[RM2K] HELEN'S MYSTERIOUS CASTLE

luiishu535
The first dungeon track is in LW1 as well, battlebacks are from XP's RTP and most of the other graphics look like they're from the 2k2 and 2k3 RTP. I remember seeing a lot of the graphics that Helen uses in a cancelled Legionwood sequel (Legionwood 2: Revolution in Tartarus, or something like that).

That's because Legionwood 2 literally copy-pasted the files out of my game, Diablocide.

luiishu535
I never said that the games were the same, or that LW is a 2k2 game. They use similar resources, hence, why Helen gives me some vibes of the Legionwood series.

it's still a massive insult to Helen's, which has creative integrity XD

luiishu535
EDIT (to Craze):I've read that you think that RM games are only supposed to be silly little games made for fun and not to be taken seriously. They're not real games and shouldn't be treated as such (therefore, they should never be sold). I also know that you despise multiple developers that use RM commercially, like Indinera Falls, Aveyond, RosePortalGames and Dark Gaia, to name a few.

okay i see how you can get this impression. lemme clear a few things up then... maybe i should just replace my rmn profile bio with this since i'm.... pretty active and vocal in the rm* community...

1) I believe in two different camps for RM* games. Amateur projects have every right to exist as "silly little games made for fun and not to be taken seriously." They should be judged on their cleverness and fun, not on extreme artistic merit or compared to commercial projects. There's no point in comparing Leo & Leah or Romancing Walker to Monkey Island or Final Fantasy X.

2) RM* games that are commercial or that strive to be Golden Era (see: Legionwood, Forever's End, Exit Fate, Hero's Realm, To the Moon) should be judged as any other game that you could come across. In other words, they should not be given leeway for being made in an RPG Maker engine.

3) I have nothing against good commercial projects like Helen's Mysterious Castle, Ara Fell, or... I'm trying to think of a good XP-or-later commercial game.... uh, maybe Remnants of Isolation, but don't take that as an endorsement because I haven't played it yet...). The problem is that there is a massive pile of absolute shit, and it stems from those sites you mentioned.

4) I will admit that I have a negative history/falling-outs with several commercial RM* devs, such as harmonic (disgusting human being!) and Dark Gaia (with whom I've had a mutual truce. I don't love his games, but I won't attack his character. yes i already dissed legionwood in this topic). Others, such as Indinera and Reives, I have watched for over a decade and find them anywhere on a spectrum of reprehensible (the former) to just not very good (the latter).

tl;dr: don't judge amateur games compared to the greats. judge indie games compared to the greats.

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HOW ARE ALL OF YOU LIKING HELEN'S WONDERFUL GAME!?!?!?

eplipswich
(and a few non-Japanese indie games like... Cave Story

Cave Story is a Japanese indie game.

eplipswich
One game that strikes me in that site at present is One Way Heroics. I've seen this translated game on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/266210/) and it looks pretty interesting, but has anyone played this game?

It's fun! It's simple(ish) and a bit chaotic until you get used to it, but it has a neat concept for a roguelike: you can't go back. Or, in this case, left. It's also really cheap so if you like roguelikes I suggest trying it out. There's a certain panicky joy in breaking down a wall with your sword as the darkness closes in on you because you forgot to leave a building before its door was consumed.