RPG Maker

"Opertunities await in the RPG Maker."

First off, I'd like to mention how unique and awesome the RPG Maker is. First off, it lets you create your own RPG. Secondly, it surely opens up a door of opertunity for you. Without further ado, allow me to go into the factors of this game.

Gameplay - 10/10: Have you ever SEEN a game with the ability to allow you to create your own RPG? In the past, an RPG was a game that was made by a special company that kept it's doors closed, and it's windows shut. You never heard how they did it, what they did with it, or anything. ASCII has opened those doors for you. You are now able to create your very own RPG! Graphics and Codes are already in the game! All you do is set the plot, get the main characters out, set the items and magic and all of the rest of the fancy little fixin's, and you're on your way to the greatest RPG creation system there is!

Audio/Video - 10/10: Quite unsuspected. You don't really think that the audio and video is going to be so good. You think, ''Well, it allows me to create an RPG, yet not a really good one, huh?'' WRONG. This RPG was made with precious quality. Crisp near-3D graphics and excelent music BGMs, as well as a whole variety of Sounds, each able to be changed in pitch. The Music itself has a very new and unique reverb system, which can change the sound of your music into a hallway echo, an auditorium, or pipes even!

Replayability - 1000000/10: Phew, this is it! One of the best part of making your RPG is actually.. well.. making it! You are always caught up into the joy and thrills, snickers and evil grin of making your RPG. Choose if an Item will hurt your characters, or maybe a Priest could be a Dark Demon out to attack your foe. Those smirks and grins really start coming on when you come up with that little master plot that you always tend to do when you start laying down your first screen of the game.

To buy or to rent? - I'd say Buy. It's definately a keeper. But, let's put it this way. If you like a good RPG occasionally, then you might just want to rent it, because this game is not for you. For the all-day all-night all-24 hours a day RPGer, this is something you don't really want to miss.

Battle System. - 9/10: I hear you out there.. ''WHAT!? Hey, he rated it a 9! Omigosh!'' Well, it's true. As much as I like the game, I really wanted a more complex battle system. I was expecting something like a FF7, FFT or a Saga Frontier-like battle system. This is set like a Phantasy Star. If you have your hopes up with the battle system and everything, you're going to feel just a little bit down after you find out there's zero animation in the battle system.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 04/06/02, Updated 04/06/02