A bit too rpg maker-e, but the mapping and dialog look pretty good. How exactly is it connected to Final Fantasy? Are there chocobos? Because if there are, i will definetely play it.
@grampaglasses Yes. There are Chocobos. The graphics are outdated though, we're no longer using the RTP, you can see more at the facebook page, link is in the dropbox.
@PetrosofSparta please please please please finish the game ill buy for a 100 bucks lol as long as it has a kickass story like chrono trigger (currently beating chrono chross :D) an a kickass battle system and graphics look kickass too although they dont matter uch but pleeeaaaasssseeeeeeee finish it :3
@Crothonora I don't think that's a problem if he's not making any kind of profit from it. It would be protected in the same way that parodies are, I think.
@PawPants I don't think we are protected as much as parody, though given this is non-profit I hope they don't mind. However should Square Enix do a thing like file a C&D, I'd fight it to the bitter end. This project is a tribute to those games we loved, my intention is to make the game as close to Final Fantasy as possible, and this can do nothing for Square Enix publicise their own franchise and increase their own sales.
hey Petros, if you're getting affected by what people say, then you're a big idiot... Who cares what people say about your project. If you are working and sweating your ass off doing this, you should never let anyone interfere with your passion. Keep up the work, rework the sprites (ground textures etc) IF YOU WANT TO, but i recomend it really. Storyline wise, I honetly feel the exitement, but would have to say the story should get in depth a little more. otherwise, gj..
@SimonMOak Thanks for that Simon, there's only so much I can divulge about the story in a trailer, although hopefully the updated one will be much better. The ground graphics are changing, the sprites not so much. It will look better and the other clips that are on my channel show that. Thanks for the encouragement.
Please can we end this argument here about the graphics of this trailer, not only have they been changed but SeventhRedemption did make a valid point and it has helped me develop a much better game now.
Let's look forward to the future and to the new trailer coming January 31st.
Not so much a demo but a release of Chapter One, it's going to be released in short story arcs, seven in total. The first is always going to take the longest to release because it means all the systems have to be in place.
In the mean time I'm trying to keep people sane by releasing video demos and music. A lot of the stuff news can be found on the website or it's forums.
What in God's name did I just watch? You've got a lot to work on.
Firstly, you've made a trailer of your game using RMXP's default graphics. This is a grave mistake. You'd best rip something else or rustle up your own graphics if you want anyone to take your project even remotely seriously.
Secondly, clean up your grammar and spelling. It is never "okay" to organize your project into a presentable format and leave these loose ends. It is extremely unprofessional.
Lastly, what exactly is this game's connection to "Final Fantasy?" A title such as "Final Fantasy Zero" gives me the impression that it is some sort of prequel, but I see nothing resembling its namesake. Black and white magic transcend this franchise. Please fix that.
Finally, I'd like to say that should you continue this project and disregard what I've said, then I BEG you to change the title, as Final Fantasy this is not; in its current state, it is nowhere near its calibur.
I do not take kindly to flaming and I will certainly not take kindly to you flaming me.
What right do you have telling me what I should or should not do with my project. If we were all professional game makes we wouldn't be using RMXP.
This game was never intended to be a game made for commercial release and was simply a fans tribute to the fans. If you have a problem with that then I suggest you seek mental help.
I will take constructive criticism but yours is not it's simply flaming.
I understand how you feel, Petros, and I back you on your endeavor. I've seen this SixthRevision guy in other places on Youtube, and even though he's quite an asshole, sometimes he does give people genuine advice for the betterment of their videos/projects/creations/what-have-you.
I won't try to convince you otherwise, but do look past his douchebaggery; some validity may be seen within it. :)
When he offers some constructive criticism, I will, but right now his ranting is at a fangame expecting it to be of the quality of a full blown Square-Enix project. I do listen to constructive criticism, but this was not that, this was simply flaming.
RMXP's graphics are cool if you're ten years old. Serious projects will strive for more. I guess I'm not "everybody," because I'm certainly not taking this anywhere near seriously until he cleans it up a bit.
How you can defend his syntax is beyond me, being one capable of competent sentence structure yourself.
