ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

figaro castle

Yeah, the difference in resolutions, graphic styles, proportions; all comes together to make of that screen a very facepalm-worthy one...

That being said, I actually like the new character portraits. They're not better than Amano's artwork, but they're pretty and seem to be more fitting to overall aesthetics of this particular port. But still, the charas don't match the character's design and that is a bummer. =/

It would have been upsetting it the submarine was not resolved like that. The transition between the black and the lava was too sudden.

Anyway, I'll try my luck with A3 (or "AE" get it? get it?) ...Uh, I'll edit when I'm done. -_-;

Edit: I like turtles!

I have to admit that the format of this review is kind of clever and you make some good, albeit obvious points. But really, if you have a problem with the people who nominated this game for nearly every category, or with the Misaos system in general, or with some of the most favorable reviews for this game, just take it to them. You don't have to drag down this game's score because of that. And there's no chance in hell this deserves a 0, or .5 which is the lowest you were able to rate it. Doing so just comes across as petty, specially in light of such language like: "this game is utter trash" which goes a bit beyond simply being an "opinion".

Besides, it's a short game. There's only so much characterization and storytelling that you can cram into a 30 minutes experience, and this game did a fairly good job at it. Objectively speaking you should not judge a short game any different than some 60 hour long epic RPG, because you'd be punishing the short game in almost every way just on virtue of it being short... If you're ever so inclined to acknowledge the difference of leagues, just deduct some points away from the score that you think is fair for the game's scope, or just give an N/A in the areas you think are lacking the most, so they don't affect the score in a significant way.

...I know all of this is going in deaf ears, but it's worth a shot.

It's a nice start. But besides adding a little more detail to the map, try making that hallway a bit narrower too. How many people can usually walk down a hallway side-by-side? 4? 5? Try to think "small" when mapping interiors, as the results are often more pleasant the less empty space there is on the screen... Also, try to avoid using "pillow-shading" for your tiles, and if you're going to use a dark outline for your charas you should give everything else the same outline so it doesn't look like you're mixing styles.

Btw, I like the art a lot. It's a bit of a mix between comic and manga. It'd be interesting seeing the entire game following this direction.