Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny - How is it?

[Torillian]

Farming is simplified down to the point that you don't have to do anything that you used to. And personally I don't think the rest of the game is good enough to justify taking out farming as it was.

Rune Factory Frontier to me was a Harvest Moon where you could also adventure, where as this is an adventure game where one of the side activities is farming.  They definitely improved the battle mechanics but it isn't good enough to stand on its own.