Rune Factory 5 Standard Edition

Loving this game so far, have about 50 hours into it. Here's the key concepts:- You can plant crops/farm (like in Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon)- Instead of barns for animals, you build Monster Barns for your Monsters. You don't buy the monsters at the store though, the monsters are roaming around the open world. You can fight them and bring their health down a bit, and feed them/give them items to befriend them. If you're getting only a skull icon over their head, it means you dont have space in your monster barn (or dont have a barn yet). If you get a heart, followed by a skull, it means it's not friendly enough just yet and wants you to give it more stuff. Once you do, the hearts blink and it becomes your tamed monster.- With monsters in your barn, you can assign them to do field work. This basically consists of planting seeds and watering your crops for you. You can have 3 monsters on 1 field, and its really nice to not have to go around watering everything.- You can bring monsters with you to help you explore the world and fight other monsters. You can also talk to people and request they explore with you (press L & R at the same time, then ask them to go adventuring). There can be a maximum of 4 in your party (you +combo of 3 people/monsters).- You can craft weapons and armor, you can cook a wide range of foods, you can make your own medicine, etc.- You can upgrade your weapons and armor up to 10 times at your forge.You can place items you buy, such as the forge or cooking table, etc., just about anywhere, even outside -- you aren't limited to your own house. The whole world is yours!Helpful tips:1) Fast travel everywhere. 2 minutes real-time = 1hour in game.2) Press the MINUS key on your controller, then X , to fast travel to your bed in your house. Then save the game frequently, especially if you're low on health. It gets expensive very quickly to be healed at the clinic should you faint.3) Always travel with monsters/people if you're able to, the help they provide (including causing Aggro so you are not solely taking damage) is worth it.4) You can temporarily befriend a monster in the wild by holding ZL, then releasing it once its charged. The monster you hit with that magic constricting move, has a chance of swapping to your team for 24 hours. You can also feed them/give them items at that point to try and keep them permanently.5) Keep plenty of lumber and bricks on hand at all times, you need a ton of them to build everything.6) As soon as you run out of RP, STOP doing field work or you'll burn through your HP fast. Instead, Fast Travel to the Blue Moon Inn, and go to the spa. It does not move time forward, and you become fully healed (HP and RP). Then you can fast travel back to your field, without having to waste food.Overall, I think this game is a better version of Stardew Valley with better graphics. With that said, I do have my switch on a dock with a fan to help cool it down because the Switch does get hot (I have the OLED version). Even with the fan, there is in-game stuttering, most notable when you fast travel. It clears up after 3 or 4 seconds, and I haven't noticed any stuttering during battles. There will hopefully be a patch released to address this, but it's completely playable and hasn't froze on me or crashed so I'm okay with it.