Is this worth buying if you have Rune Factory 4 Special?

[Boromir <-------<<<]

Like what does it do better? No hate just curious.

[Lime]

Its a completely different game.

[Boromir <-------<<<]

Originally posted by Matryoshka:

Its a completely different game.

Obviously. The setting, characters and story are different but the game in general is the same. A comparison I could make would be Harvest Moon 64, BTN and FOMT. FOMT is almost superior in every way except for say the big greenhouse in 64 and the less tedious mine in BTN. I know you can't always say newer is better looking at Rune Factory 5 compared to 4.

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RF3 and RF4 are actually very similar in gameplay and general feel. RF4 has some upgraded systems but it shouldn't really feel like much of a downgrade like it would be going from RF4 to RF1/2 or the completely different beast that is RF5.

If you liked RF4S and want more of it, I'd say it is worth it, and it is definitely a buy for me. You could also always give it a spin on a NDS emulator and see how you like it.

[Topazfinder]

It is stupid that Rune Factory 3 Special won't be multi-platform when RF4 special did multi-platform. It is good chance Playstation and Xbox owners will be disappointed and won't buy it for PC since some own PC for Sony and Microsoft exclusive titles reason mainly.

[Boromir <-------<<<]

Originally posted by .:

RF3 and RF4 are actually very similar in gameplay and general feel. RF4 has some upgraded systems but it shouldn't really feel like much of a downgrade like it would be going from RF4 to RF1/2 or the completely different beast that is RF5.

If you liked RF4S and want more of it, I'd say it is worth it, and it is definitely a buy for me. You could also always give it a spin on a NDS emulator and see how you like it.

Maybe I will give it a look after I'm tired of 4, it would be nice to know more about the qol features they added to it over the original.

Originally posted by Topazfinder:

It is stupid that Rune Factory 3 Special won't be multi-platform when RF4 special did multi-platform. It is good chance Playstation and Xbox owners will be disappointed and won't buy it for PC since some own PC for Sony and Microsoft exclusive titles reason mainly.

That is an odd choice to make it Switch and PC only, you never know they may bring it over in time.

[GameAW]

RF3 has Pia, which is a plus all on its own.

[Max]

Originally posted by Boromir <-------<<<:

Originally posted by Topazfinder:

It is stupid that Rune Factory 3 Special won't be multi-platform when RF4 special did multi-platform. It is good chance Playstation and Xbox owners will be disappointed and won't buy it for PC since some own PC for Sony and Microsoft exclusive titles reason mainly.

That is an odd choice to make it Switch and PC only, you never know they may bring it over in time.

Not an odd choice
SIE's HQ is located in California and no longer a Japanese company. Games like these have to be censored (Yes, even in Japan. Not by rating organization such as CERO, by their own PS Store department) in order to get released on PlayStation nowadays. Japanese game devs don't wanna deal with that double standard ♥♥♥♥ so they just straight up ignore PlayStation for their PS VITA/3DS ports/remasters.

You have have literal sex scene in last of us 2 but no! Anime bikinis are bad. Also some indie horror game also has to be censored on PS because they are too scary (WTF?)

[Green Cat]

Originally posted by Max:

Originally posted by Boromir <-------<<<:

That is an odd choice to make it Switch and PC only, you never know they may bring it over in time.

Not an odd choice
SIE's HQ is located in California and no longer a Japanese company. Games like these have to be censored (Yes, even in Japan. Not by rating organization such as CERO, by their own PS Store department) in order to get released on PlayStation nowadays. Japanese game devs don't wanna deal with that double standard ♥♥♥♥ so they just straight up ignore PlayStation for their PS VITA/3DS ports/remasters.

You have have literal sex scene in last of us 2 but no! Anime bikinis are bad. Also some indie horror game also has to be censored on PS because they are too scary (WTF?)

Lol. You didn't even scratch the surface of the issue.

Additionally, Sony has lost many customers exactly because of this. Therefore, it is not fair to say that people who are concerned about censorship are being oversensitive. Even those who advocated for this censorship, aka toxic woke, do not buy those games =))

Anyways. I'm more concerned about the translation as RF5's translator is a know Trashlator who censored many anime, games, visual novels and more that I'm surprised people still hire said person. And i have no clue if they keep the original text or if it will be trashlated

[Meganesuki]

Original RF3 was more polished gameplay-wised but sadly on the last age of DS, which is limited to 256 MB so the graphic suffered. With the remake, the graphic should be on par with RF4. The female love candidates are more charming and diverse, though this is just my own opinion.

Original RF4 was more ambitious and introduced more in-depth mechanics, but it annoyed the hell out of me. Given more time, RF4 could have been more polished but it never happened even with RF4 special. Random town event for marriage is always luck based and requires save and reload trick.
RF4 also suffered from an extremely story-locked location whereas 60% more of RF3 areas can be entered from the start. In order to craft most things, you need to progress the story first to unlock more locations and materials. RF3 gives more sense of freedom and less restriction on what you can do which is blocked by quests and stories.

TBH, RF3 need more graphic improvement than RF4 since it is the only thing holding them back from being appreciated in the present day. RF4S weakness though is not fixed or cannot be fixed in the remake. The remake does not help RF4 much as RF3.
I really wait for RF3 remake for a long time because it is the best RF for me.

