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WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST GAME OR GAMES MADE WITH RPG MAKER?
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Mr_TagoMago
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CloseI once tried out Legionwood: a tale of two swords but I wasn't very impressed and got bored with it pretty quickly. I found it too cliche and unoriginal and the enemy designs were pretty silly looking no offense to the creators. I will admit I liked the battle design elements though that was fairly neat.
Actually I once looked up other RPG maker game projects on YouTube and a lot of them seemed to suffer the same issue. If you can make your own RPG why not be unique? I'm sick of the boy who on his 16 birthday ends up on a quest to save the kingdom lol. Sorry to rant on like that but yeah I assume you guys can point me to better?
Actually I once looked up other RPG maker game projects on YouTube and a lot of them seemed to suffer the same issue. If you can make your own RPG why not be unique? I'm sick of the boy who on his 16 birthday ends up on a quest to save the kingdom lol. Sorry to rant on like that but yeah I assume you guys can point me to better?
Well, it's almost impossible to give a good answer to this question since it really depends on what genre and kind of game you're looking for. Also, everyone has different preferences, so I doubt there will ever be a complete consencus about what RPG Maker games are the best.
I'm not an expert by any means, but my personal favourites include Master of the Wind, The Reconstruction series and, for a more short and lighthearted experience, In Search of Immortality.
For more ideas, you can also try out some more games from the list of RMN's featured games or take a look at this topic.
Also, there are some widely recognized commercial RPG Maker games out there like To the Moon, which even made it onto Steam. But these aren't free.
But ultimately, there is no real way to know if you like a game before having tried it out. So don't be afraid to experiment a bit and just start playing many games that look interesting to you.
I'm not an expert by any means, but my personal favourites include Master of the Wind, The Reconstruction series and, for a more short and lighthearted experience, In Search of Immortality.
For more ideas, you can also try out some more games from the list of RMN's featured games or take a look at this topic.
Also, there are some widely recognized commercial RPG Maker games out there like To the Moon, which even made it onto Steam. But these aren't free.
But ultimately, there is no real way to know if you like a game before having tried it out. So don't be afraid to experiment a bit and just start playing many games that look interesting to you.
author=NeverSilent
Well, it's almost impossible to give a good answer to this question since it really depends on what genre and kind of game you're looking for. Also, everyone has different preferences, so I doubt there will ever be a complete consencus about what RPG Maker games are the best.
I'm not an expert by any means, but my personal favourites include Master of the Wind, The Reconstruction series and, for a more short and lighthearted experience, In Search of Immortality.
For more ideas, you can also try out some more games from the list of RMN's featured games or take a look at this topic.
Also, there are some widely recognized commercial RPG Maker games out there like To the Moon, which even made it onto Steam. But these aren't free.
But ultimately, there is no real way to know if you like a game before having tried it out. So don't be afraid to experiment a bit and just start playing many games that look interesting to you.
I should've mentioned I meant the turn based kind as really I was interested in my competition lol.
suzy_cheesedreams
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There are quite a few games here that don't at revolve around a young boy whose village is destroyed and everyone thinks it is his fault and he has the power to wield the sword of destiny and a babe accompanies him on his mystical journey to kill death itself blah blah
Yeah... there are great rpgs here that actively ignore common rpg tropes, so you'll surely find something sooner or later.
Off the top of my head, Luxaren Allure and Remnants of Isolation are really neat.
Yeah... there are great rpgs here that actively ignore common rpg tropes, so you'll surely find something sooner or later.
Off the top of my head, Luxaren Allure and Remnants of Isolation are really neat.
Corfaisus
"It's frustrating because - as much as Corf is otherwise an irredeemable person - his 2k/3 mapping is on point." ~ psy_wombats
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Check out some of my games, and no, I'm not joking. I don't waste my time making anything that I know is going to be garbage.
The 'best' RM game does not exist. Otherwise, we'd be playing nothing else. Since all of us have so many different opinions on what constitutes a good game, prefer different genres etc. But that is what makes the RM community so diverse. =)
Turn-based games? That... doesn't limit the field of possibilities all that much! Though, from looking at my own reviews of completed games that are turn-based, I'd highly recommend Soul Sunder, Remnants of Isolation, and Aetherion.
Were I to promote myself, the first thing that comes to my head is, obviously, Okiku, Star Apprentice. Though, I guess I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't mention Oracle of Askigaga as well, as it's my currently active project.
Were I to promote myself, the first thing that comes to my head is, obviously, Okiku, Star Apprentice. Though, I guess I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't mention Oracle of Askigaga as well, as it's my currently active project.
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
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It's whatever you want it to be.
author=yuna21
The 'best' RM game does not exist. Otherwise, we'd be playing nothing else. Since all of us have so many different opinions on what constitutes a good game, prefer different genres etc. But that is what makes the RM community so diverse. =)
I was really just asking for the most popular.
author=Mr_TagoMagoauthor=yuna21I was really just asking for the most popular.
The 'best' RM game does not exist. Otherwise, we'd be playing nothing else. Since all of us have so many different opinions on what constitutes a good game, prefer different genres etc. But that is what makes the RM community so diverse. =)
The closest I can do is:
Most Downloaded.
Most Pageviews.
That's a somewhat decent approximation of games via popularity.
author=unityauthor=Mr_TagoMagoThe closest I can do is:author=yuna21I was really just asking for the most popular.
The 'best' RM game does not exist. Otherwise, we'd be playing nothing else. Since all of us have so many different opinions on what constitutes a good game, prefer different genres etc. But that is what makes the RM community so diverse. =)
Most Downloaded.
Most Pageviews.
That's a somewhat decent approximation of games via popularity.
Clearly Pom Gets Wifi is the best RM game ever.
author=Pizza
Clearly Pom Gets Wifi is the best RM game ever.
In a weird universe where popularity = quality, yes XD
Well, there's the most active sort. Would could be construed as "most popular", as those are the gamepages that are "buzzing" with activity.
There is no such thing as "the best game".
The "most popular" games usually is not the "best" game in their respective genre, as mass appeal almost always ties to mediocreness in order to appeal to a large audience. That doesn't make them bad, but they only very rarely make it to greatness.
I'd generally recommend Ib and Embric of Wulfhammer's Castle, I'm scared of girls, although neither has a focus on turn-based battles, or battles at all. So not what you're looking for.
For turn-based games, I can recommend the series with Sunken Spire, In Search of Immortality and Grumpy Knights. Funny dialogue, and lots and lots of charm.
A German classic (here also in English) would be Vampires Dawn, The battles can get very tedious, but the system is quite nice.
Space Funeral is a great one, but for the general atmosphere - it is an oddball. Love it or hate it.
Pom is a nice game as well, with a well-executed moral, can be funny. But you know of that one and it is certainly not for everyone. Battles are filler, nothing more.
I will also throw Polymorphus Perversity in there, it makes the battles .. unique and memorable, to be sure. Battles aren't there for the battle, though.
I don't play any of those over-blown RPGs anymore, they are not what I'm looking for. At least not in the indie-scene or as freebies.
That makes avoiding these clichéd quests easier.
The "most popular" games usually is not the "best" game in their respective genre, as mass appeal almost always ties to mediocreness in order to appeal to a large audience. That doesn't make them bad, but they only very rarely make it to greatness.
I'd generally recommend Ib and Embric of Wulfhammer's Castle, I'm scared of girls, although neither has a focus on turn-based battles, or battles at all. So not what you're looking for.
For turn-based games, I can recommend the series with Sunken Spire, In Search of Immortality and Grumpy Knights. Funny dialogue, and lots and lots of charm.
A German classic (here also in English) would be Vampires Dawn, The battles can get very tedious, but the system is quite nice.
Space Funeral is a great one, but for the general atmosphere - it is an oddball. Love it or hate it.
Pom is a nice game as well, with a well-executed moral, can be funny. But you know of that one and it is certainly not for everyone. Battles are filler, nothing more.