I didn't see a single connection to FF in this trailer. Sorry. If this connection is to be the selling point of the game, then it needs to be obvious.
I DID "go away" until you provoked my return. Way to read dates. Also, I merely provided constructive criticism in a harsh manner. I assure you, good sir, that every complaint I voiced was quite valid.
Lastly, "if I haven't got a better project to show them?" What a flawed way of thinking. I guess you believe I have to qualify as a master chef to tell someone his cooking is bad, too?
To both of you, first of all RPGFakerXP although I appreciate your defending me it was not necessary anymore.
Secondly to Seventh Redemption. Yes, I'm aware my grammar is horrible. There is RTP but quite frankly I'm not trying to create a commercial game here so I don't see the point, I do have a life beyond RMXP, I'm just having fun creating a love-song to the fans. As for what makes it Final Fantasy, seriously do you always see Chocobos or Shiva in trailers? Come on that's just nitpicking.
I'm going to be sincere for once. No flaming, I promise.
The grammar you use when replying to me is very near flawless. I'm not sure what happened in your trailer, but if you could apply this there, then the mess would take care of itself.
I know you're not trying to create a commercial game, but I did visit your site and saw that you went so far as to include voice-over credits and I know there is at least one person writing music for this project. If you're going to put so much effort into these other areas of the game, then I don't see why you would not put substantial or equal effort into original graphical presentation, as well.
Keep in mind that the majority of RMXP projects still use these very same graphics, and no matter how beautiful your music is, how deep and moving the story, or how well your characters are voiced, no one is going to infer all of that from screenshots alone; they will see default RMXP graphics and pass over your project because the focus will be imbalanced into non-visual areas. Really, it is amazing how little time a person has to make a first impression on another.
Maybe I am nitpicking, but if you were to present this trailer to any game development communities, they would most likely ask you the same thing concerning its connection to Final Fantasy. If you can't provide a stable link, then the more elite in particular will berate you, and you wouldn't want that. I'm not saying this trailer needs Chocobos and summons; I'm just saying that if the game fails to connect with the FF universe, then it would be better to take the FF name off of it altogether.
Go ahead and have fun with your project. Game creation can be more fun than actually playing them, after all. Simply take what I've said into account so that your project can shine more than it already does. Constantly going above and beyond will get you your deserved recognition.
Actually about the graphics, one the most successful RMXP Games out there is Master of the Wind and it uses the RTP everywhere. I am using some custom graphics and quite a few things have changed recently but again, It would be near impossible to get completely original graphics.
Give then nature of your posts and that you took the time to post so many of them, for some reason I never saw them until today. I do thank you for that and for your advice.
No, but if you think others are so bad, maybe you should show them how to do it, not tell them how to do it. But I'm leaving it here. I'm not gonna fight with you, at least I let people have their opinions.
Firtly, RMXP's Default graphics are cool. It's very much okay to use them. Ripped graphics aren't that cool, and imo some of his graphics are made by himself. Everybody takes his project seriously.
Secondly, This isn't a professional project, but his grammar and typing is fine.
Lastly, it is a Final Fantasy fan-game. If you could be able to play the game, you'd definetly say that this project's connection to Final Fantasy is huge. It's not about the maker, it's about the game itself.
I like the trailer... but I think you should put a little more action on it... The music is great :D Are you subscribed in a forum of RPG Maker community??? I do games myself to but I use RMVX... Anyway congrats, the scenario look great ;)
Sorry for a triple post, but just in case you missed it: my second post is a continuation of my first post. Just wanted to clarify that and avoid confusion.
It's fine, thanks for pointing it out. I know my grammar is horrible, I'm a writer proffesionally but usually someone goes over my work or there's a spell check, which in RPG Maker there isn't :-(
I need to find someone who'd be willing to play through the game and check it for me because, I often don't realise what's wrong.
and I make grammatical mistakes all the time, so I'm definitely not above reproach. XD I'm just trying to say that if you want your game to be as polished as it can be, then you might want to scan over it again and check the grammar. Also, this is apparently an older trailer, so the mistakes may have been already corrected (or at least some of them have been). Again, I don't thnk the grammar is bad; I just think you should check it.
