Merry Christmas & Happy New Years Edition
Wikias:
http://therunefactory.wikia.com/wiki/Rune_Factory_Wiki
http://harvestmoon.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.fogu.com/
Story of Seasons Stuff
http://fogu.com/sos1/
http://pastebin.com/qs9441v8 (embed)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uzfx84FBSY50B_mLKDweztBBvbcsA8lzXXSRvOrUVlg/edit
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wJAHbfCCha37NPdyzgOQzNQTX-Q2OHRXPWao-gN1AG8/
RF4 Resources (READ BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS)
http://pastebin.com/BHaEUT7d (embed)
>[NOTICE: The recipe for the "OP wand" is incorrect. The correct order is Dragon Bones, then Rainbow Waterpot.]
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny FAQ
http://pastebin.com/u8HieaPW (embed)
Marvelous AQL made the Bokujo Monogatari series, localized in the west as Harvest Moon until Bokujo Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi, which will be published by XSeed games as Story of Seasons.
Natsume owns the name Harvest Moon and made Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, which is unrelated to Bokujou Monogatari.
Forbidden Magna has been released in North America, Europe, and Australia as "Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven".
Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories is scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is scheduled to be released in North America in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Story Of Seasons's EU release will be on the first quarter of 2016
Old thread:
>>125942069
>tfw first date on the Night Of Holies
What happens when a goddess becomes a servant of evil?
>>126468968
So Dolce would be the one on top in bed?
>>126469052
They become best friends forever probably
I actually really like how HG and the witch are friends in this game, it's cute
>>126469052
>Witchie
That's an odd way of spelling "Michelle."
>>126469482
Witchie isn't a gold digger
>>126469709
I meant to put ">evil" in there too.
Also, my system froze up after posting that.
Now that we made it to Christmas, is that it for funposting?
Ah well.
eggs
>>126471160
I'm assuming everyone's dealing with their extended family atm.
Merry Christmas everyone!
>Story of Seasons finally comes out in Europe (actually it comes out on the 31st but I got my copy yesterday)
>start playing
>get to the point where I get my own farm
>enter farm name
>mfw
>get around to playing Rune Factory Frontier
>forgotten everything I heard about it
>unlock Rune Wonders and miracles
>time to REAP
>think I'm going crazy because crops are taking so long to grow
>crops starting withering midseason
>Remember runey bullshit, plant grass everywhere to try and mitigate
>bruteforce Lava Ruins for Silver Hammer to actually clear field
>summer now, 2 typhoons fucked main field
>Homestead only runeyful place
>Fall, dickhead ruins my fields
I am this close to dropping this game, too many hours to full reset.MERRY CHRISTMAS /rfmg/
>>126474093
>Merry Xmas.jpg
So what percentage of crops grow when Runeys are fucked?
It's a pity too. RFF feels the most HM-like, while still retaining in-depth dialog.
Also, merry Christmas to you too(no sarcasm here)!
>>126475317
>>126474093Is there a canon wife for Raguna?
Clorica is a cutie.
So on the way to searching for "Harvest Moon sexy," autocomplete gives me pic related.Some people think EVERYTHING is offensive, it seems. Eh, who cares. I enjoy the cozy anyway.
>>126474093
That's why you use the Runey cheat. It feels so good to be able to control weather and not deal with the dumb runey system.
>>126475415
Mist.
>>126475415Probably a certain turnip chick.
>>126475317
Yeah, I really like how it throwbacks characters from RF1 too.
I looked it up and apparently for every 'dead' section of the overworld, one extra day is added to crop growth. Weird how there's no real tutorial outside the books that tell you what the runeys are to begin with, but I should've remembered.
>>126475415R O S E T T A
>>126475567
It says that Amber is her sleeping buddy, but we never see that ingame.
>>126476067
So how much of your crops make it when all runeys are dead?
>>126475705
>>126475747
>>126476067
I always went for Bianca.
>>126474093
First RF: Basically no crop maintenance beyond "Water to advance a growth day, and greenify once per planting to increase level"
Reboot of the first one (from what I've heard): Plant micormanagement hell.
