Beware, this game will consume a lot of your time.
Gameplay 9.0
Rune Factory 2 starts when you found yourself being awake by a nice looking girl in a little town, though when you regain your senses you dont remember anything cuz you have like amnesia. So after this girl gives you a farm and some farming instruments (not cheap btw) you start your adventure.
First of theres the farming part of the game, which lets you plant many crops in your farm or in any of the games dungeons. Theres an incredible amount of crops and flowers to plant though the better ones are kind of expensive but they sell better too =). But dont worry, after you progress in the game you will make lots of money. Then theres the rpg part, in which you buy a weapon of your choice and then go kill some monsters, or make them your friends so that you can use them in battle or just to milk a weird monster that looks like a cow. There are save points in the dungeons which is a nice addition though there are some parts of them in which you cant get in right from the start. And lastly but not least is the part in which you do whatever you want and trust me theres a lot to do. There are many quests that the townsfolk give you, which can give you some nice rewards that are very important and its the biggest mayor addition, you can also go fishing in many different spots,mine some minerals, get a nice looking wife,festivals,chop some wood and some others that you will find out by yourself.
Controls are great for everyone, you can move with the stylus or choose the traditional button way but you will find out the the traditional way feels better. There are many other little details like at first you get a fridge and a shelf, your tools being already modified to charge and use them in all nine squares of your field,you have a lot more stamina to do your chores, the many interaction with your future wife and others that i would like to explain but it would take me a lifetime to get over with XD.
Graphics 8.0
A nice intro animated cinematic followed by decent looking sprites and some beautiful artwork, though chicks are not as good looking as in the first one, its not that they look bad but hell in the first RF i had a hard time trying to find which to get married cuz all of them where quite beautiful lol.
Sound 8.0
Some VO from every character like a good morning or evening and some sequences plus some solid music for every part of the game. Nothing over the top but it gets the job done pretty well.
Replay Value 9.5
This game is packed. Farming,leveling up,mining,cooking,quests,fishing,get married,and many more. This game will consume a lot of your time.
Final 9.0
If you are new to the series i fully recommend it cuz it will mantain you entertain for quite a while with tons of things to do. If you are only a harvest moon fan and havent tried RF1 then by all means try it out cuz its farming part of the game is just as HM but adding a lot more content in it which is a better bargain by far. And if you are a RF fan that needs a new RF game then you will be satisfied cuz even though it does not add a lot of content it still feels as fresh as the first one.