All in all, I'll keep an eye on this one. Good luck with it! :D
I think this looks really promising. It's a really cool idea, and I think that it could turn out to be a really good game.
I have one "complaint," though, about the grammar in the text boxes. Overall, I thought the grammar was good and the sentences were definitely readable. Still, there are a few errors that I noticed. Putting an apostrophe and then an s, for example, isn't how you make a word plural. (I noticed the word "general's.") Now, please note that I'm not trying to be a grammar Nazi
Look at 1:14 and the tree on the left, it's on fire, but, the fire graphics go behind the wall. The fire should have more priority than the wall in this case and be in front of, not behind the wall.
Thanks for the heads up. That's more like it. Although I think this has been fixed by now. I'm going to upload a new trailer soon, so keep an eye out for that.
I'll say what I did to the other guy, you're not helpful by saying that. You're not even giving constructive critism, "this looks really bad" is not a comment. It's a statement, if you're going to post please give me something useful to work with like LunarAphelion below did.
More movement in the cutscenes; endless boxes of text with nothing to break them up is monotonous and boring. Also, your taglines are all pretty cliche. I'd focus more on specifics of your project instead of throwing out random generic "deep" phrases. WHAT IS GOOD? WHAT IS EVIL? ETERNITY FINALITY CHANGE
That's not very descriptive and not very helpful in the slightest. If you're going to make constructive critisism at least say something "constructive". What didn't you like about it? How can I improve on it?
How long have you been working on it? I just recently got VX and im having problems. Im just saying this to ask how long did it take you to fully understand how to make scenes and stuff.
The game has been in production officially for three years, but only about a year of that has been me working on it. You'll find that alot of it is trial and error. VX though is more user friendly, although in my opinion nowhere near as good as XP. There's a number of websites out there you can look up though. I'll PM you with some addressed.
You can check out the trailer to the game I am working on in my channel. It's the Light of the Dim Official Trailer. I would love to hear your feedback!
A bit too rpg maker-e, but the mapping and dialog look pretty good. How exactly is it connected to Final Fantasy? Are there chocobos? Because if there are, i will definetely play it.
grampaglasses 4 months ago
@grampaglasses Yes. There are Chocobos. The graphics are outdated though, we're no longer using the RTP, you can see more at the facebook page, link is in the dropbox.
PetrosofSparta 4 months ago
@PetrosofSparta all right then, i'll be sure to take a look.
grampaglasses 4 months ago
@PetrosofSparta please please please please finish the game ill buy for a 100 bucks lol as long as it has a kickass story like chrono trigger (currently beating chrono chross :D) an a kickass battle system and graphics look kickass too although they dont matter uch but pleeeaaaasssseeeeeeee finish it :3
A7XluvafoREVer 4 months ago
guys this looks awesome but one thing. isnt square enix going to file something against you for using their title??
Crothonora 1 year ago
@Crothonora I don't think that's a problem if he's not making any kind of profit from it. It would be protected in the same way that parodies are, I think.
PawPants 5 months ago
@PawPants I don't think we are protected as much as parody, though given this is non-profit I hope they don't mind. However should Square Enix do a thing like file a C&D, I'd fight it to the bitter end. This project is a tribute to those games we loved, my intention is to make the game as close to Final Fantasy as possible, and this can do nothing for Square Enix publicise their own franchise and increase their own sales.
PetrosofSparta 5 months ago
Why not make your own title?
Commandie070792pnt0 1 year ago
Looks cool,but change the graphics because it doesn't look like a FF game now xD.
dylstew 1 year ago
hey Petros, if you're getting affected by what people say, then you're a big idiot... Who cares what people say about your project. If you are working and sweating your ass off doing this, you should never let anyone interfere with your passion. Keep up the work, rework the sprites (ground textures etc) IF YOU WANT TO, but i recomend it really. Storyline wise, I honetly feel the exitement, but would have to say the story should get in depth a little more. otherwise, gj..
