Originating as a spin-off of the Story of Seasons - formally called Harvest Moon - franchise, the Rune Factory series marries traditional farming simulator mechanics with dungeon crawling RPG gameplay ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marvelous, the developer behind Story of Seasons and Deadcraft, has announced the latest installment in its Rune Factory series with Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma. This new game retains the farming ...

Stefan is a machine that plays video games, writes about video games, and then stares at a wall. Staring at a wall is the most productive part of its day. Like many modern RPGs, one of the activities ...

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is a hefty RPG offering up a blend of flashy combat, farming, monster taming, and village building. While players can whittle away the hours farming and perfecting ...

Developer Score Studios and publisher Rainy Frog Company have officially released Piczle Cross: Rune Factory this morning on Steam. If you haven't seen the game yet, this one takes multiple titles ...

Despite its GBA success, Harvest Moon hasn't had the greatest start on DS. The original title released back in September of 2006 was hardly what you'd call a true DS vision, having nearly identical ...