GREATREDSPIRIT'S PROFILE

Favorite Software: RPG Maker XP. It'd be nice if it had the RGSS2 methods though (Graphics.snap_to_bitmap where are you? :( )

Games Made (or at least started): Bunch of untitled RM2 games, Lost Fantasy, Dark Horizon, Chrono Stasis for RM95, Quest for Gold, Age(s) of Darkness 1+2, Dark Horizon (different than previous), Vision of Life, Clean Life, The Most Pointless Game Ever 1+¾, some Megaman RPG for Rm2k, Broken World, The Amazing Incredible Tales Of..., some untitled RTP game, converted Dark Horizon from 2k, and Demon's Gate for RM2k3, Vajra and Leaves of the Shadow Tree for RMXP

Favorite Games:

By the 8th chain I'm not quick enough to do another quickening. Much less if someone needs a mist recharge. I never really tried to figure out Quickenings; I don't remember there being much of a tutorial on them for FF12 and setting up the proper gambits was much easier (to the point where I could put the controller down and kill almost everything I fought). I didn't do too much post-game though, so maybe quickenings are important then.


I wouldn't argue that super hyper attacks arne't part of a boss strategy. God Hand does this beautifully: You can beat the game on Level Die without Roulette/GodHand (aka the Super Hyper Attacks) but you'd better be ready to go crazy in the process and die a couple hundred times. Its expected to use the special attacks at opportune times (and not just against bosses). I don't think I've played a RPG where that applied though.

author=Demicrusaius link=topic=1896.msg30690#msg30690 date=1221072859
What keeps you playing an RPGmaker game?

I know that in this quick world we make snap judgments or maybe only play an hour of someones game, but what is it that makes you keep playing?

I try to keep playing until I find a reason to quit. Things like bad/bland writing, poor pacing, game breaking bugs, grinding, or excessive difficulty tend to be the common reasons.

author=Demicrusaius link=topic=1896.msg30690#msg30690 date=1221072859
Why do we still make them? I guess largely they are all considered "a labor of love" because we are committed to our own personal story. I know that is the case for me, maybe I can't speak for everyone.

I agree. I think designing and putting together a game is fun and challanging and when you get something done there's the feeling of accomplishment that you made something that you can play and have fun with.

author=Demicrusaius link=topic=1896.msg30690#msg30690 date=1221072859
Firstly, what do you want to see more of specifically in RPGmaker games? (I know there is a thread for this somewhere on the site)

Good and convienent gameplay. Example: It shouldn't be a pain to save a game. The starting areas of a game shouldn't be difficult. The world should feel more like a place where people live and not a place that is entirely reactive to only what the heroes do (probably getting to be too much though). Make the game get somewhere without taking forever. Gameplay areas that there's an actual change in the plot/with the characters/anything that isn't "Well wasn't that forest/sewers dungeon exciting! What's next?". I don't have time for a huge list, but look at the list of things that make me quit.

author=Demicrusaius link=topic=1896.msg30690#msg30690 date=1221072859
Secondly, what makes you decide which games to download? Reviews? Screens? Videos?

Here's my problem: Deciding to play the game. There's really nothing that I look at to decide that I should play this game. I'd probably say a premise is what catches my eye the most.

I really should play more RPG Maker games :\

It is, but Securom has been out longer than Spore and nothing else has generated this kind of shitstorm before.

I wouldn't mind if the reviews did something about DRM, but I'm not holding my breath. The Mass Effect/Spore initial DRM outcry changed how the DRM was handled, but it'd take something huge (bigger than nerdrage) to get them to drop DRM.

author=trance2 link=topic=1885.msg30467#msg30467 date=1220977534
Personally, I'm fine with damage in the hundreds. It's about the strategy of the battle, not using blunt-force trauma to bludgeon the enemy to death with huge-ass numbers to go along with it. I'd rather fight a ten-minute boss battle that's interesting doing damage in the hundreds with the boss only having, say, 6500HP than a boring space-bar mashing battle with me doing 5000+ damage and the enemy having 450000HP.

That's a matter of time to kill the boss, which is mostly dependent on how much % of the enemy's HP you're taking away. Its the same deal if you do 10 damage per turn of a 100 HP enemy or 10k damage out of a 100k enemy, they take the same time to kill.

A problem does emerge when one stat grows while the other doesn't. An example would be Destiny of an Emperor; You can deal 2k damage with regular attacks by the end game. Which is where enemies go from 10k to 41k health with the added bonus of some being able to fully heal themselves and become immune to physical damage (and any enemy worth a damn is probably going to resist your magic tactics which eats up your precious little MP TP)

(What's the topic again?)