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Revol posted:Holy poo poo, I had never played Rune Factory 2! I started playing it again today expecting me to recognize everything, when I realized I must have only played it the first time for like, five minutes, and then given up for some reason. I wonder how that happened? If this is the HM I'm thinking of, then marry the rich chick. Then you get to be in-laws with Max. 
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I finally got this game a few days ago and have been playing a lot ever since. Last night I was midway through my first fall and was checking my calendar or something. As I walking back to my bed I happened to notice something at the top of the screen and went to investigate and what I had always thought was a blank wall turned out to be a doorway and... holy crap! There's a kitchen there! Have I had a kitchen in my house this whole time?? How did I not know there was a kitchen there??? So I'm not incredibly observant, I guess.  Really digging this game so far, though. Except that I have an unrelenting and possibly unreasonable hatred for my chick's hat. It is the worst hat. I wish I could get rid of it or buy a different one for her. I think it's the dumb flower on the back that enrages me so.
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Sep 18, 2010 22:02
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Corridor posted:I dunno if I'm the only one currently playing this or what (8th Winter first year, just picked it up again after a hiatus). I was playing it a LOT and then Etrian Odyssey came out and distracted me.  I'll probably get back into it soon, though.Corridor posted:What do y'all do in winter to make moneys when there's no greenhouse basement unlocked? Just fish and make jewelry? I pretty much commit to disappointing the mayor at the bazaar every week. v  v
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Sep 28, 2010 21:33
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Spaseman posted:How does fertilizer work? What is the difference between using it once and using it each day? from what I've seen, Raul's stuff only increases the value of my crops by half a star and trying to create slightly better fertilizer from the windmill would realistically take far too long. It's pretty easy once you've opened up the seed-making windmill, at least with quick-growing crops. Plant the crop, fertilize every day until it is ready to harvest, make seeds from the harvest, repeat. The seeds will retain the star increase, so each crop will be higher in rank. This is most worthwhile for quick-growing crops you only harvest once, like turnips or potatoes. You can do it with long-growing or multi-harvest crops like eggplant or tomatoes, but that would take forever and I probably wouldn't bother until I had a basement to grow them in. Also, some people figured out how many days in a row it's most efficient to add fertilizer so you get the most quality increase and don't waste any (I think it was four days, or something), but it's kind of a pain in the neck for me to try to remember how many days in a row I've been fertilizing, so I usually just do it every day until the harvest is ready, regardless. Fertilizer is pretty cheap.
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Nov 8, 2010 01:07
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It also seems like I had more success with higher level animals if I beat the poo poo out of them before trying to tame them. Just be careful not to overdo it and accidentally kill them!
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Mar 26, 2011 03:10
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The only place where 2 excels and 3 falls short is the presence of Max. Man, I wish he were a marriage candidate in 2. Can you imagine, waking up every morning to, "Hello, I'm Max! Your husband! Remember, it's MAX!"
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Jul 21, 2011 19:20
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:It's a very weird game and I don't like it too much. It's not overtly bad or anything, but mostly boring and devoid of charm. The villagers are boring, there's no real exploration to speak of, and the town is a static map where you select different houses. The farming mechanic is alright, and ranching can be a little fun, but it seems like they throw in too many unnecessary steps (thrashing wheat, for example). It also had its plus sides, but to be honest, I forgot most everything about that game, it's been over a year since I've played it. That sounds like a really interesting concept for a game. All the stuff you mentioned in your edit sounds really cool. Too bad it sounds like they didn't try to give it much personality, though. A lot of the fun of HM is socializing with the townsfolk.
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Aug 3, 2011 07:01
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GruntyThrst posted:I can't believe the gay thing is even an issue anymore. For gently caress's sake the only people who give a poo poo are radical social conservatives and they don't play video games because THEY ARE CORRUPTING OUR YOUTH AAAA. Hey, just because they don't play games doesn't mean they should let anybody else have a good time. I'd have gay married Gaius, too. He was dreamy. 
