Best RM2k Game You've Played?

Legion Saga 2 & 3 were the only ones that kept my interest that I can remember...

I've been meaning to start playing rm2k games again... so perhaps this topic will......... inspire me ;)

EDIT: Oh I just remembered that the "Philosopher's Stone" was pretty cute. It kind of ticked me off a lot but it was well done and the effort was there.

I'm not too sure what it was called but it was amazing. It wasn't meantioned here, thats all I know. It was the only Rm2k/3 game I'd ever finished.

Correct answer.

Well I play quite a few RM games and it seems my top 3 changes month by month so
to avoid mentioning The Way e.t.c. I'll put my top 3 underated games.

1)Knights of Eden
2)Love and War
3)Legacies of dondoran

Oh Jesus! This is an RPG Maker orientated website and you're all saying you've played hardly any.

Legion Saga doesn't cut it, folks. I have to say it, although it pains me to, Legion Saga isn't very good at all. The plots, by Kamau's own admission, are made up on the fly and it shows. Characters lack depth or development. Dungeon designs are stupid.

For RPG purists, that's pretty much what the genre is all about. Nonsensical switch puzzles made by a dumbass architect (eg switches for doors on the other side of the building), shabby demon related plots and teenage angst leads. This just doesn't cut it for me and it shouldn't for you.

From time to time I could call myself a reader. I suppose I'm a binge reader; I will go weeks on end spending my time in books before a drought period. Two of my favourite books are the classics Dune and 1984. These develop masterful plots but most importantly they have a point to them, they advance their main theme. In 1984's case, it develops the idea of a totalitarian socialist state absolutely masterfully. You do not get the depth in RPGs, instead being fobbed off with some recycled garbage about the underworld. Legion Saga falls neatly into this category.

That is why I am such a big fan of the Way, a Blurred Line and Sunset Over Imdahl. They all offer something new. By RPG stands, a Blurred Line sets out its world and its customs excellently, as does the Way. Sunset Over Imdahl is beyond words - the visuals alone are enough reason for you to download this (and they aren't even the best bit).

Read Fred's review for Christ's sake! That's what it's there for. He sums it up brilliantly. It's not the only one we have, other reviewers have been impressed by other projects (most of which I have sadly not had time for).

You're doing yourself no favours by limiting yourselves to such shoddy titles. I guarantee that, if you play these top titles, you will find yourself with a new found interest in RPG Maker.

I'm someone who likes to think that he has played a fair few RM2K games in his time, and I've been reviewing these since I started (first review/first game complete was 'Legion Saga I). There's tonnes of brilliant games that I've yet to play, however; this needs to be rectified.

My favourites at the moment are games like Lysander86's 'The Book Of Three', which, although hardly groundbreaking in terms of plotting (inevitably restricted by its source material?) it still has a solid plot, and the characters in Alexander's novel are brought to life wonderfully. Great battling, great music, and all in all very cutesy, so right up my street.

Another of my favourites, despite its shortcomings, is BadLuck's 'Ara Fell'. Clocking in at about 10 hours (although I think I missed some of the sidequest type stuff) means that in RM2K terms it isn't a pushover. Plotwise it's little more than an RPG version of Buffy, but what I love about the game is the superb characterisation, great dialogue/sense of humour, and the sense of atmosphere that BadLuck manages to create through use of merely Mack & Blue. The setting of the game is something I've never seen in another game, and it's completely believable. The world in this game is sublime. The battling was also pretty fun, and the music for the most was good. Most of the puzzles were very inventive (well, all), although some were just awful. These and the bugs harm the game as a whole, but nevertheless it is one of my favourites.

For those who love a good little puzzle romp, 'Enter The Cave' is also a smashing game. Again, if you're expecting a plot you'll be sorely disappointed, but it's superbly designed, and the puzzles are never too frsutrating and always logical. Great game for a Sunday afternoon.

