Ashleigh Jefferson (OtakuTransGirl_RPGothic)

This has been a truly amazing game & an absolute stand out in what so far has been a quiet first half of 2025. From the engaging mechanics of the farming sim to having the means to stop the in game clock during town building making planning your layout more feasible, as an otaku JRPGamer primarily this has made the sim element more enjoyable. The action jrpg combat is fast & fun to play with finding the enemy weaknesses feel less a chore & more a means to overpower & exploit. The characters are so bright & variable making picking your partner a much more interesting experience & might be one of the best dating sim experiences I’ve ever had (Best Girl/Waifu for mesies is Hina (returning now grown up from Rune Factory 5)). This is one of the top 3 games of 2025 for mesies & highly recommend to all other JRPG gamers out there, this is the best Rune Factory game yet & hope more Asian inspired spin offs like Azuma follow in the future as easily stands alongside & even currently above the mainline Rune Factory games