This is hilarious to me. I suppose as well that it means that there's no more farming in dungeons / multi-day dungeon expeditions.
>>126475415Melody
>>126476202
Finally someone with a remnant of taste in this general.
Any ideas on who the canon waifu/husbando is for Lest & Frey?
>>126474004
Seriously someone suggest a name for my farm.
>>126476314
Runner ups include Melody and Lynette.
>>126476189
Not sure, they wither one by one
>>126476202
Also a solid choice.
>>126476259
If they took away the Runey management it would be standard, that's what makes it so wildnot a reboot either, more like a sequel
>>126476413
If I remember correctly, Amber is Hashimoto's favorite. Probably why all the kids have green hair too.
>>126476461
Don't worry, you can change your farm name and your name in this game.
>>126476752
>Amber is Hashimoto's favorite. Probably why all the kids have green hair too.
Bias? What bias are you talking about?
>>126476752
I heard somewhere that Frey is meant to be the canon MC because green haired kids.
>>126476927
How?
>>126477797
Bookcase.
>>126476994
I heard about it here, believe it or not. Pretty sure it's from some interview, although the wiki's source for the blurb in 'Trivia' is empty and I can't be arsed to find the original.
>>126477797
As that other anon said, the bookcase, under the "almanac" tab.
On a different note, I haven't experienced this personally, but apparently when you change your name, your date will still call you by your old name, so you should probably change your name to your final choice before you start dating someone (I know you said farm name, but just in case)
So which RF has the most cozy Christmas/Night of Holies?
Which HM?
For RF, I say RFF. I haven't played any HM game long enough to see winter yet.
Out of curiosity, what was everyone's first harvest moon or rune factory game? Like, the very first game you played, not the first of both
Mine was HM DS
>>126480053
HM64, didn't like it at the time and had to go back to it before I started enjoying HM/RF.
>>126480053
I played 64 first as well. I like it, but it's hard to go back to it after RF.
My first RF was RFF.
>>126480053
Hm ds as well
>>126474004
>eurofriends getting SoS soon
More fanart content soon?
>>126480053
Back to Nature.
N64s and its games were scarce and expensive from where I am. PlayStations were more abundant, and became cheaper when PS2 rolled around.
>>126480053
I believe my first was A Wonderful Life, but I never did get very far into it.
>>126475636
If it's just the autocomplete on your phone or tablet or whatever, then it's not affiliating the terms 'harvest moon' and 'sexist' at all, 'ist' is just a common ending to the letters 'sex'. If it is the search engine's autocomplete that's bull, though.
I can only think of two real examples of sexism in all the games that have been released. HM3(Game ends when you marry if you play as a girl, but doesn't if you play as a boy) and AWL/AnWL(In a cutscene that MIGHT happen in chapter 4) First one is really the only one that's even remotely a big deal. That's a pretty damn good track record for such a long-standing franchise.
So, are you supposed to water your crops twice a day in SOS? I notice that they go dry at night, and there's an edit combo to stop that, so does not watering them twice negatively affect the quality or something?
>>126482289
Watering twice increases the speed of the growth but it isn't necessary. You need to water at least once.
>>126482289
Watering them twice makes them grow quicker. If you look on the seed bag the lower number listed is the days needed if you water twice a day.
If your using fertilizer you don't want to water that crop twice because it shortens the amount of fertilizer you can use before you have to harvest it.
>>126480053
AWL and Rune Factory the first..
Rented AnWL and fell in love with the comfy feeling it gave me so much I had to have it. That was what hooked me on the series.
With Rune Factory, both my brother and I were counting down the days until the release. We both went to get it the first day it came out, and had a lot of fun dicking around the the shell local-connect station.
Some good memories.
>>126481951
Nah, it's Google autocomplete.
I'm not one of of those "everything is sexist" people, but if the game ends early by playing as a girl, that's... not good.
>>126482289
I hope not.
>>126480053
Either one of the early Gameboy ones or 64. I can't remember which.
>>126480053
Frontier for Rune Factory, 64 or BTN for Harvest Moon. Hard to pinpoint which, though. But since '64 came out first and I have the game alongside the Nintendo Power issues from back then featuring it, I'll assume that one.
