SLASH'S PROFILE

Does he flay with lens, or does he like to flay actual lenses?

It's true. The way you hype yourself for something is half the reason you enjoy it so much - if you're in a bad mood (or judgemental, in this case) then that's how you're going to enjoy the game.

It makes me wonder how much more I've enjoyed certain games that have been hyped up purely as awesome (like FF7 or Chrono Trigger) simply because of the hype and not for the game itself. They're fun, but were they amazing, or did other people just make me think that?

I agree. I think I go in to an RM game with an attitude like, "Well, it's an RM game, so it's only going to be kind of good." I have a lot less patience for them, even if they compete with or surpass some of my favorite SNES games.
I'm trying to get better about playing . RM Games have a ton of potential. Wilfred the Hero threw me for a loop the first time I played it. Mage Duel is fun as hell. My roommate sat down and player Hero's Realm for three days straight. The introduction to A Blurred Line (I just started the other day) is way more involving than Chrono Trigger's "let's screw around in a fair for an hour". RPG Maker games have a ton of potential.

Playing through a game, learning from it, and discussing it improves the community as well. It helps the maker learn, it gives the players ideas and inspiration, and it makes it more likely that someone will give your game a chance too.

And Solitayre is pretty harsh, but he always brings up good points - reviews are a good way for developers to learn from their mistakes.

One of the things that makes me sad I started my current project in RM2k3 :(
Next time, though. I'll probably go crazy and add a million scripts.

That is an awesome idea, Craze... not only does it a sense of epicness, but I always freak out when I don't know how damn close I am to killing the boss. If you can't see Max HP, you need some sort of indicator to encourage the player he's getting close.