Well, not sure if "enjoyed" is the right word, but I finished The Divine Paradox. I only started playing it because I collect traffic cone screenshots in games -- but since the cones were only in the last, modern day act of the time-travelling story, I told myself "well, I got all the way here, I might as well finish it". :-)
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Well, they're everywhere. :-) So far, I have cones from 369 games in my album, and about 250 more queued for upload.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1201427366580138&type=1&l=7788caa531
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Stray Cat Crossing
Space Pilgrim games (they aren't RPGs, but 1-2 hour long episodes of a point and click adventure story. No repetitive fight, grinding for hours, yaay)
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Well i can't say i'm a big fan of RPGmaker games but i sure enjoyed Greyfox and Legend of Mysteria.
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If you don't want to spend money, you can get the (legally) free version of the game here, which is slightly outdated compared to the Steam version, but still contains 95% of the content of the game. I spend 110+ hours on the free version before buying the game Steam at full price to support the author.
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How about I tell you about not one, but like 72 good RM games:
Some free ones:
Eternal Senia Surprisingly competent Action / RPG.
Fausts Alptraum Horror / Adventure game visibly influenced by classics such as Ib or The Witch's House (both free, both great).
Mothlight Weird setting, pretty similar to OFF (another great free RM classic).
I could mention many more free RM games that are not on Steam, but if I start to do this I'll probably still be typing this comment tomorrow.
Some not-free ones:
Ara Fell One of the rare Final Fantasy clones done right.
A Bird Story This is from Kan Gao, To the Moon's dev, it's not as good, but it's still good.
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club Anime comedy VN, it doesn't look like it, but it was made with RM.
City of Chains Decent SF RPG with some Deus Ex- like skills that affect your progression.
Hello Charlotte Very disturbing dystopian game (it's pretty much trigger warning land, be wary), this is the second episode, there's a third one on Steam and the first one is free (not as good as the other 2 though).
Hylics It was made with RM and probably huge amounts of LSD, kinda similar to Space Funeral in its atmosphere.
LISA A strange but very good mix of Earthbound and Fallout, both silly and depressing.
OneShot If you only play one game from my list PLAY THIS ONE. It's an absolute masterpiece, can't really say why without spoiling it but the characters will really grow on you.
Pale Echoes Standard JRPG with a twist, you have to sacrifice characters to progress. Not mindblowing but fun for the few hours it lasts.
Remnants of Isolations This is more a proof of concept than a real RPG, but you can go with worse ways to spend a couple of hours.
Stray Cat Crossing Short horror game with amazing pixel art.
The Witches' Tea Party Cute adventure game in a storybook style (it can get spooky sometimes, but it's not full-on horror). The prequel, Trick & Treat, is free.
Haven't played those yet, but they're supposed to be good:
Rakuen AFAIK it's one of these feelstrains games.
Where They Cremate The Roadkill Deranged collage weirdfest, sequel to Middens.
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Thank you too for taking the time to read all this :) From your later post in this thread I see that I also forgot to mention 199x. It was a bit rough and the mapping was terrible, but it made up for it with an interesting take on the characters.
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I had no idea Cherry Tree High Comedy Club (and I presume the sequel) was made with RPGMaker.
I played Trick & Treat and it was really cute! It was a nice free romp and the characters were endearing.
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Cherry Tree High's sequel is made with RM too, yes. If you liked Trick & Treat I highly recommed The Witches' Tea Party, the characters are more developed and the game feels way more polished (shameless self-advertizing, I wrote one of the few guides for this game).
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Dang, you covered almost everything I was going to mention. I especially loved Hello Charlotte and OneShot, those both made me way more emotional than I was expecting.
Some other stuff:
Actual Sunlight Self-indulgent but well-written game about depression.
Corpse Party Originally made in RPG Maker, now remade dozens of times. Still a great game with amazing voice acting. (Don't buy the version on Steam, though, get the Back to School Edition.)
Always Sometimes Monsters Decent morality simulator.
Haven't played these, but I've heard good things:
LiEat Strikes me as very cute and very anime.
World's Dawn Stardew Valley-alike.
Corinne Cross's Dead and Breakfast Cute game where you run a haunted inn.
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How could I forget Always Sometimes Monsters, it was great (I didn't enjoy Actual Sunlight though, the main character came off as very unlikeable :/). I also forgot to mention Yume Nikki even though it's both excellent and popular :x
(LiEat was made with WOLFRPG, it's not the same engine although it's very similar. The LiEat light novel was also a nice read.)
