KITTEN2021'S PROFILE

author=Max McGee
I wish I did this, actually. Having maps ready to use is much better than having to halt game design specifically to make this.

I agree with Max here; I've been doing this with random maps, myself, but not really too many of them just because I didn't think it would really work or because I didn't think they would be useful. But, that would make the future Books for my game easier to make and everything. Good thinking and good idea.

I'll post a preview of one when I get home; but yes, the chests/items/etc. would be indicated on the map and would be color coordinated. Think of how all the Final Fantasy guidebooks are, they indicate the chests and other things on there with colors - same thing here. Closest thing to an example of what the maps would look like is found here:

http://rpgmaker.net/games/1352/images/14348/
This has been removed from the game though, but its still an example until I get home to post a real example.

Bare in mind, this is not a review... I just simply don't believe in ripping someone with out also giving them the praises they deserve.

Anyways, here we go!
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Mapping:
Pros: The mapping is very well laid out, I like it a lot. The forest area was nice, well done using the RTP set; for once, I've found a game where someone knows how to use it.
Cons: There were area's where there was shadows on the ground, but then also there were no shadows on the ground right next to these other areas (it made it look weird).

There were no shadows on the ground for the building shown above, but there was for the bush right next to it. This might need to be looked at unless this is something your working with atm.
I could walk on the Lilly-pads in the water... Is this on purpose?

Also, there were no doors... There was a doorway for a weapons merchant (I think is the building) and when I walked up to enter it, it told me it was locked. I found it hard to understand how it could be locked when there was no door in the entry to the building anyways.
(BTW, the Transfer Events for going from one map to another are set to Trigger: Action Button, please change these to Trigger: Player Touch. This immediately became the number one most annoying thing I came across in the game.)

Monster Battles:
Pros: Monsters wondered the maps freely and were easy to avoid if you wanted to; the battles were fast and well laid out. Great job on those!
Cons: The battles were fast. The monsters had very little health compared to the amount of power my level 1 heroes had; first strike from Caellach and he did 202 points of damage. For a level 1 hero, that's a rather large amount - at least it is to me. It took my heroes both just one (or two, depending on if the monster dodged) strike on the monsters and they died.

NPCs:
Pros: VERY happy with these, well done! I liked them a lot... The NPCs were mostly off on the side of the dirt path and were out of my way (with the exception of the kid and one other NPC, but that's still OK). The messages were good and simple, nothing wrong with it really. I didn't remember seeing any grammatical errors so that's great. Good Job here! :3
Cons: Again, nothing really to say here... Only one thing I ran across, and its not really necessary imo that you fix it, but, someone else out there might think you should.

This, again, was the only thing I could think of; very well wrote out and well done on all of them.

Story:
Pros: Well done in explaining right away what it was that needed to be done, I thought it was explained perfectly - no problems I found here. There was a sign that had postings from the towns for monster hunts; I liked this a lot! The King Slime was difficult, compared to the other monster battles I mentioned earlier, and the way that the quest worked when you turned it in was nice.
Cons: The explanation that the towns leader had gone missing was imo overly stated by the towns people; you might want to back that down just a tad.

Over all I didn't find anything else wrong with the game, it was all perfectly done. GREAT job so far! :)

Welcome back, WC. :3

author=Pokemaniac
That is a legitimately awesome flying tower.

Thank you! ^^ Thought it was an awesome idea...