>>126482289
Nope. Only affects crop growth speed.
If you could manage to put it in your daily routine, why not? Crops grow at the fastest time if you double water it.
>>126482503
Doesn't really matter if the crop you're using to make seeds is fresh. It might be even better than just fertilizer alone.
There's also a combo that increases star points if you're making seeds with the Seed Maker (though it won't be until later in the game).
>>126483517
64 came out earlier than BTN. Before it was one GB harvest moon and then the very first one, the SNES one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Story_of_Seasons_video_games
>>126484407
>in a few days is the 10th anniversary of RF
>and the 20th anniversary of HM
>>126484560
>anniversary
I meant anniversary year.
I'm new here, so pardon me if this is covered somewhere and the OP and I missed it, but is there a complied list of links to Harvest Moon roms for emulating the older games?
There's scattered torrents floating around, from what I'm seeing, but Harvest Moon doesn't have a big fanbase so a lot of them aren't seeding atm, and I wondered if someone has them all dumped on mediafire. If not, then I might see about obtaining as many as I can and making a pastebin for the OP.
>>126485409
There isn't a collection here. It's like you said the games are scattered everywhere and becuase many of them are somewhat mediocre no one has bothered to make anything like that.
The better games are easy to get and emulate, so there was never a need for that sort of thing, but if you want to start something more power to you.
>>126476413
Amber is canon mother for your children regardless, so who you marry doesn't matter as far as that goes.
>>126480053
Gameboy Harvest Moon
>>126491076
I have a GBC HM. I don't know which one it is, but there's no real town -- it's just shopping menus. And no waifus. It's all about farming.
Then again, it's a GBC game, so not much to fit in it.
>>126491257
If it was actual color, it was the second game as the first was just for the regular GB. 3 actually had individual shops and people and places to visit, but 1 and 2 were purely menu-driven.
>>126493056
The list on Wikipedia is a little confusing. Did 64 come out after or before the one I talked about?
>>126493990
The list on wikipedia says 64 was launched in February 1999 while GB 2 came out in August of the same year, BTN releasing in December and then GBC 3 in September 2000, add about 6-9 months for the NA release and almost 2 fuckin' years for PAL give or take.
>>126494774
Game Boy confusion aside, HM64 seems to be the second non-portable console HM after the SNES one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_%28Natsume_series%29
Were the puzzle and "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming" ones any good, if one approaches playing them without the expectation of a regular HM-type game?
Otherwise, they all seem to be crappy games compared to the SoS series.
>painstakingly build up my agricultural empire
>complete domination of all trade in my geographical area
>take exotic south seas islands vacations every day to hunt for bees for my honey plantation
>finally manage to woo the newspaper oyaji in town with endless high quality coins
>get him to propose
>one week before the wedding get cold feet, close game
I don't want to share my mountain of wealth.
>>126480053
Save the Homeland was my first HM game, although I think I sunk more hours into FoMT because handhelds.
First RF game was RF1, got that one as soon as I could after it released. Why wouldn't I, the idea Harvest Moon with monsters and stuff was tantalizing.
How do seeds work in RF4? 1 seed=9 plots or 1:1 like 3?
>>126496949
1 per 1 square.
>>126496230
Why don't you spend all of your wealth so you can marry? Or put it in some offshore farming account.
>>126497059
Shitty. Makes using the sickle useless
>>126497826
Except for leveling up crops.
How long does it to take to 99 skills in RF1?
>>126496230
>have lots of money
>buy all upgrades, blueprints, materials available
>barely made a dent on my fortune
At least I can splurge on fireworks once a year.
>>126497826
What does it do in other games?
In RF4, it can be charged up to cover a wider area. Or at least better ones can.
>>126500987
You only need to convert one plant out of a plot to seeds and you get another 9 of a higher level.
>>126467243
Poor Lumie is all alone at the lake.
I just got a 3DS. Haven't played a HM game since A Wonderful Life. Which one should I get?
>>126502367
Story of Seasons or Rune Factory 4
>>126502367
Have you played any of the old school HMs? I just started playing FoMT.