SimonMOak 1 year ago
@SimonMOak Thanks for that Simon, there's only so much I can divulge about the story in a trailer, although hopefully the updated one will be much better. The ground graphics are changing, the sprites not so much. It will look better and the other clips that are on my channel show that. Thanks for the encouragement.
PetrosofSparta 1 year ago
Love the map design, but the approach is pretty bad in all honestly. He woke up with black magic, might need to get a tad bit more creative.
A0den 1 year ago
Sorry everyone was being a douchebag! This game looks great! So gonna download it when I can!
zackfair73195 2 years ago
looks really awsum!
let me know when its out
oomsbun 2 years ago
Please can we end this argument here about the graphics of this trailer, not only have they been changed but SeventhRedemption did make a valid point and it has helped me develop a much better game now.
Let's look forward to the future and to the new trailer coming January 31st.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
Well, I haven't seen very many RMXP projects to be excited about, but I'm very curious how this one is going to turn out. :)
Do you have any plans for a demo? :o
Mineyl 2 years ago
Not so much a demo but a release of Chapter One, it's going to be released in short story arcs, seven in total. The first is always going to take the longest to release because it means all the systems have to be in place.
In the mean time I'm trying to keep people sane by releasing video demos and music. A lot of the stuff news can be found on the website or it's forums.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
That makes sense. I look forward to trying it out. :) I'll be sure to check out your website when I have more time.
Mineyl 2 years ago
Thanks, and please subscribe. I'll probably be releasing a few other videos and musical tracks soon.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
What in God's name did I just watch? You've got a lot to work on.
Firstly, you've made a trailer of your game using RMXP's default graphics. This is a grave mistake. You'd best rip something else or rustle up your own graphics if you want anyone to take your project even remotely seriously.
Secondly, clean up your grammar and spelling. It is never "okay" to organize your project into a presentable format and leave these loose ends. It is extremely unprofessional.
SixthRevision 2 years ago
Lastly, what exactly is this game's connection to "Final Fantasy?" A title such as "Final Fantasy Zero" gives me the impression that it is some sort of prequel, but I see nothing resembling its namesake. Black and white magic transcend this franchise. Please fix that.
Finally, I'd like to say that should you continue this project and disregard what I've said, then I BEG you to change the title, as Final Fantasy this is not; in its current state, it is nowhere near its calibur.
SixthRevision 2 years ago
I do not take kindly to flaming and I will certainly not take kindly to you flaming me.
What right do you have telling me what I should or should not do with my project. If we were all professional game makes we wouldn't be using RMXP.
This game was never intended to be a game made for commercial release and was simply a fans tribute to the fans. If you have a problem with that then I suggest you seek mental help.
I will take constructive criticism but yours is not it's simply flaming.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
o_O
If I may interject...
I understand how you feel, Petros, and I back you on your endeavor. I've seen this SixthRevision guy in other places on Youtube, and even though he's quite an asshole, sometimes he does give people genuine advice for the betterment of their videos/projects/creations/what-have-you.
I won't try to convince you otherwise, but do look past his douchebaggery; some validity may be seen within it. :)
Mineyl 2 years ago
When he offers some constructive criticism, I will, but right now his ranting is at a fangame expecting it to be of the quality of a full blown Square-Enix project. I do listen to constructive criticism, but this was not that, this was simply flaming.
But thanks for the interjection.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
Finally, I'd like you to go away and stop flaming people about their project if you haven't got a better project to show them.
RPGFakerXP 2 years ago
"Firtly." Nice fail, there.
RMXP's graphics are cool if you're ten years old. Serious projects will strive for more. I guess I'm not "everybody," because I'm certainly not taking this anywhere near seriously until he cleans it up a bit.
How you can defend his syntax is beyond me, being one capable of competent sentence structure yourself.
I didn't see a single connection to FF in this trailer. Sorry. If this connection is to be the selling point of the game, then it needs to be obvious.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
I DID "go away" until you provoked my return. Way to read dates. Also, I merely provided constructive criticism in a harsh manner. I assure you, good sir, that every complaint I voiced was quite valid.
Lastly, "if I haven't got a better project to show them?" What a flawed way of thinking. I guess you believe I have to qualify as a master chef to tell someone his cooking is bad, too?