To summarise and answer the OP's question, yes, totally worth it, RF3 is not inferior to RF4 unless you talk about graphics and male love candidates. RF3S even fixed the graphic to be more modern so RF3S is not worth your time only if you really care about marrying to male NPC. More sophisticated mechanics RF4 are not always better. The simpler is the better for me, which is RF3.

[Boromir <-------<<<]

Originally posted by GameAW:

RF3 has Pia, which is a plus all on its own.

:)

Originally posted by Green Cat:

Originally posted by Max:

Originally posted by Boromir <-------<<<:

Originally posted by Topazfinder:

It is stupid that Rune Factory 3 Special won't be multi-platform when RF4 special did multi-platform. It is good chance Playstation and Xbox owners will be disappointed and won't buy it for PC since some own PC for Sony and Microsoft exclusive titles reason mainly.

That is an odd choice to make it Switch and PC only, you never know they may bring it over in time.

Not an odd choice
SIE's HQ is located in California and no longer a Japanese company. Games like these have to be censored (Yes, even in Japan. Not by rating organization such as CERO, by their own PS Store department) in order to get released on PlayStation nowadays. Japanese game devs don't wanna deal with that double standard ♥♥♥♥ so they just straight up ignore PlayStation for their PS VITA/3DS ports/remasters.

You have have literal sex scene in last of us 2 but no! Anime bikinis are bad. Also some indie horror game also has to be censored on PS because they are too scary (WTF?)

Lol. You didn't even scratch the surface of the issue.

Additionally, Sony has lost many customers exactly because of this. Therefore, it is not fair to say that people who are concerned about censorship are being oversensitive. Even those who advocated for this censorship, aka toxic woke, do not buy those games =))

Anyways. I'm more concerned about the translation as RF5's translator is a know Trashlator who censored many anime, games, visual novels and more that I'm surprised people still hire said person. And i have no clue if they keep the original text or if it will be trashlated

Wow that is a bummer, I'm glad I don't need this on PS. I hate the censorship as well.

Originally posted by Meganesuki:

Original RF3 was more polished gameplay-wised but sadly on the last age of DS, which is limited to 256 MB so the graphic suffered. With the remake, the graphic should be on par with RF4. The female love candidates are more charming and diverse, though this is just my own opinion.

Original RF4 was more ambitious and introduced more in-depth mechanics, but it annoyed the hell out of me. Given more time, RF4 could have been more polished but it never happened even with RF4 special. Random town event for marriage is always luck based and requires save and reload trick.
RF4 also suffered from an extremely story-locked location whereas 60% more of RF3 areas can be entered from the start. In order to craft most things, you need to progress the story first to unlock more locations and materials. RF3 gives more sense of freedom and less restriction on what you can do which is blocked by quests and stories.

TBH, RF3 need more graphic improvement than RF4 since it is the only thing holding them back from being appreciated in the present day. RF4S weakness though is not fixed or cannot be fixed in the remake. The remake does not help RF4 much as RF3.
I really wait for RF3 remake for a long time because it is the best RF for me.

To summarise and answer the OP's question, yes, totally worth it, RF3 is not inferior to RF4 unless you talk about graphics and male love candidates. RF3S even fixed the graphic to be more modern so RF3S is not worth your time only if you really care about marrying to male NPC. More sophisticated mechanics RF4 are not always better. The simpler is the better for me, which is RF3.

Interesting, thanks for the in depth answer. I thought RF 4 Special made it easier to get married I didn't know that.

[Max]

RF4 special already made marriage sort of easier. The RNG to trigger stuff has been way improved.
Also minor tweaks, bug fixes and extra voicelines have been added.
Well OG RF4 already doesn't force you to be married in order to clear the story. I'd rather enjoy the harem

RF3 special's main game is mostly untouched aside from the dungeon part. Even the old bugs still usable there.

[Green Cat]

Originally posted by Max:

RF3 special's main game is mostly untouched aside from the dungeon part. Even the old bugs still usable there.

Might mention some? As in i want to be aware of any game breaking ones (like save corruption, imposibil to advance story, and such)

[Meganesuki]

Originally posted by Max:

RF4 special already made marriage sort of easier. The
Well OG RF4 already doesn't force you to be married in order to clear the story. I'd rather enjoy the harem

When you said like, it reminds me how ironic that marriage in RF3 is mandatory to clear the story but very easy to do so and I never see anyone complain about it. Whereas marriage in RF4 is not, but much harder than beating the game itself and annoying.
To each of their own, but I play this genre mainly for marriage. Story in RF series is not that interesting anyway.

[Green Cat]

Originally posted by Meganesuki:

. Story in RF series is not that interesting anyway.

Sad but true. If many abilities, locations (so on and on) weren't locked behind story progress, I'm sure most people would focus only on farming, town events and marriage, and monster related. Not touching the story at all.

Rune factory 5 is the best exemple as story was just there (yes, had it's moments), but some of the town and characters sub story where amazing. For me personally, the best where a certain ranger and a noble girl

[Max]

Originally posted by Green Cat:

Originally posted by Max:

RF3 special's main game is mostly untouched aside from the dungeon part. Even the old bugs still usable there.

Might mention some? As in i want to be aware of any game breaking ones (like save corruption, imposibil to advance story, and such)

Nothing really game breaking as the first 2 games.
The enemy despawn bug from Marian's quest 8 seems to be fixed just a month ago. Not very sure tho

But the shop bug from the original still usable
https://youtu.be/nZyyGhC6UyU
(oh nevermind, that get patched on the last patch too)