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I think you did a great job showing what this game had to offer, LordHippoman. I played Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Stardew Valley, so you could say I'm a fan of this genre, but I never got around to playing any of the RF games. So thanks for crossing this one off my list! I'm looking forward to your next LP, whenever that may be. 
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So RF 1 didn't even have fertilizer? The later entries in the series let you buy and craft fertilizer to speed up the growth of crops and make it possible to grow the slowest-growing crops in a reasonable time frame. Anway, Thanks for the LP and the amount of work you put into this!
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Nov 8, 2016 20:46
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If anything, this game sort of got me itching to start up another Friends of Mineral Town playthrough. It's been ages since I even touched a Harvest Moon game, honestly. Might be because of how much more stuff Rune Factory gave you to do (Though I think that only applied to 3 for how great that was) Thanks for the LP, LordHippoman
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Nov 8, 2016 20:54
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I'm going to be leaving the thread up for another few days before I lock it for archiving, just in case anyone has any other questions or anything. Thanks again to everyone who read and posted, it was a good time!Wayne posted:Just wanted to add that I do really like how the game lets you hook up with the megalomaniacal villainess instead of killing her off or writing her out of the story. I mean, in that situation, either Lynette kills herself, which would have been pretty drat dark for a game like Rune Factory, or Donnel/Mist kill her, which would have been...weird. I guess they could have had Ethelberd do it, but he's such a weird character, he's in the game for roughly 30 minutes and then just kinda fucks off. I do like Lynette because "I have an eyepatch and I'm mad." gives her more personality than 3/4ths of the cast. ThornBrain posted:Great job on the LP, Hippoman! Glad to see another Harvest Moon [related] LP completed, what with how much bad luck the franchise has on these forums. There's only been a few RF threads, and excluding this one and Truthkeeper's RF4, the only other one that I know of was an RF3 LP that disappeared for no clear reason, so I'm hoping Truthkeeper's makes it as well. And eventually mine but I'm not here to advertise my poo poo. Your poo poo is good though. And yeah, for anyone who wants to see it, Truthkeeper is playing RF4 right now, and I'd definitely read an RF3 thread. theshim posted:
AbstractBlacksmith posted:I don't have my guide on me (posting from work) but I will dig up the information on Lynette's pet names when I get home, should the thread be interested. If you could that would be awesome as hell, I'll be sure to add them into the bonus content post. thetruegentleman posted:Did you ever actually farm any Cabbages? I never claimed my thread titles were good or accurate. I'm 0 for 2 at this point. Wiffle posted:Don't all the stats go up to 99? How insane would you have to be to cap some of them.... I kind of love the idea of someone grinding Camping. sheep-dodger posted:So RF 1 didn't even have fertilizer? The later entries in the series let you buy and craft fertilizer to speed up the growth of crops and make it possible to grow the slowest-growing crops in a reasonable time frame. Fertilizer is a thing, it's just called "Formula A/B/C", and you have to craft it, plus it only goes up to -3 Days at the best. I also think it's one square only.
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Nov 8, 2016 22:09
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Nov 8, 2016 22:16
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Thanks for showing off the game. Still kind of baffled on how this game got sequels, but I'm not complaining there since RF4 is a lot better.
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Nov 8, 2016 22:57
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Lynette may have two eyes but in that bridal sprite you can clearly see that one of her eyes is discolored. That eyepatch isn't just cosmetic I really enjoyed RF3 so it's nice to go back and see the start of the series. Thanks!
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Nov 8, 2016 23:03
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Thanks a ton for this LP! It was very interesting to see how much more, uh, different this was from 4. 
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Nov 9, 2016 02:54
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LordHippoman posted:And yeah, for anyone who wants to see it, Truthkeeper is playing RF4 right now, and I'd definitely read an RF3 thread. Have a link to make that easier! And I'd love to LP RF3, but I just don't have the time, especially for a SSLP. Would also read one! I've been uploading our stream of it and just got to year 2 if anyone is jonesing for RF3 in any format, heh. It's quickly become my favorite game in the genre, and definitely cracked my top 20 overall. I've joked a couple times that I never thought we'd see the day I was looking forward to playing Rune Factory more than Dark Souls. Tarezax posted:Lynette may have two eyes but in that bridal sprite you can clearly see that one of her eyes is discolored. That eyepatch isn't just cosmetic Could be, yeah. The Wikia just said she has heterochromia (  ) and I haven't seen a sprite with enough detail to tell. Vorpal Cat posted:See also Jacqli/Mir in Ar Tonelico II, aka lets date the genocidal final boss of the previous game. Oh yeah, that's a great example too. I skimmed/skipped most of that LP, but the Mir bits were pretty great.