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Aug 25, 2011 06:01
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Serenity Dove posted:Secondly, I'm looking at what HM games have been released in the last year. If I've enjoyed the RF games up until now is it worth my time picking up number 3? Also I see there's a new HM out soon, Tale of Two Towns? I'm considering skipping over Grand Bazaar and going straight for that one. Good idea? I liked Grand Bazaar. The main difference between it and other HM games is the Bazaar system. Instead of throwing all the junk you want to sell into a shipping box every day, you hoard it until the end of the week when your character shleps it all to the Bazaar and you get to play a minigame where you sell it all. The bazaar is also where you buy your animals and tools and stuff. I really liked that mechanic, some people didn't. It's a personal preference thing. Other than the bazaar thing, there wasn't a lot to make Grand Bazaar stand out from the rest of the games. Two Towns has a lot of good buzz, though. I'd say go ahead and get both, but if you're only going to get one, maybe wait for Two Towns, or even just see how people feel about it once it comes out.
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Spills the Moon posted:How did everyone enjoy Grand Bazaar? I really liked it up to about my second year. There just wasn't enough to do. I believe I have the game still saved on my wedding day. Once I got to that point it just felt like I'd done everything and I put it down. I really enjoyed it, but relationships were, to me, definitely the low point of the game. Just not enough variety. You probably stopped your game at about the right time. I liked my husband ok until the day we got married, and then he lost what little personality he had and just became some boring dude in my house. The social/marriage system is a big part of what draws people to the HM games, so it's so weird to me that the RF games, particularly 3, were the only ones to get it right.
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Sep 1, 2011 20:48
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Spills the Moon posted:Furthermore, the game lacked options for improvement. I really loved the cosmetic enhancements an HM game offers. Was I alone in thinking the deck and the bathroom in HM64 were awesome things? After two years of Grand Bazaar, it grated on me that increasing the capacity of my storage room and the freezing ability of my refrigerator were the most advanced things I could do. It was stupid. It's always fun to start out with a dumb little shack on a patch of garbagey useless land and over time turn it into a lovely estate.
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Sep 3, 2011 20:23
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I have to admit I'm a little relieved. Playing two HM games at once puts me at risk of getting HM'd out. Also it'll give me a little more time to finish replaying Little King's Story. I'd be sad if the DS one got pushed back, though! That alpaca must be mine! Julet Esqu fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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Sep 19, 2011 05:32
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Oh, wow, you guys, the alpaca is the most adorable thing. I don't know if this is true of all the stuffed alpacas, but mine has a bump under his mouth that makes it look like he's pouting. Ok, time to play the actual game, now!
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Sep 21, 2011 00:17
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Saoshyant posted:Can someone take a picture of their preorder Alpaca? I'm curious to see it. Here's mine:  I feel it's the cutest of my HM preorder livestock. Even cuter than my cow who has only one horn for some reason!  Just look at that face. So, for people who have been playing, how about that Howard guy? Don't suppose he's a marriage candidate, to you? :bigtran:
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Sep 22, 2011 02:59
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Sep 22, 2011 21:30
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LordSloth posted:It also has that system I personally dislike where you can water your crops twice a day, and have to if you want the maximum growth rate. I do love the new crop irrigation trenches/rows, though. Pressing A once to water a whole row of crops, even without ever upgrading my watering can? YES.
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Sep 23, 2011 19:41
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ArmadilloConspiracy posted:I haven't been posting much because I've been busy playing, for whatever that's worth. I think the personalities of the other villagers (potential love interests, in particular) is by far the weak point of the game. How am I supposed to want to develop a relationship with a dude when all he ever says is "Boy, you sure work hard, don't you?" or, "I like crops/horses/flowers!" Even the bachelors and bachelorettes in Grand Bazaar had more personality, and I thought they were the flattest characters in the series so far. Even the characters in the original SNES game seemed more fleshed out, though that may just be because the horrible translation job made them all seem functionally retarded. I agree about Howard, Panda Dude and Orchard Guy, though. Orchard Guy in particular goes on my long list of people in Harvest Moon games that you can't marry, but that I wish you could. Guess I gotta settle for Horse Guy. quote:I'm having the damnedest time trying to figure out fertilizer, though. Whenever I try to throw it on a growing plant it tells me I can't use it there. There's a section on this page describing how to do it. It seems like more trouble than it's probably worth, at least initially. Once you have the ability to turn crops into seeds, it might be worth doing.
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Sep 26, 2011 23:12
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Jimmybob posted:It seems like lately they always make the hottest one someone you can't marry. drat teases.  Howdy, Ma'am.
