Rune Factory Pt. 2

The first Rune Factory game is the one I played the least out of the three I've played so far, though I'm not entirely sure why.

The default name for this amnesiac protagonist is Raguna, and the farm he borrows belongs to Misty, I believe. Raguna was about to pass out in front of her house when she found him begging for food and water. So she gave him a hoe and a watering can. Yesterday's long story short, Raguna stays at her farm.

This game has a bunch of caves that Raguna can explore, but the town's authority (mayor, I think?) bans anyone from going there. Raguna has to get a special license each time he wants to visit a new cave. I believe each cave also has a boss monster that Raguna is expected to send back to the Forest of Beginnings.

Speaking of which, that forest is different world entirely, and it's mentioned in every RF game I've played. It's not explained very well in any of them, sadly - just that it's where all monsters comes from and where they return to upon being defeated in battle. There are also gates that bring monsters from that world into this one.

Aside from the whole cave situation, there are other activities that are found in each of the following games. Farming, of course, is one. Finding a wife is another (which, by the way, I find wrong, considering the possibility that maybe he's already married or betrothed but can't remember...). Raguna, I'm sure, can also eventually cook food and forge weapons and perhaps even make accessories and medicine, but I had yet to get to those parts before getting bored with the game for some reason I still can't identify.

So, yeah, there's what I remember from RF1. I know lots of people that really enjoyed that game, so don't let my review get you down. It could just be something as simple as the fact that I played RF2 before RF1, so I was a bit spoiled by all the new and improved stuff in the second game.