Note from Freyashawk:
I apologise to players of Seaside but this site is more visible than my Guardians of Azuma Site.
This is an aspect of the game few have studied in detail. It is the ability to have more than one 'life' in a single file without losing any progress you have made. There is a price to pay and I have written about that in the following post:
This game is very generous to the player. Marvelous Interactive created a major update that could be downloaded free to every player. It included major new development areas and an ability to increase Bonding or Friendship Levels with surprise rewards. When one raises a character to Level 12, ome receives the Life-Sized Cutout of that individual. When you reach Level 15 with your counterpart, you receive your own. What this means id yhat you can create yourvown charming landscapes for every season and populate them with figures of your favourite people.
Guardiwns of Azuma is a Rune Factory game and Rune Factory is an offshoot of one of the greatest farming series ever known as Harvest Moon.
For me, Guardiqns of Azuma has outstripped everynother game in so many different ways. The firm that made it declared they wished to create a game that one could play forever if one wished. The fact that you cwn have 30 different lives with a different spouse and two children for each is amazing. Or you can be content with one where you live happily ever after.