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Linus Review
Atmosphere taken to new levels!
Review by KD648
First, let me just say that this game has gotten me more excited about the RPG maker series than I ever have been. Why? Because someone has managed to craft atmosphere into what has before been a seemingly 'cootie cutter' pattern. It seems that every single game in the RPG VX palate has the same "create a war between two kingdoms, a side scroll battle system, and massive dungeons and you're done" mentality. This game has true craft in it.
Every single 'artistic' aspect of the game is finely attended to. The music, graphics (that I'VE never seen before), cinematography, and even the writing style are all crafted towards the same end = creating a somber and beautiful atmosphere that has great immersion and instantly engaged me.
However, two things keep this away from a perfect score. One, while the artistic value of the project is definitely attended to, it seems like the coding is still a ways away from being done. There is only one skill in the entire game, and from what I can tell, it doesn't even work right. Granted I can only assume that this will be fixed (and BRILLIANTLY if I have any sense of how attentive to detail these programmers are) before the final version of everything is released.
The ONLY bad thing I have to say about this game: This is simply too short to be a good demo. No more, no less. I had freedom to walk about in a total of three maps, and there were approximately 4 battles. The amount of detail and attention that was put into my half hour experience with the game is simply MIND-BOGGLING, but I feel like my first impressions of this game would have been better with just a little more time and freedom. I feel as though a real demo should be 2-3 hours long, and I may be the only one that thinks so, but I feel that a Demo shouldn't just 'show people what you're up to', it should generate a desire to CONTINUE your game as soon as the real product is complete. I don't have the same 'itch' to know what happens next right now because, in reality, not much has happened yet.
That said, these minor complaints to NOTHING to mar the artistic achievement that blueperiod has attained with 'linus'. To anyone reading this, keep your eye out for the final product, because I know I will be! And any developers out there, download the Demo NOW, because every single one of us (yes, including me), has something to learn from 'linus'.
Reviewer's Score: 9.5 / 10, Posted Sat, 01 May 2010 00:50:58 -0400
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Game Details
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Developer:
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blueperiod
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Platform:
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RPG Maker VX
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Genre:
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RPG
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Status:
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Demo |
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Last Updated:
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2010-04-09 |
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Views:
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6722 |
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User Rating:
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  32 Vote(s) |
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