Rune Factory 2 - The Worst One, Apparently

Rune Factory 2 - The Worst One, Apparently | ScraggyKing20

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Rune Factory 2 is an installment in the Rune Factory series with a very interesting idea. With a complete overhaul of the Rune Factory formula, it returns to the roots of the traditional farming simulator genre defined by the Bokujō Monogatari (or Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons) franchise, while leaving all of Rune Factory's unique attributes for a second, "post-game" arc.
As a result, fans would either consider this their least favourite mainline game in the series, or even their most disliked, but is it really that bad?
Without a story, dungeons, bosses, and even passive activities like cooking, how well does Rune Factory 2 hold up in comparison to all the other games in the franchise? Is there enough game to play for the player to feel motivated enough to even consider getting to the story? Or does the new approach to the series fall flat on its face?
This is a blind scripted documentation of my playthrough, to see if Rune Factory 2 is deserving of the "worst mainline game in the series" title.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
2:17 - Gameplay
8:14 - Quality of Life Improvements
10:14 - Characters
13:20 - Writing and Story
20:26 - Bugs and Glitches
22:26 - Conclusion
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PEOPLE:
Scrags: me!
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GAME:
Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
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BACKGROUND MUSIC:
➣Rune Factory 4 - Spring
➣Rune Factory 3 - Summer
➣Yo-Kai Watch - Uptown Springdale
➣Kirby: Super Star - Grape Garden
➣Rune Factory 2 - Winter
➣Rune Factory 4 - Purity
➣Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 - Monster House
➣Rune Factory 2 - Daily Work: Part 1 (Arrange)
➣Kirby: Return to Dreamland - Caving (Crystal Cave Area) / Peaceful Place
➣Rune Factory 1 - Credits
OUTRO MUSIC:
➣Tiny Little Adiantum - Shibayan Records
• タイニーリトル・アジアンタム
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rune factory 2 may have taken 6 months, but I haven't forgotten to remind you to play rune factory 3 for the nintendo ds

Пікірлер: 79

@ScraggyKing20 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to see more farming simulator stuff from me, I tried out Stardew Valley Multiplayer with my friends for the first time! ➣ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZmmm7Kh1s3QkZc.html

@shokobean6712 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously this is the weakest RF because you can't marry the blacksmith lady

@ermant7285 2 жыл бұрын

This almost applies to all blacksmiths in rf series

@mikiriki9913 2 жыл бұрын

@@ermant7285 Especially in the first game

@Summyer Жыл бұрын

God.. when I saw the blacksmith my heart goes badump! Wish I could marry her

@gothgrape Жыл бұрын

@@Summyer when I see the doctor my heart also badump

@visualbutterfly3729 10 ай бұрын

@@ermant7285ugh GAIUS

@GallicStateJumper 2 жыл бұрын

Rune Factory 2 was my first game, and I've always loved it! I played a little of the fourth, but I have very fond memories of RF2. I think it will always be my favourite one for that reason. The music always makes me cry as it reminds me of all those memories.

@erosralphtelen3821 Жыл бұрын

Same 🥰

@Imperfect_gothgf Жыл бұрын

Just yes

@ArcNeoMasato 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who's played the whole series as it's come out and recently revisited them all..... the first one is EASILY the worst, as the entirety of the gameplay just feels super slow, as well as the animations being really jittery. I don't truly find any of the games "bad" though, the first just shows its "first game clunk" is all. I won't lie actually, but I feel like they should REALLY do the "Special" treatment to all 3 of the DS entries, as I feel like all 3 games would do well on the engine used in 4 Special, and it'd be really nice to have them all in one place again.

@Hakajin 2 жыл бұрын

The first one was so rough that it felt bootleg. Which for me actually kind of added to the experience, because... I dunno, it felt mysterious, or something?

@ArcNeoMasato 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hakajin I can understand that actually. There's a certain charm to things that have a level of "clunk" to them instead of being super polished.

@Rihcterwilker Жыл бұрын

We're only getting 3 special and that's it, because the third game is the one that has the improved engine (later used on rf4).

@Vivles 2 жыл бұрын

Get me a girl that freezes the moment we cross the barrier to the other portion of the village

@MinibitX 2 жыл бұрын

Aw man, you never played the second half? If you didn't mind the first gen, the game really comes online in the second half, as you noted. It's so wild and fun, I hope you come back to this eventually!