Also, I wasn't expecting events on the first day. There's this one where this guy is enamored by Mary after she heals him.
>>126502815
Thanks
Be very quiet, Clorica is sleeping.
>>126505575
[stealthily places an apple on her head]
>>126506857
>>126497498
What building do I need to build in town so a lawyer will move in so I can get a pre-nup?
Which game have the best waifu? For both RF and HM respectively of course.
>>126509763
special law firm blueprints that Elise monopolizes.
>>126511347
Anon needs to blackmail her with those cow outfit pictures to get the plans.
>>126511108
RF: Can't decide between 4 (Forte) or Frontier (Selphy).
HM: Haven't played enough HM, although I do like Mary (64/FoMT).
Anyone got the clorica kaleidoscope gif?
>>126512756
We are now bounded by the red string of fate.
>>126480053
FoMT or HM3. Probably first one, I was part of the Pokemon community board and someone gave a tp about game.
>tfw you had waifu at age of eight and didn't know how it's calledPopuri a cute
>3 hours with no posts
Ded thread
>>126530294
/rfhmg/ is just exhausted after killing itself last thread
>>126530294
This: >>126531210
Is it just me or are most of the clothes in SOS ugly
Which character needs a hug the most?
>>126535370
Shoe. Definitely Shoe.
>>126467243
Did anyone first else wonder why Lin wasn't dateable and Shoe was, and then Shoe grew on you?
>>126540881
Pico looks a little crazy there.
>>126540947
Pico IS a little crazy
>>126540947
Maybe she's just really happy that she's holding hands with Dolce?
>>126544408
missing: Lumie
Why the space there?
>>126545915
I like the voice clip during that."Stupid! So, so stupid!"
Were there character/heart level events back in HM64? There seems to be in FoMT.
>>126544487
For lest
>>126547417
You know what? I LIKE the lame puns in RF4. Like the fish joke (the alternative to warming Clorica up by hugging her).
>>126467243
I need SoS... At the very least I need it for wiping away my fantasies of Elise
It hasn't even been 3 days and people are repeating shit in sos. How am I supposed to know who best girl is when they only have like 7 lines?
>>126554349
See their events and make friends with them. It'll give them new dialogue like the old games.
>>126554349
God is telling you to ignore the girls and focus on farming
>>126555509
Looks that way. Thankfully I'm liking the farming more so far than rune factory but that may because i only have like 12 patches set up so far.
So I'm playing Story of Seasons and making seeds. What determines the amount of stuff you get when you put things in the dryer, thresher, etc? With soybeans I'm putting in 9 and getting like 5 dried and like 2 seeds but with other veggies I remember putting in 9 and getting 9 seeds back.
>>126556307
Check the dryer/thresher if it's still processing. You might have overlooked it.
>>126553321
That's terrible.
>page 10
Who is the Doug of SoS?
>>126562514
Fritz, but he's much more likable.
I wonder who I should marry when I play RF3, they all look pretty bland.I'm not counting the red haired chick cause I don't marry non-humans.
>>126562514
Fritz.
>>126564472
Marry Sakuya for bullying
>>126554482
So dialog pool increases, kind of like RFF?
>>126566813
No the lines for older heart levels are just removed. They still say the same thing every day, it's just a new thing up until you cap out at red heart.
The only dialogue variation is commentary on certain items you place in the decoration areas around town and a specific line of dialogue for each map and field north of town.
>>126566120
I do like bullying.
>>126566813
Talk to them two or three times. Talk to them in different places. Give them different crap. Also, wear their favorite stuff.
>>126566120
Poor micha, shino is gonna fuck him up.
Lil thing I just noticed with her, she starts at lvl 35. Truly she is the strongest of the village
So, the wiki is a little unclear on this. Was Hometown Story produced by Natsume or the Bokujou Monogatari crew?
>>126569712
Developed by Toybox Inc. and published by Natsume in the NA. The Bokujou Monogatari crew wasn't involved in it.
>>126567368
So dialog variation aside, they're like standard RPG characters who pretty much just say one thing?
