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author=Little Wing Guy link=topic=1640.msg25911#msg25911 date=1217549180
Review for ACT and Light . Sorry to post it here like this, the game has not been uploaded to the main site yet. I decided to review this instead of another recommended game because it's been totally neglected in the Game Discussion and Releases forum, and it looked quite cool. I have a finished a Review for Aurora Wing (which I will post later) and still have to finish my Dragon Fantasy 2 review.

A Ruff Gem

I call this game a ruff gem because the game actually could be really something, yet it's totally let down all the time with all the un-necessary things.

Storyline:
The storyline is a bit within the norm, you've seen the characters before etc. To be honest, I did not finish the game, so talking about it to much would not be very fair. Something I did like was, that you get a different partner depending on which difficulty you choose at the beginning. It would be nice if characters had more depth.

Game Play:
This game has some really cool ideas, for starters once you past the first town (and the game actually begins) the game gives you a 65 minute time limit to finish it in, which is a new and interesting idea, yet you sometimes feel like you can't explore or talk to NPCs as much as you normally would. Chests are sometimes hid quite cleverly and you don't always see them at first glance. There's three different difficulties and bonuses for completing them!

Battles have a modified DBS, which is so damn confusing at first, especially when you don't ever get a chance for a tutorial. Basically, you can't attack normally with weapons, you equip Spheres to characters to power them up instead. With each turn you have to power your characters up and use status effects before they can unleash their deadly attacks, you also get chances for double EXP and so on. Battles are fun, but a bit weird in a good way, sometimes you wish you could attack normally… that's if you can grasp it. Characters stats in this game also add a new feel to that game, you start off in single digits and work your way up.

The game really lets itself down with the slow walk speed, the extremely slow and boring conversations in which they mostly just stand there going on for too long about something that could have been said in half the time, text appears so slowly that you end up mashing the enter button in hope that something happens. Money is totally confusing at first because everything is so high in price…but oh wait no it's not, 15000 money doesn't equal to hardly anything. Do'h.

Graphics and Sounds:
The sounds in this game are one of it's best features. I'm no expert and there's many games I have not played, yet the music all sound like original MP3's (apart from one or two uses from the RTP) and stays completely away from Final Fantasy. The music fits extremely well with the atmosphere of each place you visit and are a joy to listen to.

Everything in this game is RTP. If you know me, you know I'm not really an RTP fan…at all. The maps aren't the greatest I've seen to be fair, some places look considerably better than others. However, some areas have some really unique ideas, for example the waterfall city, you can go in secret shallow waters and explore for treasure. On the whole, maps are average at best.

Overall:
This game is it's own worst enemy and needs some serious sorting out, yet none of it will be difficult to do. There's a good game crying to come out somewhere. I think some more puzzles need to be added too.

Is it okay if the creator say something about reviews in this discussion?
If so...

Well first I wanna say thank you so much for at least trying ACT and Light
and thanks for the review it was a cool review for me.
I like to learn from the mistakes you see..

About the storyline, in season 1 (as I call it) the story might not be revealed much
but it's getting there... I totally agree though. The reason is because the game was intended to be a mini game at first. But now I'm inspired to make a complete version.

About the tutorial for battles... I'm really sorry about not adding that in the game, but I thought it was a quite simple battle system so... I just didn't
Everytime you finish a town quest you get a chance to explore though...
That's why I created the Human Level, so people can learn the basics ^_^

The speed was meant to be a challange and intended to irritate players :P
But the conversation is another story... (English is not my primary language you see.. and I'm really sorry about this)

If I got time I will try my best to fix what needed to be fix..

Once again I thank you so much for playing Wing :D

I'm not the kind of person who like to replay a game, especially those lengthy games.
But the kind of game that people would replay, I think it's mainly because of the
Multiple endings (secret endings), amazing story and of course the game secrets that you haven't found already the first time you finished it.

there are other factors too like music, characters, battle and stuff like that.
But nowadays, Story would be the most enticing factor. (Games with movie scene and all that)

Things been running slow in this part of the world... ;)
Well I just want to give you all some information that
you will need to beat the god level.
Because God Level is Actually the real challenge

<Behold the crazy spoilers>









I Wish you all good luck ;)

Just Listen to your heart. I hope you can finish your game. You'll find a way somehow...

And there's Nothing wrong with being enthusiastic. That's what people need these days.
Dreaming is the first step anyway.

keep your spirit up friend

ACT and Light
Make A Choice!



Death will be the one thing, our heroes trying to prevent.
In the world of Dezen, a trusted clairvoyant saw destruction befalling
in the near future.

"The star from the past will be the key"

Two Sacred Relic shall reunite and unlocked by the star of the past
and Dezen will meet its end.

One of the Relic which the human protected has now gone missing.
It seems that the predictions are falling into place.
The Capital, aware of the situation, sent two of the best protectors
to Retrieve the Relic.
A creature named Dread is the suspect.
Now, it's your job to take back the Relic and stop the prediction!

But throughout the journey, Lite and His friend will find out that there
are more to the story...

