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Just one of those who enjoys playing indie RPGs and looks out for really good-quality ones.
I'm also an unofficial game translator and have finished English translations of two top-quality Japanese RPG Maker RPGs: Seraphic Blue and Nocturne: Rebirth. Both games and their game pages can be accessed on the right of this profile.
Finally, I'm currently working on translating a visual novel called Aiyoku no Eustia :) I'm also eyeing on three future Japanese RPG Maker RPGs that I may plan to translate in order of priority once they're out and I've played them. The official and blog sites are as follows:
- Hatalonia: A New Little World (literally Hat World) (v210) (Now available in Japanese!)
Blog Site: http://rpgex.sakura.ne.jp/home/
Official Site: http://rpgex.sakura.ne.jp/littleworld/
- Shinobiya (Winter 2019 Target Japanese Release)
Blog Site: http://nanabuluku.dokococo.com/
Official Site: http://shinobiya.at-ninja.jp/
- Grand Intention: Adjustment (Unknown)
Blog Site: http://rrr3.jp/lightning/index.php
Official Site: http://rrr3.jp/game/game.html
I'm also an unofficial game translator and have finished English translations of two top-quality Japanese RPG Maker RPGs: Seraphic Blue and Nocturne: Rebirth. Both games and their game pages can be accessed on the right of this profile.
Finally, I'm currently working on translating a visual novel called Aiyoku no Eustia :) I'm also eyeing on three future Japanese RPG Maker RPGs that I may plan to translate in order of priority once they're out and I've played them. The official and blog sites are as follows:
- Hatalonia: A New Little World (literally Hat World) (v210) (Now available in Japanese!)
Blog Site: http://rpgex.sakura.ne.jp/home/
Official Site: http://rpgex.sakura.ne.jp/littleworld/
- Shinobiya (Winter 2019 Target Japanese Release)
Blog Site: http://nanabuluku.dokococo.com/
Official Site: http://shinobiya.at-ninja.jp/
- Grand Intention: Adjustment (Unknown)
Blog Site: http://rrr3.jp/lightning/index.php
Official Site: http://rrr3.jp/game/game.html
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Star Stealing Prince Review
Star Stealing Prince Review
author=Volrath
That toaster thing's a rhetorical disaster. I can only speak from my personal experience, but there's not much in the way of varying strategy when it comes to using them. You take it out of the box, plug it in, but bread in it and pull the lever down. You don't need to cast Sleep or Blind on it first.
And has anyone actually read reviews of toasters online? I can't say I have. I'm just like "Does it toast bread? All right then."
Well, then I can say the strategy is to fix the toaster yourself. But alas, how do I fix it...?
Star Stealing Prince Review
author=Sailerius
Minority opinions are the most valuable when trying to decide whether or not to play a game.
Well, then we have different ways of selecting games to play. It may be a different case for game designers, but for me as a player, I tend to look out for games that have a lot of hype/good reviews etc and then just play the game and see for myself whether it's fun or not and whether the game lives up to the hype. In the case of Star Stealing Prince, it does live up to a respectable level of hype.
And I guess I really should write my own reviews as well. But I don't quite have the patience to write a detailed one ~ ~ And I'm quite a busy man.
Star Stealing Prince Review
author=Sated
"The fact is that Star Stealing Prince has been well established as a great game (not to mention it was released about a year ago). And, like Ronove said, it went through numerous revisions (up to Patch 3.0). If this had been a brand new unknown game, then maybe this review is valid. But in this case, you are in the minority when it comes to thinking this game is bad because of the frustrating gameplay. And you know that the majority always triumphs over the minority unless the minority becomes the majority or balances out the majority."
This is legitimately retarded.
Just because something is popular, or well respected, does not mean that a personal opinion to the contrary is wrong. Opinions are not facts, they cannot be right/wrong, they can only exist. If someone dislikes something then they dislike it and that's that.
My last post here. Anything else will be under the Standards topic (unless it's relevant).
Never once did I say that his review is wrong. Yes, I disagree with the review, but disagreeing is not the the same as saying it's wrong, if not entirely. I even stated at the end of my post that his review still stands. And I only stated that his review falls in the minority, so much so that it can't be taken seriously. Thar's not the same as saying it's wrong. Please don't misunderstand.