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Wandering Knitter posted:Also I don't know if this will be handy for anyone else, but you can be a huge cheat and submit food bought from the Tea House/Cafe to the cooking festival. Whaaat?? The soup competition this Summer snuck up on me, so I didn't have any combination of ingredients that day that would turn into soup when thrown in a pot. I decided to see if I could poison Pierre instead. I attempted to submit a rock, a branch, a bug, and even a failed dish, but the stupid mayor wouldn't accept any of it. For the following entree competition I thought I had it all sewed up. I made an omelet, and with pretty good milk and egg, too. But I didn't notice that my oil had gotten old and was rotten which degraded the freshness of my dish as well and the stupid mayor wouldn't accept it. I threw it in his face before going in to watch the competition, where TWO people from my town had submitted failed dishes. All this and it turns out the mayor doesn't even check whether you made the dish yourself? Hey, Mr. Mayor... 
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eggrolled posted:Sad, no Tides of Destiny from Amazon yet. I did. They haven't shipped it yet. Edit: In fact, I just checked and their delivery estimate is the 14th. That's ok with me since I'm in the middle of a game I want to finish first anyway, but if you're in a hurry, maybe you want to cancel that Amazon order. Julet Esqu fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Oct 8, 2011 |
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Yeah, what is with those things? I'll be running around an island where all the inhabitants are plinking away at my health with maybe 8 damage a hit, and then out of nowhere some Dire Wooly jumps up and snuggles my face for 100 hit points. How is it that this game is causing me to flee woolys on sight? And yet I still can't bring myself to intentionally attack them because it just feels so mean. 
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Oct 15, 2011 06:51
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As I recall, Runeys were a pain in the butt, but it didn't take THAT long to keep them in check, once you got your system set up and had a routine established. The method Emalde linked is a good one, and it worked for me. I think it's worth reposting:Maldraedior posted:1. It rains a lot in summer, but you should still have some sun. Have Candy wish for a Sunny Week, I think it costs one rock, one tree and one grass Runey. You're gonna need some sunshine because most of the Runeys will go into hiding when it rains
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LLSix posted:What and where is the first animal that can be tamed to gather crops/ores? I've already got the key to the third shine and I haven't found one yet. I'm spending whole days gathering in my crops now and would love to offload all that tedium to a monster so I can go back to making friends and cracking skulls. I have an orc gathering crops on my Spring island. Can the same monsters that gather crops also gather ore? If they can, that would save me some time. I usually don't worry about whether my gathering monster gets every little thing. I plant a bunch of sprouts, make sure to pet everybody every day, and then check in the storage bin after a few days to see what's there. If it seems like I'm getting a lot of bare spots in the field, I plant them again, but that's about all I do as far as farm micromanaging.
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Partial Octopus posted:I think I'm going to live in bluebell during the winter/fall and chinatown during spring/summer. I'm starting to enjoy the game a lot more now. I'm halfway through summer 1. Also I don't understand why you can only fit 2 chickens in the farm but 2 sheep and 2 cows. It seems kind of strange. That was my initial plan (after starting out in Bluebell) and then every single season that bastard mayor would find some reason why I simply *couldn't* move this month. "It's raining! Town Hall is closed!" "Now there's a festival!" "Woops! you missed the deadline!" I'm pretty much resigned to never leaving Bluebell now. Never ever.
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There's actually a time limit in that one, so don't waste too much time screwing around. On the other hand, night doesn't end until you go to bed, so go ahead and screw around after all; just be careful not to pass out. You probably know that stuff already, though. It's been so long, it's hard to remember. Watch out for Hitler, I guess. He's... actually not so bad in this game? Mostly talks about peace and love. His presence always made me worry a little bit about the fortune teller, though. I usually married Ellen in that game. She made me cakes.
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Gotta be the Yak for me. My small cow plush only has one horn. I can't let Natsume hurt me again. 
