I never was the biggest fan of the Harvest Moon series but then Rune Factory came along and throughly enjoyed one & 2, havent had a chance to play the others. Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is the latest in the series but does not fall into the main games titles (Rune Factory 1, 2, 3) and then the up coming 4 on the 3DS.

This time you follow Aden and Sonja two childhood friends who one day wake up to find themselves inhabiting the same body on a strange island they dont know. How did this happen? Is what you set to find out.

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Found a copy of this today and picked it up, looking pretty forward to trying it out, seems to break up the tried and tested method a-bit. Plus you get a big ass Golem you get to[censored][censored] up with

Will come back with a first impression of it, see you can use the move aswell not sure i will though.

was also thinking of picking up a copy last month but was too broke...
maybe if i get some xmas cash

also saw its a move title? sigh...

@Ragna

It's ported from Wii, so makes sense the motions controls would come across. Still though will most likely use the normal controls.

Nice thing with these games is they fit in well while playing other stuff, always just take it slow and easy. Seems to be a hell of alot of people to make relationships with.

The Wii version got a rave review from a couple of people.

oh this is on wii? always thought this was a new title for some reason, guess i'm not the biggest rune factory fan though,

anyways let me know if its any good,i MIGHT pick it up, already juggling about 5-6 rpg's atm anyway and Feb is gonna be a nightmare

Yea the ps3 verison got an HD upgrade to smooth things out but yea still ps2 era graphics, not the fussed though.

Yeah i will let you know if it's worth it, juggling to many JRPG's aswell lol, probably going to try it out and then shelf it till i finish everything else

Hahaha what else is coming in Feb? FFXIII-2 is only march now by the looks of it.

Okay here goes the first impression.

Fun but a lot of annoyances so far. The games introduction is [censored] ridiculous, it took me 1 bloody hour of being guided around before i really got to do anything. I very really get agro or impatient with slow starts to games but Jesus this pushes it.

Also this is not made any better by the games annoying as hell sound effects, this is one thing i seriously have never been annoyed by before so much in any game. They use some really intrusive sounds and the half arsed voice work doesn't help either, the English (only option you have) voices are not bad at all, just poorly dubbed in and throwing in with text only scenes which makes it a little odd.

That being said how ever once you actually get to start playing the game is a ton of fun and makes up for everything else, like previous ruin factory games you can hunt monsters and farm (I'm still only able to hunt monsters). Combat is basic but surprisingly fun, you basically just mash [] but as you use a weapon more you will gain skills like rush attacks and charge attacks that when used together is actually very cool.

Pick up items, fulfill requests and make friends is pretty much what you do in this game.

So far

Cons :-

Longest [censored] introduction to anything ever
Not the greatest soundwork

Pro's :-

Alot of fun
Enjoyable combat
Likable cast

So far the game has me interested enough not to shelf it, and also live in fear of ever having to go through that [censored] introduction ever again.

ehhh i dunno... maybe ill give this a try if i can find it cheap. glad you are enjoying it

Yeah I'm pretty sure i'll start enjoying it more as you get further, Just i cannot describe how horrid it was to sit through that intro. Really left me with an off taste lol.

hahaha u hate movie intros i like em and guides to the game cause it will help u

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Lol fool, who ever said i dont like movie intro's? The intro movie is great. Im talking about the game introduction, as in the first stuff you do. You have to, you have no choice but to follow some chick around for a freaking hour while she shows you everything and everyone.

It's like that's great, but did we have to do that all at once, the first hour of game play is move your left stick forward and press x. Got a-bit much lol