#elsje rune factory

[ghost--sweets]

Started playing RF5 again, sketched some characters ~

[bokumonocosplay]

Next up is the elegant Elsje! Does anyone else think she kind of looks like a chocolate cupcake? It’s something about the skirt.

[aashiyancha]

Rigbarth has a lot of sibling pairs

Too bad they're not all datable characters

[wereworlds]

My contribution for @rf5dawntodusk ! It was lovely to be able to create something alongside so many cool people for one of my favorite series 🌟🧡

[kash-phia]

I finally got to buy rune factory 5 and am loving it a lot!!

My fav villager is miss Elsje

[poke-chann-draws]

Martin’s sacrifice

Referencing this

Original comic here

[tenshi-2]

[durotoswrites]

Reinhard, you’re allowed to eat real food...

[doodlefoxart]

Elsje and priscilla! Elsje is a pegasus who would rather be napping on a cloud somewhere than be dealing with customers while priscilla is a clumsy earth pony who tries her best but sometimes wishes she had wings like her sister or a horn with magic so that she could have some advantages in life and be braver

I was debating on whether or not i should make priscilla a unicorn but I ultimately decided against it cause i thought her being an earth pony fit her character better thematically lol

[thegolden]

she sits and refuses to move

[avzplays]

That is one hella serving of rice ball (onigiri)!

[screenviolense]

muses that will probably be removed due to lack of interest/muse (if you see a muse on this list that you want to stay, lemme know and i’ll set them to probationary status/private)

nancy drew

dawn / contrast

ellen / no place like home

viveca / barbie in the 3 musketeers

johnny gat / saints row

claire parker / far cry

bianca / far cry

jonas palmer / far cry

daisy and duke / far cry

tess / far cry

beau wilcott / far cry

carmen / far cry

imelda / coco

chiara / luca

garrett / quest for camelot

ben ravencroft / scooby doo

bobbi morse / marvel

melody valentine / josie and the pussycats

bertrand baudelaire / asoue

frank denouement / asoue

agatha / school for good and evil

agnes lockwood / the once and future witches

charon / percy jackson

luke castellan / percy jackson

ceony twill / the paper magician

aneesa / halloweentown

mack / teen beach movie

anita / cruella

jasper / cruella

emery thane / the paper magician

frederick frankenstein / young frankenstein

arden mcnamara / fandomless

jun / fandomless

oliver cho / tma

maggie short / tma

sarah carpenter / tma

barbara maitland / beetlejuice musical

elsie odair / newsies

annie edison / community

azumi fujita / maniac

kate sharma / bridgerton

jenny calendar / btvs

rebecca jessel / bly manor

dani clayton / bly manor

erin greene / midnight mass

mildred gunning / midnight mass

laura palmer / twin peaks

dale cooper / twin peaks

alison / ghosts bbc

kitty / ghosts bbc

emma pillsbury / glee

tina cohen chang / glee

sadie / glee

liv moore / izombie

peyton charles / izombie

eden bingham / st

naomi jennings / st

rose blythe / umbrella academy

merry / animal crossing

lucky / animal crossing

lucy / pokemon

erika / pokemon

monica / pokemon

marie / pokemon

brigid tenenbaum / bioshock

elizabeth comstock / bioshock

diane mcclintock / bioshock

archie / borderlands

bethany hawke / dragon age

dorian pavus / dragon age

wynne / dragon age

larianni / dragon age

karen / harvest moon

abigail lockwood / the room (game)

fionnula / monster hunter

maya / state of decay

sally / we happy few

sloane / boyfriend dungeon

marci / mtap

remington / mtap

emmy altava / professor layton

hershel layton / professor layton

illuminata / rune factory

elsje / rune factory

dusty hogg / ts2

misty waters / ts2

sancho paco panza / ts2

ara fusilli / ts2

goth boy / mysims

buddy / mysims

lindsey / mysims

jodi / stardew valley

jakob / stardew valley

linus / stardew valley

rosemary / stardew valley

ola song / stardew valley

emily / stardew valley

shane / stardew valley

carina escobar / uncharted

santos bergeron / uncharted

cassandra de rossi / uncharted

megpoid gumi / vocaloid

megurine luka / vocaloid

[aashiyancha]

The Lackadaisy crew!

[tinylantern]

Star's Rune Factory 3 Special 1st Playthrough, Part 1: First Impressions!

