in the new.) Mixing is basically tinkering with a chemistry set for pharmaceutical purposes. “You can gather natural ingredients and plants from nature and mix them to create potions, antidotes, fertilizers, or really cool stuff like Wettable Powder, which protects your farm from typhoons; or Giantizer, which helps your crops grow so big they’ll combine into a whole new crop altogether.” Players can learn new recipes for all four utilities by eating Recipe Bread, which Porcoline (a flamboyant character and one of my favorites) bakes daily at his restaurant.
Princess/Prince Points: Little King’s Story I want to give special credit to Avery for thinking of this one when I didn’t. Explaining Princess and Prince Points in Rune Factory 4 isn’t easy, but real-time strategy/life-simulation RPG Little King’s Story is a great comparison. “While you’re not expanding a kingdom in Little King’s Story physically outside of shops and farming land, you are earning ‘gold’ for deeds that would naturally be done in the form of points, which can be spent on benefiting your immediate area as well as yourself,” she said. Princess and Prince Points enable players to use the special points they accumulate to develop the town, upgrade their farm or personal items, schedule (or cancel) festivals, and so on. Image Credit: Xseed Games “Let me just say, this system is awesome,” said Avery. “As Prince or Princess, you have a duty to the people of Selphia. By talking to them every day, fulfilling requests from them, participating in festivals, shipping crops and items, defeating monsters, progressing through the story, and more, you’re rewarded with Princess/Prince Points.
Those points are a symbol of the town’s trust in you, so you can happily then spend those points at a stand called the Order Symbol in the castle and order new things. Lots, lots, lots of new things.” That includes a bigger backpack, new farms or monster barns, original festivals, and better shop selections. “Many actions in the game that you would do naturally reward you with points, so you’ll never be at a loss for how to get more.
There’s an endless amount of ways to build up yourself or Selphia through this system, so you won’t be at a loss for things to spend those points on, either. ” That’s enough for Rune Factory 4 to keep you busy for a long, long time.