>>1239561 A lot more revealing than I expected. Also I'm happy they made the Switch 2 version actually physical. May get that one in the end even though it's more expensive.

>>1239561 I really want to care about this game but I'm not supporting Marvelous and especially not XSNEED after 5

>>1239561 The lack of cleavage shadows, or shadows at all for that matter... i can hardly feel anything looking at their swimsuits

>>1239699 Cleavage? Can't u see pinkie?

>>1239603 How did they got bikinis allowed for body type Bs, spite Ishiba and zaimusho banned bikini from anime and Japanese non gacha games by controlling payment processors? Did marv bribed payment processor?

>>1239561 I want Marvelous to die so much.

>>1239699 Are bikinis for body type Bs safehorny in Azuma? Cuilang wears burkini spite being body type A.... why cannot he go topless?

>>1239765 Thank them for nice bikinis. Chinese and Korean games cannot have them for body type Bs. Better than Yumia's swimsuits. En taro Deikun.... my life for Munzo!!

>>1239561 It seems like they will have normal swimsuits and special swimsuits from DLC. Cause this outfit is different from the one Hina wore in her trailer

>>1239863 Normal is censored one and paid one is hotter version. I guess.

>>1239561 Looks like koikatsu

>>1240266 my wife got 5 because she's a dumbo that always assumes game x+1 will be better in every way compared to game x. she barely managed to get 6 hrs out of it and i don't think i lasted 3

>>1239699 oh hey swimsuit schizo.

>>1239561 Le fuck? Since when rune factory has become a gacha?

Guardians of Azumanuts

>>1239795 >En taro Deikun.... my life for Munzo!! Fucking hell, you're here too? You're such a fag.

Soon https://www.youtube.com/live/ROg7o252xIc?si=vylnkKbIEHf_vVxe

>>1239795 how do I filter this fag on this site

>>1241255 Chinese and Korean gachas cannot have bikinis, saar... and even for Japanese gacha, GKmas cannot have bikini and has rashguard only as swimsuit unlike other IM@S due to bamco's DEI plan. I thought Gakumas as Chiense ripoff calling themself Idolm@ster. Ironic that RF GoA has bikinis while recent gachas cannot.

>>1242367 This is the zeonic tongue. Translated as "For Deikun, My life for side 3". Zeon people are aliens like protoss and eldar.

>>1243006 looks like pre pandemic dated garbage, possibly even worse, had so much hope on this one even

>>1239561 >Still has fag marriages >Still can't marry the female dragon Fuck this. This series was ruined by faggots.

>>1242367 Do you speak Zeonic, Earthling? Templari por Zeon!!

>>1239561 Nope, never touching another Rune Factory until they at least remove the faggot pandering. I am tired of being taken for granted as a straight male customer.

>>1248713 Faggot pandering? Even with these bikinis? RF5 hero stuck with ugly one pieced swimsuit while Kaguya weas bikini like chad. And these swimsuits show more skin than every swimsuit in BA(aside from Cuilang and silver fox boy)...since BA's swimsuits lack bikinis and covered up with ugly shirts. Even censored Tifa in FF7R shows more skin than Blue archive's every swimsuit.

>>1248778 Need colony drop treatment. Akhundelar kryor!! Templari por Zeon!! (Zeon language: Tip of the spear prepared, by the Justice of Zeon!!)

Game looks absolutely ASS Why is the ground just colored green? Lazy fuck devs didn't even give us grass The earlier games had so much effort and character, this is just insulting.

>>1249261 Made for switch in early development. Prease understand

>>1249158 >Faggot pandering? Even with these bikinis? Yes, I'm talking about the gay "marriage".

>>1250027 Recent animes are Yuri trends, ma'am. Which is NG in Korea and China for their strict ethos.

I'll wait for reviews, I'm still salty about RF5

>>1252900 After 5, I don't care what reviews it gets considering that pile of shit was the bestselling in the series, showing people have zero fucking standards. I always said we'd get a 5 and then when it came out it felt like a fucking slap to the face. Love for the series fucking pulverized into dust and I will never give them money again. Also fuck xseed.

>>1252963 I hope this troon factory flops and the IP gets sold to Tencent, because they can do a much better job with it than Marvelous.

>>1252978 Shut up, Chosenjing. No bikini in RF anymore if it is sold to tencent. Chinese gacha cannot have bikini, y'see. Tenno Heika banzai!!

>>1252978 >>1253004 Tencent have shares in Marvelous

>>1252978 Ironic that Koreans call LoL Chinese game but it has too much gays and negroes to be called as Chinese game. And for Valo, having Non binary is NG in China.

