XCALIBAR'S PROFILE

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh... *sigh*. I thought for sure this time around I'd somehow get Lavie on the boat before we left. PULL HER RYAN!!!! arrrrrrrrrrgh.

Shoot.

-_-

Anyway! Amazing job all around with the revamp.
5 star rating.

Could always use more voice acting, finish replacing the original CGs, and maybe a few more custom portraits...
The maps are pretty much perfect. The dialogue and story is pretty perfect. Quests are good. The dungeons overall are still a little too easy, but then again I am replaying, so my judgement is iffy. The music could use a full blown original soundtrack... (what's with that look!?) But, it's already memorable and nostalgic.
The characters are pretty top notch too. I love games that avoid making empty NPCs, and flesh out a living world... So many fun conversations...

Nice touch with the Programmer's Room... It was short, but it makes the core team that much more memorable. And the clips were priceless lol

Out of curiosity... what took the longest with the voice acting?
Was it getting everyone to record their parts? Or having people re-record parts, since you couldn't do it live, so you'd have comments and direction about certain lines... Or just finding people willing to do it?
Or was it the intricate process of timing it manually?

Doesn't seem like every important part got voiced, but there was a generous amount. :D
Mmmm... I did think some of the voices needed some audio editing, to balance out the volume at times. But the only feature with the voices that was really missing, was being able to skip dialogue. Press a key once to make all the text appear, press it twice and it displays the next line, and cuts off the previous voice.

I'm tempted to donate, but I'm kinda in the red at the moment... by a sizeable amount.... .. . . . . Still tempted though...

Maybe instead I can offer services for Act II... you know how to contact me should the day come... :D

It would be a crying shame to not see Love and War's epic untold. And I realllly hope the main characters can continue to be voiced! (by the same people! ... guh.... Xenosaga....)

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I was thinking maybe this time I'd be able to get Lavie on the boat thanks to the new choices, like neglecting Marianne... so Lavie wouldn't cry @_@

Please take all my random notes with a grain of salt. Most are just my "feelings" about this or that.
Not sure if they will be useful, annoying, or what... I just figured I would post them to give some kind of feedback/expectations/etc...

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-First, "The mapping is epic." I haven't compared the previous version yet, but every place looks better than ever before. Don't know if it's just my bad memory or if SGCN has been working overtime :D It's great.

-I recall one weird thing in Davenport, the place Ryan doesn't want to go; the one with the music harp sign above the shop... The door doesn't look like it fits the frame! There's a black space above the door... Is that supposed to be like that?

-I had hoped there would be new matching portraits for all NPCs... I'm good with the current ones, but they are from all sorts of games. The original ones for Ryan, Lavie and friends are still the besttttttttt.

-"Epic Lavie forced her way into the party scene XD" Yes, I wrote that in my notebook

-Jun's voice seems a tad too quiet at times... Probably just how he speaks, but... I noted it D:

-Also I noted I felt there was a lack of ambient lighting effects? Like lights at night... and stuff? I had more to say about this, but I can't remember the specifics... Unimportant, but these were in my notes >< lol

-I'm a huggggge Lavie fan. And I must say her voice actress does an excellent job. Sounds professional <3
I did note however, that I thought she might sound too sweet at times...? Like when Armin and Henrik are fearing for their life and RED EYED Lavie makes her appearence with her cooking in question; I didn't feel the hairs on my neck stand on end :P

-"Wish the campfire scene was voiced..."
Awwww I was hoping that one was voiced... I was looking forward to it... I know it was really too long to do though xD

-The picture of Lavie and the teddy bear, and the picture of Ryan and Marriane was superb. Double take awesome.

-The really important scene where Lavie grabs ahold of you at Blackwater Park...
I had mixed feelings about that picture... I thought the style between her talking portrait below and the full screen CG conflicted unlike the previous CGs... Also, I'm wondering if the colors in that CG set could be limited better? For instance in the part where she blushed, her eyes looked awkward due to the limited colors... My experience with photoshop makes me question if the colors could be limited differently to be more true to the original... (wants to try...)
I like the picture though, loved it when I saw it on the website; just undecided about how it meshes in-game...

-"Hi. My name is xcalibar and I'm an obsessive compulsive level grinder."
Given the opportunity and the saftey... I end up killing all the spores on the map...
In the situation like when you're chasing after Lucky the dog, I thought it might add a sense of pressure if you added a timer to the first part, till you rescue him. That would have forced me to try to avoid the slimes instead of taking my time, max lvling thieving skill, and all my weapons xD
Oh and the full instant refill save points... I noted it might be better if they were one time use health / ammo restores. That way I don't just "camp" the points...
.... I just can't stop myself!

-I noted there wasn't a huge sense of relief after surviving the Viper Lair... I don't recall Mr. El????? really congratulating me on surviving and exterminating the menace D: I know he was shook up about Lucky, but.... Well I guess I need to play that scene again before I say anything else; maybe my memory is faulty xD

-"The Dogtags..." I can't wait to see the explanation as how or why they are so crazily scattered and that he expects me to find them O_O I thought I was going to find them next to graves or something D:
That aside, I can dig a good treasure hunt!@

-"Some of the music is too loud..." I guess I needed to write specific examples for this to be of any use D:

-"Would be nice to be able to save before the 'meanwhile...' cutscenes"...

Despite these random complaints and whatnot, I want to make sure you know that L&W was one of my top rated rpgmaker games, next to The Way before the revamped version. And replaying it, I'm having just as much fun as I did the first time. That's a huge compliment for me, since, rarely am I able to replay games and enjoy them just as much. :D
Don't worry about trying to respond to this crazy post, I usually give people headaches trying to figure it out >< lol

All the non-generic endings I got all happened somewhat similarly. That's the only thing that bothered me a bit... Though the concept is solid. Where would you both end up in X years...

Guess without the player's "help" the main character will be predictable xD

When walking in the snow in the Forgotten Path, I think from the Western Tower side...
I remember noticing that the footprints were going crazy around Snowe. At first I thought maybe I was seeing things, or was being stalked by something in the story... But, then I realized... it must be one of the enemies I killed! They are defeated, but still wandering like a phantom...

(confirmed... it's on the first screen when you enter on the west side. If you kill the Phantom closest to the right side of the screen, he should become a playful footprint ghost...)