DS #1893: Rune Factory 2 (Japan)

[FAST6191]

I knew this was coming but I did not expect it now. For what it is worth the original used shiftjis with a basic pointer system and they normally do not change this if anyone wanted to have a hack at the text (the menu was included in said text as I recall).

@Elfish screenshots from the site in the NFO, as good a start as any:
http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/ds/runef...stem/index.html
Also Amazon Japan:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC...99040041&sr=8-1

 

[raulpica]

Yay! It seems more Harvest Moon-like than the previous. Also didn't really like the dialogues. They seemed a bit stupid.

I'll try this right now

 

[asuri]

urrently, only a Japan release date has been set, while release dates for other parts of the world are yet to be announced.
nvm...

 

[cupajoe]

This game wasn't my favorite when it came out... Maybe the second will be better.

 

[refugio]

ok after FFIV DS i gotta finish the first one, i got side tracked too

 

[raulpica]

This game wasn't my favorite when it came out... Maybe the second will be better.

Yes, it's better

Waiting for US release

 

[Seraph]

It still looks like they're using those ugly 3D character models, the character art and everything else look beautiful though. It's supposed to be set a few years after the first game.

And 128MB is pretty big for a DS game since it's the largest size most games have used.(except for 1)

 

[SaltyDog]

Looks exactly the same to me, and its got that crappy artwork I can't stand. It's like some perverted form of G-Collections games except no nudity.

 

[Lumstar]

Yes, but PSP discs can still be over 4 times bigger than the new 256MB carts for DS.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

The first game kicked ass. I can't wait to find out how this will turn out

 

[Kamakazie]

Ah holy hell I loved the first one, is this one playable for a non-jp speaker?

 

[Nero]

Yes, but PSP discs can still be over 4 times bigger than the new 256MB carts for DS.

We might never know how big DS cartridges can actually get..
Who knows.. The limit could be 1GB or over.. That would be absurd though. UMDs can only hold 900/1.8 GB of data.

~Nero

 

[SpiritBoy]

Awesome. Gonna wait for my DS and play it, since I see there is no release date for the US.

 

[shakirmoledina]

i don't think non-jap players can play it and man i wasn't expecting this one early

 

[Raisingod]

i don't think non-jap players can play it and man i wasn't expecting this one early

Yep its japanese only as far as I can see

Anyway I guess that I'll be playing this one on the weekend .

 

[ShadowStitch]

Wow.... RF2 ALREADY?? Seems quicker than it really is, even taking the original's JP release into account.

Personally, I got really tired of the tediousness of RF... I like my HM the old fashioned "chickens and cows" style, without all the ad-hoc stuff they seem to enjoy (poorly) cramming into it... like the mining and stuff. I guess I'm just a relic that way. Plus I HATE the monkey-armed 3d system, with the miserable hit detection.

The point where they have me growing crops in a dungeon to regenerate points used to swing my sword? No, sorry. I'll go back to FOMT, thanks.

 

[Keitaro Urashima]

Finally, something to play for New Year.

I finished the first one. I hope, they released the USA version in half of year.

 

[Wolfsclaw]

Finished the first one, although i only planted those potatoe seeds that recovered all the time, upgraded to level 10 so i had like an infinite amount of money avaible, wasn't a great deal beating the game, but it was fun anyway! definitely will play the second one when its coming out in the u.s.

 

[hellklown]

I liked the first one, but because of the flood of good games from the last month I stopped playing it. The art is nice, but some dialogs are weird and the usual bugs that appear in HM are present in this game (mostly text-related ones).
Hoping that the US release comes soon.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Well, I only played it for a minute or two, but I did notice they changed the run option to a toggle, which will be very much appreciated. In the first one, it was rough on my fingers to have to hold down the R-button while also hacking away during a frantic boss battle. Loved the first game though -- one of my all-time favorite games on any console. Did someone say this game had an English text option?