GLEASON'S PROFILE

Fan of the RM series since 95, even if I only ever finished something in 2k, VX, and VX Ace. Lover of pasta dishes, popcorn, and carbonated beverages.
Dogs > cats, but cats don't suck.
I'm old enough to have grown up with a rotary phone in the house.

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Dealing with Poison

I'd love to be able to give poison something like "20% HP loss per turn / max of 200", for example. That way it still does a considerable amount of damage to normal enemies, and it could be worthwhile, but not OP, to use it on bosses. Then you could have "Poison II" which is also 20% but caps at...say, 500. Venom, etc.

What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?

I may or may not be taking advantage of FFXI's free login period to visit my old character and run some storyline missions. >_>

[Poll] Will you buy RPG Maker MV?

Yes I will. I'm a sucker for "new shiny maker" (as opposed to new consoles, where I usually wait 2-4 years after release til games catch my eye), and we just got a (small, but still worth it) bonus at work so that can be stashed away.

Games you hate or dislike?

Games I dislike or hate? Hrm...
FF12, 13, and 13-2.
FF12 I played an hour and set it down, it felt TOO much like a single player FFXI (which, if you could ever get past the ridiculous entry barriers of levelling in the old days, probably has the best storyline in the series).
FF13: Game over if your party leader dies? This isn't Persona, one person isn't more specialer. Also the paradigm shift glitch (full ATB bars if you wait 2 sec between switches). I also didn't care about most of the characters, and the story...ehh...Fang was cool, though, so I'll give them that.
FF13-2: What Liberty said on page 1, AND WHO THE FUCK DESIGNED THE LEVEL UPS SO YOU NEED A STRATEGY GUIDE TO NOT MISS OUT ON STATS?! Seriously I was missing over 400 MAG/STR endgame on Serah and Noel (I hated myself enough to finish it.)

Dawn of Mana: aka let's drive an awesome series into the ground. Reset to level 1 on starting each area? Yeah no thanks.

Sword of Mana: a shitty remake of one of my favorite ARPGs ever. Yeah I understand they were trying to bring it more in line with the lore of the rest of the series, but c'mon--Willy lives (he dies in the first room of the original)?!
Spoilerish:
Bogard NOT breaking his back and unlikely to ever walk again, but rather just "oh I got hurt"
It's like they turned it into a happy meal version.

Chaos Wars: Shitty grid-based crossover "SRPG". It's...BAD.
Kingdom Hearts after #1: The 1000-heartless battle SOUNDED awesome...and then you can QTE it all away. Not a fan of the post KH1 combat system alterations. Not knowledgeable enough to pick on the story.
Project X Zone: I'm sensing a pattern with crossovers, guys. They REALLY need to work on story.
Star Ocean 3: AMAZING battle system, HORRIBLE execution of what could have been a good story. Maybe it's the way it was brought up, but the big disc 2 reveal just killed it for me. Set the game down for years before I finished it.

Dragon Age: Origins: Alistair's awesome. The story wasn't... BAD, per se. But between the unwieldy, to me, combat system, TOO MANY CHOICES, and just a general sense of "not feeling it", I can't finish the game. I'm sorry, guys. I tried. I think modern WRPGs just aren't my cup of tea either.

Outside of RPGs? Pretty much every FPS ever after Goldeneye, but I have a general distaste for FPS and the whole "hyper-realistic graphics!" movement that's been going on for a bit.
I think that's most of my venting for now.

LightningLord2: Have you ever looked into the Etrian Odyssey series? They're rough, but not impossible. I remember I literally fist-pumped when I beat the boss of the second layer in EO4.

How did your first game turn out?

Ugh. Hoo boy. It was some project in RM95 that I don't even remember having a coherent plot...but I do remember that the game was actually finished. The best weapon was the "Quake Hammer" (not Excalibur and not even a sword, quite a feat for a 14 year old!), and I made the game entirely at school during my ACE program my freshman year.

Then it got deleted when they wiped the HDs clean over the summer D:

EDIT: If you mean first game EVER then I finished a small single player RPG in BASIC and started on a second one before discovering RM2k.

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Yosuke, from Persona 4, who supposedly I act a bit like (and look like if I'd grow my hair out enough) from one of the popular hiimdaisy comics.

It seems fitting because: Tact? What is it? PFFFFFFFT.

When do you grow up?

author=Infinite
Maturity is knowing when it's acceptable to behave immaturely.


I second this. Growing up is never "you can't do this anymore". It's just "okay let's pay the bills and cut the grass first BEFORE all the fun stuff." Alternatively, moving out of your parents for the first time manages to make people grow up pretty damn fast.

RPG Maker MV announced for PC and MAC

Nah, just speculating on what the MV of Rpg Maker MV could possibly mean! And...perhaps getting a bit silly about it.

RPG Maker MV announced for PC and MAC

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RPG Maker MV announced for PC and MAC

author=mawk
'mobile version' seems like the best bet, but to be honest with you I'm still trying to figure out 'VX'


I always figured it was for "Vista/XP" since those were the two most recent Windows OS available at the time of VX release.