In Praise of Peace

author=shun
The game is interesting but the evolution of the characters is almost nil. If you spend more money to restore the lost energy than what is gained in battle. Physical attacks hardly take the enemy and life spells also take some weapons and armor is not greatly increased effects of attributes.

Uhh.. Could you re-write that?

Hey, I'm still holding out for the hope that this'll get finished, so any feedback I give is kind of self-serving. :)

I hope Edifice is going well.

Feedback after finishing the demo:

-wonderful polish, both graphics-wise and balance-wise. This was an immensely visually appealing game.

-Gameplay reminded me, strangely enough, of McGee's To Arms! Linear and plot-oriented, with a focus on tactical combat, the battles in PoP didn't feel quite as visceral as the ones in To Arms!, but they did feel more precise. Every skill was useful, and could be used deliberately to achieve victory. The combat interface was smooth and intuitive.

-I can't say I was a huge fan of the dialog here. I loved the characters, but they kept going back and forth between this extremely formal Elizabethan-y diction and a more modern sound. It felt inconsistent. I wish they'd just sounded casual and modern the whole way through. Their characters came out much better when they weren't trying to be so fancy.

-Plotwise, I felt like I was missing things. People kept talking about characters and situations as if I was supposed to know them. While I did enjoy the world building, it was only provided in little dribbles over time, not enough to make me feel like I knew these people and could sympathize with their cause.

-The first boss, the prince, was an absolute monster. I ended up having to grind before I could go toe to toe with him. Maybe a little down-shifting on his statline would help ease players into the game.

-It was sometimes unclear which gems were related to which skills, which lead to a lot of equipping and unequipping to try and make sure I wasn't wasting GP.

-Overall, I did enjoy this a lot. It was an interesting change of pace from Edifice etc. If this is ever slated for future development, I'll certainly be back to play through the rest of it.

Bug found:

Inexplicably got the "this rock, it cares not about my kicks" line while fighting the Unwanted in the forest. I had beaten both the optional bosses in the tunnel and the forest, and I'd seen the same line while fighting the rock in the tunnel.

Looks interesting. *Subscribed*

What's the vx script for more party members?

I'm probably never touching this again.

Aww why? ;-;
This was my favourite game of yours so far.

*subscribes*