ZEPH'S PROFILE

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F-G: Some of the inner edges are gross(er) in the first version. It's not much of a change, and I didn't perfect it at all.

The edges actually bother me a bit more on the second version, they're a little blurrier looking. (at this resolution at least.)

I'm currently thinking up material names for the crafting system in my game. (it is very mind numbing)

This could possibly go so far as to include the capability to use online multiplayer for the title.

this is, I'm not gonna lie, pretty fucking retarded, no offense.

First off, Multiplayer shouldn't be an extra function in any way, it needs to be presented at any time if you want it to actually gain a good following (Multiplayer fans usually stick with a series) and denying ANY of your customers, be they pre-orders or people who just bought the game from a friend Multiplayer, will severely hamper the chance of any sort of multiplayer gaining a following and will likely cause it to fail, meaning no games will be online anyway for the people that did buy your extra multiplayer.

Plus, here's an extra scenario; say that a guy bought Space Mercenaries Kill Aliens in Brown Environments 2: Extra Grey Edition from a buddy of his, and finds that he really likes the multiplayer in it. Then, when SMKABE3 comes out and they say they're gonna improve the multiplayer a bit, he's probably going to pre-order it from the start.

Now imagine that when he got it from his friend, he couldn't play the multiplayer straight off so he just forgot about that, and when the sequel comes out he doesn't pay any attention and buys another, different game about space mercenaries.

Total money gained from the first scenario: ~$50 depending on the cost of the sequel.
Total money gained from the second scenario: $10.

Hm.

This post turned out extra-angry.

I saw this as a random screenshot on the front page and thought "Wow! A good looking RTP game!" and then I clicked and it was just hero's realm :(

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Anyway this is a cultural thing. In Western RPGs/games the standard of attractiveness is big burly men with twelve pack abs and women with 62 Z breasts wearing nothing but dental floss, because that's what westerners like. In eastern games there is more of an emphasis on cuteness and you'll see generically attractive, androgynous male heroes and overly cutesy (but probably still stacked) female heroes.

A prime example of this sort of cultural difference in games is NIER, which has, in Japan, a sissy ladyboy protagonist named Nier trying to save his sister (or something like that), and in any other place other than Japan, has a super macho man and also father who works out 23/7 (he spends the other hour eating flapjacks) Nier trying to save his daughter (or something like that).
They both wear equally stupid clothing though.

I personally don't care either way as long as the Sissy character isn't too unbearably girly or obnoxious, and the manly character is still a person under all that muscle. I can even withstand either of them wearing incredibly weird clothing as long as that clothing is the norm for all the characters in the game.

If your characters are both girly and wear dumb clothing (I.E. Entire cast of original characters in the Kingdom Hearts series) you've got to have something that is fun enough to trudge through the story for me (I.E. everything else in the Kingdom Hearts series) or I'll probably just stop playing.

But a big muscly character with no brain to back up the brawn is just as boring and uninteresting as a scrawny emo kid. Don't know where video games got the idea that someone that is fit has to be a troglodyte. Maybe all the higher-ups in square enix, etc, were picked on by jocks when they were kids. Anyways, this isn't enough to get me to stop playing the game entirely but I'll probably dread every moment they're on screen.

Since I'm going off on a tangent I'll end this here.

Playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii with my sister(s).

I don't know, last time I played Super Mario Bros. 3 it wasn't nearly as hard as this.