JSTOMP'S PROFILE

Looks good, but remember, in any tile-based engine like RPG Maker there will always be a bit of "blockiness".

The sprite is great but could use a little more color/shading in the hair and face to give it some depth, especially if you are trying to avoid the blocky appearance. Try reducing the darker colors of the outline in the side view to help it blend better.

author=WheelmanZero
Hey, I'm all about feedback bro! Thanks for your time and have fun.

No problem, man! I'm back with some feedback after spending some time with your game last night.

First and foremost, I want to say the writing is great. You do a really good job with story direction and character development. The scenes were incredibly well done and scripted. There were a few typos, but I'm sure you'll have those ironed out by the final release, so no biggie.

Plus, playing as a boss during the prologue was really unique and the opening battle scene was very engaging. Great use of graphics, music, and special effects. The combination was pro. One of the best I've seen in an RPG Maker game to be quite honest and it immediately hooked me. A+ on a job well done there.

But, now what I didn't like.

The biggest drawback was the sheer, crazy amount of story and text. It felt really overwhelming. You should probably cut a lot of it to make the game more of a game, and less of an interactive story. In the first 30 minutes I played, it was like 25 minutes of story and reading text and about 5 minutes of interactivity. Way overkill.

You have a lot of great ideas going here and the battles are amazingly well done with some interesting and fun abilities, but the sheer amount of needless story and having to read ALL that text really started to turn me off.

I understood what Pandora and Raganrok are all about, so I didn't like reading their constant back-and-forth banter. Let us fight in those amazing battles you've crafted and explore more of that great world you created without so much needless repetitive text.

I know you said it's story and cutscene heavy, but it is really overkill if you want my honest opinion as a player. I played about an hour and 45 min of that was scrolling through dialogue.

I'd like to play it more, and read it less. You got some unique ideas going here so definitely a game I'll be keeping an eye on.

Let the player play the story rather than watching or reading it too much. There's nothing worse than a heavy-handed cutscene or immersing someone in lore before they can even play the game.

Games that tend to overdo cutscenes or try to do too much "name dropping" before I can even do anything on my own tend to turn me off.

Long introductions for a story I'm not even involved in yet is a huge factor in me quitting the game before it ever truly begins. A short intro is fine, and often needed to set the story, just don't go overboard with it.

We play games to play games.