If you like dungeon-crawling RPG games with a visual novel like artstyle and unique characters with their own distinct personalities, Rune Factory 5 is the game that’ll keep you immersed. Published by XSEED games, it is a blend of both simulation and action genres that lets players approach any situation by socializing or using brute force and lets you approach missions in multiple ways. It was released in March 2022 and has been received well by the audience. The game even got an impressive score of 69 on Metacritic.
While the game does have a unique appeal of its own, sadly it’s held back by the hardware as Nintendo Switch can barely run it at full 60 FPS, which breaks the immersion. Luckily you can emulate this title in the official Switch emulator, Yuzu on PC. Continue reading the article to know more about the game and how to set it up on Yuzu.
Overview of Rune Factory 5.
The latest installment of the Rune Factory series has taken a major step when it comes to gameplay as its transition from 2D to 3D has been appreciated by many loyal fans. The game reminded me a lot of the Legend of Zelda series on Nintendo 3DS when it comes to visual and 3D views. The controls are clunky and it takes time to get used to them, which is bothersome, but gets better once you master it. For a handheld game, it is well made and the mechanics work perfectly and offer an experience every RPG fan will welcome.
Sadly, Nintendo Switch has various complications when it comes to running certain titles, including Rune Factory 5. Issues like choppy gameplay, FPS drops, and lower visuals ruin the experience due to hardware limitations & whatnot. It’s been seen in games like Deadly Premonition 2 that Digital Foundry deemed unplayable on Nintendo Switch, but later it got fixed with patches and we believe Rune Factory 5 will receive the same treatment. Thankfully through the magic of emulation, you can run it using Yuzu for a smoother experience.
Rune Factory 5 best settings on Yuzu emulator
If you’ve bought the game and wish to emulate it on your PC using the Yuzu emulator, we’ve listed every step that you can follow to set it up below.
- Open NVIDIA Control Panel to optimize Yuzu, by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting it, or typing it in the start menu and launching it. Click on “Manage 3D Settings” and click on “Program Settings”.
- In the dropdown box, select Yuzu, if it’s not there, click on “Browse”, go to the directory where Yuzu is installed and double click on the .exe file and click on Open. After selecting it, change the following settings below.
- OpenGL rendering GPU – (graphics card name, e.g NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti)
- Power Management Mode – Prefer maximum performance
- Threaded Optimization – On
- Triple Buffering – On
- Vertical Sync – Off
Once you’re done making changes in the NVIDIA Control Panel, click on Apply and save the settings.
- Launch Yuzu and right-click on the game and select “Properties”. Now, click on “Add-Ons” and make sure to select 1.01 update.
- In the General settings, tick the “Limit Speed Percent” and “Multicore CPU Emulation” option.
- In the graphics tab, select “Vulkan” in the API and tick the “Use asynchronous GPU emulation”, “Accelerate ASTC texture decoding” and change Window Adapting Filter to “AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution” and Anti Aliasing Method to “FXAA”.
- In the Adv. graphics section, set “Accuracy Level” to “High”, Anisotropic Filtering to “16x” and tick the “Use Vsync” and “Use fast GPU Time”. Press “Ok” and press Ctrl+U for unlocked FPS.
Now you can enjoy playing Rune Factory 5 in silky smooth 60 FPS and enjoy what it has to offer.
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