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Sailerius
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Something happened to me last night when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go. I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky. It was moving irregularly. Suddenly, there was intense light all around. And when I came to, I was home.

What do you think happened to me?
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Forever's End Review

author=yamata no orochi
What boss did your game crash at?

After fighting the red-haired chick to get the crystal. It happened when the advisor was talking. It always happens after the line: "Fine then, come at me!" I was six hours into the game at this point. At this stage, the plot and characters were terribly cliche - there was absolutely nothing compelling me to continue playing.

RM* community's low-score bias

I think you mean high-score bias. Why do you get a minimum three-star bonus just for making and finishing a game in RPG Maker?

Forever's End Review

author=Saya
Wow. Just wow. If I here Nico, I'd probably want to hang myself on my ceiling fan. It's one thing to point out the flaws of a game, its another to call it an irredeemable piece of crap, and the score on your review tells me exactly that.

I know that a lot of people here think that RPG games are serious business and the internet doesn't care about your feelings, but seriously? We're supposed to be a supportive community. We're supposed to point out the positive for someone who has spent YEARS making this game. This is not celebrating the mediocre. This is about showing respect to those who put time and effort into a piece of work made for free for people to enjoy.

Also, I would appreciate if people stopped attacking each other. I know I'm being hypocritical, but the only solution would be to just delete or lock the review. People have already said all they want to say and need to say. It's time to move on.
I offered my suggestions on how to improve the game. The worst way you could show respect for someone who has invested so much time in a game is to simply say "it's amazing keep it up" without pointing out what they could do to improve. I also never said it was an "irredeemable piece of crap."

Forever's End Review

author=Clyve
I completely lost interest in this game once it got the point of "HEY I'M A COMPLETE FFIV RIPOFF" but this review is entirely unfair and ridiculous.

I think the reviewer needs to upgrade to a machine that's not from the 1980's as I had zero problems with frame rate the entire time. The maps are well crafted, systems well thought out, and in general it's fun to explore.

I did encounter the sound bug and it was annoying. Also the music choices were TERRIBLE in this game when it came to battles. The rest wasn't that bad even if overused.

All in all, this seems more like a review with a personal agenda than a valid review.

My machine can play Dragon Age on average settings without a problem. What about the review sounds biased? I think the sections spell out my viewpoint pretty clearly. Is there something that's unclear?

Forever's End Review

author=VideoWizard
We're (past) peak-Final Fantasy, and now one of the highest (if not the highest) profile games on RMN got the same score as this? A game that's probably right down there with the notoriously bad games that have already been mentioned. (I even admit it!) That's... shocking to say the least.

There are some games which don't even deserve a 0.5/5. It's the same argument as giving games 5/5; since it's the highest score you can give, you're bound to get games with wildly different levels of quality getting the same score.

Forever's End Review

author=S. F. LaValle
That does remind me of something. Sailerius, your review was accepted and well-written, and I personally don't have any beef with your opinions. I do find it odd, however, that you didn't mention the mapping under graphics. The game seems to look pretty nice aside from your criticisms. Maybe mapping doesn't apply to graphics any more than being standard "rm2k3 fare," and I'm not really bothered with the score as I said, I'd just be interested to know if you factored that since it was absent.

I couldn't think of anything to say about the mapping, so I didn't. It wasn't notably good and it wasn't notably bad. As I play a game, I keep notes on every impression I got while playing, creating a list that's usually about 2-3 pages long. I never had an impression about the mapping, so I didn't bother to mention it.

Forever's End Review

author=Magi
i can only assume this self-indulgent tripe is a desperate attempt to cover someone else's own insecurities. might be better off buying some 100g iron armor to protect that fragile ego bro

You're taking this review about someone else's game really personally. I think you need to chill out a little.

Forever's End Review

The gameplay section makes it pretty clear that that's what I got out of the game.

And from that, a reader is supposed to get the impression that there's literally nothing redeeming about the gameplay from an objective point of view?
Yes. What part of it is unclear?

Forever's End Review

author=Feldschlacht IV
I believe my review made it fairly clear why they got the scores they did.
A zero out of five, out of, the gameplay, for example is pretty clear indicator that you found literally nothing redeemable about it from an objective standpoint. Zilch. Absolutely nothing.

Uh, that's a little hard to swallow.

The gameplay section makes it pretty clear that that's what I got out of the game.

Forever's End Review

author=Feldschlacht IV
2.5/5 is an average and pretty good game without too many flaws but without being extraordinary
Eeesh, that explains a lot.

What's so unreasonable about giving an average score to an average game?

author=Magi
lol this review. sailerius; are you a troll, a joke, or both? i am leaning toward thinking joke

Care to point out what you disagree with instead of trolling my review comments?

Forever's End Review

author=Ciel
angel rape guy criticizing anyone's writing p funny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

I have to comment on one thing though;
There’s not much to say about the characters or tilesets; they’re generic RM2k3 fare and are bland and uninteresting

says the guy who uses NOTHING but exclusively RMXP RTP tiles and charactersets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

I agree with most of the points this review brings up. however it is pretty apparent that salierius hasn't played enough shitty RM* games. Forever's End does have it sets of flaws (ALOT of them actually) but giving it 0.5 on a scale of 5 seems pretty ridiculous. Are you saying you would give... "Keyboard Dance" or "Cod: Nazi Zombies" an equal or better score? Or did you just try to even the average score a little bit?
I've played many terrible games but I don't bother to review them because you can't give a 0. I try to be fairly objective in my reviews and minimize how much my opinion factors into it. A 2.5/5 is an average and pretty good game without too many flaws but without being extraordinary. There are extremely few games here that would make the cut.

This. Are you kidding me? I mean if this review has any amount of relativity with the LEAGUES OF OTHER HORRIBLY SHITTY RM games, or freeware games in general, I mean, 0 out of 5 in Gameplay and Writing is definitely unfair to me.
I believe my review made it fairly clear why they got the scores they did.

Maybe I will, and yeah, this review is just by one guy (compared to the legions of good reviews this game DID get, congrats, Nico), but still, it seems overblown.

There's always one, though. Even legendary games has its haters, legit or otherwise.
I don't hate the game. I outlined the experience I had with the game and I tried to explain why I think the score I gave is appropriate for it. What part do you disagree with?

Actually, all these were explained in the game. You just didn't look hard enough. Did you talk to the NPCs in every room per se? And the monster hunter old man did explain about the "Spirit" command.
Admittedly, I didn't talk to many people because of how long it took.

Difficulty is pretty subjective. If you do factor difficulty into the gameplay score, I suggest you think twice. Different games have different target audiences. What if this game is not intended at hardcore gamers but close-to-casual gamers? Would it then be fair to judge gameplay on difficulty?
That's true, but there comes a point when difficulty is so low that you could win every battle with auto-battle. What's the point in even playing if it requires no thought or effort?

And you should never mix lag with gameplay. Lag would fall under another category called "Technical/Bugs", but not under gameplay!
I thought about putting it under experience, but it's such a major factor that I wanted it to be mentioned early on.