Steel & Steam: Episode 1

First try on Steel&Steam: Episode 1 [b]Updates will be posted boldly in the respective part of the review[/b] [b]Here is an update video concerning comments and questions about the review:[/b] http://youtu.be/UURusg9pYc8 The video is available here: http://youtu.be/aiQW71D1ggA [i]First impressions on RPGs are always difficult, but I'll give it a try nonetheless.[/i] First off, the user defined tag "RPG Maker" is as accurate as a single tag can be. That does not necessesarily mean, you can't do great things with it as well. But first things first: The options are not accessible via the main menu, but you can access them while playing the game. 3 different sliders for audio options are available, which is a plus. Other than that you can change the default walking speed, the text speed from scrolling to instant and you can toggle battle animations on or off. Graphical options are not available, but this is not bothering in this case. Into the game we go and we start off with a lit...

So this game is a fairly standard stab at a JRPG. PROs, the game flows fairly well, the quest system is fairly well developed and easy to follow, the storyline is actually kind of interesting, fairly standard, reminds me of Wild Arms 3 a bit honestly. The gameplay is what can be expected and the kickstarter homes in the game don't all feel like a giant waste of time since there are actually items in a few of them that make them worth going inside of. CONs, The game is far too short. This is because it was a kickstarter game and with 8500 dollars being raised for this section and whatnot, this is what was finished. I get that, that being said, this game is still a bit too short. If it someday hopes to be in 5 parts or something and offer a plethora of side quests this could have something. Straight storyline play in this game would be less than an hour or two, sidequests included this game can be completed in under 4 hours. I have so many hours on record because I leave my computer ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXzE1JZtTCY Big backer on kickstarter and played through alpha and Beta. Has a unique sountrack,characters and it's very own style. Though it does use the rpg maker engine it is pretty fleshed out. The only really downside of this game is the combat is repetitve as the old school rpg's so if your not in to that you might want to skip. I already own this game but bought it to show my support for a pretty solid rpg and I'm not just saying that because I'm in it lol. Check out my video for the first 15 minutes or so of gameplay.

This is very much my style of game, so I was excited about it. Overall so far I think it is well done, but it does have its downsides too. I'm enjoying the story, the battle system is straightforward and more or less as expected. There are plenty of side quests available that don't particularly drag you away from the main story but provide enough xp that so far I haven't had to grind out any levels in classic RPG style. I do have a few complaints, but nothing so serious that it has kept me from enjoying the game. The first is that there doesn't seem to be a world map, which can leave you floundering for town if you wandered too far from a road and aren't exactly sure where you are. The second is that the towns simply seem way too big, about 3 times as big as they need to be. The number of houses that have nothing in them is mind-blowing, yet for those of us familiar with RPG style games we know that we MUST check every one because the one missed have a unique item or quest. This can ...