RPG Maker RPG MakerI absolutely love RPG Maker and seeing what people make with it. XP is my true love, but I'm not picky. In fact, I've bundled in a few WOLF RPGs on this page, since they're often listed alongside RPG Maker titles.
Despite this fondness, I spent a long time taking about as long to play RPG Maker games as it took me to make them, AKA about one every five years. To rectify that, I've been making a point to play more of them more often. This page is to catalogue the RPG Maker* games I've played (or watched someone else play), as well as my thoughts on them!
My special interest and favorite RPG Maker games of all time. RPG Maker fantasy at its best: goofy, with a lot of charm and heart.
When I played Yume Nikki, I immediately understood why everyone adores this game. There's something so eerie and evocative about this game that immediately drew me in. I love the use of parallax backgrounds to create such surreal, dreamlike environments. I really felt a sense of success every time I was able to find an effect, too.
I also really respect and appreciate how pared down and randomized this game is. It really shook up my perspective of game design: it made me rethink what makes a game fun and reconsider my own approach to game development. It's obvious why this has spawned dozens of fangames; I'll probably try some of them out later.
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