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All that talk about Revelations of Gaia made me think of how awesomely nonsensical, yet catchy jRPG titles can be. Is it hard to create such a title? YOU DECIDE.

Feel free to post your made-up jRPG titles. It's up to you whether to use Engrish or plain old English and whether to go silly or serious. You can even add a sentence or two describing the game, its setting or genre.

To get us started, here's what I came up in a few minutes:

Karma Destroyer
Super! Crystal Crash
Divine Babel: Chronicles of Times
Nightmare Legends Trauma
Return of Darkness 2: Demontown
Final Days: Live and Die
Evolution's End
Wonderers in Time
Gehenna: We Were
Knights of Paradox Revive
God Return
Golden Ninja Invasion

Who knows, maybe some of the titles will turn out to be a source of inspiration to some and blossom into actual titles! Only future sees!
Go for broke!

The Screenshot Topic Returns

The text is very difficult to read.

Wither Review

author=NewBlack
I don't care if there's drama or not, I'd just like to see more non-drama-related activity also.

Welcome to the real world. Is this your first time here?

It's natural to post more about things that bug you than about things that you agree with or condone. How many people call the store they had bought a product at just to tell them how good the product is? They usually call because there's something wrong with the product and want to place a complaint. When all is well there is no need for discussion. When something's wrong then steps should be taken to change it for the better and to do that you first have to discuss the issue. Furthermore, by telling others about the low quality of a product you keep them from wasting their time and money on it. What's so strange about that?

Aaand... if you want more non-drama activity, then make games, write reviews, participate in events. What can I tell you beyond "be the change you want to see?"

Mage Duel Extreme

Here's how I beat the original demo with the Enchanter. I'm guessing the current version makes it easier for him, but the overall strategy should be the same.

0. Character creation:
- take the Frost Scroll.
- buy the following items: Ice Rod, Cloak of Shadows, Spellweave Cape, Witch's Hat.
- don't forget to learn the spell and equip the items.

1. Kami the Goddess of Magic
- cast Frost on her 3 times.
- learn Bind Foe.

2. Dolph Lundgren the Healer
- cast Bind Foe, and you better hit!
- keep casting Frost.
- if he shrugs off the paralysis and sets up magic defense, cast Slumber and then renew your MP with Meditate. Keep putting him to sleep until his protective spells wear off, then use Frost.
- this battle may take a while.
- buy and equip a Wheel of Time.

3. Bethany the Enchantress
- hope for the best when she casts Slumber.
- apply Frost 3 times.
- learn Hypnotism.

4. Alex the Spellsword
- use Frost.
- hope he doesn't Silence you.
- if he does, use Last Resort and hope you kill him before he kills you. You'll probably die.
- if it wears off, use Hypnotism and Bind Foe, then Frost.
- alternatively, simply use Hypnotism, Bind Foe, and then Frost right off the bat.
- buy and equip another Wheel of Time.
- learn Mantra.

5. Avana the Artificer AKA Our Lady of Death and Sorrow
- hope you get first turn! If you don't, hope she doesn't kill you outright. You can still recover from this.
- use Hypnotism, Bind Foe, Mantra, and then use Willforce. If the paralysis doesn't connect, you can as well reload.
- use Willforce repeatedly for great justice.

6. Leila the Illusionist
- if she Enrages you, you can as well reload (Rage is broken, BTW, it lasts way too long, which makes it no different to instant death).
- use Hypnotism followed by Bind Foe, Mantra, and Frost.
- keep casting Frost.
- learn Feeblemind.

7. Drexle the Dread Necromancer!!!
- use Mantra, Feeblemind, and Willforce.
- Willforce him to death.
- buy and equip a Black Robe.

8. Cyath the Someone (I skipped the dialogue by accident :)
- he can't even touch you, so cast Mantra and 2 Frosts.
- keep casting Frost until he dies, don't use any negative status effects on him, though, or he'll dispell them along with his Shockblade state and start doing damage to you (worse still, he might Stun you).
- Rejoice.

Mage Duel Extreme

OK, finally beat it with all classes. All I can say is there are some serious balancing issues here, dude. I won all the fights with the Spellsword, Abjurer and Elementalist without dying once. I steamrolled the enemy mages like a steampunk steamroller running on magic fuel. With magic. It was like a bunch of lemmings facing against a huge tidal wave - most of them didn't even get a turn, let alone a chance to get me.

Then I played the Enchanter...

And it was hell...

Seriously, I had to play the game 3 times to get the optimal (read: the only one that made the victory a possibility) build. I died around 20 times in the process. Not cool.

You're saying the game's like RPS. I agree, it is like RPS. The issue is every single enemy is scissors to the Enchanter's (toilet) paper. And the other classes? They're shotgun.

If you want I'll write a strategy guide (what?) on how to beat the demo with the Enchanter. It's still very much luck-based.

My main beef with the game apart from the weak-ass Enchanter? Make a wrong build and you're screwed, forcing you to restart the whole game.

Mage Duel Extreme

So far I beat the game with the Spellsword and the Abjurer without dying once. Will play the other classes now.

Boss Battle Design Contest - Knowledge is Power

I was being ironic there :) It should be obvious which one is Max's. And which one is Ocean's too, ha, ha :D

Boss Battle Design Contest - Knowledge is Power

Which one is yours? I played them all but just couldn't tell...

Vermicide Review

I love this game, it's one of my favorite games by Max.

Wither Review

The problem is those 10 or so people set the tone of the whole community and it doesn't help that they're not only the most vocal, but in a way omnipresent.

Craze's "review" is in a way honest, but the whole point is - did it need to be written and submitted as a review? There's been many a time when I played a game, sometimes a well-regarded one, and though it was shit. I had no fun, the game lacked in so many departments, and I even felt like writing about it on the game's page, maybe not a review, but a lengthy comment. And you know what? I didn't. I knew that the author would feel like shit after reading that and my negative comment would accomplish nothing. And trust me, there were many games I had the urge to steamroll, for example Leo & Leah. I didn't enjoy that game AT ALL. But I knew the reason why - it's because I don't like this kind of game. Having this in mind I refrained from commenting on it (unlike Craze). Same with Legacies of Dondoran, Forever's End, and many more.

On the other end of the spectrum you had One Night. Quite a cool series of horror games that could've been even better with simple fixes, things that the author missed or didn't care about or thought they'd be good for the game. I wrote a comment and had a civil (I hope) conversation with the author about the game's shortcomings. It accomplished something. What does Craze hope to accomplish with this review? Once again prove he can act like a douche? Bottomline is - if you don't like a game, don't feel it can be improved in any way, it's just not your type of game - don't review it!

But what most gets on my nerves is when people write crap about a game and when the author comes out and defends his game they say something along the lines of: "learn to take criticism, this site is for improving yourself as a developer, there's no bad feedback" and so on, this kind of excuses for them being assholes. The issue I have with it all is that the staff condone this type of behavior, see nothing wrong with it, or even participate in it. To me this is inexcusable. As long as the staff not only approve of reviews such as this one, but also don't take steps to combat this mentality, this site, as I've already said, will be crap for feedback and other communities will treat it with well-deserved contempt. "But we're professionals here and other sites are for noobs!" my ass.