NIGHTMARGIN'S PROFILE

author=Merlandese

author=TheJudge

author=Deacon Batista
Glad most of the awards were won by a 2k3 game.

Honestly the overly fancy art style of XP and the character sprites of VX Ace are what keeps me from really wanting to use said programs.

This doesn't make sense. Neither of the things you mentioned are more than options in both engines, if not every engine. HOME/OFF are prime examples of NOT using default assets, aren't they? So how can that be a deterrent?

author=TheJudge

author=Addit

author=TheJudge
That would require either judges who are willing to sit down and play every single game listed.
OR
Have a system that allows a game to only be eligible to win one Misao. If it gets nominated for multiple ones, the category that has the most votes for it is the category it would win the award in, and all other categories would be open to other projects.

I think having a small team of selected officials, a Misao Committee, should decide the winners of each category after the nomination period closes and then picks out the top 3 in each particular category. So basically the nomination process would basically remain the same like before, with users nominating their favorite games, and what not, and then it just comes down to the Misao Committee at the end on deciding on what game should win and what not. This way the people elected to the Misao Committee wouldn’t have to basically play EVERY game that was released that year, just the ones that got nominated the most.

Also, we should change the rules a little about user’s eligibility when it comes to nominating a game to make things a bit more fair and cut down on any shady looking activity. These users have to have had their account open for more than 3 months and at least have more than 50 makerscore to allow eligibility for nominating any games for any Misaos.

Sounds fair to me.

author=Liberty
We did think of a 3 game rule where a game could only be nominated for three topics tops. The thing is coming up with a way for it to be automated within the site.

That was most of the issues really. And not coming up with a definite plan. ^.^;



As to the above? Not to me. There are people who have been on the site for a long time and have 0 MS because they just don't bother contributing, yet play a lot of games. Also, it's not fair to lock people out from voting just because they aren't from RMN. We're not an exclusive site, guys. Granted, it is frustrating to see a crowd of people descend and vote but then leave. Maybe some stay, maybe they feel upset to hear that people think their votes shouldn't count.

I mean, if we're really down for excluding, we should only allow votes that are tied to a download from the game in question.

author=Pizza

author=Nightmargin

author=Pizza
The only one of these games that I've played is Oneshot... And I thought it was total trash.

I am the worst sort of person, it seems.

k, what needs fixing?

It's not that anything needs fixing. I'm confident that this is more of a matter of personal taste and experience, since everybody sings praises about the game, and I do believe that it deserves the good reception.

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Personally I just didn't enjoy the central gimmick of the game. While it's incredibly impressive that you guys were able to pull off so many things with 2k3, I thought that the idea of only being able to boot up the game once was a hindrance, especially in an Adventure game, a genre that benefits from being able to take time off and stew on stuff, think about puzzles, etc. To me being forced to sit there and play what most definitely isn't a short game in one sitting was sort of like putting the need to innovate above the player experience.

In addition to that, I thought the game suffered from the same pitfalls most other adventure titles do, namely being confusing and non-direct with player objectives. Putting the solution to a puzzle in the My Documents folder of a player's computer sounds really cool in concept, but the game offered no real hint that it operated outside the boundaries of the "game world", or that I should search around my own computer for answers. I wasted a lot of time looking around the world for the code, only to discover it by accident when browsing through stuff on my PC.

Besides the inherent problem with putting the code there, it brought up a question in my mind: What else did the game hide in my computer? It's not a good feeling to think that a game is screwing with your personal stuff, and it's not like 2k3 games have an uninstall option that would get rid of everything. Again, I think this is an example of putting the need to be innovative and new above the experience of the player.

I didn't make it past the first "blue" section of the game. So call me out on not giving it enough time if you want, maybe I'm just stupid for not being able to get past it, idk. I'm generally not very good at Adventure titles anyways.

Anyways, I hope I was clear about it. I didn't like it, and that's that. Perhaps "total trash" was a bad choice of words, so I'm sorry if I offended you by saying that, as it wasn't my intention.

tl;dr I'm a stupid asshat GO ME