>>126572547
Yeah, it's Harvest Moon
>>126572312
You'd think she'd notice him GETTING OLDER.
>>126573250
She is an elf, Daria only sees him as a floating dick.
>>126572312
This is why humans and non-humans shouldn't get together.
Is there a way to savescum for the salesmen's items? I've tried saving and reloading the night before they come, but it doesn't work... They have some good stuff but usually you just get stuck with downy tufts or something
>>126575764
SoS? No and it's bullshit that you can't. I think I read that the items they carry are set weeks in advance like the weather is.
>>126575934
>set weeks in advance
>>126576682
Have to pad out that game length somehow.
>>126576682
Because fuck you that's why. Gotta pad out that game.
>>126574838
I think Dolce may always be annoyed. She's annoyance incarnate. Like if she were in that one Pixar movie, she'd be the personification of annoyance.Really though, she's OK.
>>126578860
>>126580090
So does that happen like, only once in the entire game?
>>126583564
>>126580090
Do you see that when you're married to her? Looks like waifu lunch dialog.
>>126586657
Seems like it.
>>126586657
>Have you thought about... having kids?
Where is it, Marvelous?
>>126591778
And that's the only time she makes that expression?
>>126572312>usually breed with dragons, sole surviving members of a race, op demi beings, etc to make my lineage awesome (in games, not irl)>pick Meg for them elf genetics
s-sorry yfu's
>>126603049
Jones is one lucky fucker.
If AVGN is still around in 2025, it'd probably be hilarious if he did a review of Lost Valley.
>>126603049
So Nancy wears garter straps? Interesting.
Goodnight /rfhmg/, don't let the bed bugs bite.
>>126607947
Don't let loli ghosts molest you either.
>>126573250
That other comic where she has soulless eyes while feeding Micahor rather his skeletonand acting as though everything's completely fine, Meg's worries and that one Siren's tale all point to them not wanting to notice.
>page 10
It seems people on this board are on vacation,yes?
>>126614076
Or sleeping, or at work in my case.
>>126598779
That's pretty nightmarish.
I don't have a cute RF/HM picture to bump with.
>page 10 again
ded
>>126595162
I'm guessing they're talking about what a wooly and a phoenix breeding together make, huh?
>>126624907
Doesn't even need words
Anyone have tips for ice country?
>hay bales for decoration
>wooden paths
>cardboard boxes for furniture
>wooden/starting wallpaper/flooring
>lattice garden fences
Also I'm growing trees wherever I can for lumber but they take a while to grow
>>126628657
That's pretty much what I used, but instead of the wooden paths I shipped out stone paths.
I ended up using all of the other screen for my tree/fodder farm.
>>126629490
Yeah, the only problem is I planted a shit ton of fruit trees on that side already so I'm wondering if I should just chop them all down for hardwood trees...
>>126617059
Really? It's cute to me.
>>126630347
Do you really want caterpillar babies?
>start RF3
>buy literally every single pink turnip seed asap
>make the bullshit pickled turnip that is 480g each
>be a millionare in a few days
holy shit this is so broken, why does it sell for so much even though it's the cheapest seed you can buy in shop.
>>126630934
The same reason you can become a milk millionaire in Tides with just one bottle, one recipe and a wee but of funds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0B0uYHob8
>>126630406
It's just a phase. Soon they'll look like regular people (with antennae, pointy ears, and wings).
>>126630934
>>126631402
This kinda shit kills harvest moon games for me, they're really bad at balancing shit I've noticed.
>>126628657
Using just lumber for building is inefficient.
I pretty much hoard everything, and build what I can build. For example, gardening. If I have spare flowers and soft soil/brick/iron, I make flower baskets and flower pots. Hoard any sakura/pine/maidenhair branches? Make trees if you have lots of brick to spare.
Use stone for paths and fences. You need the lumber more for gardening and wallpapers/flooring and all the stone you get pretty much just sits in your storage until you use it for something.
This thread needs moar qt knight.
>>126638415
forgot pic
>>126637630
I see, thanks.. I think I just wanted to stick with lumber because it makes keeping track of the number easier
I wish there was a way to change the difficulty I'm stuck on veteran...
