KROLAN'S PROFILE
Krolan
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The god-like critique creature sleeps in its cave.
A roaring sound is heard whenever it breathes.
Beware his wrath, embrace his approvement.
You have not yet experienced true horror.
General Rating Table
The Formula:
(+++) = Perfect or Excellent
(++) = Very Good
(+) = Good
(0) = Neither Good Nor Bad
(-) = Bad
(--) = Very Bad
(---) = Horrendous
I do not formulate reviews upon request. I do them only on "The RMN Journey" or "The RMN Short-Trip" which is completely random and dependant on my mood. Testing Games and giving Bug Reports or General Feedback I do on request, sometimes even without. Realize that I am nothing more than a gamer. I have no technical expertise in making games or writing scripts of any sort. If I Review a game positively it means that I think that the general crowd would also enjoy the game. If I Review a game negatively it means that I think that it won't be liked. I may be mistaken.
Do NEVER ask me to promote your game. Do NEVER request that I open a thread talking about your game. Do NEVER expect ANYTHING from me. I WILL disappoint you. Except if we are friends. Do ask me if we can be friends, but only if you can take rejection. That's all.
And no, I'm not such an hard-ass. I'm just playing around. If you're nice, I'll be nice too :)
If you are actually interested in my stuff, here is my List of Reviews
The one thing that will always stay above anything anybody will ever tell me.
The one thing that will always shine brighter than any random RMN quote.
A roaring sound is heard whenever it breathes.
Beware his wrath, embrace his approvement.
You have not yet experienced true horror.
General Rating Table
The Formula:
(+++) = Perfect or Excellent
(++) = Very Good
(+) = Good
(0) = Neither Good Nor Bad
(-) = Bad
(--) = Very Bad
(---) = Horrendous
I do not formulate reviews upon request. I do them only on "The RMN Journey" or "The RMN Short-Trip" which is completely random and dependant on my mood. Testing Games and giving Bug Reports or General Feedback I do on request, sometimes even without. Realize that I am nothing more than a gamer. I have no technical expertise in making games or writing scripts of any sort. If I Review a game positively it means that I think that the general crowd would also enjoy the game. If I Review a game negatively it means that I think that it won't be liked. I may be mistaken.
Do NEVER ask me to promote your game. Do NEVER request that I open a thread talking about your game. Do NEVER expect ANYTHING from me. I WILL disappoint you. Except if we are friends. Do ask me if we can be friends, but only if you can take rejection. That's all.
And no, I'm not such an hard-ass. I'm just playing around. If you're nice, I'll be nice too :)
If you are actually interested in my stuff, here is my List of Reviews
The one thing that will always stay above anything anybody will ever tell me.
The one thing that will always shine brighter than any random RMN quote.
wow. so indepth. much complex. very review. *play intensifies* - kentona
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Alternative Download Sources for Outdated Download Links
Heeeeeey. So, I just found this website called rmarchiv.de , which while of german origin seeks to archive and provide download links to any rmgame. The latest front entry also reads that 'from now on news and announcements will be made in both english and german'. Regardless, that Site's existance is surely not a secret, it is mentioned a few times in a forum topic called "old/lost rpgmaker games", however I could not find mention of it elsewhere and wanted to a) point out that the site exists and b) suggest that we make a list of alternative download-sources.
Soooooooooo, for now, as placeholder and to get it off my chest:
https://rmarchiv.de
Soooooooooo, for now, as placeholder and to get it off my chest:
https://rmarchiv.de
The Unequals
Hello. God, this one is simple.
Air ≠ Wind
Take either of those words and unequalize it to something (would be nice if they are in some sense related or have other connection)
The next one does the same with your post
You are allowed to make multible unequals
x≠y
z≠3
3≠8
but the next poster only has to do one
3≠c or y≠a
to continue the chain and become the "post-to-play".
aaaaand.... GO!
Air ≠ Wind
Take either of those words and unequalize it to something (would be nice if they are in some sense related or have other connection)
The next one does the same with your post
You are allowed to make multible unequals
x≠y
z≠3
3≠8
but the next poster only has to do one
3≠c or y≠a
to continue the chain and become the "post-to-play".
aaaaand.... GO!
Clarification for comparing Reviews
I'm really tempted to write "yes" beside the "Are you a bot?" question everytime I open a topic
Due to recent events I consider making a 3rd Series of Reviews. (When will you finally continue your other 2 series? When I'm finished coming up with new ones...)
The RMN Rivalry
I have 2 games of pretty much the same genre.
I want to compare them.
Obviously I cannot just submit a review to one of them, since half of it is for the other.
I could post it seperately and link to it but that would be unsatisfactory.
