All in all, Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny manages to encourage players to not only fight and farm, but also to talk to neighbors, make items, tame monsters and explore their surroundings.
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is kind of a jack-of-all-trades video game. The villager interaction, combat, and farming are all serviceable, but none of the singular aspects of the game are spectacular.
- soul has been trapped inside Aden’s body
- cheerful and upbeat
- bubbly and positive personality
Odette
- strong-willed girl who is the first to meet Aden and Sonja
- the middle child of her sisters, Lily and Violet
- skilled at cooking
- runs the Three Sisters Inn with her sisters
- priestess at the Dragon Shrine
- keeps an eye on an arch dragon Talynn
- transported to Fenith Island along with Sonja
- brash, blunt personality
- usually agrees with what Sonja suggests
- uses Spirit Magic to grow plants, trees, and rocks
James
- Elena’s older brother
- usually off doing business on other islands
- isn’t a very good salesman
- talks in a calm manner
- becomes quite animated when talking about his sister
Joe
- cocksure treasure hunter who searches for buried treasure in the sea
- not usually succesful
- bright personality and is very friendly
- bit of a prankster
- sometimes doesn’t think how his pranks affect others
Bismark
- Sierra’s twin brother
- complete opposite of his sister
- very serious when it comes to the general store and business
- often gets frustrated by his sister’s actions
- scolds her when she slacks off at work
- trouble dealing with social interaction, especially when talking to girls
Despite some delays, we finally have our retail copy of Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny here at IGN. While I'm not the one doing the actual review, I thought I'd tide you folks over with some of my initial impressions...
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Rune Factory fans will be happy to know that the newest edition in this action RPG/simulation franchise finally has a release date. Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny, which is coming to both Wii and PlayStation 3, will hit store shelves on September 27...
Burlingame, CA. - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today announced Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is set to launch September 27th on both the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. It is the first time that the Rune Factory franchise will be available on the...
As Wii owners well know, the last few months have been pretty uneventful in terms of new software. Thankfully, a handful of games arriving later this year (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kirby Wii, etc.) should be just the boost our lonely systems need. Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is one of those titles...
An excerpt from Bit Beacon’s thoughts on the game from E3 2011:
I decided to start a brand new game file. There are two main characters Aden and Sonja, but after a series of events they become one. Well Sonja’s being is inside of Aden and Sonja’s body is nowhere to be found. I know, it [...]
#onthefarm
Farming and fighting it's all the same, until it comes to the PlayStation 3, gets Move support, and looks this pretty. Stand back while I hug Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny. More »
Burlingame, CA - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today announced its expansive lineup of games for the 2011 E3 Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center June 7-9th. Natsume will be showing Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny for the PlayStation 3 and Wii...
Back in February of this year, a game called Rune Factory: Oceans was released in Japan on the Wii and PlayStation 3. And today, publisher Natsume announced that it's bringing the game to North America under the new title Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny...