>>126638415
I got you.
>>126638415
Anyone been following the indieshit game Stardew Valley? It's supposed to come out at the start of 2016 and be like the old harvest moon games
i haven't been paying a whole lot of attention to it, but do you think it's worth a try?
>>126644347
Personally I'm not a fan of the character portraits or the characters themselves. That's a big draw for me so I probably won't get the game.
>>126644731
It's killing me too but I'm hoping the gameplay is at least comfy
>>126638415
'K
>>126645821
Oh no! Poor Forte
>>126638415
>>126640457
>it makes keeping track of the number easier
If you look at the top screen of the ship log, it shows how many of each category you've shipped to each vendor, so you don't have to keep track of the individual items.
>>126645821
Does she guard the ability to summon Iris?
I want to protect Meg from /rfhmg/.
>>126653967
Not everyone hates sexy elves anon.
>>126653967
>>126654062
>elves
>ever
Can anyone cap the "About Life" disclaimer at the beginning of Story of Seasons? I thought it was so sweet.
>>126655073You're sweet. :3
>>126655218
What is the point of this?
>>126655439
Because (actual spoilers ahead)Eda and your pets in the game die.
>>126655439
Sort of like a mission statement. I think it's addressed to adult players and to parents of kids who play the game.
>>126655439
To prepare you for the hard times.
>>126655218
>Value of the respect and partnership we share with animals
Okay
>and with each other.
If only.
>>126655619
>>126655586
>>126655585
These things happen.
Playing through RF1 for the first time. About to clear the third boss (the Venus fly trap).
Any general tips on the game? So far I've found managing status conditions really hard -- and do you really need 200,000G to upgrade your house? Jeez.
>throwing fish back into the river counts as littering
>>126655968
Mining is the best way to get loads of money. The higher the cave, the better the money.
>>126656397
Which game is this?
>>126638415
>>126657095
SOS
>>126658973
OC?
>>126659035
So what happens if I do catch and release?
>>126659707
Just loss of FP with all villagers (I think I remember this being a feature in older games..?) I haven't seen anything indicating that they give you special dialog or anything though
>>126661016
I guess they want you to fish up the entire river and eat them all.
>>126662424
Or maybe there's an endless supply of fish and they don't want it to go to waste.
>>126662703
>>126662424
>>126661016
Cinnamon from the RF world would hate it in Oak Tree Town then.
>start SoS after loving RF4
>expecting fun and interesting characters
>no less than 4 jews
>everyone is boring and dialogue doesn't change daily
>Adolf and his Aryan Cow win the first festival
>fucking ojou wasting a bachelorette spot
>cutest girl doesn't come until year 2
Fuck everything about this
>just got harvest moon tales of two villages for 3DS
>not intuitive at all
>weird fertilizers abuse and the old man doesn't sell them
>cutest girl takes forever to grind
>heard another harvest moon game is coming for 3DS
Have I made a mistake or is tales of two towns okay?
>>126644347
That looks too much like Starbound, it triggers every warning in my head.
>>126668060
How does that look like Starbound at all?
Unless you're not takling about aesthetics, maybe?
>>126667854
ToTT has some real issues and the 3ds port isn't great. Before I returned it I remember it crashing all the damn time.
>>126668492
Dang it.
Can't return it, I downloaded it from the shop.
>>126668775
I'd keep at it. Most Harvest Moon games get better the more you play them. It took me a while to get into Island of Happiness, but once I finally did, it was all I played for two months straight.
If you bought the 3DS version and it keeps crashing like the other anon mentioned, then try an emulation of the DS version. I've never had issues eith my DS ToTT crashing.
>>126666007
If anon ever does one with Lest and Amber, the kid should be a larvakid (>>126598779).
Sometimes I wish Harvest Moon would feature H.
But then I remember my fetish is too niché for it.
>>126669981
Just ask the dude/fella who does the Rance games to make a not-HM/RF H-game and done.
>>126669981
>HM is so niche their is barely any porn
Not that I get off to that sort of thing.I would.
>>126669981
Harvest Moon + Monster Girl Raising + H
