Rune Factory 5

Rune Factory 5 was a major disappointment. First, the game is just not pleasant to look at in the slightest. All the colours and textures look FLAT. They really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the transition to 3D. There is no grid when placing items, and the game requires like 2 feet of space between each piece of furniture you place, which is especially frustrating when there are like 8 different cooking tools you need. Most of the characters can be split into two categories - boring and annoying. Also, about half of the marriage candidates look like literal children/teenagers which is really weird because I think the majority of the fanbase are adults, but I could be wrong about that. No matter the age demographic, Fuuka is an especially weird choice for a candidate because she looks like an 8 year old and literally talks by growling. What on earth is attractive about that??? The way the characters move is very rigid, and in combat, the enemies are very slow at attacking, so much so that it feels like half of the time they aren't even trying to hurt you, they are just waiting for you to hit them. The farming and the fishing is fine, but the rest of the game is just bleh. Overall, it's not the w…

Kind of a painful experience, I pick it up every now and then trying to get into it but I just can't. There's so many things that are either distracting or unpleasant. -The voicework is, sad to say, awful. I couldn't turn the Voice volume to zero fast enough. -Without the terrible voices to distract me, the grating background music became apparent. -NPCs walk like robots during cutscenes. -Weird flickering shadows over NPC models during cutscenes, most noticeably on the face. -Most of the bachelor/ettes look and sound like children. You cannot convince me Priscilla or Cecil aren't 14 years old at most. -The camera genuinely gives me a headache, specifically during combat and while working the farm. -The world itself looks flat and featureless. I don't really have anything good to say about it.

Much better to play through steam than the switch. It doesn't lag. I also love the storyline. It's easier to focus on the objectives of the game and level up before the romance options are unlocked.

Terrible HUD, and the worst of all is I cant even marry Elsje

This game adds so little to the previous Rune Factory 4 it's a little baffling, the only difference is the 3D presentation, other than that it's almost literally the same game again. Still what's here is quality enough, if you like farming games but have never played Rune Factory it's incredibly addicting for a while, though I tend to run out of steam in the latter half of each entry when the cracks in the game systems start to show. I'd suggest starting with 4 then play this if you want more.

I can't romance Radea, 0/10 not recommended