Review for RPG Maker Fes. Nintendo 3DS game, the video game was released on 24/11/2016
Who hasn't ever wanted to create their own RPG? Who has never dreamed, at least once, of deciding the characters, the course of events, the mechanics of an ideal game? This has been possible on PC for a long time, thanks to the series RPG Maker game in the early 90s, and on which even myself has lost hundreds of hours of time (without then completing 100% any game, alas). RPG Maker is an extremely loved and used series, with new versions arriving even today, each of which is equipped with more and more tools to create the most personalized game possible. Suffice it to say that several very famous indies, such as To the Moon, Aveyond, Corpse Party or A Bird Story, were created with RPG Maker. Hence, NIS America delights us with a version entirely for 3DS, complete with a free application on the eShop for those who do not want to create but only intend to download and play the many titles that will be created.
Infinite worlds at your fingertips
RPG Maker Fes it won't put us in front of any tutorial: just like in the PC version, it will throw us directly and brutally into total darkness, where we will have to learn with the try and error the use of the many tools available. Creating a map and positioning the characters has never been easier: with the stylus of the 3DS we just have to grab the elements we prefer and drag them where our mind imagines them. There is no limit between animated and static sprites, there are hundreds of different possibilities to make the kind of game we want real. And if something is missing, there is a large amount of free and paid DLC packs that will add various other dialogue icons, characters and elements to the maps. Our game can be fantasy, sci-fi, horror or whatever, we can even mix the elements. There is no problem: with RPG Maker Fes it will not be difficult to make a warrior of the future armed with plasma guns travel through time to meet the knights in the fantasy period.
What if in 3200 our characters were to come across a medieval castle? Nothing easier. Our limit is the imagination, not only thanks to the elements proposed by this application, but also thanks to the event generator that will allow us to decide movements, appearances, disappearances, special effects, or even timers to decide when, how and why it will happen. something. This might seem extremely complicated at first, but it will be enough to spend time studying the behaviors of each option and then become skilled RPG programmers. Experience is everything.
Do we create or play?
The main menu will allow us to decide between various options, how to start creating a new adventure, play with a title we have created or downloaded, or go online to download DLC packs or the creations of other users. The initial look of the menus and options is very flat and may lead to a poor initial impact, however it is all in place and best created to give the user the most appropriate way to find the components they need. Nothing is left to chance: when we place an element, in addition to being able to move it to our liking, we will be able to open a dedicated menu for each of them, so as to be able to decide whether it will trigger an event in case of interaction by the protagonist character.
For example, putting a closed chest on the map is only the first step: we will then have to open the menu dedicated to the chest and make sure that the interaction of the hero transforms it into a different element (open chest), generates a window of dialogue that makes the player aware of what object he has found, and add that object to the inventory. It may seem long and complicated, but they are automatisms that will come over time.
In conclusion
RPG Maker Fes provides the user with all the tools needed to create the RPG of their dreams. In addition to this, as happened with Super Mario Maker, we have the possibility to share our works with people from all over the world, who will find themselves in this way to have a virtually unlimited amount of new RPGs available. Whether it's a classic Final Fantasy RPG or a heartbreaking To the Moon story, RPG Maker Fes is ideal for putting all your gamer creativity into play.
► RPG Maker Fes is a JRPG type game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by NIS America for Nintendo 3DS, the video game was released on 24/11/2016