I'm thinking maybe submit the same review (which directly compares the 2 to each other in every aspect) on both games.
My basic Question:
Are there problems/issues regarding the rules?
Adittional Thought:
Basically, the "looser" would have the same review and be rated 0.5 to 1.0(worst case) worse than the "winner", except if it is a tie.
Due to recent events I consider making a 3rd Series of Reviews. (When will you finally continue your other 2 series? When I'm finished coming up with new ones...)
The RMN Rivalry
I have 2 games of pretty much the same genre.
I want to compare them.
Obviously I cannot just submit a review to one of them, since half of it is for the other.
I could post it seperately and link to it but that would be unsatisfactory.
I'm thinking maybe submit the same review (which directly compares the 2 to each other in every aspect) on both games.
My basic Question:
Are there problems/issues regarding the rules?
Adittional Thought:
Basically, the "looser" would have the same review and be rated 0.5 to 1.0(worst case) worse than the "winner", except if it is a tie.
Send me in, coach!
It would really be great, if the "send me in, coach" feature was linked to the sorting feature or if it had it's own (maybe hidden in a "advanced options" link right under it). For example, when I look for games to review, I don't give a flying elephant (Dumbo) about cancelled games. Sometimes I want only recent entries (lets say "send me in, coach" + "Games from 2014"), other times I only care about anything that is rated under 3 stars, or only unrated stuff (maybe even in combination with "completed" and "from 2014"). It's really all about effecient use of a random feature, which in itself is great.
I don't know who would be the right man or woman to send such a request to, so I just drop it here. If anyone wants to give his opinion on the subject, I at least would be interested.
Greetings :)
Krolan,
The Twisted
I don't know who would be the right man or woman to send such a request to, so I just drop it here. If anyone wants to give his opinion on the subject, I at least would be interested.
Greetings :)
Krolan,
The Twisted
Me, the Twisted and the Journey
Hello everybody :)
I'm Krolan and I am a gamer. I play alot whenever I have time to spare. My Name originates from 2 Characters/Avatars I created about 10 years ago, one called Kraneloran (the Balance) with the other being his counterpart Krolan (the Chaos).
Their circumstances to one another gave me the nickname (to my nickname) "the Twisted"
I'd decribe myself as slightly crazy but passionate.
Only a couple months ago I stumbled upon rpgmaker.net and was a little disappointed to find that it hasn't really got the crowd one would expect with So-Much-Content. On the other hand there are probably many ghosts (or guests) roaming around, downloading and playing games without ever appearing on either game sections or the forums.
Nontheless, I stuck around and played some games, left my notes but didn't want to try to contribute anything being new and all. I think that now, after playing a rather neat amount of different games of different genres, from popular to unknown ones (love the "send me in, coach" function), old and recent.
And that is why I want to revive a review Series I once did on another platform, which I'd call "The RMN Journey", where I give my personal experience from before downloading the game, to after finishing the game. I also like to have different peoples opinions which lead to a misunderstanding yesterday, where I was mistaken for a developer trying to promote his game ^^'
The Order in which reviews would appear would be the order in which I play a game that I find I have enough to say about to form a review worth my (and hopefully anothers) time, which can be based on either the game being incredebly awesome or horrendously bad or just plain interesting and somewhere in between. It comes down to personal preference.
Since the forums are strongly seperated from game pages (rather than intertwined like where I did that series before), I won't be able to link to a pastebin to show my general rating table and such. I also like to seperate my reviews into my own "hive journey" category, which lead to me also posting those into pastebins which were linked through another pastebin entry which was linked through my signature.
I guess here I won't have that option, so I decided to present here my general information.
General Rating Table
*The formula was used to present a short and tidy summary of rating on each category on the game-topic in the forums, presented with a link to the full review in pastebin*
The formula goes
(+++) Perfect or almost Perfect
(++) Very Good
(+) Good
(0) Neither Good Nor Bad
(-) Bad
(--) Very Bad
(---) Horrendous
(*Here is the additional information I gave for Warcraft III Custom Campaigns and Single-Player maps, just to give you an idea of how I do stuff*)
Different kinds of maps spawn a different number of ratings. While Campaigns are usually rated and reviewed for 5 basic elements (Gameplay, Story, Music/Sounds, Graphics/Terrain and Bugs) others tend to have more ratings based on relevance.
If riddles and discovering is not part of a RPG-Map or if there is no story, RPG-Maps usually have those, it'll get a (0) rating, since where there's no attempt there can't be a rating.
Melee Maps for example won't even get a (0) rating on Storyline, because there is none to expect.
Pending Maps will be most likely re-rated but not re-reviewed when changes occur as my reviews are more of a journal of my experience on Hive than anything else, allthough I will provide the information that the map improved if it happens to be that way.
