Ludmilla's shop is not a 'late game' thing.

[zfan121]

Spring Year 1, I already have her flower shop unlocked.

Granted I did bum rush the story up to that point, but you can easily get her before Summer Year 1. It's a tight squeeze depending on how much farming you do up to that point though.

I think I had like 3 days of spring when I opened up her shop.

[Lyff]

Originally posted by zfan121:

Spring Year 1, I already have her flower shop unlocked.

Granted I did bum rush the story up to that point

I guess you answered yourself, so. You are in 'late-game', finished the first chapter & near the ending of the Main Story. Yes Ludmila & her shop are 'late-game' content.
Late-game refering to the Story progression & never the date in game.
You can finish the Main Story before the end of the first month.

[zfan121]

Originally posted by Lyff:

Originally posted by zfan121:

Spring Year 1, I already have her flower shop unlocked.

Granted I did bum rush the story up to that point

I guess you answered yourself, so. You are in 'late-game', finished the first chapter & near the ending of the Main Story. Yes Ludmila & her shop are 'late-game' content.
Late-game refering to the Story progression & never the date in game.
You can finish the Main Story before the end of the first month.

In Rune Factory 4 you couldn't complete late game story segments that early. You were generally mid fall/early winter toward the end of the second arc (on a fresh save)
Hopefully the next game puts more balance in story content to the amount of days in game because it feels cheaty getting that far that early if you choose to play that way.
Unless there's a speed run trick I don't know about, no way in hell are you finishing the first arch of Rune Factory 4 S in one month.

[nul]

This isn't RF4

[Asra]

Sorry to tell you. But this game's story doesn't take as long as RF4. It is really short.

[zfan121]

Originally posted by Asra:

Sorry to tell you. But this game's story doesn't take as long as RF4. It is really short.

I'm just saying I wish it was longer.
The story that IS here feels like it was slapped together in a hurry too.
I still like the little bit that IS here, but I dunno.

[Lyff]

Why open this thread to say 'Ludmilla's shop is not a 'late game' thing.' just to talk about RF4 is kind of pointless since it's late game content.

[Wolfe]

Late game meaning story wise: Yes, yes it is.
Late game meaning number of days played: Depends how you play.
Either way, there's still plenty of stuff to do after you beat the storyline.