EDCHUY'S PROFILE

My idea is to provide some comments for all the releases. I will start with the complete games and demos, followed by the videos and finally, everything else.

FAQ:

Why I am doing this, you might ask?

One of the biggest complaints of the RMN community has been lack of feedback to improve games and projects, especially since I know a lot of you probably focus on making them, rather then playing them. Given that I don't how to make them, but I do play a lot of them, I though this is one way I can contribute comments so that, hopefully, you guys to make better games, particularly those in the early stages of being made, and, hopefully, see some of them to completion and not remaining stuck on demo or indefinitely hiatus, or worse yet, being cancelled altogether. I had already thought about doing this for past RSs, but didn't get around to doing so.

What's in it for me?

I hopefully get to be heard by those making the games, for one. At least taken into account, anyway. In some cases, I expect to play the role of beta-tester, finding bugs or minor improvements that game makers will fix and perhaps even give me a little of credit for it. Also, I will probably end up playing the types that I would normally choose to play, given that I pretty much prefer RPGs and Adventure genres rather than, for example, Plataformers and Puzzles. It'll definitely be work to go through the list of releases, but perhaps I'll have some fun while doing it.

How I am going to let the makers of the release know the comments I have?

If their release has a gamepage, I'll post it there, whether on the main page, blog or when doing a review, in reviews. If their release doesn't have a gamepage, I'll post it here and PM whoever the maker is to let them know their comments are available.

Will I do it for future RSs?

It's to early to say whether I will or won't. It'll be a question of how much time I have and whether I feel like doing so. A lot will depend on how this little project goes and what kind of reception it gets.

PROGRESS (quick recap)

So far I have:

1. Finished playing Max McGee's Starseed Starpack
a. Starseed: Eschatology (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1945/ ) is a short intro or prologue with no gameplay but lots of interesting background of what MMG intends for his game.
b. Starseed: Blood Machine (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1946/ ) is roughly an hour long demo which I have already provided feedback for. I tried all 7 optional enhancements to play the demo and provided a comparison with pros and cons in the game discussion. DONE

2. Finished playing Liberty's Even Day (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1786/ ) Demo (3rd version). Posted feedback in corresponding blog. DONE

3. Finished playing sbester's Mobile Suit Gundam RPG (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1864/ ) demo. Review posted. DONE

4. Finished playing the demo for SquishyWizard's Tears of the Sword (http://rpgmaker.net/games/593/ ). Review posted. DONE

5. Finished playing the demo for Coy13's Xelos: Sinner's Circle (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1364/ ). Posted battle related and non-battle related feedback in the game's blog. DONE

6. Finished playing the demos for Dudesoft's Take Down and Pig of Benevolence (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1950/ ). Posted feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

7. Finished playing SorceressKyrsty's Cosplay Crisis Demo 2.2 (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1741/ ). Posted the feedback on the blog announcing this demo. DONE

8. Finished playing both the Ratty524's Slimy the Sahagin original and alpha of remake (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1947/ ). Posted a review for the original and feedback in the Discussion section for the remake demo. DONE

9. Finished playing the demo for outlander145's Suito Homu: The Second Coming (Secondary Early Techstration) (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1589/blog/2262/ ). Provided feedback for it in the corresponding blog. DONE

10. Finished playing EnderX's Pizza Panic (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1930/ ). Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

11. Finished playing catmitts' Frog World RPG (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1940/ ). Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

12. Finished playing narcodis' The Looming Spire (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1939/ ) Tech Demo. Provided feedback in the discussion section of the game. DONE

13. Played GameOverGamesProductions ' The Muddy Sand Game version 1.4 (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1792/ ). Posted feedback in the corresponding blog. DONE

14. Played calunio's Alvorada do Mal - Minigame Compilation (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1802/blog/2250/ ). Posted feedback in the corresponding blog. DONE

15. Listened to AABattery's Change music (http://rpgmaker.net/users/AABattery/locker/Change.mp3 ). Sent her a PM with my feedback. DONE

16. Looked at VideoWizard's new map (http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/49/locker/DKBoaL_South_Lakel_Island_map3.png ). Posted feedback in the blog of gamepage where it was shown. DONE

17. Watched Ephiam's video of Eternal Paradise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OENi0PR30&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog of gamepage where it was shown. DONE

18. Watched Lance VII's Chrono Echoes video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlBFV3rA_A&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog where he mentioned its availability. DONE

19. Watched PepsiOtaku's Everlasting Journey: Firam Palace Intro video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4nI8PwzTpo&feature=player_embedded ). Posted feedback in the blog where he mentioned its availability. DONE

20. I watched Deacon Batista's Antiartica trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXd5abzRfso&feature=player_embedded ). I PMed my feedback about it to him. DONE

21. I watched SGCN's video CBS test (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBn6rmMEIFE&feature=player_embedded ). I PMed my feedback about it to him. DONE

22. I watched Skie Fortress' SEM - Boss 1: Great Frost Harpy video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iq6CY3xNUs ). I PMed my feedback about it to her. DONE

23. I checked out AznChipmunk's Chromatose screenshots (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1712/blog/2268/ ). I posted my feedback regarding each of them in that blog. DONE

24. I posted feedback on Craze's Diablocide X (http://rpgmaker.net/games/1955/blog/2277/ ) blog announcing the game. DONE

25. I looked at Feldschlacht IV's Skill Tree screenshot (http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/1428/locker/screenbacktry1.png ). I PMed him my feedback regarding it. DONE


PENDING

21. Chaos - Ill Will wiki (http://www.pockethouse.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ill_Will ). Webpage has been taken down indefinitely due to host change. Will keep checking and provide feedback once it is back up. Won't be able to include it in the Wrap-up Article.

26. Wrap-up Article.

I would like to be able to review AT LEAST 1 per week for PS/RS. Thus, I'll accept requests for reviews. I promise to let you know ASAP whether I am commit to playing AND reviewing your game. If I don't, I'll let you know why. If I don't receive any request, I will have to decide myself what to go for, so if you wanted some feedback, take ADVANTAGE of this opportunity.

If I happen to review YOUR game, please don't take my criticism personally, since I will try to be as fair as possible. Think of it as a way to improve or keep up the different aspects of your continuing work. Also, I'll try to be a thorough as possible.

I will start the PS/RS with Forlorn Manor, which I had just started. I'll keep this thread updated as soon as I have any progress to report.

I realize it might a little bit early to start thinking for the 2008 Misaos. :) However to give every release a fair consideration (meaning I will actually try them all :o if I can actually download them, if I haven't begun or finished them!) for the different categories I was wondering if somebody could assemble a list of the games released so far this year that could be considered for them.

I guess it would something similar to this master list posted way back when this forum came to life (in fact it is the 5th oldest post!, not counting any that were updated that were posted earlier)

http://www.rpgmaker.net/forums/index.php?topic=22.0

Judging from the list of nominees to the 2007 Misaos, I should mention that there are many good games that were not listed on this site that I wouldn't have known about otherwise and enjoyed playing such as Last Scenario, Memento Viviere, Quintessence: The Blighted Venom ... not so Rise of the Third Power, which I also tried (the version I was able to download had some serious flaws that made it virtually unplayable!) :P

Anyway I might be getting starting to get off topic ;D but I appreciate the effort in compiling the list. Hopefully this year's crop will yield also new undiscovered (at least by me) gems! ;)

Obviously, there is still a couple of month's of releases, so this list can be updated as needed. 8)