In my opinion the only really great and unique part about the Rune Factory series is the time management between farming and battling and the farming itself. Take that out and you have a mediocre battle system, mediocre storyline, and in this case in particular some below mediocre graphics. I've enjoyed games that are pretty mediocre from an objective view point, so it's not saying that you won't like it, you definitely could, but I'd say that the odds are against you and if you want a cheap Rune Factory that's still great I'd go with Rune Factory: Frontier.
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