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author=Kaempfer
Fira? Firaga? Firajagahaja? Blech, just make sure you choose suffixes that aren't AWFUL.
Firajagahaja would be perfect. Watrajagahaja, Icajagahaja, Boltajagahaja, Windajagahaja, and Earthajagahaja all have quite the ring to them!
After looking at tutorials: Blue Magic will definitely be in. I'm not sure which character will use it yet, maybe Sueto or Miles.
Kaempfer
1932
Fira? Firaga? Firajagahaja? Blech, just make sure you choose suffixes that aren't AWFUL.
Darkness would be sweet. I might apply that to Shadow skills you find later on.
I haven't decided yet, but that's a good argument! If they were changed, I'd probably do something similar to Skies of Arcadia where spells of a certain strength uses the same suffix: http://skiesofarcadia.wikia.com/wiki/Magic
author=Kaempfer
Please don't change the skill names. I LIKE Fire1 being Fire1. What's this skill? Oh a basic fire attack, makes sense. Or, Jaruman's Burning Conflagration? Perfect! Only 2 MP! Oh, it's a basic fire skill. I want skill names to be quick n' easy.
I haven't decided yet, but that's a good argument! If they were changed, I'd probably do something similar to Skies of Arcadia where spells of a certain strength uses the same suffix: http://skiesofarcadia.wikia.com/wiki/Magic
Kaempfer
1932
Please don't change the skill names. I LIKE Fire1 being Fire1. What's this skill? Oh a basic fire attack, makes sense. Or, Jaruman's Burning Conflagration? Perfect! Only 2 MP! Oh, it's a basic fire skill. I want skill names to be quick n' easy.
I meant Darkness as in "spend your HP to damage all foes."
In general, I would suggest moving a lot of the more advanced features much earlier. It doesn't take very long to get used to traditional RPG battles! Spice 'em up early!
In general, I would suggest moving a lot of the more advanced features much earlier. It doesn't take very long to get used to traditional RPG battles! Spice 'em up early!
I only have a couple counter-arguments to those suggestions, but overall I'll work on them. I started on stat effectiveness yesterday, and this is the direction I'm going to go in with it:
-Agl stat will stay the same for all characters since it only really affects ATB speed/escape %. The only way to raise it is with equipment/"materials." Enemies will have roughly the same agility, since the closer the enemy's Agl stat to the hero's, the less chance you have to escape
-Regular attack damage will equal Atk x 1.3. Phillip's damage will be around 1.6-2. Def stat will need adjustments as well
-HP of all enemies will have to be increased proportionally to the new damage output
-Originally spells were set to relate to both Atk and Int, but now will relate to just Int. Both only if it's a Phys/Mag attack
-I'll improve elemental and add physical spells. The attribute %'s have already been increased, but I'm not sure how that will affect balance yet since I've only tested the first area
Here's my counter-arguments:
-Athesis already gets more advanced Staffs later on. My approach has been to keep battles basic early on, and add in more difficult stuff as you progress (Chrono Trigger did this). This goes for items/equipment as well. I'll adjust how early you get that kind of equipment
-Phillip already gets a new skill later on in the game that counteracts his uselessness. He can also equip "p" swords that give him two different types of attacks (blunt & sword). I wanted to keep him item focused throughout the first few hours. He can also attack via the "bomb" item
-The "Darkness" you referred to is already implemented as simply, "Blind." "Pray" would be easy enough to add. I also have a non-crashing "Reflect" stat that enemies use to reflect spells. A lot of the other stats show up later on in the game. I'll definitely look at adding others, including bonuses like the ones you mentioned
-Agl stat will stay the same for all characters since it only really affects ATB speed/escape %. The only way to raise it is with equipment/"materials." Enemies will have roughly the same agility, since the closer the enemy's Agl stat to the hero's, the less chance you have to escape
-Regular attack damage will equal Atk x 1.3. Phillip's damage will be around 1.6-2. Def stat will need adjustments as well
-HP of all enemies will have to be increased proportionally to the new damage output
-Originally spells were set to relate to both Atk and Int, but now will relate to just Int. Both only if it's a Phys/Mag attack
-I'll improve elemental and add physical spells. The attribute %'s have already been increased, but I'm not sure how that will affect balance yet since I've only tested the first area
Here's my counter-arguments:
-Athesis already gets more advanced Staffs later on. My approach has been to keep battles basic early on, and add in more difficult stuff as you progress (Chrono Trigger did this). This goes for items/equipment as well. I'll adjust how early you get that kind of equipment
-Phillip already gets a new skill later on in the game that counteracts his uselessness. He can also equip "p" swords that give him two different types of attacks (blunt & sword). I wanted to keep him item focused throughout the first few hours. He can also attack via the "bomb" item
-The "Darkness" you referred to is already implemented as simply, "Blind." "Pray" would be easy enough to add. I also have a non-crashing "Reflect" stat that enemies use to reflect spells. A lot of the other stats show up later on in the game. I'll definitely look at adding others, including bonuses like the ones you mentioned
-Improve the elemental spells - make them different and interesting. First off, improve their names! Secondly, add some effects like the cheap 1-MP spells still doing low damage but lowering resistance to that element. Thunder spells could have a chance to stun the target, water spells could hit all enemies for lower damage, wind spells could always lower defense/agility for a short duration (blasted back or something). Elemental armor equips could void these effects, giving you an extra reason to protect your slow character against the wind boss
-Add some physical skills. Unfortunately, 2k3 sucks so skills can't critical and you can't go too crazy, but you could still let Sparrow/Stefan have some free attacks that do a little less damage/are a little less accurate but do additional damage to certain enemy types, can silence a foe, etc. Then give the player a reason to use them - make your spellcaster mooks usually weak to Silence, for example
-Maybe replace Athesis's normal attacks with varied elemental spells in general, albeit weak and somewhat ATK-based. They could be based on her staff (like Magma Staff grants fire and earth, Tsunami Staff grants water and wind) or you could split up elements for these ATK-spells between various spellcasters
-Add more interesting commands! Steal is okay but basic. If you're going to be basic, add other Final Fantasy staples like Pray or Darkness. Look at X-2's commands and XII's Techniques for ideas
-Give each character a reason to defend by adding additional bonuses beyond reduced damage! Stefan could have super defense (that option in the database that gives him 75% damage reduction instead of 50%), Sparrow could get an ATK/AGI buff that lasts until he attacks or casts next (since you can't actually raise his evasion in 2k3 :< ), Athesis could restore a little MP, Floo could cast a free wind spell on all enemies for low damage... it adds +1 minor dimension to battles that spice them up. If you can with 2k3, give enemies similar abilities! At least, make them more varied
(see: http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/6844/?post=199821#post199821 )
-Fix up your stat effectiveness
(see: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/371/ )
That enough for now?
-Add some physical skills. Unfortunately, 2k3 sucks so skills can't critical and you can't go too crazy, but you could still let Sparrow/Stefan have some free attacks that do a little less damage/are a little less accurate but do additional damage to certain enemy types, can silence a foe, etc. Then give the player a reason to use them - make your spellcaster mooks usually weak to Silence, for example
-Maybe replace Athesis's normal attacks with varied elemental spells in general, albeit weak and somewhat ATK-based. They could be based on her staff (like Magma Staff grants fire and earth, Tsunami Staff grants water and wind) or you could split up elements for these ATK-spells between various spellcasters
-Add more interesting commands! Steal is okay but basic. If you're going to be basic, add other Final Fantasy staples like Pray or Darkness. Look at X-2's commands and XII's Techniques for ideas
-Give each character a reason to defend by adding additional bonuses beyond reduced damage! Stefan could have super defense (that option in the database that gives him 75% damage reduction instead of 50%), Sparrow could get an ATK/AGI buff that lasts until he attacks or casts next (since you can't actually raise his evasion in 2k3 :< ), Athesis could restore a little MP, Floo could cast a free wind spell on all enemies for low damage... it adds +1 minor dimension to battles that spice them up. If you can with 2k3, give enemies similar abilities! At least, make them more varied
(see: http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/6844/?post=199821#post199821 )
-Fix up your stat effectiveness
(see: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/371/ )
That enough for now?
I am pretty sure it would not take that long to go into the database and spice fights up a bit
and it would be instant +1.5 stars
and it would be instant +1.5 stars
eplipswich
2728
Pepsi, you should be glad Craze even bothered to review your game. If he thinks your game is not worth improving, he wouldn't even review in the first place.
You seriously can't go emo and say you're quiting just because of 1 person (and 1 review).
You seriously can't go emo and say you're quiting just because of 1 person (and 1 review).
please explain the part where this is half-assed
please explain the part where I'm the bad guy because the game bored me
here's a half-assed review:
how's that
please explain the part where I'm the bad guy because the game bored me
here's a half-assed review:
your battles are complete shit/boring. you do nothing imaginative in this game except maybe include drugs but well that just shows where your money is being wasted in life. there is no other gameplay besides the battles, except maybe some exceptionally horrible forest traipsing. the characters are dull and your story goes nowhere for hours and DO NOT SAY "IT GETS BETTER" because it's not the player's fucking job to entertain himself for hours to get to the "good part" (heh)
how's that
author=Liberty
<SPOILERS>
though that scene with the kiss, though animated nicely, was a bit strange to me - mainly Athesis' reactions
I don't disagree. I was trying to portray the fact that Athesis was not connected emotionally yet, and that Sparrow had overstepped his bounds. I'll try to revise it at some point. Dialog is always a struggle.
<SPOILERS>
Having played the game I both agree and disagree with Craze's general points. The battles do get a bit boring after a while and once you split up and play as Athesis they become far too hard to beat. I died about three times in a row before stopping. I know Craze didn't get that far but it's still true.
The rest of the game - story and character-wise - was rather nice. I enjoyed it and found myself laughing at some parts. I found the characters enjoyable and most of the time a lot of fun to play as (though that scene with the kiss, though animated nicely, was a bit strange to me - mainly Athesis' reactions) I wasn't a fan of the drug trip - not because I hate drugs (I do) but because it went on a bit too long in my opinion. I did enjoy the tree and desert - they looked and felt really nice. You've obviously worked very hard to make the visions in your mind come to life and the mapping is really well done.
I was thinking about LTing EJ too, but it may be a while before I do it as there are a few games I need to do as well.
Having played the game I both agree and disagree with Craze's general points. The battles do get a bit boring after a while and once you split up and play as Athesis they become far too hard to beat. I died about three times in a row before stopping. I know Craze didn't get that far but it's still true.
The rest of the game - story and character-wise - was rather nice. I enjoyed it and found myself laughing at some parts. I found the characters enjoyable and most of the time a lot of fun to play as (though that scene with the kiss, though animated nicely, was a bit strange to me - mainly Athesis' reactions) I wasn't a fan of the drug trip - not because I hate drugs (I do) but because it went on a bit too long in my opinion. I did enjoy the tree and desert - they looked and felt really nice. You've obviously worked very hard to make the visions in your mind come to life and the mapping is really well done.
I was thinking about LTing EJ too, but it may be a while before I do it as there are a few games I need to do as well.
Lennon
88
His review wasn't half-assed. As Chaos said, Craze is just bluntly honest and straight to the point when he reviews stuff. If he didn't care enough to pay attention then the game obviously didn't appeal to him.
I would say half-assed.
He didn't even have his full attention to the game, even if it was slow/boring to him.
He didn't even have his full attention to the game, even if it was slow/boring to him.
Lennon
88
Frankly I think it's stupid to just up and quit for no reason. You've made is farther than most people in the community ever do, so go ahead and finish it. It's a bad plan to quit when you've done so much, just to start all over again.
Regardless of how good the game is, there will be always people who didn't like it, so don't worry about pleasing absolutely everybody.
Regardless of how good the game is, there will be always people who didn't like it, so don't worry about pleasing absolutely everybody.