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Roland Jones posted:If you don't mind taking a slight risk (I've really only heard good about it but it's new and all) A New Beginning. That's an important consideration. All new HM games are the best thing ever until the next one is announced, and then almost immediately it's like, "I hope they don't repeat all the mistakes of that last piece of poo poo!" That said, I'm really enjoying ANB so far, but I'm only on day 10, so my opinion doesn't count for much yet. The characters seem to have more depth than "I like horses!" or "I like bugs!" Also 3 out of 5 possible brides appear to be older than 10 years old, so clearly Harvest Moon is making progress! As for other DS HM games, I preferred Grand Bazaar to ToTT. I liked the windmills and the Bazaar mechanic. The biggest problem for me, though, was the same as my problem with ToTT, which was the flat boring characters. Yes, I know you like art. Think of something else to say. I liked Sunshine Islands, too, but a lot of people didn't like the micromanaging that went into that one. Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Well, yeah, that's the intent. But then why not just make crops grow faster, then? What's the point of making the player do tedious busywork just to make that happen? It's poor gameplay design. Because if they just made it happen automatically it wouldn't be a reward for putting in the extra work. I'm not saying it's a great feature or anything, but I get why they put it in.
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Night Gaunt posted:Back on topic, I think everyone should post pictures of their HM plush collections. I want to see all the cute animals. Here's mine!  Note that my cow only has one horn. He came that way. I think plushie quality went way up with the last two, though. My alpaca has this bump on his chin that makes it look like he's pouting and that's drat cute. Also the yak is the softest thing. Any of you who haven't experienced the softness of the yak plushie are missing out. Oh, my! How unseemly! Stop it, you two! It's against nature!
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I'm right at the end of my first summer and just won the intermediate level of the crop festival with a three-star tomato. I have a cow and chicken and a baby chick. I can get the first level of town restoration if I ever get around to putting some street lamps up. The only bachelor in my town is that animal dude and he's a complete dick, so I don't associate with him. So maybe I'm a little behind the curve on this one, but taking my time is ok.  I was wondering what level of cooking you guys recommend I get to before I quit cooking things individually. I can grind through for as long as it's worthwhile, but it would be nice to just start grilling stacks of fish.
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Nov 11, 2012 04:58
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Careful about building your life around those weather reports, though. They seem to be wrong an awful lot.
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elzie posted:I'm halfway through Fall of Year 1 and I'm working on Restoration #3. The problem is, it's literally been raining ALL SEASON LONG except on Festival days when the shops are closed anyway, so, I ran out of chicken feed and now it's Thursday and it's raining and oh god Neil why the gently caress is your shop closed on weekends? I'm in the exact same situation. 'Sup, chicken murdering buddy?  
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I think they were thinking, "Hey, Twilight is pretty popular. That guy was a controlling jerk, right?" And judging from the reactions, looks like they were right. I can see marrying him just for the sometimes entertaining experience of marrying a videogame shithead, but actually thinking that sort of thing is cute?
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Toriori posted:Can cheese or yogurt be part of the crop festival? Also, for this restoration I have to win intermediate in the monthly crop festival, any tips? If there's a crop available in your season that regrows, pick that one. You can keep fertilizing even after you've harvested, and it will continue to improve. I won intermediate with a three star tomato, so it shouldn't be beyond your reach.
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Any reason I should hang on to "barn dirt" other than as something to stuff into Allen's mail box? It would make sense if there were a way to convert it to fertilizer, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for Harvest Moon to start making sense.
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Fru Fru posted:I suppose you could do that but there really is no reason to when eating one piece of food will fix it. Also Klaus is insane. One of his cutscenes was like a five minute rant about why macaroni has a hole in it. Huh. Looks like now I have a mad doctor to befriend.
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So one of my cows is HUGE now! I assume this means I did something awesome, but what does it signify exactly? Do I get a special bonus from it at all besides the joy of having a cow as big as a tree? Is it safe to stop feeding her treats now?
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The White Dragon posted:I got my first five-star today. Baked cheese, and it's only worth 655 gold Win yourself a festival or two and you will never have to worry about money again.
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Fogu updated it's animal info! Finally I got some answers about giant animals!fogu posted:To reach the maximum 5-product level though, your cow will need to be super-sized! The increase in size and the ability to produce 5 products are tied together; the cow won't reach a bigger size unless you've fed it enough treats, and it won't produce 5 products until it is a larger size. So to reach the 5-product level: Hopefully that helps anybody else who wants giant lactating monsters roaming around their farms. There was also this little tidbit... fogu posted:The more friendship the cow has, the less of a chance that it will die in the morning when you wake up. 
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If you throw a snowball at the ground, sometimes it will break open and something will be inside. (We're talking a flower or a piece of wood or something. Nothing to get too excited about.) I haven't noticed any blueprints or recipes that require snowballs. I usually save them up until I have about 20 or so and then throw them all at once.
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