Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny - Review

For the past few weeks I have been growing crops, leveling up, taming monsters, crawling dungeons and flirting with the fine ladies of Fenith Island in Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny. The newest addition to the Rune Factory series features all of the usual mechanics you have come to love from Harvest Moon and Rune Factory but puts a new spin on a few things. Namely, farming and combat.

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny - E3 2011 Demo Impressions

This is the game I spent the most time with at the show. I had almost an entire hour with a near final version of the game. The Natsume rep, who happened to be one of the staff in charge of localization for the game, informed me that the only major part of production that was left to finish was the English voiceovers. Which are being handled by the same group who did the voiceovers for Rune Factory 3 on the Nintendo DS, which were top notch if I do say so myself.

I decided to start a brand new game file. There are two main characters Aden and Sonja, but after a series of events they become one. Well Sonja’s being is inside of Aden and Sonja’s body is nowhere to be found. I know, it is a little strange. As always with Rune Factory and Harvest moon games you are found by a local who brings you into town and gives you your own house. This is where the game really begins.