Welp, the day has finally come for fans of the Rune Factory series. Preorder copies of Rune Factory 3 Special are already arriving in people's mailboxes and it's not even the official release date yet. I was fortunate enough to be among those who got their copy a few days early and needless to say, I am extremely excited to finally play what is widely considered the best game in the series.

My copy was the Golden Memories Edition from XSEED's store that includes the Golden Wooly keychain. The keychain itself is extremely soft and adorable, and the other goodies included in the Golden Memories box are lovely as well. My favorite is the acrylic standee that features Micah, Frey, Lest, Alice, and Ares--while it's nothing particularly special as far as merch goes, the fact it features the protagonists of the Rune Factory games that have been released since the series was revived is, to me, pretty meaningful. Maybe one day we'll get a similar standee but with the protagonists of RF1/Frontier, RF2, and Tides of Destiny.

But we're not here to highlight what's included in the LE. We're here to talk about my first playthrough of RF3S, which at this point is only just getting started.

I've only played a few days in game so far and I have to say, while I don't dislike it, compared to RF4S and RF5, I am feeling VERY overwhelmed in the early game. A large part is muscle memory; I went into RF3S expecting it to play similarly to RF4S and while that is true in a lot of ways, there are enough differences in the UI that I occasionally find myself tripping up and hitting the wrong button when trying to equip a tool or weapon. There is also the matter of the controls themselves; Micah, at least to me, doesn't move as precisely as Frey/Lest or Alice/Ares, and so I find myself missing a lot when trying to water crops or till the fields. But from what I remember of my one playthrough of RF5, there was a somewhat similar problem with Alice/Ares during the farming segments, and those issues were ultimately fixed once I got around to upgrading the tools, so I imagine something similar might happen down the road with Micah.

I think another factor in what's making me feel overwhelmed is the cast. It's not that the cast is larger than Selphia's--from what I can tell, the population of Sharance about the same as before you rescue all of the Guardians during Act 1--but the personalities are definitely a lot louder and more prone to relying on one or two major character quirks. Collette is a glutton, Raven is a tsundere, Sofia and Sherman speak in opposites, etc. This is a double edged sword because if the quirk is something I can tolerate, than yeah, I'm all right with it. But if the quirk is something I personally find obnoxious, then I'm most likely not gonna be a fan of the character. Of the characters I've met so far, Shara, Sakuya, Carmen, Gaius, Blaise, Marjorie, Hazel, Evelyn, and Shino all have personalities that I genuinely like, but Marian, Karina, Pia, Sofia, Raven, and Sherman? All already getting on my nerves. (Especially Karina. She reminds me way too much of Bado and Elsje, and I didn't like those two either.)

But hey, it's really early in the game, and if RF4 taught me anything, it's never to judge a book by its cover. I mean believe it or not, I used to dislike Xiao Pai because I found her clumsy shtick annoying, but now she's probably my favorite of the bachelorettes. I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing ends up happening here with some of the characters who I currently find aggravating.

Beyond that, I mean... jeez, this game is pretty. RF3S clearly had a bigger budget compared to RF4S between the brand new character/monster models and the new intro. I'm still disappointed there's no female player option and/or datable bachelors, but prettied up or not, RF3S, like RF4S, is a port. I guess if there's anything I would have changed up, it's the portraits. Rune Factory has long suffered from a case of giving the majority of its characters massive baby faces even when they're supposed to be adults and I find it even more glaring here than in RF4S. Like c'mon guys, it's possible to give a character softer, youthful features without making them look like a literal child.

That's all for now! I'll come back with a new post once I've talked to the villagers more and dealt with the tanuki monster everyone keeps blabbering about...

[avenger-concerto]

Bachelorettes

We're long beyond the point of this being relegated to just Marvelous' inside jokes or tongue in cheek gags from the dev team. It's 2022. The next Rune Factory entry needs to give us female marriage candidates that actually look like adults.

"But kids play this series too-" Does not explain how Murakumo and Lucas are candidates when they could have been villagers like Terry or Elsje on design rule alone.

"But it's anime style they'll always look young-" Please stop trying to rationalize things that do genuinely make people uncomfortable.

Not even asking for candidates on Misasagi or Simone's age like Elsje or Illuminata levels would do just fine. I dunno about you but men likers getting a huge, largely built and chill inn owner while women likers have to stick with a girl speaks in barks leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[aftonfamilyvalues]

Speaking about artists who don't know how to draw boobs please look up Elsje from Rune Factory 5. I'm not sure that the man who designed her had ever seen a living human woman.

what, you dont have boob pouches on your shirts too?