RELEASE SOMETHING! DAY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN [RELEASES]

In the years 303-304, the continent of Mellynd was torn apart by what is now known as the Great War â€" the country of Leyland fighting against the invading Orville, and their ally, Edgos. Eventually, Leyland absorbed a small nation, Kilnan, and, after the succession of a new leader, Edgos defected, allowing Orville to be defeated by Leyland and its new allies.

Now, eight years later, in the Leylandian industrial town of Fenheim, bright eighteen-year-old Amos Hardie attends the prestigious University of Fenheim. As one of the only grammar school boys there, he is finding it a less than enjoyable experience, and his only friends at the university are the other Fenheim resident, Eugene, and shy posh lad Lester. Having moved in with Amos and Eugene in town, Lester must now meet Amos' blue-collar friends, including but not limited to saturnine Lawrence, put-upon Isabel and childhood-friend-turned-moronic-bitch Elvira. However, a bloody revolution in Edgos will change the lives of Amos and friends beyond recognition, and spell ill-fortune for the people of all three nations.

Meanwhile, Edgosian secret policeman Mark, recovering from a severe bout of insanity, tries his best to flee the country under its revolutionary regime, and young Leylandian lordling Cyril Avenbury takes a visit that doesn't quite go as planned to one of his father's political allies in the countryside.

- Notes on the Second Mellynd War takes place in a historical hodgepodge vaguely tongue-in-cheek world inspired very much by 19th Century England (and the bordering countries may seem a little familiar, as well). The continent of Mellynd boasts a well-developed political landscape.

- Has received praise for the plot and dialogue. Probably a good thing, for an essentially story-based game.

- The idea of magic-like abilities only features minimally, in the ‘steamglove' skills in battles, and other than that, the story is largely reliant on human conflict, and not reincarnated gods, magical demons, and the like.

- A traditional RPG using RM2K3's DBS.

- A love-letter to Inspired by classic RM2K games, such as Legion Saga and Three The Hard Way, than more recent RPG Maker games â€" evident in the lack of graphical consistency in the screenshots (intentional nostalgic ‘scrapbook' effect. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it) Hopefully, NotSMW will remind you of the RM2K games of old. Preferably the good ones!

- The game will follow the ‘Suikoden' formula of a large headquarters, a lot of recruitable characters, and occasional 'attack-defend-wild attack' duels. In the demo, there is a maximum of 13 permanent playable characters… as well as a handful of temporaries.

- A feature of RM2K3 not many games seem to employ â€" rearrange your party as you choose, and control any member of your party whilst exploring.

- This game was created by a borderline obsessive! If you're into speaking to bookcases and objects, good spelling and plot consistency, then you're in luck!

A screen of battle, where instead of having an Attack option, you are given a list of different attacks specific enemies are weak against and resistant to.




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