I will also throw Polymorphus Perversity in there, it makes the battles .. unique and memorable, to be sure. Battles aren't there for the battle, though.
I don't play any of those over-blown RPGs anymore, they are not what I'm looking for. At least not in the indie-scene or as freebies.
That makes avoiding these clichéd quests easier.
I once tried out Legionwood: a tale of two swords but I wasn't very impressed and got bored with it pretty quickly. I found it too cliche and unoriginal and the enemy designs were pretty silly looking no offense to the creators.
Dark Gaia is amazing at advertising/marketing but not actually anywhere near as good at making games. (Admittedly, I've only played some of his earliest stuff. He's probably gotten lots better. But still if his game making talent comes anywhere near equalling his sheer marketing ability, I'd eat my hat.)
That you tried his game and then watched some youtube videos and built your opinion of all RPG Maker games based off of that is certainly a symptom of the dangerous fallacy of equating popular with good.
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Your question, itself, is wrong. In many ways. Your question as expressed by the topic title alone is wrong because it is far too broad and not specific enough. You could ask "What are the 100 best games made in any version of RPG Maker?". You could ask "What are the 10 best games made in RPG Maker 2000? or What are the 10 best games made in RPG Maker 2003? or What are the 10 best games made in RPG Maker XP? or What are the 10 best games made in RPG Maker VX?" You could ask "What are the 10 best fantasy traditional jRPGs made in any version of RPG Maker?" or "What are the 10 best science fiction RPGs made in any version of RPG Maker?" or "What are the best Horror games made in RPG maker?" or "What are the best tactics games made in RPG maker?".
But a question like "What are considered the (one or two or three) best games of any genre of any flavor ever made in any version of RPG Maker ever?" is silly on the face of it, not least because it depends so entirely upon who you ask. Not least in a generational sense but also in a cultural one.
For instance I disagree wholeheartedly with nearly all of the recommendations Kylaila just made in the context of best game. For the games that I've even heard of on the list, most of them I don't even consider to be good games.
My traditional answer for years has been an old saw indeed, going to the games that influenced my childhood, the as-yet incomplete A Blurred Line and the complete-for-decades now Three The Hard Way. But this is the modern era and it is hard to deny--even without having played more than a tease of it--that something like I Miss The Sunrise is obviously more impressive in just about every way.
For an older game that still stands up amazingly well and has major art/indie appeal, I would still recommend the immaculate Sunset Over Imdahl. Want something with more battles? The Way has six captivating episodes to await you.
But the question is so subjective that some people have even suggested that a couple of my games are the best RPG Maker games. Seriously! Corfaisus just actually suggested that he thought his own games were. Seriously!
In all cases your question is poisoned by the fact that "best" is exceptionally ill-defined. Besides the pure subjectivity of personal taste (in which case you are just asking "what is your favorite?"), what are we to judge "best" by? Reviews? Scored how, aggregated where, with what rubric? Downloads? Page views? Subscribers?
I was really just asking for the most popular.
I will say this...only an idiot who should immediately bury themselves alive six feet under would ever for a moment equate popular with good. Of course I am not suggesting you are such an idiot. Of course you're not. Just...please don't be.
That said, if you all you wanted was a lowest common denominator wild mass guessing of what those "in the know" have decided in aggregate to be their favorites, the thread helpfully linked by CashmereCat is the best that you will do.
author=Max McGee
For instance I disagree wholeheartedly with nearly all of the recommendations Kylaila just made in the context of best game. For the games that I've even heard of on the list, most of them I don't even consider to be good games.
I can agree with probably all you said, Max.
Which is also why I didn't really go for the "THESE ARE BEST GAMES EVER"-approach. I should've pointed out that the latter ones are more for a "less traditional" and "less clichéd" approach, since he seemed to be fed up with that.
I'm sorry about that.
Most of them are by no means perfect games. (At least I can stand by Ib and Embric as great in my book, but I cannot possibly expect other people to do the same)
.. which upon reflection is a pretty dumb approach for someone starting out from the popular equal good-route. Go play Indra's games, I'd say that'd be good start.