@XFTFX 2 жыл бұрын

4 and 2 are actually my favorites, because it doesn't "end" after marriage. 1, I wanted Mist, and to marry her I'd have to finish the story first, and unlike Harvest Moon/SoS games like FoMT everything's over after that, only boring ass gameplay. 2, I think fans hated that Kyle is just too weak compared to his son/daughter, but I think I felt satisfied when I finish it because it takes much effort to finish it. Or maybe the voice actors of the English version. 3, I love the characters and the storyline, but same quirk as 1, we have Sharance Maze as a post-game dungeon but it doesn't have a "story", it'd be fun with online play but in this age the service has shut down, we literally have to finish the game if we want to see our wife intact, and once it's over, the story's over. 4 is the best, dynamic dialogues that never make you bored, the English VAs are pretty good too, refined mechanics brought from 3 now enhanced, and 3 full story arcs + sharance maze if you're into that, even after all of it is over the dynamic dialogues will keep you playing for a while, and ability to play as a woman for female players. And out of all bachelor/ettes, only Doug needs you to finish Arc 1 and 2 (the "main story") first. I married Dolce before defeating Ethelberd iirc.

@AnD1262 2 жыл бұрын

with 2 it's less the father vs child in strength and more that I was playing a character who suffered from amnesia and settled in this town in a demo version of the game, just for that character to be yanked away from me so he could go buy milk and I was saddled with another character to play as for the full game, I lost the investment and steam I had in the earlier part of the game and sort of either didn't care to finish or have completely forgotten all of the rest of the game as I only remember buying stuff for the school. with 4 I never really cared about Doug he stalks you and then tries to stop you from saving Venti, having just recently started replaying it looks to me like he probably knows some of your background and never coughs it up...

@AnsuzStryker 2 жыл бұрын

Shame you haven't done the second half, which honestly makes the first half worth it in every way. First half can definitely be a slog to get through, especially once you've already married someone. Despite that, Rune Factory 2 is my favorite in the series, right next to Frontier, and still remains the only one I've played through and finished multiple times.

@Bunny_sweetheart 2 жыл бұрын

when you watch a video about your childhood favorite game just to find out it was hated amoungst the community. leave my baby alone you monsters!

@kf2at 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I remember working to get all the bachelorettes to level 10 so I could marry them all lmao. Definitely extended the game. Also I remember marrying Yue making the 2nd arc weird, because I couldn't buy any of the school upgrades from her and it essentially softlocked my game.

@scarletrose8766 2 жыл бұрын

The second generation is where the meat of this game yes you play as another character but your child has access to blocked roads (cause they are small enough to squeeze thru the fences) and most of the missing mechanics Like crafting and upgrading at in second generation making 1st gens only purpose is to build the school and other things (I left my second generation an early wolf pet cause apparently in second generation you won't get one till later)

@TheNorilla 2 жыл бұрын

@@scarletrose8766 Monsters you get in gen 1 also get a big FP increase once you hit gen 2.

@kalejuice5701 Жыл бұрын

With the help of some old GameFaqs advice I stumbled across, I found out that grinding out magic and updating spellbooks via requests completely trivializes the need for crafting in the second arc. It's obvious that the devs intended for the second arc to hinge on crafting progression, but magic is stupid busted at a high level in RF2.

@LilMochaMagic 2 жыл бұрын

"The worst one" yall ripping my heart apart XD honestly i see where folks are coming from when they have their criticisms. But rf2 was my first game and my nostalgia glasses are firmly in place I also like this format! I enjoyed watching you play through the games and your commentary in rf1, but I also liked the way you kinda disected the games features in this one

@gaumeguro8185 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really good video!!!! Ty for making some really good rune factory content!!! I rarely see well written videos like this in the fandom and i love seeing the older games get covered :DD just subbed

@Glimare Жыл бұрын

Personally love 2 more than 3, but I'm barely playing 3 right now. After playing 2, 1 was really easy if not long. I kept thinking that the bosses shouldn't have been this easy. What bugs me most about 3 is the fast regrow time for the weeds and stuff so I don't feel like I can interact with the people as much as I did for 1 & 2. Also don't care for the recipe bread gimic. I liked either the books or taking classes as it felt like I was actually learning things. Biggest complaints about 2 were the glitches that made me lose days if I didn't save before doing something, especially going into the barn. 1 has similar glitches but not as often. 3's controls are very sensitive too so using the stylus seems to work better on the farm and I don't like carrying my tool out in the open when running. And the people are harder to keep track of, running away too fast for me to get to them and catch up. Okay, series is fun and relaxing but I'm still gonna nitpick. 2's my current fave but I wish Mom would give me a discount and a relationship boost. =P

@GuidingLightAngel 2 жыл бұрын

It's been a while since I commented, I been really sick, so your vids have been a way for me to take my mind off of things. Anyway, one thing's for sure, no matter what rune factory it is, we will all miss Mist's roasts, seriously that was awesome to watch

@captainrex6484 9 ай бұрын

I got this game for Christmas and fell in love with it. I had no knowledge of the other games or the second half of the game. I wound up really enjoying the quests, capturing an ice wolf for my barn, and trying to romance my character with Cecilia.