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
To both of you, first of all RPGFakerXP although I appreciate your defending me it was not necessary anymore.
Secondly to Seventh Redemption. Yes, I'm aware my grammar is horrible. There is RTP but quite frankly I'm not trying to create a commercial game here so I don't see the point, I do have a life beyond RMXP, I'm just having fun creating a love-song to the fans. As for what makes it Final Fantasy, seriously do you always see Chocobos or Shiva in trailers? Come on that's just nitpicking.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
I'm going to be sincere for once. No flaming, I promise.
The grammar you use when replying to me is very near flawless. I'm not sure what happened in your trailer, but if you could apply this there, then the mess would take care of itself.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
I know you're not trying to create a commercial game, but I did visit your site and saw that you went so far as to include voice-over credits and I know there is at least one person writing music for this project. If you're going to put so much effort into these other areas of the game, then I don't see why you would not put substantial or equal effort into original graphical presentation, as well.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
Keep in mind that the majority of RMXP projects still use these very same graphics, and no matter how beautiful your music is, how deep and moving the story, or how well your characters are voiced, no one is going to infer all of that from screenshots alone; they will see default RMXP graphics and pass over your project because the focus will be imbalanced into non-visual areas. Really, it is amazing how little time a person has to make a first impression on another.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
Maybe I am nitpicking, but if you were to present this trailer to any game development communities, they would most likely ask you the same thing concerning its connection to Final Fantasy. If you can't provide a stable link, then the more elite in particular will berate you, and you wouldn't want that. I'm not saying this trailer needs Chocobos and summons; I'm just saying that if the game fails to connect with the FF universe, then it would be better to take the FF name off of it altogether.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
Go ahead and have fun with your project. Game creation can be more fun than actually playing them, after all. Simply take what I've said into account so that your project can shine more than it already does. Constantly going above and beyond will get you your deserved recognition.
SeventhRedemption 2 years ago
Actually about the graphics, one the most successful RMXP Games out there is Master of the Wind and it uses the RTP everywhere. I am using some custom graphics and quite a few things have changed recently but again, It would be near impossible to get completely original graphics.
Give then nature of your posts and that you took the time to post so many of them, for some reason I never saw them until today. I do thank you for that and for your advice.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
The trailers fine,
I cant wait for it
And btw you should have ignored SeventhRedemption in the first place,
Not to be saying it in anyway im just saying
Youtubers call them trolls
ZangarAloesta 2 years ago
@ZangarAloesta
He was right though, and the graphics have been changed and I feel much better about it now. Let's please drop this argument now.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
No, but if you think others are so bad, maybe you should show them how to do it, not tell them how to do it. But I'm leaving it here. I'm not gonna fight with you, at least I let people have their opinions.
RPGFakerXP 2 years ago
Firtly, RMXP's Default graphics are cool. It's very much okay to use them. Ripped graphics aren't that cool, and imo some of his graphics are made by himself. Everybody takes his project seriously.
Secondly, This isn't a professional project, but his grammar and typing is fine.
Lastly, it is a Final Fantasy fan-game. If you could be able to play the game, you'd definetly say that this project's connection to Final Fantasy is huge. It's not about the maker, it's about the game itself.
RPGFakerXP 2 years ago
does this game actually exist? cuz i would love to play it.
Smarty4789 2 years ago
I think he made it with rpg maker
fluxa32 2 years ago
It's not yet ready, I really hope it'll be out someday.
MakkaraPullaKeijo 2 years ago
Looks really good. very nice
greenday10867 2 years ago
Woah, this is really awesome!
Great video, I also like the graphics a lot too.
*subscribes*
Itachi31 2 years ago
Thanks, join the website too, we have a forum where you can have your input and join the community too.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
Looks MUCH better than another final fantasy Z game I saw earlier.
meirus 2 years ago
Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment. I should be releasing the second trailer on youtube soon.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
Haha, yeah, it's a compliment. That other thing was... garbage, pretty much.
meirus 2 years ago
I like the trailer... but I think you should put a little more action on it... The music is great :D Are you subscribed in a forum of RPG Maker community??? I do games myself to but I use RMVX... Anyway congrats, the scenario look great ;)
luxinero 2 years ago
Sorry for a triple post, but just in case you missed it: my second post is a continuation of my first post. Just wanted to clarify that and avoid confusion.
