PREXUS'S PROFILE

Sort of just re-found this place, and remembered how awesome the discussion is here versus other forums.

I was born in 1986, in England. Moved to Canada when I was 4, and have lived in the Toronto area ever since. My favorite food is yet to be decided, as I seriously haven't eaten that much different foods in my lifetime. Although I really love home-made Stir Fry. My favorite beverage is chocolate milk, followed closely by Guinness. Favorite movies/tv/etc change too often to pick anything. I am currently watching House and Lost. Favorite game series, in order, are Metroid, Megaman, Fallout, and Warcraft/Star Craft/Diablo. Along with a few outlying games from the Mana series (Secret of Mana and SD3), Final Fantasy IV, VI, X-2, XII, and the Crystal Chronicles games. As well as plenty of other games.

I don't really make RPG Maker games anymore; but I do still play many games, RPG and otherwise, and I am still designing them.

I've been in the RM* community for a bazillion years. I've never completed a real game (contests aside,) and have never released a game demo that was longer than 30 minutes. Although, I have made some good games. I just don't release them and definitely never finish them.

I was majoring in college in Computer Science and System's Administration, but I dropped out (got kicked out) due to a series of bad semesters. Currently, I am a chemical lawn technician for a lawn-care company but I think I am going to go back to school for Landscaping and Business, possibly even Architecture (I've been accepted twice for Architecture and Drafting, so I don't think that is going to be a huge issue.)

I own a Wii, have an X-Box 360 in my house, and play PS3 with friends. I also own a light pink Nintendo DS Lite. Both my DS and Wii are boring the crap out of me at the moment. I think I accidentally picked up a like for the 360 Shooter games, like Gears of War and Call of Duty. Luckily, I can play those on my PC when I don't have access to the 360.

I also play World of Warcraft, with several characters spread across several servers. I have an 80 Protection Paladin with raid gear on Korgath (Horde-Side), I have a 70 shaman on the same server, and I have a 70 mage/hunter combo alliance side on Alterac Mountains. I am an avid MMORPG fan, and have played almost every MMO that has been released in North America.


Other than that, I am going to be lurking around here. I've set it up in my Firefox bookmark toolbar which means I am going to be clicking it at least three times a day. Mostly just going to comment on people's work, and join in with game discussion. You probably won't find me in the Game Creation area (for however long it lasts until RMN3) very much unless to comment on a screenshot or something.

Both to help out RPG Maker Network, and to compile all the information about RMVX I can muster, I am working on a General Information website. It's not pretty, but it's functional.

Unofficial RPG Maker VX Information Website

As information becomes available, and as I add more information, I will keep this post updated.

http://www.rpgrevolution.com/article/news/2007/10/0501.php

New edition of RPG Maker XP, with some new features. Mainly improved performance, easier scripting (hopefully they update for the new version of Ruby), and new autotile features.

Also, considering they have a new artist for Monsters, it is very likely we'll see a brand new RTP.

The price is set at about $99USD in Yen, there is no slated release date for America, nor any reason to believe it will be released in America except that RMXP was. The Japanese release date is December 27th '07, and some websites elude to that there will be more information, perhaps some sort of promo, on October 9th.

We can just wait and see.

Anyhow, what are your thoughts? If they release it in America, hopefully there will be some sort of discount for those of us who held onto our receipts for RMXP, but unlikely. I for one will be willing to shell out the money though (it will likely be cheaper than $99, as RMXP was much cheaper than it's Japanese price since we got no box or manuals or sample games.) Mainly for the improved performance. RMXP doesn't run optimally, and I would prefer to play an RMVX game over an RMXP of equal quality and style, assuming they are going to deliver what they boast.

Also a new RTP would be very nice. I'm fucking tired of Aluxes.

Lets get a list together of all our active MMORPG Characters.

World of Warcraft Character (Server) <Guild>
Pretzel L.10ish Night Elf Druid (Lothar) Unguilded
Weeaboo L.70 Gnome Mage (Alterac Mountains) <MongolS>

This isn't specifically something new, but it is definitely something I've seen cropping up a lot lately.

We all know that the regular turn-based RPG Combat system is getting a bit tired. It's very difficult to make it fun and interesting. Most new RPGs have been opting for a Action based system.

First, I think I should specify what a Real-Time Strategy RPG Combat system is. Essentially, it controls like Warcraft/Starcraft and other RTS games. You select your heroes, give them destinations to walk to, targets to attack, and issue them individual commands when necessary. Otherwise, they will react to incoming attacks on their own.

I first noticed this in Final Fantasy 12. This is a very loose RTS engine as you can't really freely move your characters around once combat begins, as it is rarely beneficial.

Shortly after Final Fantasy 12, FF12:RW was announced. It has a very similar system to FF12, but due to the DS's touch screen capabilities, it apparently plays almost exactly like an Real-Time Strategy.

Then there is the new Seiken Densetsu (Secret of Mana) game, for DS, which is exactly like an RTS. As well as Growlanser 5.

There are probably a few others too, such as the old PC RPG Silver which is arguably RTS.

The system has also creeped into the Massive Multiplayer Online RPG. A relatively new asian MMORPG called Sword of the New World (or Granado Espada) lets you control 3 characters at a time, issuing commands exactly like an RTS. I think it actually plays particularly well. Much better than Guild Wars does.

So what are your thoughts? This may become the new Side-View battle system as far as RPGs go.