Brandon and Joshua Games

After much work on it I’m finally finished the basics. By that I mean fighting an enemy with only the “Fight” command. Other features such as “Techs” should not be hard to implement now. I’ve added a special feature that will reward good timing. When your character is about to attack an enemy you can press space to do 50% more damage! It’s pretty similar to Paper Mario, but much harder to do.

I also started working on the menu system. The basics of that are almost finished. It shows the stats of the first character only right now. The menu system is a lower priority, but it is still important to an RPG. When the demo comes out you’ll be able to use items such as Tonics.

It’s kind of useless to explain what the two systems look like isn’t it? I’ll post a screenshot of the battle system later. Currently a lot of the information is fixed. This means that if you enter a fight with another enemy you’ll see major problems. That’s something I’m going to have to fix after the demo.

Sonic Zone

Sorry for the late Game of the Week. Anyways, Sonic Zone is a very well created fan game made by Effeser.

Gameplay - 8
Graphics - 8
Music/Sound - 9
Story - N/A
Overall - 8.33
Recommeniteded Age Group - 6+

This game sort of feels like a Sonic game and sort of not at the same time. Sonic can jump, bounce and collect items as usual, but he can’t spin dash. That’s too bad. Sonic Zone is quite difficult. Rings won’t save you here! One hit and you are a goner. There is no save which makes it even more difficult. You start with 5 lives (or 30 if click L at the title). You can get more by collecting 100 rings. You might still have trouble if you use the cheat for 30 lives. The bosses aren’t too difficult, but the levels are seriously frustrating.

Most Sprites are ripped from Sonic games. There are a few that are original sprites created by Effeser that you’ll notice throughout the game.

Enough music and sound effects were used in this game. Sound effects are all ripped and music is based on original music from the Sonic series.

For a game created with such an early version of Game Maker it is quite good! When I first played this I was very impressed. Now that I’ve revisted it I know that it is not AS good as I thought, but still fun and worth a download.

I’ve got up until the prehistoric times completely finished in my Chrono Trigger Low-Level Walkthrough! I’ll be taking a break from the guide for now to focus on other things (like working on the battle system and playing random games!).

So did you guys like E3 this week? I was kind of disappointed with it. There were only a few games that interested me. I’m very surprised that Final Fantasy XIII is going to be on the Xbox 360 as well as the PS3. Some people like that move and others strongly dislike it.

I’ve recently downloaded Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles: My Life as a King for WiiWare. I must admit it is a very addicting game. It is much different than the ordinary Final Fantasy game, but there are still some similarities like fighting and level up. You never get to see any of the actual fighting, however. You control the main character (a king) and have him build up a group of adventurers to explore dungeons and obtain things. You also need to develop your Kingdom with special powers known as Architek.

Check out this Chrono Trigger Low-Level Walkthrough that I’ve started on. Currently it’s only a guide up to the Factory of 2300 A.D. It’s a guide for a low-level game (maybe even lowest). I’ve gone into pretty deep detail on how to get items, defeat bosses and avoid enemies.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chrono Trigger for years. I’ve replayed it many times. Each time I seemed to be doing it at an even lower level. I felt like replaying it at the lowest possible level recently. I decided to write a walkthrough on how to beat Chrono Trigger at a low level as I played. It is not an easy challenge, but I intend to provide help to those willing to attempt such a difficult thing.

LoZ: Just Beginning, The Prelude

A fun little demo created by Kousou Games. It is very similar to the GameBoy Zelda games.

Gameplay - 9
Graphics - 8
Music/Sound - 9
Story - 9
Overall - 8.75
Recommended Age Group - 6+

There’s only one dungeon, but it is really fun (and insanely difficult)! You can get a sword, bow, a shruiken explosive and Roc’s Feather. The puzzles in the game are very creative, but one is extermely difficult. You’ll know which one when you get to it. Luckily you don’t have to get it. Your reward for completing it is only a compass. The boss is way too hard. It has three forms, but I only made it to the second. It will take a lot of skill to beat it.

Sprites are ripped from the GameBoy games, so they aren’t that impressive. It’s a little better though. There are some screen distortions that make it look cool.

Music and sound effects are great. The music fits very well into the game. This game has more than necessary amounts of sound effects! Some of them are really funny especially the one when you equip the shruiken!

Since this is just a demo I won’t give the story a harsh rating. It’s got a lot of humour. It will probably fool you into believing the story is about something else as a joke. You start off as Link who is chosen to go on a Quest. You’ll find a sword in a field close by. Is it the master sword already!?

Even though it’s just a demo it’s still fun! I enjoyed it very much, but I never managed to complete it because the boss is so tough. It should have been toned down a little. The dungeon is also a little short, but other than those two things this is a great game!