EDCHUY'S PROGRESS IN GIVING FEEBACK/REVIEWS OF ALL RS X RELEASES

My idea is to provide some comments for all the releases. I will start with the complete games and demos, followed by the videos and finally, everything else.

FAQ:

Why I am doing this, you might ask?

One of the biggest complaints of the RMN community has been lack of feedback to improve games and projects, especially since I know a lot of you probably focus on making them, rather then playing them. Given that I don't how to make them, but I do play a lot of them, I though this is one way I can contribute comments so that, hopefully, you guys to make better games, particularly those in the early stages of being made, and, hopefully, see some of them to completion and not remaining stuck on demo or indefinitely hiatus, or worse yet, being cancelled altogether. I had already thought about doing this for past RSs, but didn't get around to doing so.

What's in it for me?

I hopefully get to be heard by those making the games, for one. At least taken into account, anyway. In some cases, I expect to play the role of beta-tester, finding bugs or minor improvements that game makers will fix and perhaps even give me a little of credit for it. Also, I will probably end up playing the types that I would normally choose to play, given that I pretty much prefer RPGs and Adventure genres rather than, for example, Plataformers and Puzzles. It'll definitely be work to go through the list of releases, but perhaps I'll have some fun while doing it.

How I am going to let the makers of the release know the comments I have?

If their release has a gamepage, I'll post it there, whether on the main page, blog or when doing a review, in reviews. If their release doesn't have a gamepage, I'll post it here and PM whoever the maker is to let them know their comments are available.

Will I do it for future RSs?

It's to early to say whether I will or won't. It'll be a question of how much time I have and whether I feel like doing so. A lot will depend on how this little project goes and what kind of reception it gets.

PROGRESS (quick recap)

So far I have:

1. Finished playing Max McGee's Starseed Starpack
a. Starseed: Eschatology (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1945/ ) is a short intro or prologue with no gameplay but lots of interesting background of what MMG intends for his game.
b. Starseed: Blood Machine (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1946/ ) is roughly an hour long demo which I have already provided feedback for. I tried all 7 optional enhancements to play the demo and provided a comparison with pros and cons in the game discussion. DONE

2. Finished playing Liberty's Even Day (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1786/ ) Demo (3rd version). Posted feedback in corresponding blog. DONE

3. Finished playing sbester's Mobile Suit Gundam RPG (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1864/ ) demo. Review posted. DONE

4. Finished playing the demo for SquishyWizard's Tears of the Sword (http://rpgmaker.net/games/593/ ). Review posted. DONE

5. Finished playing the demo for Coy13's Xelos: Sinner's Circle (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1364/ ). Posted battle related and non-battle related feedback in the game's blog. DONE

6. Finished playing the demos for Dudesoft's Take Down and Pig of Benevolence (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1950/ ). Posted feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

7. Finished playing SorceressKyrsty's Cosplay Crisis Demo 2.2 (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1741/ ). Posted the feedback on the blog announcing this demo. DONE

8. Finished playing both the Ratty524's Slimy the Sahagin original and alpha of remake (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1947/ ). Posted a review for the original and feedback in the Discussion section for the remake demo. DONE

9. Finished playing the demo for outlander145's Suito Homu: The Second Coming (Secondary Early Techstration) (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1589/blog/2262/ ). Provided feedback for it in the corresponding blog. DONE

10. Finished playing EnderX's Pizza Panic (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1930/ ). Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

11. Finished playing catmitts' Frog World RPG (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1940/ ). Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

12. Finished playing narcodis' The Looming Spire (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1939/ ) Tech Demo. Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

13. Played GameOverGamesProductions ' The Muddy Sand Game version 1.4 (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1792/ ). Posted feedback in the corresponding blog. DONE

14. Played calunio's Alvorada do Mal - Minigame Compilation (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1802/blog/2250/ ). Posted feedback in the corresponding blog. DONE

15. Listened to AABattery's Change music (http://rpgmaker.net/users/AABattery/locker/Change.mp3 ). Sent her a PM with my feedback. DONE

16. Looked at VideoWizard's new map (http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/49/locker/DKBoaL_South_Lakel_Island_map3.png ). Posted feedback in the blog of gamepage where it was shown. DONE

17. Watched Ephiam's video of Eternal Paradise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OENi0PR30&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog of gamepage where it was shown. DONE

18. Watched Lance VII's Chrono Echoes video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlBFV3rA_A&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog where he mentioned its availability. DONE

19. Watched PepsiOtaku's Everlasting Journey: Firam Palace Intro video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4nI8PwzTpo&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog where he mentioned its availability. DONE

20. I watched Deacon Batista's Antiartica trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXd5abzRfso&feature=player_embedded ). I PMed my feedback about it to him. DONE

21. I watched SGCN's video CBS test (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBn6rmMEIFE&feature=player_embedded ). I PMed my feedback about it to him. DONE

22. I watched Skie Fortress' SEM - Boss 1: Great Frost Harpy video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iq6CY3xNUs ). I PMed my feedback about it to her. DONE

23. I checked out AznChipmunk's Chromatose screenshots (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1712/blog/2268/ ). I posted my feedback regarding each of them in that blog. DONE

24. I posted feedback on Craze's Diablocide X (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1955/blog/2277/ ) blog announcing the game. DONE

25. I looked at Feldschlacht IV's Skill Tree screenshot (http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/1428/locker/screenbacktry1.png ). I PMed him my feedback regarding it. DONE


PENDING

21. Chaos - Ill Will wiki (http://www.pockethouse.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ill_Will ). Webpage has been taken down indefinitely due to host change. Will keep checking and provide feedback once it is back up. Won't be able to include it in the Wrap-up Article.

26. Wrap-up Article.

Just finished the Tears of the Sword demo. I think I'll write a review for this one sometime during the weekend. After that, depending on whether I get a response from the two releases that are on Hiatus, I could continue playing one of them. Otherwise, I'll go ahead and choose a new release to start playing.

Liberty replied that it is quite likely that she removed some files from Even Day to trim its size. She won't be able to post a fix until she can fix her computer.

In the meantime, Segnin posted a link to 4 of 5 files he detected missing in the demo. Thankfully, he also noted in which folders they correspond, so that perhaps I'll be able to continue playing ... but not before the two reviews I have pending.

I have submitted my review for Mobile Suit Gundam RPG. Perhaps I got a little bit overboard but if accepted, sbester will hopefully have some useful feedback to work on it in the future ...

While I was getting inspired to write it, I managed to play Even Day up to the point I found a looping event. It seems likely this is the point I go ahead and give my feedback to Liberty ...

I also managed to finishing of Coy13's Xelos: Sinner's Circle (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1364/ ) demo. It will likely just be feedback I provide for this one.

Next I will write reviews for Tears of the Sword and then give feedback for Xelos: Sinner's Circle.

post=129620
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
I look forward to reading it when it's accepted!

OK, here it is:

http://rpgmaker.net/games/1864/reviews/827/

post=129654
Just wanna say that if you're going to give my entry a shot, the download link is this:
http://rpgmaker.net/games/1802/downloads/1763/

NOT the standard download of the game profile.

It's not a question of if but rather when. Don't worry, I'll get to playing your mini-games after dealing with all the demos. I suspected somebody would eventually ask me about their release and as long as they do it politely, I really don't mind.

post=129659
Sure, thank you. I think what you doing is great. I just said that because kentona got the wrong download for hist podcast.

Don't worry, I haven't listened to the podcast, so I can't be influenced/distracted/confused by it ... perhaps once I am done with all this. I forgot to mention that I had already downloaded the file for your release.