I finally picked up Fantasy Life today and I’m quite excited to dig into it sometime this weekend. I don’t know a whole lot about it, but I’ve heard that a lot of players who enjoy Animal Crossing also enjoy Fantasy Life, and I’ve heard it described as an Animal Crossing – RPG mix, which sounds appealing. It looks rather light hearted and seems like something I’ll enjoy while taking a break from Shin Megami Tensei IV (which I’m enjoying quite a bit right now!).
I set up my character and chose the Paladin life, but I haven’t left my character’s house yet. Looking forward to stepping out into the world! If you have any advice for a beginner, please feel free to leave it in the comments!
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I’ve heard bits and pieces about “Fantasy Life”, but I haven’t tried it out yet. Keep us posted on your progress.
It is a good game, I hope you will enjoy it!
My advice is that, aside from your first career of choice, you also pick up, as soon as you can, the licenses for the “harvesting” line of careers (miner, woodcutter, angler). That way you can level up on those three areas as you progress through the main adventure.