Taking place 5 years after the events of Mike Chan Rocks Out. Mike is finding himself awaking to a reoccuring dream of a woman telling him she will meet him again. To make matters worse, he's working a dead end job and still seeing and talking to George, the lion man that only he can see. After deciding to change his life for the better, his world gets turned upside down as his job is attacked by supernatural entities.
After the attack, Mike awakens in a strange world full of monsters, demons, angels and a mysterious crimson sky. He embarks on a journey to discover the meaning behind the crimson sky, the story behind his dream, why he is in this strange new world and finding the way back to his. On his journey he's going to encounter many strangers that will serve him as allies or enemies. The question is, who should he trust?
This is a classic RpgMaker 2003 adventure with the usual battle system, a large cast of playable characters and many side quests. The soundtrack includes music from Bayside, Bad Religion, Escape the Fate, Metallica, Symphony X, and more. Unfortunately the game was the first half of an adventure that was never completed, since the second half was never released.
Random Fact: the game is a sequel of Mike Chan Rocks Out, that is a totally different game, more like a visual novel extremely linear and without battles or interactions. See below for this prequel.
Final Verdict: while the maps are mediocre (well not all of them, just the ones of the cities, wilderness maps are not that bad), the story kept me involved, the characters were interesting enough, there was humor, and like for other games that did not impress me for the graphical style, I found this an enjoyable experiece. True, this game lacks variety, unlike other titles I reviewed, but this was by no means a bad game. There are no bugs or game breaking problems, no issues with maps, everything goes smoothly and I liked a lot the humor of the many cutscenes and I grew attached to Owl, Katie and the others!
This isn't a bad game at all, but surely it could have been better, with maps more rich of details and some diversions just to make it a more varied experience (but it could've also been worse, that's true!).
So what? Nothing really new or notable, but a decent playable game with a balanced difficulty that you may or may not like. And you will surely love or hate it, depending on your expectations only (and if you like humor/parodies in games or not).
This isn't a bad game at all, but surely it could have been better, with maps more rich of details and some diversions just to make it a more varied experience (but it could've also been worse, that's true!).
So what? Nothing really new or notable, but a decent playable game with a balanced difficulty that you may or may not like. And you will surely love or hate it, depending on your expectations only (and if you like humor/parodies in games or not).
EXTRA - Mike Chan Rocks Out: 15 year old Mike Chan lives a very mundane life. He goes to school, goes to work, fights his stepmother. One day while taking on an important task at work, he meets a strange Lion man that only he can see. From there, shenanigans ensure.
This game is more like a Visual Novel adventure rather than a real rpgmaker game, and it's the prequel of Under a Crimson Sky by the same author as introduces the main protagonists. The game features many edits and 8 bit versions popular'90s (mainly rock/pop) music. The game also has a VX Ace reboot.
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