PSYCHOFREAX'S PROFILE

author=Ratty524

author=PsychoFreaX
First is probably reviews if there are any, then features if any is listed. With the descriptions, it's becoming more difficult to create a summary of an interesting story so I mainly look at the characters if any are listed and the variety. Then there's the graphics.

It's funny because if I see a game with 2 stars or less, I'm MORE inclined to play it just to laugh at it.

Yeah I did feel like that at some stage until I got tired of it.

author=Billwilliams
Easy mode: Fighter, Support, Healer, Offensive Caster.

But that's boring. We can do better.

True, but to do so I think it's better to not only look at the classes in general but first breakdown the different skills each class would have. In more standard RPGs you should have:
Mid tier attack
High tier attack
Area of effect
Stun
Sleep
Blind
Poison
Attack Buff
Defense Buff
Speed Buff
Magic Buff
The above four in debuff form
Heal
Resurrection
Dispel
A more costly combination of the above

There are other less used ones of course. Such as different attacks may have different limitations such as needing to charge for one turn or has a once per battle limit. Then there are attacks where the damage depends on other factors, I know elemental factors are used a lot but different factors may also include the character's current health. Then if you want to go even further, there are summoning magic. Just be creative.

If you design classes, instead of thinking of them as strict jobs in which each character is confined to I think it's best to think of them as themes, picking a variety of the above skills that make sense for it. You can make more unique classes and give them some skills that fit, but even the more well known ones can be made less mundane by doing so.

Take the priest class for example. They are generally known to be a healing class, but light magic can also make sense for them as a means for use a stun attack. Alternatively you can allow them the ability to summon spirits, though that sounds a lot like Yuna from FFX.

Yes speaking of warping, I just thought of another point that might support connected areas. How about the freedom to choose where to leave a warp in correspondence to where you should put a broken bridge in the game?

EDIT: Yeah, the fake difficulty page seems to be a good assessment for what's frustrating in case some people still don't get it. Sorry if I didn't word it as well before.

Early enough time to allow the villain to flesh out is the optimum I think. I mean, giving insight to them and showing how and why they're the biggest threat.

Aside from that I like them to be revealed the later the better. It might just be personal opinion, but I think there are advantages of not revealing them too soon. Aside from the more obvious reason, which is plot twist, I also believe it helps maintain the villains ominous aura.

There's just something about talking of the great deadly feared entity for the 500th time that makes it sound casual. Or having a "Muahahaha! So we meet again!" moment with them for the 50th time that makes them seem like a roommate.

The problem with giving the heroes something to chase though, I don't think the villain needs to be revealed for that. You can have a mysterious crisis going on and the heroes must discover the villain is the root of it or they could be the mysterious leader of some organization.