Grave Spirit by Zohaib

 

Within an ancient land, undisturbed for ages, evil resides in a towering fortress... A young wanderer, without a name and past, has been forced to travel to this fortress by a nameless shadowy spirit who controls his every move. Setting out on an uncertain journey, the nameless wanderer has no choice but to succeed in pleasing the spirit's wishes or die trying...

 

Grave Spirit is an exploration/adventure game where the player, playing as a kobold-like creature has to overcome a series of obastacles: spike traps, mines, birds and so on. The protagonist's health is shown by his eyes. Green is high, yellow is middle, red is low. There are just a couple of boss battles and few dialogues with rare npcs, the rest is solving puzzles and adventuring.

 

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Random Fact: the excellent music is all original, and created by Brandon Abley, the author of Wilfred the Hero and the Tyrant God Saga, that I posted here before.

 

Final Verdict: this is a really peculiar game, has some good aspects, like the excellent custom arts and the music, but also some not so good parts like the slow walking speed (offset by the dash ability) and dry dialogues that leave a lot of mysteries unsolved. But this is also a game with an amazing atmosphere. 

Legend of the Silverstone by MarcL

 
Legend of the Silverstone is the story of Taka, a young soldier candidate about to complete his training to become a fully fledged soldier of the empire like his older brother: he has some adventures during his training days, but later he has his life turned upside down on the day of his final exam: all happens due to a mysterious silver stone that everyone wants, and after being warned by his brother Riag of an impending danger. Taka regains conciousness many years later in some unknown place. He's been imprisoned and can't remember what happened. After escaping he tries to find a way home, always on the run from his pursuers...

 

Legend of the Silverstone is a fantasy jrpg with a little bit of adventure, drama, horror and comedy. It's mostly linear but also offers a lot of mini games, quicktime events and a unique quick battle system to make fights easier. The menu is also custom made and allows to save anytime despite the presence of save points. Mapping and graphics are pretty good.

 

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Random Fact: the game was originally released in german, and only later the demo was translated into english. Rather than making a demo for each language, the developer made a single game where the game language can be chosen from the main menu.

 

 

Final Verdict: despite some minor flaw and rips from famous games like music from Final Fantasy Tales and facesets and battlers from the Tales game series, the game has its own style and character. It's a pity this is a demo, but it's still pretty long and packed with things to do and places to explore.

Sixdolls by Nogueronic (spanish)

Andrew Salas is a renowned archaeologist hired by Matthew Grant of the  the Golden Chain Mining Company to decipher strange engravings found in one of its tunnels. With the help of Eynar, a hulking Nordic expert in industrial machinery, he soon discovers that these engravings conceal a terrible secret.

 

 

Sixdolls isn't an rpg but rather an adventure game with action and survival horror aspects. It has a modern dark setting, and the music and maps really well done. There is a custom made interface and two playable protagonists.

 

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Random Fact: this game earned the 3rd place in 2012 at Hellsoft.net Competición de juegos 2012.

 

Final Verdict: a demo, but a really good one. I like when developers try to do something different from the usual rpg fantasy adventures, if these are the results!

Complete Chaos by Yeaster

 

The story begins ten year after the events of Total Chaos: the Celestian Prince defeated the great evil that threatened to seize control over both Celestia and Earth, and the worlds were saved. The  protagonist of this new adventure is Eric Ventura, a cop in Rodger City, sent to protect a jazz singer, Kyon-Lei Kwon from a mysterious stalker, Face. Eric is able to save the jazz singer, and he is in turn saved by a mysterious voice that gives him some new powers.
These will ve necessary to defeat the twelve Demons of Chaos, ancient gods that walk among the humans in disguise. But can Eric amd his friends trust the voice the guides them? And what are its motives?

 

Complete Chaos is a game very similar to Total Chaos, but there are few additions, for example now dungeons have healing points and enemies are no longer fought in random battles, but they are visible. Moreover Eric Ventura has two sets of skill, depending on the weapon equipped: in fact he can use both handguns and swords. Unlike Total Chaos, the weirdness was toned down, characters are for the most part humans, and all have photorealistic facesets. The game can be played as a stand alone, however there are reference to the previos game, and some party members of Total Chaos appear as npcs.