>>1241255 JRPGs have been selling swimsuit DLC for ages

>>1239561 I don't like the artstyle, gameplay or whatever the fuck was that "Take me seriously" story, shit looks so bland and not comfy at all, it doesn't look like a Rune Factory game I wouldn't be surprised if this was a whole other game that they decided to sell as Rune Factory for brand recognition

>>1241255 Chinese and Korean gachas cannot have bikini. And recently, IDK if Japanese gacha can due to Gakumas having no bikinis and one pieces and only have rashguard as swimsuit. How can Japanese console game which supposed to have bikinis banned have bikini while Gakumas cannot? It is first time to see Japanese gacha being censored more than console game...

>10+ posts by this ID Thank god for filters >>1252963 To be fair, wasn't RF5 the first mainline RF with a PC release at launch? That would boost sales no matter how bad it was RF4 special got a PC release too, but that was a remake

>>1239561 >Rune Factory Sorry but Marvelous can suck a dick. Them changing their minds about sex selling isn't going to erase the damage they created by kneeling full-on to corporations in the west over SK. This game is going to fail, no one will see these bikinis, and Marvelous will continue its downward slope.

>>1253272 Yeah I'm not sure I can go back to not being able to filter a single schizo at the press of a button.

>>1253281 It's funny to think there was a point in time they had people like Tom working at xseed who was hard against censorship. Like that trap comment in Akiba's Trip. Realized the target audience didn't care and kept it as is. Reminder they censored some stuff in the game like last year including that line. A game that was localized almost a decade old.

>>1253272 Think the majority was still from the Switch. Granted it was the first RF in full 3D.

this series is cooked

>>1274285 I don't catch the meaning of cooked in gaming context.

>>1274405 It's over. Stick a fork in it, it's done.

>>1239561 Any substitute for this series

>>1283046 I liked Harvestella a lot but it has non binary shit and gay life partner garbage after beating the game with no dating elements. At least the story was quite good and the music was great. Should have had turn-based combat though.

>>1239561 >new models I will only care if said models have realistic jiggles. Otherwise, I'll say Sakuna and Genshin are this game.

>>1239561 I'm sorry for asking such a profoundly redudant questions but why the fuck do these retarded niggers keep toning down or censoring their games??? Everyone involved in the process of their creation knows full well the target audience. Why bother fishing for ESG bucks when you can guarantee a happy and healthy gooner audience if you just keep giving them what they want. I can't chalk it up to just greed because you can still make a shit ton of money as is evident by gacha games by having lewd outfits.

>>1283123 >Should have had turn-based combat though I remember someone posted an interview or something and it was supposed to have turn-based combat, they just changed it for whatever reason. Thanks SE, the combat filtered me and was 80% of the reason I didn't buy your kusoge.

>>1239561 Man, I can't get used to these new designs. The older designs were so comfy. I don't think I can relax in a world with these flashy characters.

when I was a kid, playing back to nature, I always wanted a girl mod for the game. my idea was that I played as the girl throughout the game, but got the guy's sprite and dialogue when talking to bachelorettes and in heart scenes and marriage scenes or when interacting with my kid or family. imagine my absolute horror and dissapointment when 20 years later, some faggots made a girl mod where it only adds gay marriages and none of the changes I asked for. and wanting to make the girl mod I mentioned gets you shitcanned from every online forum that discusses game mods, so I cant even ask for advice on how to make it myself. I wholeheartedly regret constantly asking for a girl mod all these years.

>>1239713 no I cant

I am not gonna pay them shit because they inserted faggotry into the series with 5. Fuck them.

>>1253534 they do though. you just have to go to the 18+ webtoons.

>>1298990 That's pretty fucked up man. I'm sorry that happened to you man. I'm real sorry.

>>1291326 to be honest with you, the reign of main stream goon games lasted less than a decade. during late ps3, early ps4. and once upon a time, even if it is hard to believe, the fanbase for these games were young kids. this was back when the games just came out for snes, n64 and ps1. there were bikinis and romances but they were all chaste, innocent, cute and nonsexualized. they became sexualized and full of anime tropes cause the devs failed to get new fresh audience and had to be content with pandering to an aging fanbase, who were all in their 20s/30s. now what they are doing here is not going back to their roots as a kid's game, they are actively insulting their current fanbase without making it kid friendly in the slightest. I personally would not have any problem with making it kid friendly, but they are just adding gay shit and insulting whoever pays them any money by dribbling in small shit nuggets here and there in the gameplay. you cannot play half an hour without coming across something that ruins the last half hour and sours your mood.