Star Stealing Prince Review
author=Solitayre
This review, to me, comes across as expressing genuine frustration at the difficulty of the game. The takeaway is "Hey guys, this game is really hard, it was so hard that I didn't enjoy playing it." That is a completely legitimate criticism to have, and a useful one for potential players to see, even if not everyone agrees.
I would like to add that legitimacy does not equal quality. Did you even check the quality for this particular review thoroughly before approving, no offence?
So what kind of standards are reviews supposed to have on this site? Legitimate reviews, no matter how good or bad they are, or at least decent-quality reviews?
Star Stealing Prince Review
Okay, Ayanin, I see where you're getting at, and all your points are certainly valid, but you probably miss out something.
The fact is that Star Stealing Prince has been well established as a great game (not to mention it was released about a year ago). And, like Ronove said, it went through numerous revisions (up to Patch 3.0). If this had been a brand new unknown game, then maybe this review is valid. But in this case, you are in the minority when it comes to thinking this game is bad because of the frustrating gameplay. And you know that the majority always triumphs over the minority unless the minority becomes the majority or balances out the majority. So some of your comments like
is kind of invalid for this game alone. For a game to be successful, it's the majority that is important. Though I agree that there is something to learn from bad reviews for the creator when he/she goes to create a new game, in this case, really, your negative review alone isn't significant enough to warrant changes for this game alone when there are many positive reviews against yours.
And, well, just to let you know that, like Ronove said, she has made a lot of efforts and changes in making this game less hard, but still challenging. Had you played the older versions, the difficulty is even worse. That's the reason why Ronove is upset, you know? It's like, "so much hard work put into improving the game, many people are happy, and then this bad review appears." You kind of didn't consider the past revisions of the game. Ronove is someone who listens to criticism, but she brushes off yours because you face a bad experience that, really, the majority don't face.
You should probably read the other reviews of Star Stealing Prince and then see for yourself. But yeah, your review still stands. That, I'll have to agree.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and dying + frustration are meant to be common in a challenging RPG. If you find yourself constantly dying, there can only be two things. It's either the creator's fault or your fault. And you have to look at it from your own perspective first. Find out what exactly is wrong that you are doing (and figuring out strategies is part of playing a game) before actually criticizing the game. Especially when most people don't have difficulty with the game. If most people don't have difficulty with the game, why do you have difficulty? That could only mean something went wrong on your side, not the game creator.
(Though I have to admit that the first few bosses are very tough (but not exactly as tough as you have pictured it out to be). Many people have actually complained about that before. But it has been toned down now, I think. Past that though, and it should be a more smooth sailing ride...)
The fact is that Star Stealing Prince has been well established as a great game (not to mention it was released about a year ago). And, like Ronove said, it went through numerous revisions (up to Patch 3.0). If this had been a brand new unknown game, then maybe this review is valid. But in this case, you are in the minority when it comes to thinking this game is bad because of the frustrating gameplay. And you know that the majority always triumphs over the minority unless the minority becomes the majority or balances out the majority. So some of your comments like
author=Ayanin
It's the bad reviews that are often going to improve what you do
is kind of invalid for this game alone. For a game to be successful, it's the majority that is important. Though I agree that there is something to learn from bad reviews for the creator when he/she goes to create a new game, in this case, really, your negative review alone isn't significant enough to warrant changes for this game alone when there are many positive reviews against yours.
And, well, just to let you know that, like Ronove said, she has made a lot of efforts and changes in making this game less hard, but still challenging. Had you played the older versions, the difficulty is even worse. That's the reason why Ronove is upset, you know? It's like, "so much hard work put into improving the game, many people are happy, and then this bad review appears." You kind of didn't consider the past revisions of the game. Ronove is someone who listens to criticism, but she brushes off yours because you face a bad experience that, really, the majority don't face.
You should probably read the other reviews of Star Stealing Prince and then see for yourself. But yeah, your review still stands. That, I'll have to agree.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and dying + frustration are meant to be common in a challenging RPG. If you find yourself constantly dying, there can only be two things. It's either the creator's fault or your fault. And you have to look at it from your own perspective first. Find out what exactly is wrong that you are doing (and figuring out strategies is part of playing a game) before actually criticizing the game. Especially when most people don't have difficulty with the game. If most people don't have difficulty with the game, why do you have difficulty? That could only mean something went wrong on your side, not the game creator.
