A decade since the last new game in a series with a dedicated fanbase—and with the bankruptcy of one studio and formation of another in the meantime—there’s some weight on the shoulders of Rune Factory 5. With expectations riding high, it’d be easy to get overly ambitious, to try to …
Few games are quite as relaxing as farming simulation RPGs. Growing crops, raising livestock, and getting to know—and eventually marry and settle down with—charming townspeople is such a soothing way to pass the time, especially in a medium that’s so obsessed with grand adventures and saving worlds. That’s what made …
