INCARNATE'S PROFILE

author=Clareain_Christopher

author=Incarnate

author=Clareain_Christopher
Welp, I managed to play through your game--and I took a few notes of things I like/didn't like.

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- I have a huge font problem for this game (Nevermind, I found the fix...but it was still annoying.)

- The save-load screen is a superfluous time waster. Yeah, it's pretty--but time is money 8-D

- In the main menu, the character's sprite goes over the P in MP. It's ugly.

* I like your tutorials :3

- I'm guess "Spirit" is INT. If so, make the INT logo in the main menu SPI, or say Spirit is Intellect/Intelligence.

- The MC starts with armor, so why doesn't Arenna. Is this implying she's naked x(

- First and 'only girl in the demo,' and she's a white mage like? Hmm...I don't like this. Maybe make her a paladin-ish, and give her heavy armor--while still being a main healer. I don't know--I personally hate those cliches xD

* I like how you tell me what stat will increase the effect of a skill.

- But with that said, why doesn't static tell me if STR or INT increases the skill?

* The starting house map is awesome. I like the teleport-shadows.

- When I get outside, the leaves don't start falling until that man finishes talking.

-When the Arenna and the Mako go back inside the house, why do I not see them in there--if I go strait back in?

* I still love the shadows in these maps x3

- At "Mako's Cottage," the teleport to the east has a ugly missing shadow.

- At "Mako's Cottage," the south teleport turns off the tree shadows.

- In the flashback, the city's roof looks pretty crappy. You're a good mapper, so
make that map sexy, too. MmmmKEY 8-0

- lol, "I hate woman." That should be plural.

- The "Rock Face" map is ugly. Might be a good idea to use the shift key more.

* The hidden tunnel is a unique-looking map.

- Next to the southern teleport in "Hidden tunnel," there's a random box floating in the air--like a boss. What the hack is that 0.0

- Going from HT to the Rock Face, the RF map now has the same tint as the tunnels.

- Why does the game tell me I got an item twice? What's the point of showing the icon/name, then telling me I "acquired blah blah blah." Also, I think acquired is spelled wrong--but I'm not too sure.

- So we meet Vance the BADA$$, and the first AND second thing out of his mouth is
"You should touch it."

Oh my~

I'm 95% sure this was all out of context, but with the whole "I hate woman" part--am I to aspect something...naughty 8-3

- I "learn Static," but already had the skill.

- The picture for "Aquired Potion" won't go away.

* I love the hit the target/bar thing with attacks. It's pretty awesome and fun.
Might be hard to balance, though.

- "Your an idiot," should be 'you're an idiot.'

- When I find many items in something, you should put a wait frame in between them. Otherwise, I can move while still picking up items.

- Super awesome Soul Reaver is a "simple wooden club." 8-) Whatever you say, game.

- In the temple chest room, there is a tint problem.

- I feel as though Static is useless. If I combo that shit, it eat my magic like no one's business.

- The guard animation is ugly.

- The fights are too hard for the beginning. I shouldn't feel as though I need to run all the way to the crystal every 2 battles...and I LIKE hard games, so yeah.

- Blackened Surge uses MP, not HP.

- In the key sword room (why the hell is it called that btw,) I can walk on the light.

- The warlord ring is a pretty crappy. +1 to STR 8-| maybe increases the stat by 2 or 3.

- It took me awhile to find the shield event (probably because 1/2 of the text is unreadable.) It might be a good idea to place stars on these types of events. It will lower the chance of someone rage quitting your game.

- There's a chest with "Temple leather." I already got that armor, but w.e

- uhh, Teleporting Magic? What?! Okay, make sure you explain this...otherwise, Vance is creating what I like to call 'Plothole Magic.'
What's next? Vance stealing Alek's heart and teleporting away? (I promise to stop hitting on that dead horse...sooner than later.)

- After shopping with some random man in the woods, he magically disappears--yet will still sell items to me.
That must be an amazing spell for traders xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

- In the shop, the faceset is ugly.

* The other temple looks sexy.

- It took me awhile to find the temple's east exit(which was to well hidden)...thinking that WAS the way to go, but when I took the next map teleport--it put me in the void. After running around for 10 or so minutes--I...wasn't happy :(

* Relationship? ohhh, well the girl's outta luck. SO SORRY HUN!!! (okay I'll stop for good this time) =^.^=

- There's a part in the western part of the woods that leads nowhere.

* Kenta is badass. I love his sprite <3

Overall, I think this project is promising. It just needs polish.
Also, I wasn't trying to be mean here. I was Just having fun writing all of this ;-)

All of the bugs you have mentions have already been fixed, as well as the typos. I have a dedicated and talented beta tester :P you start with temple armor and startic, because i had him wearing it and learning it by default for battle tests, other wise, the event that triggers his skill learn hasnt happened and i cant test the balance of static. I just forgot to take it away from him -.- sorry There are a hand full of mistakes, but its only beta. Things will become way more polished by chapter 2! I promise

Good to hear.
Also, I see you have a completion date. 10/31/2012.
Is that for chapter 2?

author=doomed2die
The Chain System can get a bit imbalanced at times; maybe the damage should be reduced every time. Other than that, it was alright for me. (Reduce the HP in exchange) since technically, we can kill a boss in 1 turn (I'm not too good with timing games haha but some people could)...

I don't think I'll do a full fledged review yet but here are some things I wanted to note:

Battles: Overall, I liked the battles. I wish the first battle wasn't as difficult as it is though. I, as the player, was kind of just thrown into a fight against a fairly high level monster and forced into a near death situation in a pretty tough fight for the first time around where I read of the chain system but didn't really know what's up and yeah.... And then, you shove me into battle with like 6 mimics with no clue where they are, and therefore, little to no preparation. It was a great way for me to get acquainted with chaining (a lot) but really punishing for my first time through. Also, the chain system was alright (most of what I have to say has been already said) but it took away the focus from strategy and the like and just had me staring at my screen and pressing 'z' a lot... I did like the final battle of the first chapter though; basic but at least you incorporated a strategy into the game.

Story/Dialogue: First off, I have to say that, sometimes, the dialogue felt kinda stilted and a little awkward. Not enough to really throw it off, and it's hard to explain but it was kind of awkward. Also, I liked Arenna's backstory scene. It was good but it was a little early in the game. I understand that our main character here has known the girl for a long time but the player hasn't. So, when I start seeing this, I got a character I haven't really warmed up to yet kind of start spilling her heart to me. There's a link between the player and individual characters just as much there is a link between 2 characters and I suggest you keep mindful of that. Otherwise, the expressions, the overall story, the questions flying around were all great; I liked it.

Dungeons/Mapping: The mapping was good and the lighting/fog effects were done really well. I have no complaints. Oh but the Forest Temple was raining when I walked inside the first floor. Might wanna fix that. As for the dungeon though, I felt like there could've been better hints sometimes. Like for the keys in the dungeon, I wandered for a good 5 minutes around the dungeon looking for where to put those things. And the second to last part of the game, the tomb thingy? I didn't know where I could walk through those walls and where I couldn't. Little things like that kind of irk the player.


Overall though I really liked the game. The mapping was done well. The story is intriguing enough to warrant me playing through. The battles are engaging. The graphics are good (nostalgic for an ex-RO player :P) and the music was good (except for some weird transitions between music and RTP music). I liked the game and am looking forward to chapter 2 :)