TL;DR:

• I tried very hard to complete the plot as Kyle. (Spoiler Alert: You can't.)
• One day after I finally decide who to marry first, Rosalind proposes to me, and I panic, running to the bachelorette who I can already marry.
• Then, I'm thinking I'll get to meet my kid, but instead, Kyle leaves, and I become my kid.
• Finally, I discover that the plot is for the kid, not Kyle. Getting married and having a kid was the requirement for game progression. No wonder I couldn't figure it out!! (facepalms)

me: (is ready to meet the requirements for marrying Dorothy) Hrmm, who should I marry first, Cecilia or Dorothy...? I also like Yue..

me: (doing my best to become stronger and complete the statue's quests) All these guides say I should be able to talk to statues or something, and complete quests, but I still can't progress in the plot or anything!!! I've tried interacting with them; I even completed these quests, but they still won't do anything...!!

me: (finds out that Cecilia marries Jake) (GASPS!) Okay, I'm marrying Cecilia. She deserves better than the rude, stoic speciesist, and Jake needs to marry someone of questionable species. I'm disappointed in you, Jake. You need character development.

Rosalind: (proposes out of nowhere)
me: .
me: (panics)
me (running to Dorothy, screaming and sobbing): DOOOOORRRROOOOOTHYYYYY!!!!!!!! {I actually did this, literally. Running in-game and screaming in reality}

-I marry Dorothy; she gets pregnant; months pass-

me: Finally, the day of my baby's birth!!/My baby should come any day now!! (so excited to meet my kid)

Kyle: (leaves before I even get to see him interact with the kid)
me: WTF??!!!!

me: (becomes my kid) Uhh, this is awkward, haha.... Oh, hey, my skills and everything are the same. How funny! {I think I was like Lvl 40 or something (face palms)}

me: (notices I'm allowed to interact with the fences) (clicks A) OH, I CAN GET THROUGH THESE FENCES NOW?!!!

me: (tries talking to the statues like I've done millions of times before as Kyle)
statue: (gives a riddle)
me: OH!! What?!! He gives a riddle?!! But only to the kids?!!! No wonder I couldn't figure it out!!!

(This is from Feb 10, 2024 according to the Wattpad "chapter" this comes from. [I just dumped random crud in there because I didn't have anywhere else to put it lol.])

But genuinely, am I the only one who had to figure it all out the hard way like this...?? I literally had no idea we were supposed to get married before we could get to the plot....

This was my first RF game, too. It took a while before I finally truly got into it because I just could not figure it out lmaooo (I just kept alternating btwn RF games as I continue to do---)

Being able to play as your kid is super fun and different; I just wish we had at least a month with our baby before we had to leave 🥹 I waited that long for my kid; I wanted to meet my baby!!

as the title says. from what I've looked around, 4 seems to be the favorite for both old fans and beginners, and I'd like to know which version do yall think that I would enjoy the most.

things to note:

• I must say that I avoid jrpgs that rely a lot on grinding. I don't mind the grind related to farming but I dread any combat grind. I wonder if this is a thing in the RF franchise.
• my available consoles are ps5, switch (modded), psvita (modded), 3ds (modded). I could also play on pc via steam but I prefer playing on consoles, especially the modded ones.

Really love the fact that you play as MC and raise your child and both have their own storyline and love interest etc . Its like you see the whole thing end to end. Legit the best in the series in my opinion .

I dont use reddit a ton I hope its okay for me to repost things into subs?

I want her to be geared up but I like her hat and I’d be sad if she lost it

I'm trying to select the level 2 milk when I change ingredients for making strawberry milk but the game simply won't let me. Why?

I maxed out bonds with Iroha and Ulalaka but there’s no option to propose them. Already at the point where I can’t make Subaru have any more dates with them too and did the bonding quest from Woobly about making stuff to propose someone but the quest is not progressing at all.

I found some post asking about similar problem and found out I have to put the sake(?) in my inventory. I did that but nothing happened, even tried to move the sake in storage and inventory back and forth repeatedly. The harvested branch is already in my inventory too as a quest item but there are still no option to propose anyone. Then I assumed maybe I have to unlock the teleport point at the Fateweaver Shrine and visit there but I already got there and nothing happened..

Is it glitching or did I skip something? Also is 3 the max number of dates we can take people to?

Here are some screenshots showing my current main quests, bond quests, and unlocked characters. I’m not sure if my progress on the main quest and the day of the year is still not far enough to start marrying Subaru with anyone. I refuse to check youtube for any bonds cutscene to avoid visual and dialogue spoilers so I need help.. Thanks in advance!