History VideoGame / RuneFactory4

* BittersweetEnding: Act 2 ends with [[spoiler: Lest/Frey defeating Edelberd, leaving the Sechs Empire to shambles. However, to do that, they have to kill Ventuswill who got possessed by him. While she assures the villagers that she returned to the Forest of Beginnings, since DeathIsCheap for monsters, it would be a long process for her to return. However, you can accelerate her return by doing an event.]]

* ThePowerOfLove: Love is one of the elemental types, which means you can add love-elemental damage to your weapons in the same way you'd add fire or water-type damage.

* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: Lest/Frey won't approach [[spoiler:Heaven's Gate with monsters or villagers in their party, because they only have one MacGuffin that will them get out of the Forest of Beginnings afterward, and if something were to happen, the other party member(s) might be trapped there forever. ]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: Rafflesia in Delirium Lava Ruins. So far you could've beaten bosses through brute force, and maybe some luck, with party members, but this is a boss you can't just bumble your way to victory. It summons enemies and spreads status effects to debilitate your allies, it also heals up ''and'' will regenerates its lost parts. If you've been ignoring the crafting system or think you can win just attacking mindlessly Rafflesia will be one nasty surprise for you.

** Maya Road's underground sections have certain rooms where the gates have an abnormal fast monster spawn rate. These room can be used to level up very quickly provided you have the means to survive the onslaught of enemies.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's hard to tell how much time has passed between the evens of ''Rune Factory 1'' and ''4''. [[spoiler:Emperor Ethelberd]] is much older, but Barret still mentions being teacher of ''Rune Factory 2's'' second generation children. Raven also hasn't aged much, but make commentaries about former characters like Collete and Rusk inheriting their father's business already implied a somewhat significant time gap between ''Rune Factory 3'' and ''4'' as well.

* ArtificialAtmosphericActions: The game lacks particular cliques, so any character can be seen conversing with another. There are a variety of different conversations to drop in on. There are also a wide range of [=NPCs=] who go in and out of town as tourists, making the world feel more full without overfilling the character roster.

* BeefGate: After accessing Autumn Road you can travel far enough to access Maya Road. However enemies there are ''much more powerful'' and some are highly resistant, or outright absorbs, Physical damage which most weapons up to this point in the game do. While everything basically screams "DO NOT ENTER YET" if you're crazy (or skilled) enough you can find Gold and Sapphire early to create powerful equipment.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's hard to tell how much time has passed between the evens of ''Rune Factory 1'' and ''4''. [[spoiler:Emperor Ethelberd]] is much older, but Barret still mentions being teaching the children of ''Rune Factory 2's'' second generation. Raven also hasn't aged much, but make commentaries about former characters like Collete and Rusk inheriting their father's business already implied a somewhat significant time gap between ''Rune Factory 3'' and ''4'' as well.

* BrutalBonusLevel: The Sharance Maze returns and as it was in ''[[VideoGame/RuneFactory3]]'' it's meant for players who want a real tough challenge. To put in perspective how absurd things get, to survive the final challenges of Sharance Maze you need to be strong enough to kill the final boss in a couple of hits.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: On par with other games of the series, characters can reach levels in the hundreds with ease. Your max level is 50,000, which is five times higher than [[VideoGame/RuneFactory3 Micah's.]] Averted with some of the skill levels, which will only go as high as 99.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The Forest of Beginnings, which the protagonist travels to twice. The first time is made up of only the areas they traveled to previous, not the ones after, save Leon Karnak. The second time it becomes a gigantic dungeon called Rune Prana and can only be accessed from Leon Karnak.

* BoringButPractical: Toast can be a good early to mid RP recover food. All you need is two Flours and an Oven with a relatively low Cooking skill to make; 8 for Bread and 21 for Toast.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: You no longer consume any Recipe Bread if you wouldn't learn anything from it.

** A random conversation the main character can have with Kiel has him talking about fictional worlds. One of the responses they can give him is "This world is fictional." He thinks they're kidding, but then asks "You were kidding...right?"

* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: Lest/Frey won't approach Heaven's Gate with monsters or villagers in their party, because they only have one MacGuffin that will them get out of the Forest of Beginnings afterward, and if something were to happen, the other party member(s) might be trapped there forever.

[[spoiler:The Sechs Floating Empire for Arc 2. Ethelberd's gigantic flying fortress where he threatens to attack Selphia should Lest/Frey try to avoid the battle against him. Ventuswill's life is also at stake since Ethelberd holds the last Rune Sphere.]]

* BeefGate: After accessing Autumn Road you can travel far enough to access Maya Road. However enemies there are ''much more powerful'' and some are highly resistant, or outright absorbs, Physical damage which most weapons up to this point in the game do. While everything basically screams "DO NOT ENTER YET" if you're crazy (or skilled) enough you can find Gold and Sapphire early.

* WorldOfBadass: If you have patience you can train every single citizen of Selphia into becoming badasses with high levels and the finest equipment you can craft. Yes, even your child and Blossom.