The Characters are based from the ACT and Light original Story
There are a Total of 4 playable Characters

Lite Aveatty
ACT type: Light Sword
One of the Best Protector Sent by the Capital to hunt for the relic. He's a nice guy and kinda forgetful...
Equipment Sphere of Choice: Swords and Blades
Age: 20 year old
Background: Arrived in the Capital at age 14. Went through some vigorous training to become a Protector. He did amazing, he was a great soldier. Became a full fledged Protector at age 16. Possesses a Rare ACT technique called Light Sword…
No one had actually seen this ACT though. But he can always feel it.
Once had a dream of a beautiful angel coming down from the sky and handed him some kind of a book. The book was glowing…

Nina Callesent
ACT type: Illusion
Protector Assigned by the Capital to accompany Lite on the mission to hunt the relic. Mean but actually pretty nice...
Equipment Sphere of Choice: Rods and Staffs
Age: 19 year old
Background: A Capital Residence, she's actually the daughter of a Legendary Protector Runeth. Just like her mom she has the power of Illusion ACT. She and her family live a pretty wealthy life in the Capital. Sometimes she can't stand when people started to compare her to her mom. Because obviously her mom is much more powerful. Though By Now Runeth is no longer a Protector. But for some reason the comparing became worse. Little did they know Nina is much more special than Everyone thinks… even herself…

Zen Ferriswalt
ACT type: Strike
A Protector Assigned by the Capital to accompany Lite. Very calm and pretty smart
Equipment Sphere of Choice: Fists and Claws
Age: 22 year old
Background: Also a Capital Residence like Nina, actually Zen and Nina are close friends since they were little. Different from Nina, Zen is not as rich.
Zen is a LOT richer. Zen's dad is a Property Sphere Specialist, Caven Ferriswalt.
Since Zen a little kid, Caven's been trying to direct Zen into following his footsteps becoming a Specialist. Though Zen had other ideas in his mind. He wanted to become a Protector. And it seems that Zen's mind is Strongly made up. But just like Zen, seems like Caven's mind is also made up… Like father like son…

Audral Eveare
ACT type: Cure
Another Protector Assigned by the Capital to accompany Lite. Mean and cold and totally evil (not really evil :P)
Equipment Sphere of Choice: Spears and Lances
Age: 23 year old
Background: He moved to the Capital a few years ago, and quickly asked to offer his services as a Protector. Seems like the Cure Type ACT is highly needed and Pretty rare. He always does the best job and he's very smart. He's very inspirational for all the other protectors. He never wastes time, well that is until he met Lite…
When he believes in something he'll fight for it. Seriously… No, I'm not kidding.


SCREENSHOTS
Battle System


The Battle system is a tiny bit different than your usual RPG games
Using Aura(Support/Defensive) and Special(Weakening/Offensive)
Hope you'll get use to it

Through Time, The monsters inhabiting the world, Develop ACT. Their ACT skills, though
are highly effected by their environment they live in. Creating Special ACT (elemental).
In ACT and Light the monsters too will use this battle system...
Here is the Detailed version

At some point of the game, the battle will turn into a race.
Final ACT will actually Act as a Final Blow or Finishing Move that will usually Finishes the fight (instant kill).
Still There are a lot of aspect to be considered, such as Level, equipment spheres, mastery spheres (skill sphere) and a lot more...
You will also soon find out that Turn (Speed) is very important!
At this point Freeze Mode(wait) will be of advantages, in fact it is highly recommended. Especially for people who just started playing. But Action Mode has its own kind of advantages if you do it right.

Difficulties


There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from with 3 different supporting characters
in each mode. Be sure to finish God Level though, let's just say it will open up a new direction =P.
But try the Human Level first to get to know the game.

Equipment and Item System


The Equipment System here... 1 word Varieties.
As you know each character has his/her own weapon of choice.
Numbers indicate that such weapon/armor is not rare, also the bigger the number the stronger an equipment is.
Rare Equips doesn't have number on em. (And totally much stronger)
It's also your job to decide the combination of equipment, especially in the beginning of the game.
Be as efficient as you can... That always works ^_^

Some more ScreenShots of the game

ATLANTIA -City of Water-


*You can download the game through this link (Full Download 54.5 mb)
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RPG Maker 2003 Game
I hope you guys will enjoy the game ^_^

I just wanted to say, for you guys who love Rare items, Finding out Secrets, Crazy Story and a Little bit of strategy you will love this game.
You Can improve Lite and his Friend's ability however you want, through Items and Class change.
Give ACT and Light a chance and you'll find yourself screaming at your computer :P (just like my friends, who've tried it)
And try not to use any cheats :)

ACT and Light Mainly focuses on Story, System (UNIQUE Battle system, Items, Secrets and Challenges) and Concept. If you love Battle you should try my game!

Credits:
-Enterbrain (creating RM2k3 nice job)
-Tata (The most loyal and supportive friend, playing all my games and being my beta tester since the start. Thanks Ta!)
-Gery (Well, for support and stuff I guess :P)
-My Friends who tried my game (andrew, DP, Andi, and a lot more :))
-Antifarea (introducing me to that awesome program, thanks Man! Your the best)
-This Website rpgmaker.net (thanks guys :))
-This Forum and all who populate it :P
-All the music creator (awesome music)
-My supportive & awesome family (I mean c'mon they got me a computer! Love you guys)
-Eky Chriss (for everything!!! :P)
-And everyone else that matters to me and AcT and Light thanks you guys ^_^

Next Season:
ACT and Light
Season 2: Interruptions