MisterFrodo17 2 years ago
It's fine, thanks for pointing it out. I know my grammar is horrible, I'm a writer proffesionally but usually someone goes over my work or there's a spell check, which in RPG Maker there isn't :-(
I need to find someone who'd be willing to play through the game and check it for me because, I often don't realise what's wrong.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
and I make grammatical mistakes all the time, so I'm definitely not above reproach. XD I'm just trying to say that if you want your game to be as polished as it can be, then you might want to scan over it again and check the grammar. Also, this is apparently an older trailer, so the mistakes may have been already corrected (or at least some of them have been). Again, I don't thnk the grammar is bad; I just think you should check it.
All in all, I'll keep an eye on this one. Good luck with it! :D
MisterFrodo17 2 years ago
I think this looks really promising. It's a really cool idea, and I think that it could turn out to be a really good game.
I have one "complaint," though, about the grammar in the text boxes. Overall, I thought the grammar was good and the sentences were definitely readable. Still, there are a few errors that I noticed. Putting an apostrophe and then an s, for example, isn't how you make a word plural. (I noticed the word "general's.") Now, please note that I'm not trying to be a grammar Nazi
MisterFrodo17 2 years ago
actually it aint that bad lmao
shiningami13 2 years ago
Look at 1:14 and the tree on the left, it's on fire, but, the fire graphics go behind the wall. The fire should have more priority than the wall in this case and be in front of, not behind the wall.
yeahokdie 2 years ago
Thanks for the heads up. That's more like it. Although I think this has been fixed by now. I'm going to upload a new trailer soon, so keep an eye out for that.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
This looks really really bad .-.
yeahokdie 2 years ago
I'll say what I did to the other guy, you're not helpful by saying that. You're not even giving constructive critism, "this looks really bad" is not a comment. It's a statement, if you're going to post please give me something useful to work with like LunarAphelion below did.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
More movement in the cutscenes; endless boxes of text with nothing to break them up is monotonous and boring. Also, your taglines are all pretty cliche. I'd focus more on specifics of your project instead of throwing out random generic "deep" phrases. WHAT IS GOOD? WHAT IS EVIL? ETERNITY FINALITY CHANGE
LunarAphelion 2 years ago
Will work on this thanks.
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
I almost shat my pants watching this... I'm so gonna spam people with your website. :D
tragedyx6x9x 2 years ago
bad
bapple322 2 years ago
That's not very descriptive and not very helpful in the slightest. If you're going to make constructive critisism at least say something "constructive". What didn't you like about it? How can I improve on it?
PetrosofSparta 2 years ago
Seems amazing, can't wait to play it! I'll subscribe so I can get updates =)
ChadVision 3 years ago
Thanks :-D
PetrosofSparta 3 years ago
where can i download it from?
SambaArtProduction 3 years ago
It's currently in production. Chapter One should be available some time before the summer with some luck.
PetrosofSparta 3 years ago
How long have you been working on it? I just recently got VX and im having problems. Im just saying this to ask how long did it take you to fully understand how to make scenes and stuff.
linxZuraith 3 years ago
The game has been in production officially for three years, but only about a year of that has been me working on it. You'll find that alot of it is trial and error. VX though is more user friendly, although in my opinion nowhere near as good as XP. There's a number of websites out there you can look up though. I'll PM you with some addressed.
PetrosofSparta 3 years ago
Alright thanks for the websites.
linxZuraith 3 years ago
Looks very good. I like your mapping style! Keep it up! :P
Killerdude255 3 years ago
Seems promising. Keep me posted on this project!
You can check out the trailer to the game I am working on in my channel. It's the Light of the Dim Official Trailer. I would love to hear your feedback!
BurningFetus 3 years ago
so awesome man.cant wait to play the demo!
max05233157 3 years ago 4