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Nov 9, 2016 05:33
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Loved this LP thanks for doing it. It was fun to read and informative.
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Nov 10, 2016 19:04
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Thank you for teaching me to ruin cabbages in a ruin.
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Nov 10, 2016 21:26
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Seriously, LordHippoman, thanks for such a fun ride! This game was a whole lot more fun to read about with your good writing and jokes than to play when I tried to earlier, that's for sure . I remembered the tanks being stopped by nature, which is a neat idea. I just didn't remember they were stopped by a nature dragon that was probably summoned by probably your brother before you get an irrelevant plot dump never followed up on by any other game! Nthing all these recommendations for RF3 and 4 though. 3 is a ton of fun, and I'm itching to pick up 4 now!
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Nov 11, 2016 14:36
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It feels like they were trying to setup a grand story arc. Are the games connected?
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Nov 11, 2016 14:44
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:It feels like they were trying to setup a grand story arc. Are the games connected? Vaguely. A list of the connections between games:
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Nov 11, 2016 17:53
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on us".
Sadly, RF4 missed that shot.
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Thanks for a great LP, LordHippoman! I started off by playing RF:Frontier(which is kind of a semi-reboot of RF1), so I was always being slightly puzzled by the references the characters kept making to their old village. I have to say that the ending was amazing, I'm glad to have seen it, and I'm doubly glad someone else slogged through the game to show it off. Rabbi Raccoon posted:It feels like they were trying to setup a grand story arc. Are the games connected? Not really, but in RF:Frontier Mist is already there waiting for him, farm and all.
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Nov 11, 2016 18:15
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Wrapping up with the bachelorette nicknames is Lynnete! She will call you Raguna, Dear, or Raguna Baby. She also offers Honeybuns but won't do it. The guidebook also gives a marriage difficulty rating for each lady, so I thought I'd share that as well. 1 star being easiest, 5 stars for nintendo hard: 1 star: Rosetta, Sharron 2 star: Felicity, Lara, Melody, Mist 3 star: Bianca, Tabatha 4 star: Lynette, Tori 5 star/impossible: Mei There are other ways to raise LP with the ladies, such as not collapsing if you want to woo Lara (not a chance for Donnel), or talking to Bianca first on holidays, but I think those are fleshed out more in the later games.
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Probably the last day I'm leaving the thread open before sending it for archiving. SoftNum posted:Loved this LP thanks for doing it. It was fun to read and informative. Appreciate it! Mzbundifund posted:Thank you for teaching me to ruin cabbages in a ruin. I never planted a single cabbage in this run.  Old Greg posted:Seriously, LordHippoman, thanks for such a fun ride! This game was a whole lot more fun to read about with your good writing and jokes than to play when I tried to earlier, that's for sure Good jokes? What thread were you reading? KataraniSword posted:Vaguely. A list of the connections between games: I looked up the Ethelberd bits of RF4, and he really is hilariously angry about this, like, years later. Getting owned by  did not serve that guy wellAlso a serious thanks for all the RF information you gave in the thread, KataraniSword. sandorius posted:Not really, but in RF:Frontier I'm sure Sharron can raise that child to be an amazing ruins creep, she doesn't need Donnel. AbstractBlacksmith posted:Wrapping up with the bachelorette nicknames is Lynnete! She will call you Raguna, Dear, or Raguna Baby. She also offers Honeybuns but won't do it. I've added these to the final update! Thanks a ton for the contributions!
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Hey, we all know nobody likes Mist, but that's just uncalled for.
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Speaking of, is Mist's deal ever explained? I'm guessing she's some manifestation of the ~will of nature~ or something.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Speaking of, is Mist's deal ever explained? She has a farm, and she likes Turnips a lot. That's about it. In Rune Factory 2 she developed a Pink Turnip and you can grow them on your farm.
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BlackPersona posted:She has a farm, and she likes Turnips a lot. That's about it. Also she likes using foreign slave labor and fallowing people into dungeons.
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This was a lot of fun to read! Made me pick up Rune Factory 4 again. Thanks for doing this, I know an LP can be a lot of work.
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After playing RF4 back when it came out I thought about buying the others to see what they were like, but never got around to it. After reading this I think it's for the best that I didn't. This had so many bizarre design decisions.
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