Rune Factory isn’t just another Harvest Moon spinoff. It’s a farming simulator and fantasy RPG in one, and that combination has been a strength it’s carried throughout its different iterations. Xseed ...

Ever since I got to play Rune Factory 4 Special back in 2020, I simply couldn’t wait to get my hands on the next installment in the franchise. That day has finally arrived. After a decade since the ...

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Rune Factory 5 is a perfect example of a game that, at a glance, has everything you’d expect from an installment in the series. There’s an amnesiac hero with a connection to nature. You have dragons.

Rune Factory 5 will feature a combat system similar to previous titles, which will allow players to switch between a handful of weapons. Additionally, players will be able to befriend monsters ...

When Rune Factory 4 Special and Rune Factory 5 were announced on Switch by Marvelous and Nintendo on the latest Nintendo Direct, many people around the world were ecstatic, myself included. All of us ...

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The newest trailer for Rune Factory 5 was released recently and showed a number of new details surrounding the ARPG-influenced farming simulator. With two months to go before the Japanese release, the ...

The JRPG was released worldwide in March 2022. A new financial report from Marvelous is sharing some good news–Rune Factory 5 sales have officially surpassed 500,000 worldwide. This milestone includes ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

On the surface, Rune Factory 5 has everything: giant dragons that let you ride them, dungeon crawling, farming, a butterfly boy who dotes on you when you give him chocolate bars. The game aims at ...

Moments after pressing start in developer Hakama Inc.’s upcoming release, I picked my character and woke up in a forest with amnesia. After saving a girl from “monsters” (they were sheep), I passed ...