 

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Random Fact: during the later parts the heroes receive some support from three heroes that you may or many not know: Ronald Johnson from Total Chaos, Marcus Ford from Vanity and Evan Selwyn from Onyx and Onyx 2. These characters already had each one their own adventure, but now they are back here to team up with the new heroes!

 

Final Verdict: more player-friendly than Total Chaos, and as good as Onyx 2, this was a pretty cool game. It's also the last of the classical Yeaster epic adventurers, later games tried different themes, settings and situations. Still some classic themes like the battle against supernatural opponents in modern/futuristic settings was mantained, but I'll talk about those games in the future.

Total Chaos by Yeaster

Ronald Johnson is a seventeen years old boy that lives in Montane City. Life is quiet and boring until the day he explores an abandoned warehouse together with his best friend Jose Hernandes, and finds a talking dog named Squamus Maxillius. The dog, that says to be from another dimension, tells Ronald that he's the reincarnation of prince Devon Mars, that sacrificed himself to track down a dangerous enemy that escaped to Earth.
At first Ronald is reluctant to follow this talking dog on some quest, but soon when a secret group called Society starts a dark plan to plunge the world into chaos, and Ronald's father seems also to be involved. So Ron and his friends form a ragtag group of heroes determined to stop them.

 

 

Total Chaos was a side-project that Yeaster developed between Onyx and Onyx 2: the game was done without much planning but in the end it was completed. And it's really a chaos: the developer mixed various graphic styles, there are real-life pictures, anime-styled portraits and even stylized drawings. This enforces the atmosphere "total chaos" of the title. Surprisingly the game also received a sequel called Complete Chaos, a stand alone story were some of the old characters reappear for brief cameos.
 
Like the precursor Onyx, this is another game that consists mainly in dungeon exploration (with random encounters), boss battles, few puzzles and many cutscenes. That's nothing new, but the story and characters make this game memorable, with a unique urban fantasy/horror setting inspired to the Shin Megami Tensei series.

Grab Total Chaos here, and remember: there is a guide and a walkthrough for the entire game, including secrets and hidden quests.

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Random Fact: Total Chaos includes a cast of twelve playable characters, that is a lot for a Rpgmaker game: they range from a succubus to a summoner, but the most peculiar party member is probably Lindsay Lohan! Yes, the american actress, singer, and songwriter is among the heroes who help Ronald in his quest, and other celebrities like Johnny Depp and Britney Spears also appear in the game as friends or foes of the group.

 

Final Verdict: this game is very similar to Onyx, and being the second game made by Yeaster, it's a bit rough and not as good as the more recent ones. However this is still a classic modern fantasy adventure with lots of content and more humor than Onyx.

Mystery Falls by Richterwilker

 

Mystery Falls starts with the disappearance of a little girl in a small town of the United States, and the game protagonist is the Special Agent David Parker, who was sent by the FBI to investigate the case and try to find out what happened. The story will unfold as the player interacts with the locals, and some mysteries may be solved even before the end of the game, depending on whether the player is taking a linear or explorative route.

 

In Mystery Falls the gameplay is a mix of exploration and action. The music and scenery are inspired by the Twin Peaks series, while other ideas also come from the games Deadly Premonition and Mizzurna Falls. The game is not an rpg, but an open world exploration and investigation adventure game, with many features like playable arcade videogames, shooting sections, different outfits, a drivable car, and puzzles.  

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Random Fact: while Mystery Falls is the only game in which we can play as Special Agent David Parker, but this character appears in other games by Richterwilker. Each game is a self contained story and setting, and the next two seem to take place in the same universe after the events of Mystery Falls.

 

 

Final Verdict: a really immersive adventure game, a surreal thriller with a really weird story that includes cultists, zombies, aliens, dinosaurs and more. Action parts aren't the best aspects, but for the rest it's an impressive adventure with all custom graphics. 

Achievement unlocked: 100 games showcased!

Welcome back!

Yes, the library has surpassed the 100 games, but it's not time to stop! The one-game-each-day challenge is still going on, and there is enough material to double this number, with some recent games and lots of old ones. I originally took the idea to make this blog after seeing another similar site with rare rpgmaker games, sadly it stopped at the 4th entry. But we won't stop. Stay tuned for more.