Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for Nintendo DS Reviews by Gamers

this game is pretty much the same as harvest moon, plant crops, go around town doing favors and such, hookin up with the ladies in the town, and all that other stuff they offer in harvest moon. what this game did differently from harvestmoon is add in a fighting monster system, that governs your lvl, which gives you more stats to improve your fighting skills. you also have a lvling up system that lvls up certain things, like do alot of watering and plowing you lvl up the farming/crop skill. this is a pretty good game, but can be a little tricky in the begining, because you have to learn certain things yourself. it does not really guide you through a decent tutorial, but nothing an online guidebook cant fix. in all fairness its pretty much the same as the other harvest moon games for the GBA, which is perfect for those who really love the series, but for first time players to a farming game, i would recomend getting the orignal harvest moon for the GC, or atleast a GBA instead of this dull game.