Full Reviews *Here would usually be a link to the list of reviews I made*
*this entry would usually be a different color, here yellow*
The Final Verdict is an overall experience rating. Therefore don't be surprised if you find a Map where more work was put into it with a worse rating than a simple map. For this Verdict the enjoyability of the map is the most important aspect.
*this entry would usually be a different color, here green*
Also please don't confuse a Rating of 3/5 in comparison to 4/5 meaning that the first is like saying "This is Sh!t compared to the other". That is not the case. In general the Final Verdict is also a personal Opinion and you are free to have your own.
_________________________
I review as a gamer not as some sort of god-like critique creature, therefor I try to present a review that reflects the negatives and positives considering the experience that is to be expected rather than a technical summary of things that theoretically could be included or taken out.
I was pondering about the Points with which to rate the games on RMN and this is what I came up with
Gameplay - (0)
Story - (0)
Characters (+NPC) - (0)
Graphics - (0)
Music/Sound - (0)
Discovery (Secrets) - (0)
(Side-)Quests - (0)
Layout - (0)
Skills/Skillsystem - (0)
Items/Itemsystem - (0)
Bugs (Layout/Skill/Item Bugs excluded since mentioned in respective category) - (0)
Anyway :) A rather long read, I guess nobody's gonna torture him- or herself with this. Anyway at least it's out there now.
Greetings,
Krolan, the Twisted
I'm Krolan and I am a gamer. I play alot whenever I have time to spare. My Name originates from 2 Characters/Avatars I created about 10 years ago, one called Kraneloran (the Balance) with the other being his counterpart Krolan (the Chaos).
Their circumstances to one another gave me the nickname (to my nickname) "the Twisted"
I'd decribe myself as slightly crazy but passionate.
Only a couple months ago I stumbled upon rpgmaker.net and was a little disappointed to find that it hasn't really got the crowd one would expect with So-Much-Content. On the other hand there are probably many ghosts (or guests) roaming around, downloading and playing games without ever appearing on either game sections or the forums.
Nontheless, I stuck around and played some games, left my notes but didn't want to try to contribute anything being new and all. I think that now, after playing a rather neat amount of different games of different genres, from popular to unknown ones (love the "send me in, coach" function), old and recent.
And that is why I want to revive a review Series I once did on another platform, which I'd call "The RMN Journey", where I give my personal experience from before downloading the game, to after finishing the game. I also like to have different peoples opinions which lead to a misunderstanding yesterday, where I was mistaken for a developer trying to promote his game ^^'
The Order in which reviews would appear would be the order in which I play a game that I find I have enough to say about to form a review worth my (and hopefully anothers) time, which can be based on either the game being incredebly awesome or horrendously bad or just plain interesting and somewhere in between. It comes down to personal preference.
Since the forums are strongly seperated from game pages (rather than intertwined like where I did that series before), I won't be able to link to a pastebin to show my general rating table and such. I also like to seperate my reviews into my own "hive journey" category, which lead to me also posting those into pastebins which were linked through another pastebin entry which was linked through my signature.
I guess here I won't have that option, so I decided to present here my general information.
General Rating Table
*The formula was used to present a short and tidy summary of rating on each category on the game-topic in the forums, presented with a link to the full review in pastebin*
The formula goes
(+++) Perfect or almost Perfect
(++) Very Good
(+) Good
(0) Neither Good Nor Bad
(-) Bad
(--) Very Bad
(---) Horrendous
(*Here is the additional information I gave for Warcraft III Custom Campaigns and Single-Player maps, just to give you an idea of how I do stuff*)
Different kinds of maps spawn a different number of ratings. While Campaigns are usually rated and reviewed for 5 basic elements (Gameplay, Story, Music/Sounds, Graphics/Terrain and Bugs) others tend to have more ratings based on relevance.
If riddles and discovering is not part of a RPG-Map or if there is no story, RPG-Maps usually have those, it'll get a (0) rating, since where there's no attempt there can't be a rating.
Melee Maps for example won't even get a (0) rating on Storyline, because there is none to expect.
Pending Maps will be most likely re-rated but not re-reviewed when changes occur as my reviews are more of a journal of my experience on Hive than anything else, allthough I will provide the information that the map improved if it happens to be that way.
Full Reviews *Here would usually be a link to the list of reviews I made*
*this entry would usually be a different color, here yellow*
The Final Verdict is an overall experience rating. Therefore don't be surprised if you find a Map where more work was put into it with a worse rating than a simple map. For this Verdict the enjoyability of the map is the most important aspect.
