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The default FPS for XP games is 40. Graphics.frame_rate = 60 can change it but the game player itself is so unoptimized it was a great way to make your game unplayable if the CPU couldn't handle it. FPS targets in RM aren't maximums but targets* and by god it's going to show those 40/60 frames even if it takes more than a second to do it. A lot of the backend is tied to an assumption of the target FPS too and it's hardcoded in a million places so changing it properly was a headache. For example I have a 'cheat' script for rm games and XP games lets me adjust the framerate as a cheap global speedup option.


* there's probably better terminology for this but damned if I knew.

author=TehGuy
Important things tend to get tied to framerate or something

That is awful programming, regardless of console power. Tying anything other than button input (especially animations) to frames means that performance will fluctuate across multiple platforms, even consoles. I didn't get that from Symphonia, but I hear that the PS2 was inferior to the Gamecube in terms of raw processing power, so perhaps that's why the framerate was dropped?

Still no excuse for it not being fixed in the PS3 version.

Right now, I'm super mad that they fixed the exploit to cheese out Colette's Holy Judgment tech. Now I actually have to fight using skill.

Played an insanely shitty fan game called Kirby: Invaders from the Dark.

Jesus... I appreciate the attempt at making a Kirby fan game, it's no easy task, but good lord I can't ignore the countless things it does wrong. The level design is near-lazy shit, lazier than official Kirby games if you can believe it. Few secrets, straight lines with rows of enemies, boring as balls.

The biggest killer are the physics. Kirby's float is weighed too heavily by gravity and the game in general feels clunky to play. You also can't strike projectiles in anyway, so if an enemy throws something at you while you are performing an ability, you get hit. It made over half the ability roster useless, which is an astounding feat for a Kirby game.

Even worse, bosses and enemies have little to no telegraph to their attacks; they perform actions instantly more often then not, which makes getting hit even more likely due to bullshit. Later levels go into sadistic shit like scattering bombs that you have to be DEAD PRECISE in passing through otherwise they'll explode and you'll take damage. Recovery options are sparse and stuff like spitting stars is way too sensitive in how it collides with objects; try spitting near a ceiling and you'll find that stars will collide with the ceiling WHILE FACING A NARROW, CLEAR CORRIDOR.

Overall, this was a hard Kirby game, and hard for the wrong reasons. It was a chore to play this, and it makes me wish I knew how to program platformers because I seriously want to make my own attempt at a Kirby game. This is one of the VERY few attempts at true Kirby fan games, and it's utter shit. I NEED TO REDEEM THE FANBASE!

Saw a few LPs of it and a stream. Looked pretty bad from what I saw, gameplay-wise.


I'm still playing Stardew Valley. It's still quite entertaining.

Playing Earthbound on my "New" 3DS. The joy of playing SNES games on a handheld is sooooo nice.

Not those cheap BS SNES ports of games put on GBA/DS. ACTUAL SNES games put on handheld. I wish they've done this years ago. But alas. We can finally enjoy it to the greatest extent.

Now I await FF6 being put on eshop, as well as a few other titles like DKC2/3. Ohh the list goes on.

My New DS will be used strictly for SNES games anyway. XD

Only New 3DS. Regular 3DS can't play SNES games.

fuck nintendo

Killed the first step-sister in Child of Light. Cinderella should take notes. I unlocked better skills and Aurora lost about 10 years of her life. Maybe Cinderella should not take notes.

I'm going to call foul on some tricks the game pulls. I lost two battles so far, both time due to the same crap. I encounter a boss and interrupt it. The boss then goes all "ahaha, you interrupted me like you have been taught to do, now I'm going to hit you with a party wide slow spell!" and basically punishes me for not letting the boss act unhindered. For those who wonders, interruption works pretty much like cancelling does in the Grandia series.

I just finished this really obscure RPG Maker VX game called "The Legacy" by ExplicitGamingX. For some reason, the only references I could find to this game are their own Youtube trailers, a Google Site they made for their games, and my own Youtube video playthrough. Surprisingly, I can't seem to find anything about their game on here or other RPG Maker sites.

Once I find time, I'll probably try The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC.