CHARTLEY'S PROFILE

You're worrying about logic and realism waaaay to much, throw that out the window. Do you also hate fables, fantasy books, and science fiction? Because there is nothing realistic about waving wands, or epic space fights. But the value of these things is that they can reflect real life things in a way that entertains us.

And the light and dark thing... that's old, I mean, ancient. That'll never die out, because it's not a story. It's a theme, or more specifically, a metaphor for the good versus evil theme. I don't think themes can be clitches. They can be abused, but always redeemed by a creative person.

And come on, big swords are clearly effective! Could Cloud have beaten ol' Sepherfroth with a steak knife? I don't think so!

ALSO: I'm being an asshole and I apologize!

CLITCH

I approve! Perhaps we need a filter, so that whenever someone says "cliche" they're error is corrected. I think that would be the right thing to do.

Also, by definition, Dragon Quest 8 probably has the most unoriginal clitch plot, but it still remains the second best RPG ever. So Nyeh!

Karsuman, I was only comparing default battle systems! No scripts attached.
But yes, you make a point, that RM2k doesn't allow common events. However, I think it makes up for it by actually working decently.

Experimenting with something other than RTP for once.

A story doesn't have to be complex or anything. I just has to have style. Style can be achieved in so many ways, but none that I am at liberty to say because I suck. So there!

Style is rather hard to define, I say. But it's very easy to point at. The way I'd define style is something (in this case a story) that is hard to replicate. This does NOT mean that your story has to be complex, or even original, but it should reflect a part of you.

I'm going to unsuccessfully use brandonabley's game "What the Hell" as an example! Obviously, the dude has an interest in music, and you can see that through the game. It was used in puzzles and so and so forth. The truth is, it had nothing to do with the story, but it still made the whole shabang come across as considerably more fresh. If you take away the elements of style from that game, you'd probably unearth a shitty story. Or maybe it was good, I can't remember, but if it had a shitty story, all that style covered its ass. But it still failed because he never finished it!

Okay Abley, you can punch me in the shoulder or something.