Other actions include town/homestead expansions, picking fruit, performing magic, trying out recipes and smashing rocks for mineral ore. More interaction in the house would be great for the next installment, though, as in past installments, the townspeople can still expand your home with forge, barn or kitchen for a price.
As you use your various tools including a pet brush, sickle, ax and watering can to produce, maintain and eventually sell items. You can purchase needed items like weapons, seeds and special tools, though some are limited to special times or triggered events. It’s fun to eat while you work in the fields growing a wide array of edibles.
The control scheme works smoothly, but choosing menu items can be bit awkward, especially when fighting. Some choices pause the action before you make your selection. This format helps younger players make a decision, but experienced players could use a more challenging scheme where improvisational skills are useful and maybe incorporated with a bonus system.
One big time waster, especially in this genre, is time spent wandering around. Thankfully the buildings are close together and navigation is quick. Initially the detailed graphics can be overwhelming, so you get the sense that you could get lost very quickly. Time stops when accessing menus or going inside buildings and you get three save slots to save progress.
Improved skills (on the farm and in battle) and other enhancements really help you quickly progress further. The slower pace is best because you can really soak up the experience greatly enhanced by a basic music set (including some polka) and deeply detailed graphics. Rune Factory: Frontier is a game with great execution and relational role-playing where you choose how you spend your days and nights in Trampoli.
Rune Factory: Frontier is rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) by the ESRB for fantasy violence, mild language, suggestive themes and alcohol use.
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