| Extrenia: The Messiah Review |
| Game Created By: Chipstouille |
| Dreaded's Reviews |
| Graphics 16/20 The chipsets used in Extrenia were really good rips, but the graphics weren't really coordinated well. You would go from, say, a Final Fantasy VI rip, to an RTP set. It looked really messed up, but it gave it a, "Hardcore," type feel to the game. Im not sure if thats what Chip was going for, but hey!, it works. The charasets were ok, but the Setzer edit looked like crap. The facesets were ok, they didn't totally suck like in some games. I think I might offer Chip help with the Setzer character set, and it should boost his score one point. The battle animations, totally kicked ass, and were the best I have seen yet in an RM2k game. Great job on those Chip! Story 16/20 The story was quite good, and very original. I don't see too many fantasy games that have so much to do with time travel. Most of the events that happened, either had the reasons explained in the demo, or were foreshadowed to be explained in the future. I love the technique of foreshadowing, for some games it keeps me playing the whole way through. This game doesn't have that much foreshadowing, but it has some,(in the main character's scenario). The scenarios are all quite interesting, but they are all pretty much cliche. The characters, although lacked any sort of history, besides some bits and pieces of the main character's, had some personality, that showed through the horribly simple and grammatical dialouge. Overall, the story was pretty good. Gameplay 16/20 The gameplay, although at times choppy, was quite good. It had decently mapped out dungeons, and had some great puzzles too. Some of the puzzles, were really hard though, and I had some difficulty defeating them. The enemies, for the most part, were pretty easy, and I don't think I died once while completing this game. Some of the spells, were really cool, such as Tarot Cards and the such. Overall, the gameplay was pretty good in most areas, and I commend chip for not doing a horrible job with it. Music/Sound - 22/20 The music in this game kicked total ass! I haven't heard like 70% of these midis, and they all fit their scene respectfully. Chip did a great job with the music, and just because of the music alone, this game deserves a 20/20. The sound effects, however also kicked complete ass. The sounds associated with the battle animations were a prime example of how greatly they were used, and because of this, Chip gets +2 over the normally maximum score. Great job Chip! Bugs/Grammatical Errors 6/10 There weren't very many bugs in this game, but the spelling errors were horrible. I know I should give Chip the benefit of the doubt because he isn't a native to the English language, it just wouldn't be fair if I didn't judge it to other RM2k games. Overall though, the grammatical errors weren't HORRIBLE but they were pretty bad and lowered this score quite a bit. Balance - 9/10 Even though the games average in all areas would not be an 8 out of ten, the minor problems of the game give it a speacial feel that most RM2k games don't contain. The mixed up graphics, crappy grammatical errors, ect., gave it a very, "hardcore," type feel to the game. I think Chip did an awesome job with the game overall, and I loved having a game that was more of a fantasy game, but the graphics and dialogue gave it a cyberpunk feel to it. Overall, great job chip! Overall - 84/100 - Very good!!!! I recommend this game to everyone, its probably the best game in all areas. I love the feel to the game, its something very new, and overall everyone should play it! |
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