YEASTER'S PROFILE

I was level 5 and I was frequently in danger of going down in either two or three hits.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I just don't see how that as possible. His strongest move - Horn Blast - or something like that packs a punch, but it's rarely used. I went back over it just now to see if I made him too difficult...but I beat him twice in like a min and a half. All you have to do is shoot him and you should only have to heal once - twice at the max - w/o using any of your items.

*cringes* You pick the worst line in the game -- which is optional -- to paint an example of what the dialogue is supposedly like which isn't...exactly the case, but I appreciate your opinion. That was literally the only reference to alcohol. Perhaps I should've taken it out, but I didn't think people would mind much since it wasn't apart of any main sequence the dialogue hasn't been "dirty" up until that point and it isn't after.

The first enemies you fight are laughably easy, and then you're thrown against an extremely difficult first boss that had me scrambling to keep my health high enough so as to not be two-shotted by him, leaving me with little time to counterattack. It almost completely busted my item reserves. In the second dungeon, the enemies are all much more difficult (but net roughly the same EXP as the pitiful first dungeon's) and its boss is frustratingly powerful.

What level were you on? If you were at level 5, then the battle shouldn't have been nearly that difficult. Just wear the thunder-shock-ring and equip the gun and you're good to go.

Another gripe about the battle system is that as soon as you finish the first dungeon, you gain two new party members. Why is this a complaint? Because the battles are very fast-paced...when you're actually doing something, that is. Your ATB bars charge maddeningly slowly, leaving you spending at least three quarters of every battle staring at the crawling gauges as you wait for your turns to come up. Everyone's turn comes up at roughly the same time, which is usually about the same time that the enemies take their turn. As a result, whenever your ATB bar fully charges, you're assaulted by a clusterfuck of animations and numbers, making it hard to figure out exactly what happened and who's suddenly at low health or has a status ailment. After you finish entering your commands, it's back to waiting for the gauges to charge again before anything happens.

My guess is that you didn't buy new equipment, which increases your speed. Perhaps that is my fault for spiking the difficulty up too high at that point, but buying new equipment is important. The game gives you more cash then you'll know what to do with. But -- again -- perhaps I should've warned the players to check out the supply stores before entering the dungeon.

From what I played, the game plays rather linearly and there were no sidequests that I encountered. This isn't necessarily a flaw, but a few times I found myself unclear about where I had to go. Even when you're instructed where to go, you're rarely given a more specific direction than "at the very edge of town." The town is pretty well-populated and expansive, so it's eay to get lost wandering the streets and searching for which building you can walk into. After beating the first dungeon, I was told about who I had to meet next, but I don't recall being told where they lived. As a result, I ended up wandering the city for at least 45 minutes trying to find out where I was supposed to go. It was rather frustrating and brought me close to giving up the game.

That shouldn't have happened. I tried to be very specific, but if you're ever lost, there are colored arrows that are supposed to guide you in the right direction. At that point, there are only a few of them in the town, and if you had just followed the main road -- you should've found Mace's place in about 3 minutes. The city isn't huge.

The writing is pretty mediocre. There are a couple minor spelling and grammatical errors, but it's not bad enough to stand out. The characters are all pretty bland and uninteresting. I can't remember any of their names, so I'll refer to them as Cop, Chick, Cousin, and Chief. Cop is your typical protagonist of a police drama, a stoic and bitter guy whose dialog consists of roughly 50% unfunny one-liners and 50% complaining. For some as of yet unexplored reason, he uses a magical sword and can shoot fireballs.

They were both given to him right before the dungeon started. When the game started, he only had a gun and no powers. He was just a regular guy. Were you paying attention?!?!?!?!?! (I kid)

Disappointingly, the story turns out to be pretty generic: all-powerful crystals, uniting them bringing about the end of the world, et cetera. The promise of a mature and unique story was what kept me playing in spite of the lackluster combat, so my interest in the game quickly began to wane after it was made clear.

That's like 1% of the plot. You didn't really get to it at all.


I appreciate your review although you played .5% of the game, but it failed to keep your interest and I take full responsibility for that.

However, I don't believe the game was as difficult as you made it seem, especially not at that point. I tried to make it as "player friendly" as I could -- I put many healing crystals around the dungeons - I placed arrows showing the players locations that they can enter so that they won't get lost - and for the second dungeon in particular, you can enter and leave at any time if you're ill-equipped, you can always buy new gear and return when you're more prepared, as well as rest at the hotel if you needed to. Furthermore, you can save anywhere and the dungeons aren't very long. It seemed like you were just bad at the game. :\

I do wish you would've played a little further, for the story and the plot are constantly building, but I appreciate your opinion nonetheless.

Complete Chaos doesn't have a review yet, but if you're willing to write one -- by all means, do! Any feedback, negative or positive, will be appreciated

http://rpgmaker.net/games/284/

I hope you enjoy Complete Chaos. If you don't I'll understand, and I'll appreciate any feedback you're willing to give.


If you ever get stuck, let me know! I hope I won't kill this thread................

Yes, playing C.J. Sanchez!