Review: Aveyond: Gates of Night

[Susan Arendt]

Review: Aveyond: Gates of Night

Gates of Night may be RPG Lite, but that doesn't mean it's not worth your while.

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[k-ossuburb]

Fantastic review, I'm probably not the only one to notice that the characters were named "Edward" and "Stella" -- that got a giggle out of me. I actually prefer a blueberry muffin as I've got a mild allergy to chocolate.

 

[mikecoulter]

Yeah, Edward and Stella? That's a tad close to some other names in another vampire series...

But I'm currently playing this game, and it's pretty fun.

Spoiler: If you ever cannot find someone or something you are supposed to look for but have not been given directions to find.

Just keep going North...

 

[sneak_copter]

I played the demo... I think I'd prefer the Muffin. A cappucino, though. Latte's suck.

 

[ZeroMachine]

WOW!

Sorry, I should put it more this way:

WOW!

Out of all the games I would have expected you guys to review, I would have never, ever expected to see you review a game made with RPG Maker! It's shocking to me, and brings back some good memories!

I won't check it out, because after several attempts at making a good game with it, I grew to hate the feel of vanilla RPG Maker, and although these people did a downright amazing job with scripting new menus, maps, the journal, and whatnot, the music and sound effects are all right out of the RTP, if that video is to be believed.

Still, what a shot of nostalgia here, damn. I'm in a good mood now

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

 

[TikiShades]

WOW!

Sorry, I should put it more this way:

WOW!

Out of all the games I would have expected you guys to review, I would have never, ever expected to see you review a game made with RPG Maker! It's shocking to me, and brings back some good memories!

I won't check it out, because after several attempts at making a good game with it, I grew to hate the feel of vanilla RPG Maker, and although these people did a downright amazing job with scripting new menus, maps, the journal, and whatnot, the music and sound effects are all right out of the RTP, if that video is to be believed.

Still, what a shot of nostalgia here, damn. I'm in a good mood now

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

The icons and the chibi sprites show it to be VX. He used Mack sprites and a whole lot of different scripts to change the interface, but it's definitely an RMVX creation.

That being said, it shouldn't have cost ANYTHING. RMVX games shouldn't ever go commercial.

 

[Crystalgate]

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

This looks very much like XP and not at all like VX.

 

[Tuniki]

well I'm glad to see an RPG being made for people to get started out.

at least when the new to RPG fans come out they won't have to spend 20 plus hours just for an optional dungeon that if you grab one too many treasures around the world the best weapon in the game isn't even in there.

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

Cute, its kind of like an old Final Fantasy game from the 8-bit era.

 

[ZeroMachine]

WOW!

Sorry, I should put it more this way:

WOW!

Out of all the games I would have expected you guys to review, I would have never, ever expected to see you review a game made with RPG Maker! It's shocking to me, and brings back some good memories!

I won't check it out, because after several attempts at making a good game with it, I grew to hate the feel of vanilla RPG Maker, and although these people did a downright amazing job with scripting new menus, maps, the journal, and whatnot, the music and sound effects are all right out of the RTP, if that video is to be believed.

Still, what a shot of nostalgia here, damn. I'm in a good mood now

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

The icons and the chibi sprites show it to be VX. He used Mack sprites and a whole lot of different scripts to change the interface, but it's definitely an RMVX creation.

That being said, it shouldn't have cost ANYTHING. RMVX games shouldn't ever go commercial.

Visually, there wasn't a big difference from XP to VX, so I have no clue what you're talking about there. I've worked for hours on both, and the only differences were slight asthetic changes, different trigger/action options, and the combat felt a little more fluid in VX.

I agree with your second point, though. Maybe they can be used to get attention or to show to game companies in some sort of portfolio, but other than that, you shouldn't be able to charge money for that stuff...

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

This looks very much like XP and not at all like VX.

Again, unless you know both programs in and out, there's no real way to tell at a glance like we got there. Those types of menus and sprites can be created in both XP and VX.

 

[TikiShades]

EDIT: Also, Susan, what version of RPG maker is this? XP or VX?

This looks very much like XP and not at all like VX.

Like I said, Mack sprites and tiles.

Cute, its kind of like an old Final Fantasy game from the 8-bit era.

32-bit actually. Like a GBA game.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

The genre could certainly use more beginner titles. I probably never would have gotten into RPGs were it not for FF Mystic Quest.

Also, I am disappointed in your value assessment of muffins. Nothing beats a muffin, they are the panacea of baked goods.

 

[Lopunny]

Review: Aveyond: Gates of Night

Gates of Night may be RPG Lite, but that doesn't mean it's not worth your while.

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Wow, I never knew this site existed! can anyone recommend any other adventure games here, and can you buy from the UK?

 

[For Science]

A game with evil Vampires? very retro.

 

[geldonyetich]

If JRPG-like gameplay is what I'm looking for, I think I'll stick with something like Chrono Cross or Persona 3. RPGMaker games are really more for realizing strange backdrops, not innovative gameplay.

For example...

 

[Aramax]

There is no mention of anything inovative in the review... So does this mean Aveyond: Gates of Night is this type of "basic RPG" video game that offers nothing new?

 

[matsugawa]

We've gone off adventuring for less, indeed. I'm just glad the main character isn't suffering from... um... uh... that thing where you forget things... starts with an 'A'... or is it a 'Q'...?

 

[MrNades]

If JRPG-like gameplay is what I'm looking for, I think I'll stick with something like Chrono Cross or Persona 3. RPGMaker games are really more for realizing strange backdrops, not innovative gameplay.

For example...

wtf was that? RPG maker was my first step on programming games and mine wasn't that bad at all. It was like Final Fantasy tactics actually. I was able to make a good use of the tiles and set up interesting battle maps, but wtf was that?

 

[TikiShades]

If JRPG-like gameplay is what I'm looking for, I think I'll stick with something like Chrono Cross or Persona 3. RPGMaker games are really more for realizing strange backdrops, not innovative gameplay.

For example...

You can have innovative gameplay. Unless the maker isn't innovative.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

That being said, it shouldn't have cost ANYTHING. RMVX games shouldn't ever go commercial.

Why not? Everyone has to start somewhere.