@-metroro- 2 жыл бұрын

7:04 dang, the Yo-kai Watch Uptown Springdale theme makes me want to play it again. When I checked the description, I noticed it was missing from the background music section? Just a small detail, love the video.

@ScraggyKing20 2 жыл бұрын

whoops, should be credited properly now, thanks for the heads up!

@miniblitz3971 2 жыл бұрын

subscribing because i've finally found someone who loves RF as much as I do

@mira-uf1ie 2 жыл бұрын

The worst one, when RF1 actually exist???

@MinibitX 2 жыл бұрын

The Rod's benefit is that it doubles the damage of your magic spells, it's not meant to be used in melee.

@archangelmichael1978 2 жыл бұрын

There's 2 VERY BIG reasons I love RF2 and it's Alicia, if you know what I mean. 😏

@gothgrape Жыл бұрын

I got you man

@SpiteAnims 2 жыл бұрын

am i the only one who cleans off the whole farm before starting?

@thejonbrownshow8470 2 жыл бұрын

19:11 I legit thought that the true final quest of this game is to go get milk at a gas station

@thejonbrownshow8470 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I was right xD, I'm sure the game will end in a more pleasant way than reality, but that's a very smart way to have a second half/act of a farming/any game. It makes having kids in these types of games actually interesting lol

@Emidoki 2 жыл бұрын

What's up with all the hip thrusting action?

@AnimeGirl4891 2 жыл бұрын

Rune Factory 2 was the first Rune Factory I ever played. Yes, it did have problems. But I enjoyed it nonetheless.

@waffy_kun 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the bride stealing mechanics of this game xd Also, RF Frontier is still the best for me

@cloudkitsune17 10 ай бұрын

I actually like 2, but... It is very different from the others, so I get why people hate on it. Still, it was also the first one of the series you could actually play as a girl, which was neat. I also really liked Julia and Yue a lot.

@that1sprig 2 жыл бұрын

The way you described the story oddly reminds me of Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon. You arrive in a village with amnesia, build friendships with the other Pokémon in the village, and then ultimately leave because of a goal that no one else knows. Then you go to pursue the more important part of the story. Except for that the leaving part in Rune Factory seems kind of abrupt whereas the one in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon was built up to.

@scarletrose8766 2 жыл бұрын

All of them got amnesia 1-4 not sure about 5

@scarletrose8766 2 жыл бұрын

It's a rune factory staple that the protags aside from 2's second generation have amnesia I wouldn't be surprised if 5 has that opening where the Mc has amnesia.

@impliqued1910 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say 3 is my favorite, i haven't played 1,2 and 5 yet.

@lusibeth 2 жыл бұрын

RF2 was my first game in the RF franchise and the reason why I fell in love with it. I really enjoyed the love triangles and the story aspect. (RF4 being my favorite of course) but would love to see a special version of RF2 because of the second generation story

@Zweiker 2 жыл бұрын

Use the bath ho- oh I'm all out of material. Good video, looking forward to the next playthroughs

@ruhe5784 2 жыл бұрын

19:40 wow! What a way to tell your son you are going out to get milk.

@openinginawe5518 2 жыл бұрын

I'm excited to see this review. Rune factory looks fun Really just went for the milk scrags?

@ShippudenTreizer 2 жыл бұрын

while i am a bit bias because rf2 was my first rf game, nothing beats finishing the 3rd dungeon in rf1 in early summer and then having to wait to until winter to progress. that shit was wack bruh

@toon-fiend9796 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a real Rune Factory game

@LeahKoahal 5 ай бұрын

Where's part 2?

@smzig 2 жыл бұрын

Rune Factory 2 is the worst for the sole fact it has the most god-awful voice acting. And the glitches are most likely thanks to Natsume's MO of shoddy localizations. They royally screwed up Harvest Moon DS in an awful way. Marvelous switching to XSEED after RF3 was a godsend.

