Full Games List
Featured Games
New Games
Reviews
Media
Images
Blogs
Game Updates
Images Feedback Summary
Game Design Highlights
Tutorials
Articles
Scripts
Utilities / Plugins
Resources
Engines
Engine Bulletins
What is Makerscore?
Past Events
Achievements
Misaos
Forums
Post History
Chat
New to RMN?
Full Store List
RMN Music Pack (free)
Profile
Locker
Play ListsFAENON'S PROFILE
Faenon
3489
Close
Thirty something year old long time rpgmaker lurker turned semi active rmn poster in it for the long haul on a game he started as a teen ager. I'm also married, a Dad, a high school Philosophy and Theology teacher with a PhD from the University of Oxford, a committed Christian, and a writer (see my twitter).
Search
Filter
All
Game Pages
User Statuses
Jay's Journey Review
The Cerebral Symphony Review
author=halibabica
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not objective. I explained my reasoning as best I could and there are aspects of this game that are legitimately buggy or broken.
I meant 'objective' in a literal sense. Like you write as if your review isn't just one dude's opinion.
Anyway, it's all good. Recently starting to watch your LP for the first time and rereading this review has motivated me to return to this game and revise and upgrade it again......one day! Sometime maybe when I need to take a break from writing novels, looking after my wife who has cancer, looking after my children, and my day job......
I will get those five stars one day!
The Cerebral Symphony Review
author=TheRpgmakerAddictauthor=Faenon:) Absolutely! Said that and I meant that! Good job!author=TheRpgmakerAddictHey rpgmakeraddict! I have just put up the download for the definitive version of TCS, which addresses all the little bugs you mentioned. Do you think you could please edit your review to make it four stars now? Hopefully this would mean even more people would play it! Many thanks!author=FaenonAwesome! Feel free to mail me then! Happy Christmas!
Hey rpgmakeraddict,
I will fix all those bugs for the next update, then let you know when it is out, so you can bump up your review to 4 stars!
Happy Christmas,
Faenon
Thank you!
The Cerebral Symphony Review
Re-reading this review years later after a PM from its author.
It's interesting that the previous comment seems to have been posted as if this review is somehow objective.
I think a problem with RMN's review system is that some people review games based on the standards of professional or commercially successful indie games, and some people review them against the standards of hobbyists' games. There's no way of differentiating between those when looking at the star ratings. This adds an extra dimension of relativity to already by nature subjective reviews.
Anyway, I much prefer @rpgmakeraddict's review of this game!
One day I will get/take the spare time and effort to refine, edit, revise and update TCS again, then solicit another review!
Meanwhile, writing continues! patreon.com/luektarassenko patreon.com/faenon
It's interesting that the previous comment seems to have been posted as if this review is somehow objective.
I think a problem with RMN's review system is that some people review games based on the standards of professional or commercially successful indie games, and some people review them against the standards of hobbyists' games. There's no way of differentiating between those when looking at the star ratings. This adds an extra dimension of relativity to already by nature subjective reviews.
Anyway, I much prefer @rpgmakeraddict's review of this game!
One day I will get/take the spare time and effort to refine, edit, revise and update TCS again, then solicit another review!
Meanwhile, writing continues! patreon.com/luektarassenko patreon.com/faenon
The Cerebral Symphony Review
Ok, well fair enough.
Thanks Halibabica.
You know what happened with this game? I started it when I was 15 and worked really hard on the first two chapters.
Then I went to college, got married, got a job, started having kids, and the challenge became just to finish the game at all--that was my goal, rather than for it to all hold together in a super serious way!
You know what I learned? Making a game is a LOT of work. It's really hard for one person. All the old school 2d rpgs I/we love, they had huge production teams behind them for a reason.
So fair enough.
No comment on the character creation system?
I'm glad you enjoyed some of the characters and the character interactions though. Writing is really my strong point. That's why since I finished TCS I'm just focusing on my writing. (Check out my Twitter, or my patreon.com/luketarassenko , or the latest TCS blog!)
Thanks Halibabica.
You know what happened with this game? I started it when I was 15 and worked really hard on the first two chapters.
Then I went to college, got married, got a job, started having kids, and the challenge became just to finish the game at all--that was my goal, rather than for it to all hold together in a super serious way!
You know what I learned? Making a game is a LOT of work. It's really hard for one person. All the old school 2d rpgs I/we love, they had huge production teams behind them for a reason.
So fair enough.
No comment on the character creation system?
I'm glad you enjoyed some of the characters and the character interactions though. Writing is really my strong point. That's why since I finished TCS I'm just focusing on my writing. (Check out my Twitter, or my patreon.com/luketarassenko , or the latest TCS blog!)
THE BOOK OF THREE Review
Boys Cell: The Game Review
Boys Cell: The Game Review
Well, I told you not to review and you went for it!
Thanks, rpgmakeraddict! You are very generous.
Anyone reading this--this game was only over put up here so some kids from a church youth group I ran whom I made it for could download it.
But glad some other people are enjoying it too! Cheers!
They did design some pretty fantastic characters...
Thanks, rpgmakeraddict! You are very generous.
Anyone reading this--this game was only over put up here so some kids from a church youth group I ran whom I made it for could download it.
But glad some other people are enjoying it too! Cheers!
They did design some pretty fantastic characters...
PROJECT P: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE NUNWI Review
Well I guess you can review it if you like... Just please remember the context! It's not my best work and I'm not so proud of it as I am with TCS.
Don't wait up for TCS! Like I said, I am done with game making for the time being. It just takes so much time to make stuff, and I'm not as good at motivating myself to put in that time as I am with writing.
My plan is to maybe come back to TCS one day when I'm like 65 years old and retired or something and put in all the things I wanted to put in but never had time to put in...like more plot, sub-plots, expanding the dungeons, a word-of-ruin style final section etc.
In the end with TCS I feel like I made Chapters 1 and 2 how I really wanted them to be, then real life took over (when I got a job!) and I just made the bare bones versions of Chapters 3 to 5 so that I could actually have made a complete game. I'm still proud of it though.
TL,DR: Don't wait for an extended version of TCS, not going to happen for a very long time--if ever!
Don't wait up for TCS! Like I said, I am done with game making for the time being. It just takes so much time to make stuff, and I'm not as good at motivating myself to put in that time as I am with writing.
My plan is to maybe come back to TCS one day when I'm like 65 years old and retired or something and put in all the things I wanted to put in but never had time to put in...like more plot, sub-plots, expanding the dungeons, a word-of-ruin style final section etc.
In the end with TCS I feel like I made Chapters 1 and 2 how I really wanted them to be, then real life took over (when I got a job!) and I just made the bare bones versions of Chapters 3 to 5 so that I could actually have made a complete game. I'm still proud of it though.
TL,DR: Don't wait for an extended version of TCS, not going to happen for a very long time--if ever!
PROJECT P: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE NUNWI Review
author=Frogge
Oh man, I had no idea this game existed. Thanks for introducing me to it, I'll try to play it sometime in summer and drop it a review as well.
Thanks, Frogge. No pressure! Like I've said to therpgmakeraddict, it was made for a very specific context in one week. It's full of in-jokes and bad mapping! But if you're interested in Philosophy you might enjoy it a bit I guess... Cheers.
Games - Tester
Games - Other