(Though I have to admit that the first few bosses are very tough (but not exactly as tough as you have pictured it out to be). Many people have actually complained about that before. But it has been toned down now, I think. Past that though, and it should be a more smooth sailing ride...)
Star Stealing Prince Review
After reading your post, Ayanin, I pretty much get what you're saying. While your review alone won't affect the overall rating of this game (since there are many other positive reviews) (and it's not like I care about the rating, anyway), I still think you should have left this as a comment (or as a PM to the author) rather than a review, really. Because, probably this is just me, but I think a more proper review should be something that reviews the whole game experience, and not just part of it.
Which is why I think the review system needs to be clearly defined as to whether it should be just for the whole game experience (or at least a bulk of the game), or a combination of whole game experiences and personal experiences that do not involve completing the game or at least playing a bulk of it.
Which is why I think the review system needs to be clearly defined as to whether it should be just for the whole game experience (or at least a bulk of the game), or a combination of whole game experiences and personal experiences that do not involve completing the game or at least playing a bulk of it.
Star Stealing Prince Review
author=Ayanin
But seriously... people can get as personally hurt about the review as they want. But what is a review, again? Oh yeah! It's a piece of writing the describes the user's personal experience with it, and what they thought of it, and why! (Not what everybody else thought of it.) Which is what I did do.
Yeah, but like I said earlier, it would have been more appropriate if you had rated just the gameplay 2/5. That, I would have accepted. But what about the graphics/artwork? The story? The music? The setting/ambience/atmosphere? You can't just rate a game on one factor alone when there are so many factors that make up a game, particularly an RPG. The weakness of your review is, you didn't consider the other factors of a game. You only considered the gameplay.
EDIT: You should really read this as an advice on how to write a good review: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/249/
Star Stealing Prince Review
Lol Ayanin, you think this is hard? Then you haven't played some of the even harder hardcore RPGs, particular the Japanese ones (the game I'm translating, for instance). This one is nothing compared to them. And the game I'm translating was actually well-known in Japan back when it was first released. On that note, you should also take a look at Alter Aila Genesis. That game is tough as well, but it garnered a lot of attention and popularity.
And you don't need cheating to beat this game. You just lack experience in playing RPGs, period. Strategies are also thoroughly needed in this sort of games. Don't dumb down the rating of a game just because you find it hard and you don't know the strategies needed. It's not how you rate a game.
You rate a game based on graphics, story, animation, gameplay, music and sound, all in one package, not just on one feature alone. The bulk of your review only focuses on gameplay, but you never weigh in equally the other features of a game. That's totally unfair. Had you rated 2/5 for the gameplay alone, that would be a different story.
EDIT: And just so you know, I never grinded. At all. While I do find it challenging, I don't find it "insanely difficult" like how you seem to put it. Oh, and I never, if not hardly, used the walkthrough at all.
And you don't need cheating to beat this game. You just lack experience in playing RPGs, period. Strategies are also thoroughly needed in this sort of games. Don't dumb down the rating of a game just because you find it hard and you don't know the strategies needed. It's not how you rate a game.
You rate a game based on graphics, story, animation, gameplay, music and sound, all in one package, not just on one feature alone. The bulk of your review only focuses on gameplay, but you never weigh in equally the other features of a game. That's totally unfair. Had you rated 2/5 for the gameplay alone, that would be a different story.
EDIT: And just so you know, I never grinded. At all. While I do find it challenging, I don't find it "insanely difficult" like how you seem to put it. Oh, and I never, if not hardly, used the walkthrough at all.
Seraphic Blue (English) Review
author=zorro
So I have to go through 20+ episodes just to get to the good part?
If the story really is amazing,I might give it another shot(somewhere in the near future)
Don't forget that this is an old review back in 2011, when the translation wasn't quite up to standard due to my new venture into Japanese translation. Since then, the translation has been vastly improved and revised and so I would suggest referring to the latest review: http://rpgmaker.net/games/2727/reviews/2014/ :) Rest assured, you don't need to go through 20+ episodes just to get to the good part, because actually, the beginning is already pretty good, and it only gets better from there.
Be sure to download the latest version and not the old version (though you can of course download the old version if you want to see the comparisons :))
In any case, the main core of this game is about the story. Graphics are not a strong point of this game, though there are a number of nice artwork cutscenes. The gameplay and music are other strong points of this game.
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