R.I.P. RPG REVOLUTION

Wow that sucks, I used to frequent revolution back in the day and even went on for quite awhile even up to a year or so ago.

When I started with game development there weren't a lot of sites around, come 2000-2001 you had sites like gaming-world and dark dominion, and then their were specifics for a certain type of game. It was fun, I've outgrown rpg maker but it is sad to see this site die.

There are two audiences who complain about modern JRPGs: Those who complain that they're too silly and cartoony and those who complain that they're too serious and grimdark.

It's almost like the genre isn't monolithic.

author=Rose_Guardian

author=Dyhalto

author=UPRC
Japanese developers just need to stop dicking around and inject a little seriousness into their RPGs again. Sometime during the PS2 days, I noticed jRPGs took a sharp turn towards trying to emulate anime in terms of artistic style, character development and humour. I guess that's all fine and dandy for people who gobble up anime, but it's not what I grew up with as a kid.

I've been saying the same thing about anime for years. The entirety of Japan's creative industries have taken a long jump off the short pier of meaningless ecchi schlock like Queen's Blade and Seikon no Qwaser. It's like the driving goal for monetary success is how many times can you make insecure grown men touch themselves?

No offense but I don't agree with you on the ecchi thing. To be honest I like ecchi even though some may find it weird. It's hentai I absolutely hate. I think ecchi rpgs are okay but not hentai ones. However I do agree that people should inject some seriousness into the JRPGs

Now I'd like to join into this, If y'all don't mind.

Animes are targeted to lure as many people as possible, so as to gain maximum profit. And somehow, the creators of anime observed that this is what the masses want. Thus they head to the ecchi route.

About hentai, it is a truly misunderstood word. It has been defiled effectively by the westerners indeed. When all that it was meant to mean is 'deformed'. Though it is used to denote a perverted man in Japan, no other use of the word is as obscene as what were used to. If we followed this in the strictest sense, Chibi art should be called 'super hentai' instead, and all rpgmaker games feature a 'hentai-style' character set. Just wanted to clear that out.

I actually think the opposite. I prefer hentai over ecchi. At least if you're playing a hentai game you know that you've chosen to play a game based around sexual activities. Not so with ecchi. No, that aspect can appear in any game - RPG or not - and isn't part of the plot but affects how it plays out. It's thrown in as an 'extra' for 'funny' or 'pervy hero lol' actions. It pisses me off. I don't mind a few funny pieces here or there but upskirt shots and 'let me see your panties hurrrrr' just fucking piss me off completely. In games that have ecchi the main female lead is often reduced to nothing more than a panty joke.

I hate ecchi. I like hentai.

Try archive.org. You may get lucky.

author=Kaliesto
This is not good, they had alot of RPG maker games only they had, are they backed up anywhere?

SegNin's harddrive, probably.

author=Dyhalto

author=karins_soulkeeper
Animes are targeted to lure as many people as possible, so as to gain maximum profit. And somehow, the creators of anime observed that this is what the masses want. Thus they head to the ecchi route.

More than trying to lure as many as people as possible, it seems like mainstream anime now is just straight up advertising for merchandise. How many of these ecchi shows have polyresin figures with removable clothing?

What the hell did you just make me click?! Now I can't get it off my mind. Ugh...
Well, that aside. Yeah, this is what I meant. Here's their logic: 'People want this? Then make an entire line of cheap products and slap a price tag on it. Tada! Profit.'

I think this also applies to all businessmen in general, though.

It did go back to the "maintenance" message for a brief while, but it's now back to the Active Pro thing again.

I don't expect it will come back, but whoever owns the domain probably isn't sure what to do with it. Even if by some amount of sheer luck and unexpected stupidity it does come back, I can't imagine people flocking back to it after it's been down for so long, at least not without a major overhaul, the least of which would be for it to be under a new owner that's not related to iEntry.

I will flock with you.