The Harvest Moon series is famous for its blend of farming, small-town life, and courtship, but the Rune Factory spin-offs merge the core concept with traditional Japanese action-adventure elements. Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is the latest iteration of the "You got your dungeon crawling in my compulsive farm management!" mashup -- and despite some pacing problems, these really are two great tastes that go great together.
Given that it is a spin-off of Harvest Moon, it isn’t surprising that romance is a part of Rune Factory. But what may catch someone off guard is how much the games offer. These titles offer lots of people they can spend time with, some of them showing how many different kinds of species live in this fantasy world. They are people who are capable at performing certain jobs and surviving against monsters. Their storylines also can be quite engaging and fun. Essentially, they can go above and beyond.
Default Prime's Colin DeMatteis discusses five games that challenge our ability to get through our day without breaking down and realizing how insignificantly small we are. Happy Friday!
Independent leading UK publisher Rising Star Games have today created the world’s first virtual ‘twinning’, as their Harvest Moon videogame series has been twinned with Surrey Docks Farm in London. Most twinnings usually take place between similar major cities from different parts of the world. This is the first case of a real-world place twinning with a virtual reality environment.
