Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: Natsume
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2011
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 55
  3. Negative: 10 out of 55
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  1. Weltall_of_Id
    Apr 11, 2015
    3
    If you find the review too long, please ignore my rating if it comes to deciding if you wanna buy a new JRPG to enjoy and you look for opinions. My rating is only for people that have played this coming from the Harvest Moon game.

    This is probably my first review on here and amusingly enough, negative. I do not comment on games if I do not like them, usually because I dislike how some    If you find the review too long, please ignore my rating if it comes to deciding if you wanna buy a new JRPG to enjoy and you look for opinions. My rating is only for people that have played this coming from the Harvest Moon game.

    This is probably my first review on here and amusingly enough, negative. I do not comment on games if I do not like them, usually because I dislike how some reviews show that the person does not like this kind of game and still throws his opinion about it. But since I have been playing Harvest Moons since the 1st one that a friend gave me on my game boy and ever since I have been addicted to them, I wanted to lay here my opinion.

    Before continuing with my review I want to say this; The reason I gave it 3 and not 5 is because I wanted my rating to be negative and not mixed. Rune Factories slowly tilted away from the farming part and towards the RPG fighting part. I loved the First and second one even if the farm felt as a small part of the game and slowly got less and less important. But this one was the one that made me realize that Rune Factory is not anymore a Harvest Moon with a warrior RPG element but the total opposite. It tired me quite fast, making me feel that Harvesting was not that much important afar from following some story.

    I am giving it a low score as a Harvest Moon though and not as a Rune Factory. I believe as an RPG it is relaxing, beautiful and quite enjoyable. But I felt sad I actually felt bored through the game, not because of the story, but because I was waiting for the farming part to kick in and it never really did; at least to the point I reached. If anything this RF proved to me that if I want just a cute farming HM, I should stop looking for them in the RF franchise.    … Expand

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#31 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2011

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jul 17, 2012
    50
    Best left on the bargain bin's seabed. [Aug 2012, p.113]
  2. Play UK
    Jul 10, 2012
    51
    Showing its age both mechanically and visually, there's still fun to be had here if you've got the patience and the right mindset. It'll send everyone else to sleep, however. [Issue#220, p.79]
  3. 4P.de
    Jul 6, 2012
    76
    The story is not noteworthy and visually the Wii heritage shines through. But nonetheless the mix of conquering uncharted territory, collecting rare materials, finding treasure, recruiting monster comrades and taking care of your property is motivating.
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