Rune Factory 4 was, as noted by the original reviewer, already a great game, which I’m happy to agree with after playing around 14 hours of Special.

Rune Factory 4 opens on an airship, and the vibe is reminiscent of countless scenes from the Final Fantasy role-playing games. But in Rune Factory, airships aren’t just for travel — they’re ...

While Rune Factory is a spin-off of the Harvest Moon series, each new installment manages to build upon the identity it’s been creating ever since it branched off back in 2006. Rune Factory 4 ...

Rune Factory 4 combines a lot of different elements together, but manages to make them all feel like one cohesive package. The series started out as a fantasy off-shoot of Natsume’s Harvest Moon ...

Rune Factory 4 Special offers up a different take on the beloved farm/life sim genre, focusing more on RPG elements. This makes Rune Factory 4 a good entry point for newcomers to the genre due to ...

Best Gifts to Give to Every Villager in Rune Factory 4. There are 23 villagers you can give gifts to at any time in Rune Factory 4. We’ve listed each one down below, alongside their birthday.

Rune Factory 4 was my favorite game on 3DS for a while, but I played it so much that I don't think I'll be getting it on Switch, especially since it still looks like a 3DS game. I'm super hyped ...

Rune Factory 4 Special is an action role-playing and simulation game developed by Neverland and HAKAMA, and published by Marvelous. In North America and Europe… ...

Rune Factory 4 is almost a decade old, at this point. It first released on the 3DS in 2021, before last year's Rune Factory 4 Special made the jump to the Nintendo Switch.

Rune Factory 4 does what any spin-off game should eventually do: emerge from the shadow of the main series that inspired it. You need only look to the dragons and action role-playing game combat ...

Rune Factory 4's biggest problem, though, is its hand-holding. For what feels like hours on end, the game has to teach you about every little thing before you're allowed to actually experience it.

Rune Factory 4 also provides an astounding amount of information to the player that would otherwise be found menus-deep in a lesser game; though the GUI can get a little cluttered, ...