VX ACE OR MN?

It depends on what features you want. If you really like MV's new resolution, the ability to customize tile size, the ability to publish games on webpages or for mobile, then consider going for that.

Otherwise, I think VX Ace is still a very fine engine with few flaws, and despite preordering MV, I'm still using Ace for my next couple of projects. The super sale on right now is a really good chance to grab it, in my opinion ^_^

I didn't know there was an RPG Maker Minnesota

author=JosephSeraph

author=Davenport
VX Ace is still a great engine with standard 32x32 tiles and graphics.
MN displays a slightly better resolution of 48x48 pixels.

slightly worse* >_>


*ahem*

Yeah, that's not "resolution," that's tile size. Having smaller tiles is better - the smaller the tile is, the less choppy movement is. Essentially you can think of each tile as a pixel on the movement grid - if they are bigger (like in MV) then your movement grid has a lower resolution.

Anyway, I'm reasonably sure that the ability to publish your game for Android and iOS outweighs every single benefit of every other version of RPG Maker combined.

Yeaaah I'm not a huge fan of the tile size increase, but at the same time I don't really care about it that much.

I REALLY hate the reduced framerate of character graphics and how the attack animations editor got botched to clunkiness, though.

Thankfully there are plugins already that help with (some of) MV's above mentioned drawbacks (analog/ultimate/etc movement, extra character frames, etc), but they're still drawbacks nonetheless.

The main aspect that MV has over the other versions is its platform versatility (exporting for pc, mac, web, and with extra effort android & iOS). If you aren't interested in that, it was likely a wiser decision to stick with VXA, which is easier to learn and has a more complete-feeling documentation (plus sales, yay!).

The character creator is a joke. I don't think anyone except ubernoobs and Liberty cares about the RTP graphics or music in either version. They're not things you should ever consider using.

author=luiishu535
Haven't tried MV yet, but I've noticed that it is filled with an unusual amount of bugs (for RM, I believe).

By an unusual number, do you mean a small number? Because few or no bugs would indeed be very unusual.

author=unity

author=LockeZ
Anyway, I'm reasonably sure that the ability to publish your game for Android and iOS outweighs every single benefit of every other version of RPG Maker combined.

It may be my lack of sleep talking, but I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not right now XD;

I was being serious! All the other built-in differences are either minor time-saving conveniences like extra map layers, or things you can do yourself with a day or two of work like extra event commands. The more meaningful differences are the massive scripts people have made that only work on one engine, like the Chrono Trigger battle system or the Suikoden battle system, but even that is just a matter of waiting a couple years for someone else to remake the same system again for MV. But the ability to let people play your game on the only platform that 99.9% of people actually play 2D games on is irreplacable.

author=LockeZ
The character creator is a joke. I don't think anyone except ubernoobs and Liberty cares about the RTP graphics or music in either version. They're not things you should ever consider using.

Wait, what is wrong about the generator? Honestly, so far it's a BIG upgrade compared to VX Ace. Okay, I can understand that you shouldn't use it in a commercial project, but are you talking about a non-commercial project scenario too? Because if the answer is yes, then I really don't think I understand your point of view... :/

The faces are pretty mediocre. Using the map sprites as a base to edit makes sense to me, though.

I don't even know why I hate the RTP any more, really. I probably used to have a reason but at this point the hatred has consumed me and is self-sustaining.