>>1299151 >the fanbase for these games were young kids I meant harvest moon games not main stream goon games.

>>1297567 get used to it. new artists are allergic to film grain, lineart and 360p 24fps animation. everything has to look lineartless, vibrant oversaturated 4k 60fps interpolated with blocky animation for quick scenes. being a shounen fan this last decade has been hard.

>>1299038 >with 5 did you miss the mineral town demake? that shit was crap. they ruined all the character models. look what they did to my boys. >>1299097 its alright, it was a long time ago. it did kill my faith in the modding community. I started hoarding mods and mod versions since my eyes were openned. which turned out to be the right call.

>>1292448 Yeah I had heard that too. It's a shame because there are little events throughout the dungeon that along with the big enemies (FEAR) that felt similar to Etrian Odyssey. I didn't hate the combat but I'm starved for decent turn based games.

>>1299169 How has that affected shonen? Are you talking about animation? Video games from shonen franchises?

>>1239561 Characters look uninspired as fuck

>>1299201 As much as I like the bishounen twinks, I miss the old designs because you at least had a decent mix of conventionally attractive men and freakish weirdos. When it's all conventionally attractive ikemen fucks, it's not as fun.

>>1300566 The character you posted has so much more soul it's unreal.

>>1299201 Holy fuck. Just looking at the guys and their past selves side by side, they've all devolved into miserable milquetoast shit like 6e mexican orcs. I'm sorry Won, you can't look like a Chinese caricature now, sweet baby says that's offensive.

>>1239561 Seeing this reminds me I never got around to playing RF3S Probably should. Likely would be better than this too...

>>1299169 >lineless Are you retarded? Did you mean new directors? Do you want toon shading for the models? You're in a videogame thread complaining about animation in anime? >>1299201 As a chink I'm actually disappointed at the new Won design. Fuck culture warriors.

"#RyuFaku System Introduction By interacting with the person you are interested in, you can become lovers, and when you get married, you can have a family. Your children can have different personalities and appearances, and they can even inherit the characteristics of their parents...!" https://x.com/RuneFactory_PR/status/1919226796714975270

>>1239561 Just Finished 5 I find it interesting that we get to cuck julian

>>1317071 Holy fuck completely different looking children? Fucking revolutionary.

>>1317071 Damn, now I have to pick the girl with the cutest child.

>>1317071 Looks like male protag gets sons and female protag gets daughters? Weird to evenly split it like that

Game's being shilled hard on my youtube recommends Looks like someone paid off a bunch of mid tier youtubers to try make it the next FOTM Prediction: dies in a week or two like propped up FOTM shut like expedition 33

>>1438656 It's officially out today, right? We'll start seeing the real reviews come in at least

>>1438656 Expectition 33 is actually good unlike globohomo factory

Damn, it's actually out? I kinda forgot it was already. Has anyone here played or do I gotta rely on YouTube, halfchan, and u/fags? For no reason, have an unrelated Korean bikini pic.

Sorry to hijack but I'm looking for games in this vein but without the tumblr faggotry in it. I also want combat, no matter how minimal it is. Been playing Tales Of Seikyu but it's pretty barebones currently and I'm finished with the main story for now. Also I'll post an unrelated Korean gacha pic. It's not a bikini, but close enough.

>>1438948 I mean, aside from Rune Factory 4? (Or the older ones if you don't mind emulating/getting 3DS and DS games) Fantasy Life comes to mind and it got a sequel on steam/switch just recently with great reviews, not to mention the 3DS original. No sexy fanart bait characters though. Other than that, I really can't think of very much that is like Rune Factory. Especially if you don't want tumblr ass Stardew Valley type stuff. I think a huge number of people slept on rune factory before stardew valley, actually, and so there was not much competitors or imitators.

>>1439303 I enjoyed the original Fantasy Life but it's kind of barebones in terms of a community building kind of game. It's also really expensive for what it is. I'm okay with Stardew Valley's level of tumblr, just don't want things like pic related. Might give the new RF a try, but I never really liked the lack of player customization in these games.

Oh yeah, I did decide to just go play it last night. It's been a long week and rune factory seemed like the thing. I only got about 2.5hrs in but i can already tell it's WAY better than 5. Technically it's unimpressive and theres a couple ugly assets hanging around (scaled up meme tree) but the characters look great and the overall vibe of towns and explorable areas is 100x better, they're more fun to look at and to navigate. Combat feels 100x better too and it's a main focus of course. Just from early on you can tell villagers to do your farming and you can dance around for basically free to make your crops grow 1-2 days worth instantly. However the villagers kind of suck at it so your profit is way better if you do the farming yourself. It seems like you can easily make a ton of cash doing your own farming but it will take some work to make your farm effective all on its own.