*this entry would usually be a different color, here green*
Also please don't confuse a Rating of 3/5 in comparison to 4/5 meaning that the first is like saying "This is Sh!t compared to the other". That is not the case. In general the Final Verdict is also a personal Opinion and you are free to have your own.
_________________________
I review as a gamer not as some sort of god-like critique creature, therefor I try to present a review that reflects the negatives and positives considering the experience that is to be expected rather than a technical summary of things that theoretically could be included or taken out.
I was pondering about the Points with which to rate the games on RMN and this is what I came up with
Gameplay - (0)
Story - (0)
Characters (+NPC) - (0)
Graphics - (0)
Music/Sound - (0)
Discovery (Secrets) - (0)
(Side-)Quests - (0)
Layout - (0)
Skills/Skillsystem - (0)
Items/Itemsystem - (0)
Bugs (Layout/Skill/Item Bugs excluded since mentioned in respective category) - (0)
Anyway :) A rather long read, I guess nobody's gonna torture him- or herself with this. Anyway at least it's out there now.
Greetings,
Krolan, the Twisted
Under World 3
Hello everyone :)
I'm Krolan and I play RPG-Maker games. In my relatively short time on here I already played quite a selection of games, some of which were good, some of which were not so good. But some games really struck me when I saw the lack of replys and plays on them after playing and enjoying them.
Under World 3 is one such game.
I played the first one when it popped up in my search and loved the gameplay style of it, with it surprisingly intuitive direct-combat. So I continued through the Series and also played this game.
Under World 3 shows the final evolution of a well-crafted skill and equipment system combined with a rather pleasent story, definitive and likable characters and a fast paced and fun fighting system. With even more features included.
I loved it and I wonder what others thought or think about this game. So consider this an invitation to talk and share your opinion on that game and its predecessors, the good, the bad and the curious.
If you haven't played it yet I strongly recommend you check it out! :)
Greetings,
Krolan
I'm Krolan and I play RPG-Maker games. In my relatively short time on here I already played quite a selection of games, some of which were good, some of which were not so good. But some games really struck me when I saw the lack of replys and plays on them after playing and enjoying them.
Under World 3 is one such game.
I played the first one when it popped up in my search and loved the gameplay style of it, with it surprisingly intuitive direct-combat. So I continued through the Series and also played this game.
Under World 3 shows the final evolution of a well-crafted skill and equipment system combined with a rather pleasent story, definitive and likable characters and a fast paced and fun fighting system. With even more features included.
I loved it and I wonder what others thought or think about this game. So consider this an invitation to talk and share your opinion on that game and its predecessors, the good, the bad and the curious.
If you haven't played it yet I strongly recommend you check it out! :)
Greetings,
Krolan
Some... One...
So I recently stumbled across a website called "rpgmaker.net" and got curious, since the only rpg-maker site worth a damn that I was aware off was "rpg-atelier.de". After playing through "Rework the Dead: Evil", "Demon Legacy", "Phantom Legacy", "Romancing Walker", "Sunset over Imdahl", "Ghost Suburb Zero and II" and the cancelled "Necropolis" I was so friggin' blown away I just had to register up.
I can only wonder why the hell this community is so (considerably) small. So much creativity, so much work and effort and most people probably still don't even know what rm2k, rm2k3, rmxp and rmvx even are let alone the games of different engines that I myself where not aware of that are hosted here. It is really like a treasure to find for whomever got interested in RPG Maker back when it was new and exciting. From a time where Vampires Dawn (I) was pretty much the only game worth a damn for a long time on german forums (except for the occasional good title that came out every few months like "Unterwegs in Düsterburg")
I'm really excited to be here. I have alot to play now :D
So, greetings everybody, I'm Krolan, I'm crazy for RPG's (love for "Chrono Trigger", "Terranigma", "Secret of Mana I+II", - the good stuff on the SNES - since childhood) and I heavily respect the creative work you're doing and keeping alive.
See you around,
Krolan
The Twisted
I can only wonder why the hell this community is so (considerably) small. So much creativity, so much work and effort and most people probably still don't even know what rm2k, rm2k3, rmxp and rmvx even are let alone the games of different engines that I myself where not aware of that are hosted here. It is really like a treasure to find for whomever got interested in RPG Maker back when it was new and exciting. From a time where Vampires Dawn (I) was pretty much the only game worth a damn for a long time on german forums (except for the occasional good title that came out every few months like "Unterwegs in Düsterburg")
I'm really excited to be here. I have alot to play now :D
So, greetings everybody, I'm Krolan, I'm crazy for RPG's (love for "Chrono Trigger", "Terranigma", "Secret of Mana I+II", - the good stuff on the SNES - since childhood) and I heavily respect the creative work you're doing and keeping alive.
See you around,
Krolan
The Twisted
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