Was the mine always meant to be savescummed?

Was the mine always meant to be savescummed?
Is it just bad japanese game design?

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Dunno, but do higher level tools use less stamina for the non-charged actions?

no they use exactly the same amount, they are just more efficient when used on multiple tiles when charged up

So upgrading doesn't affect how far you can get in the mines at all?

nope not at all.
I have no idea how anyone was supposed to get the best tools without walktroughs and savescumming.
To get the cursed tools you are supposed to:
>enter a mine that only opens one season out of four
>every 10 levels have a chance for one of them to spawn somewhere in the level
>they might spawn anywhere, even under rocks
>need to get all 6 of them before being able to even get the final upgrade materials
>the cursed tools have insane requirements to be blessed
Because of all of this it's extremely unlikely to find any of them on any run, no wonder this game was iconic for a whole generation in japan, this shit probably was an endless source school yard level of rumors, imagine hearing of that kind who found a cursed tool

Yes, there was a reason FoMT let you save at anytime, hell back then you had just 8 inventory slots for food and medicine, or 9 if you counted your hands, as opposed to the remake letting you carry 9 an item per slot

is it as bad as HMDS mines.
that was savescum hell.

It's basically HMDS mines pitfalls and all, minus fighting evil livestock with your sword

Yes, the original was the same and heavily promoted savescumming as well.

What did you guys name your farm? I haven't decided yet since I suck with names

I recalled fond memories of the FOMT mines but now I realized it's only because I had savestates on an emulator to greatly reduce time spent between tries

Is there Story of Seasons / Harvest Moon general on /vg/ ?

check'd
There used to be one a long time ago, but died due to low activity, I miss it

I hate this

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I wasn't even talking about savestates. When I say the original promoted savescumming I'm talking about on original hardware. You could save the game anywhere and anytime you wanted.

Yes and yes. That's every harvest moon title though. RF titles were far better in that regard (up until 4 where it reverted at least).

savestates are faster to reload and more than the two slots

that's too bad

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>pirated and installed this game like 4 days ago
>still haven't launched it
Is it actually good?

No, play the original.

No.

Best chance it has at returning is if Rune Factory 5 releases. It was a SoS/HM & RF thread, even then it died. It will die again eventually but it would be nice to have the thread around for a few weeks/months, maybe even a year hopefully.

it is but getting the final equipment is as bullshit as the original

Is this worth it if I already have and enjoyed rune factory 4?

No. Play RF3 and be amazed by the far higher quality of everything, then if you still want more play the other RF's. They're far superior to the HM games even if you want to just farm.

>only 2 saves
>other save was my mums'
>never able to get far in the mines
fucking hell. At least it's made considerably easier in the remake with stacking items and unlocking elevators for the mines.
So in the remake you don't have to savestate at all. but fuck getting to 255 legit in the original.

I just called mine Moondrop after those flowers because I'm also bad at names.

Are their any rules to the ladder spawning?Can't remember if i deduced those myself or read them somewhere but back in the GBA version i though it was something like
>can't spawn on any of the 8 tiles from the entry point
>can't spawn near the walls
>can't spawn under a rock
But at least the last one was proven wrong several times now for me in the remake.

it's those rules except the under a rock one is complete bullshit because I had a few spawn under rocks for some reason

I'm really excited for this game. Rune Factory and true Story of Seasons on Switch is cool

RF5 when?
They announced it like 3 years ago

get power fruit
like what the fuck savescumming the mines? For what reason?

There's more than one Power Berry and one of them is inside the mines. Also making to floor 255 without savescumming is extremely hard, you'd probably have to fill your inventory with stamina/fatigue items.

or just get more power fruit i did it when i was like 12