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The Albino Hunter
Aveyond 3-1, 3-2 (have not played the rest in the series yet)
Legionwood 2: Rise of the Eternal's Realm
Lilly and Sasha: Curse of the Immortals
Lilly and Sasha: Guardian Angels
Lilly and Sasha: Nexus of Souls
A Long Road Home
Stargazer
All of the above are favourites of mine. Quite like the rpg maker games and think the story is what shines through with the better ones.
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They were fun little games. Am a bit hazy on the details now but I think the characters were fleshed out a little better than some games and there was thought in the conversations between the characters.
Edit: and thanks for hinting we should name some favourites...my wishlist must be about 20 games fatter now just from this discussion :)
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I lol'd at the GA descriptions. Nice stuff.
I'd link RPG Maker games I enjoyed, assuming there are any, but I don't even know how to tell whether a game is made in RPG Maker... Won't be able to deliver; sorry about that.
Edit: thanks to Stefanig, I checked my RPG Maker games and... uh... I haven't played all of them, but "meh" sounds like an appropriate word for most? I seem to recall One Way Heroics being okay, though.
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My first experience with RPG Maker games were some horror ones, actually. Among the first ones I played were these:
The Witch's House
Mad Father
Corpse Party
The Crooked Man (Made with a different, but similar, software as RPG Maker)
Ib
Well, I've played a lot more aside from horror, but they've been mentioned already. Here are some picks if you want spoops. :D
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I got banned by one of the devs of one of those RPG maker basic-as-all-hell games because I criticized their place on the Steam Store. On their Steam forums I mean. One of my funny recollections.
Of course, that was slightly before Steam was infested with unfinished student projects.
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I liked Doom & Destiny, I played the free version on tablet.
The 2nd one is also free, but could not get into that one.
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I've enjoyed a lot of good rpg-maker games. To bad so many people are lazy with the tools because there is also a lot of genuine creativity based off rpg-makers simplicity. Here are some I enjoy.
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Hey I thought no one was going to mention always sometimes monsters. Ironic that a lot of the best RPG maker games are those which aren't RPGs.
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The Crooked Man/Mad Father/The Witches House/IB: I grouped these together because these are some of the many great horror rpg-maker games you can find online. I think some are on steam but I've played them all free a long time ago. The classic horror ones rarely disappoint imo.
RPG Maker has carved out this niche for itself with story-focused, cutesy-creepy horror, which I really love. I like spooky things, but I can't stand photorealistic blood and guts. RM horror games tend to focus on characterization and good writing, plus they also seem to have a much higher chance of a decently happy ending than mainstream horror. (I get why some people feel like bittersweet/happy endings ruin horror stories, but I like having this sense that the characters suffered through all that trauma for a reason.)
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I agree! I'm a wimp when it comes to horror games so I like that I can play them but still feel creeped out.
they also seem to have a much higher chance of a decently happy ending than mainstream horror. (I get why some people feel like bittersweet/happy endings ruin horror stories, but I like having this sense that the characters suffered through all that trauma for a reason.)
I feel the same. I can never immerse myself fully in horror games or movies because I expect it to usually have a weak story or kill everyone off in the end.
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OH! RPG! It has mixed reviews but I won it here on SG and liked it quite a bit, the story is split in episodes which you complete as different character's perspectives to obtain scores that unlock the next episode, the puzzles feel very rpg like and the fights can go from impossible to very doable when you change your strategy after retrying, the story is nice and the maps are well done imho. :)
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Eternal Senia, plus it's free. Very nice game, you can read my review on Steam.
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To The Moon is the best RPG Maker for me, but it's not a RPG as you said. :)
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RPG maker, one of the more maligned game making tools out there (although these days I think GameGuru and Unity might have a worse reputation). And I get why people dislike RPG-maker so much, most of the games that get released that use the engine tend to be rather craptacular. But there's been a few good ones.
To the Moon, and its sequel, Finding Paradise, were both pretty good, although they were more walking sims than RPGs. Still good games.
Clandestinity of Elsie was surprisingly good, but I feel like this was a case where it was despite the engine, not because of it.
Skyborn was a pretty good "regular" JRPG, and I've heard that Echoes of Aetheria (by the same devs) is supposed to be even better.
Anyway, instead of just writing bump, please tell us about an RPG maker game you've enjoyed
(Cthulhu saves the World was by the way not made in RPG maker!)
And here are the giveaways
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