>>1442704 It's more of animal crossing than rune factory but it's fine.

Just started playing. What kind of fucking attire is this kek? 😂

Wait nigga this is so retarded how do I run out of "land plot" items? Without those I can't plow more land? LMFAO what

>>1457005 Later you'll get plenty. It's a trick of give you enough space for large buildings without giving you all the farm land right away. That said, were the helpers in rune factory always this stupid? I get annoyed that my villagers just plant random shit and leave a random pattern of fields un-watered. Am I misremembering or did monster helpers in the previous games plant the same stuff they just harvested?

>>1457495 I never asked my monster helpers to plant stuff back in RF1 and 2.... I didn't trust them for anything but watering and stuff.

>>1457544 Oh yeah. You could tell them individually to water, harvest and sow. Yeah, you can't do that in Azuma. Or maybe you couldn't in 4 and 5 either. Ugh, I might have to replay 4 later.

>>1247057 >bamco's DEI plan. The what now? First time I hear about this.

>>1438656 Well, it's as I said. Complete flame out: high peak, no staying power. Once the youtubers stopped everything vanished from my radar. (Sigh) Old man rant incoming, so just skip ahead if you don't care. I hate everything that this genre has become, the movement from the days of HM SNES and HM64 when the games were themed about proving yourself worthy of your inheritance, the state of the ranch and your rebuilding it as part of the cycle of life and death. AWL was fucky as a game, but the themes that built HM up to this point really came out strongest, and it all went downhill from there imo. Sure, there was the dating dim aspect of the games, but getting married and having a kid tied back to the cycle of life and inheritance themes. Somewhere along the way, it all became shit and turned into a VN with dressings. Every game in the franchise strayed further and further, and the warning signs could have been seen, but the commodification of human relationships, the break from the natural world with winter crops, and once the trial balloon for magical tree babies to paper over the sterile nature of the VN amusement park was floated in trio of towns it's now a staple. Somehow, the marriage do-overs in Azuma don't surprise me, it was long overdue anyway. People and relationships are just product to be consumed for enjoyment and one's gotta see all the routes, I understand. ...Whatever, I guess. Emulation and roms still exist. I'm just an old fuck.

>>1457995 Really! I see. >>1469822 Wait, was expedition 33 not well received? Even the Astlibra dev started playing it lately so I was thinking of giving it a try. I never played harvest moon, only rune factory 1 and 2 so I don't understand most of your complaints, but I don't see what you mean by "commodification of human relationships" - that's what characters exist for you to do, befriend and get to know better. It seems like you're complaining about a Rune Factory game by applying standards from Harvest Moon games, or...? Marriage do-overs are surprising though. Haven't heard of that.

>>1470963 >Wait, was expedition 33 not well received? It was received extremely well. It has one of the highest, if not the highest, gaming metacritic scores in both official and audience reviews. It sold extremely well for what it cost and is highly likely to win goty at the Geoff awards for what that's worth. Some anons on this site seem personally offended by it and I have no idea why. But no matter how much they whine they can't counteract it's success.

>>1469822 Last good HM/SoS was Trio of Towns on 3DS, I think. It felt like the last one with that sort of atmosphere, especially with the protagonist's dad expecting them to prove they could be a farmer throughout the game. And RF4 for Rune Factory, of course. But both series have gone down heavily in quality. You only have to look at the remake of Friends of Mineral Town to see it. They added two new characters to date and allowed you to date whoever you wanted but then removed Rival Marriages, didn't flesh out the existing special marriage candidates, and didn't change the effects of the Truth Gems despite the fact that you can now see your health and stamina bars by default now. No matter what aspect of the games you liked, there's no reason to play the new ones when there's other better games that do similar things these days or you could just play the older ones.

I don't understand why the most beautiful girl among the choices offered has to be saddled with foot fetishism; at the same time, I'm not surprised, given how Uraraka looks. She has this in common with Kanata, who also seems to be a goddess (I haven't played the game--seems the high seas are the only route for it). Why the exposed feet? Uraraka's outfit would have been fetching without such a flaw. Whomever originally thought toeless/footless thighhighs constitute an aesthetically pleasing fashion design should be shot and left among the bushdwellers he or she fetishizes so ardently; those designers who ape that person should be flogged to contrition--or also left in the bush if they prove incorrigible.