However, the twist in this game is that the main character (officially named Micah is part wooly (basically, a wooly is a lamb), and his job is not only to regain his memory, but also to unite the people that are the Univirs (a group of horned people living in the desert) and the locals of the town of Sharance, who have been angry at each other for years due to a feud that occurred. The story in Rune Factory 3 follows the standard Rune Factory formula: boy arrives in town with amnesia, mascot girl (in this case, her name is Shara) finds boy, mascot girl gives boy lodging and farm.
The second reason being that Rune Factory veterans (that is, those who have played the previous installments) will have a much greater appreciation for the game that those who jump into the series at Rune Factory 3, and that appreciation makes the experience FAR more enjoyable. The first of the aforementioned reasons is that Rune Factory 3 makes a plethora of improvements to pretty much every mechanic in the Rune Factory franchise, and because of this it will be difficult for one who has played Rune Factory 3 to go back to the previous installments. It is recommended that a player should play Rune Factory 1 and Rune Factory 2 before playing Rune Factory 3 (not necessarily start to finish, but at least so that one has a good feel for the two games) for two major reasons. While I don't really feel that a game should be harshly judged based on what it improves on from its earlier installments in most cases, Rune Factory 3 is an exception. Rune Factory 3 is the third DS installment of the Rune Factory series, which is a spin-off of the series Harvest Moon.