I'm also a fan of these puzzly type games: RpgmT's 'Collector' games I've always enjoyed, if you've ever played one of those, although I'm not sure if you can currently get any version on t'Internet (but we'll see come TCON). One RM2K3 game I love to bits though is 'Push!'. Haven't a clue who the author is, nor if you can still get it, but it's great. It's a puzzle format mathsists may be familiar with: you have an empty grid, numbers at the side and you have to make a picture out of them. 'Mario's Picross' followed the same format (and suggests that the puzzle itself is called Picross). It had a very odd Japanese-ish presentation, but the guts of it are what I like the most.

I don't mind the odd RPG, although I find my time for playing these things limited by schoolwork and other interests. I can't really affrod therefore to dedicate 500 million hours to the completion of some commercial stuff. RM2K RPG are therefore ideal for someone like me: a game that conjure up images of SNES RPGs (although they themselves of course suffer in the nostalgia area) that are manageable, over in hours as opposed to lightyears.

CSC I feel honored .

Anyhow, the best I've ever played are The Philosopher's Stone, Velsabor and, a common answer, The Way series.

Vampire Night, I think. It was a gooder, only problem was it being completely in German (Though if someone can find me a translated version, I'd put up the souls of twenty virgins)

Now, since it was in a language I can't understand, I can't give huge commentary on it's story, but playing into it, it certainly seemed like the creator had a good grasp on cinematic elements. Enough to keep me playing through the language barrier. Up until it became unbearable.

(If memory serves me correctly, I got stuck in a room with all these bodies hanging from the ceiling.)

Don't you end questions with a question mark instead of a patronizing Smiley?

Either way, I enjoyed it, but it was some time ago, I'm not obligated to remember every amateur game I've played in my life.

I have to agree with Psygon. A Blurred line is a very solid game, one that takes a concept and capture it very well with fluid dialogue, logical mapping and atmosphere setting music.

But no delay should keep you from appreciating what the creator has already done. Take Xenosaga as an excellent example that rushes things and working at the audience's pace rather than your own, produces crap.

While A Blurred Line is indeed an excellent game, I still have played a few others that I simply, enjoy more.

Hmm...I'd say Iron Gaia but 'm biased, having helped make it. So A Blurred Line it is.

I was never particularly fond of The Way. However I never played past the first one - the gameplay just couldn't hold my interest.

I'll have to check out some of the other games you guys are mentioning, though, I haven't played RM2k games in a while.

Some other favorites (besides ABL) are the Book of Three (also by Lysander) and SovanJedi's Nigsek: A Monster's Tail and Idunn Ymiraldor (which I believe he stopped working on). Both were fantastically well done.

The RM game I enjoyed the most is Ahriman's Prophecy.

DoaMN is a good call. I would recommend to anyone that wants to play it that you track down the rm2k version as personally I find it superior to the updated version in nearly all aspects.

I'm still of the opinion that the best Lys game is The Blue Contestant!

That isn't quite right. At one time Sovan was experimenting with 3D and blitz basic however he has since found employment in the 2D games industry (mobiles e.t.c.).
I believe his Plan is to release Idunn once he has finished the RMXP Nigsek. It will be a 2D project.

Wow. Talk about bringing back an old thread.

I would definitely agree on the consensus here. For character development, it's hard to beat The Way. I have never seen a more ensemble cast in an amateur RPG, but each character gets enough screen time that you actually start to care a little bit about them. I was not, however, fond of the convoluted, and at some points confusing, ending(s).

For visuals, Sunset Over Imdahl is tops. Even though the range for exploration is small, the hand-drawn sets are such a welcomed aspect from tiles that not even Lun Calsari's panoramas have anything against them.

A Blurred Line is a tricky little game for me. The story is close to perfect, and breaks the genre in several places (and I mean that in a good way). But dang it, it's hard to like something that was never completed. Ugh.

Note: I have yet to play Love and War. I am off to download it now.