@gamingwithjoseph714 2 жыл бұрын

I personally like RF 2 over the original

@EraVulgaris- 2 жыл бұрын

I skipped ahead to 2 seconds of smash gameplay and thought that was the game

@12kidcat 2 ай бұрын

*played with action replay cheat codes* rune factory 2 was fun I enjoyed it 😢

@kalejuice5701 2 жыл бұрын

I have some nostalgia for RF2, but having actually beaten it last year left me feeling underwhelmed. Alvarna is a beautiful setting and splitting the story/gameplay into two phases is a neat idea, but some of the design decisions resulting from that are mixed.

@caretakercat7176 5 ай бұрын

Scrags off for the milk😂

@kagemusha7029 Ай бұрын

RF2 is great because you can steal bride from your rival.

@U2Defender 2 жыл бұрын

This is........ epic ?

@RobertSmith-ym4bo 5 ай бұрын

Why would you not play the 2nd half?… That’s the main game…

@swred4468 Ай бұрын

2 still my favortie one tbh

@zurceestrife5460 5 ай бұрын

My first game and favorite one

@thegreatleaderjimpickens7919 2 жыл бұрын

I think the first one is way worse. Bland characters, even clunkier combat, framerate issue. RF2 is just RF on steroid.

@themurmeli88 9 ай бұрын

Personally I liked how rest of the bachelorettes don't end up forever single, but find partners of their own. This is the one feature they should restore in future tittles. It always made the town REALLY sad, when the only person who was able to find partner/love was the protagonist, and rest were destined to die alone, unloved, standing in the rain so their tears couldn't be seen etc.

@gothgrape 8 ай бұрын

Alicia:

@reveriesend4668 2 жыл бұрын

I mean: it depends. The old dogs like me find RF1 and RF2 pretty enjoyable, although the two are kinda eclipsed by the simple, fast-paced, and simply best chars of RF3. While RF4 is a RF3 but with weight bcs they designed the game to be consumed for years (as they knew Neverland was dying). A lot of new fans came between RF3 - RF4 - post Neverland, actually. That's why for them RF4 is very sophisticated, the simple, with a huge downtime of gameplay like RF1 to be heavy grind. RF2 was just streamlined grind to RF1, and with the complication, those new people are hardly impressed. Which one is worst? Surely RF1, if you want to talk gameplay. Like dude you finished the first 3 dungeons in 3 weeks (faster, actually. My personal record was... 10 days? I forgot. and I still think I can cut a lot of time from that) and then you have to wait until winter (so like 70 days) for the lake to freeze. There's way to bug yourself into the island that leads to the 4th dungeon. There's no way to bug yourself out, and if I remember right teleport was off? Either way, I always ended up waiting the time anyway. Grinding, farming, having a healthy relationship with every single girl in the town, etc. Fortunately: the girls are alright, all of them. Problem with RF2? The main feature is time-gated kek. Yeah 1st gen 2nd gen. But there's one thing RF2 is best at: they have the best music piece in RF history. It's the romance theme (Love theme), which ever since then always makes an appearance in future games other than RFF.

@HolicChan 6 ай бұрын

Tanya is way too hot

@RezkaRieveldt 2 жыл бұрын

The hardest rune factory 2 of all time

@RBEO22 Жыл бұрын

What a deadbeat.

@shaniquewright1951 Жыл бұрын

Rune factory 2 will always be one of my favourite games on the switch ❤

@kristinopperman7931 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly this one really was the worst one in the series. For some reason every time I make it to the second gen get bored of it and stop playing it. The combat is very slow and there's only 5 dungeons. And the difficulty between each dungeon is insane lol. Idk I really do want to actually finish this game one day.

@kireischonbeau7485 2 жыл бұрын

I am with the people who think RF2 is the weakest in the series. Which isn't to say I don't enjoy it- this is my favorite game series, so I still love my least favorite. That said... I don't like that the first half feels like being stuck in demo mode, and I don't like all the physical barriers in dungeons in the second half. It slowed me down even more in a game when I was already taking my time. To this day, I feel snubbed at how hard they changed the camping mechanics and the portals in general. In the first game, I grew crops and didn't harvest them in order to generate runes for myself every day, making it the most "rune factory" game to me. While I liked the second game when it game out, I always liked the first better. I also learned on my most recent playthrough that I played the first game so much when I was young, before my depression and anxiety hit, the music transported me back, and I burst into tears because I couldn't remember the last time I felt so completely relaxed. So, it is entirely possible that my opinions are tinted by emotional bias. XD

@HolicChan 9 ай бұрын

YES ITS THE WORST ONE ARGUE AT THE WALL LOL