Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Epic Elf 2 by Spirit Young

 
Dagree is back and ready for another chapter in his life! He was cursed by the "Red Evil" from his visit to Vitality Island. Though destroyed, Red Evil isn't gone! In fact, he sometimes appears before Dagree and offers to help him now. After living in a cave for a year, Dagree decides it's about time to finally get outside and land a job!
And of course, a new evil haunts the land that must be punished! Oh, yeah!

Epic Elf 2 is much more than an upgraded version of the first game: it features a series of areas, towns, forests, plains, a desert and so on, a small world but one full of details and also dynamic, since the roaming encounters will change and some areas will be revisited due to some... changes that will happen (cannot say more). In the beginning there are some roadblocks (such as giant boulders in the middle of the road) that will have to be removed, initially limiting the exploration to some locations. 
Combat this time happens only on touch with roaming opponents, except for the mandatory boss battles. 

 
Random Fact: once again the game is available in regular version or the 2017 that fixed and rebalances some battles, unfortunately it doesn't add new content, and that's a pity since some material originally planned was cut from the game. For example Hex. a character of the first game, was originally planned to be a party member in this game too. But unfortunately it didn't happen.
 

Final Verdict: Epic Elf 2 is a classic, and as I wrote in the review of the first game, my favourite in the series. The only thing I did NOT like is the rarity of the save points (or maybe more playable characters, since Hex from Epic Elf 1 was also planned to play a role in the party of this game), anyway there isn't anything else I can criticize, because this is a really epic and fun game. Mapping is excellent and the setting is full of life and surprises. In a word, it's FUN.

Monday, October 26, 2026

Epic Elf by Spirit Young

 
In this quest you play as a Dark Elf named Dagree. He's a simple treasure hunter who is normally feared by humans. For some reason, the citizens of Vitality Island aren't scared of him except for the naughty Royal Family. Along the way you can make choices in the game that determine what side character you'll end up with.

The story itself is easy to follow and doesn't really need to be serious.
Most of the characters that you talk to probably rode on the short bus. 
 
Other main characters come into the play as well. If you join up with the wizard he'll have his own problems that come into light during the quest for you. If you kill the wizard you get a thief to replace the loss. If you don't talk to everyone, future quests won't become available and you'll miss out on items, weapons, or hidden bosses. There are also abilities that your characters can learn (pushing stones, raiding houses). 

 
Epic Elf is a really epic adventure of 10 hours that will take the dark elf Dagree from rags to riches. Or so is the intent: the game isn't some epic quest to save the world, but rather the exploration of a large isle that hold a great treasure. Of course a dark elf like Dagree isn't liked by humans, however, starting with his trusty slime Drip, he will have to form a party of adventures, collect equipment and start exploring dungeons. The story has a goofy tone and it's a parody of the more serious jrpgs.
 
The game is a pretty classic adventure that uses RTPs and the usual Rpgmaker combat system, although maps are really well done. Enemies are both fought in random encounters and in touch encounter, depending on the map. Speaking about maps, the world map is pretty compact, but it will be necesssary to open some roadblocks to progress in the adventure.
 

Random Fact: the game was completed in 2012, and that version is still available, but in 2013 a new version was added, with more sidequests, bosses, secret items and even a different ending.
 

Final Verdict: Epic Elf may be an old game with pretty generic visuals, but it was really done with attention to the details and the particular care typical of some games that look like something bland and generic due to the use of the old RTPs, but they hide some real fun! Another example of this is Everlasting Journey, so do not let the lack of original assets deceive you, because this is an entertaining game of exploration, humor... and also battles, even if this is maybe the aspect that probably could have been perfected (well it's an old game made with an old engine, ok?), anyway I did not mind. This is without doubt a well done classic rpgmaker adventure!

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Bikini Smoker - ビキニスモーカー Part 1 & 2 by Bokkyguy (japanese)

 
Bikini Smoker - ビキニスモーカー, like Psycho Platoon, is a visual novel with battles in two parts. It starts with a couple of girls (in bikini, of course) exploring a ship and fighting bizarre enemies. Soon they will found that a poweful enemy is opposing them, none other than Ronald McDonald.
 
WARNING: the game includes some sexy scenes and inuendos, nothing explicit. 
 

Bikini Smoker is the first game released by Bokkyguy (Kazuyoshi Hashimoto), and it's a shorter and simpler game compared to Psycho Platoon: combat is simpler and animations are less flashy, still original and well made. Still no levels, no random battles, no equipment managements, levels or other rpg elements. The adventure is also linear, except for the second part that has two possible epilogues, and one links to one of the endings of Psycho Platoon. This game received also a spin-off doujin game.
 

 
Random Fact: in this game characters may heal smoking cigarettes, that they have in limite quantity and are automatically restocked after each battle. This is the reason why the game is called Bikini Smoker, of course.
 
 

 
 

This is a direct sequel from the first game following the last battle on the broken down ship. Later the two girls are joined by a third girl to fight a series of selected warriors of the enemy organization before the final battle.
 

Aside for the addition of a new playable character there isn't much else added to the game compared to the first half of the story. The difficult doesn't increase nor the characters add new abilities or more hitpoints. Clearly there are more silly characters and more battles, and a final choice that will determine the epilogue for the story, good or bad.

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Random Fact: the third girl that joins the team is none other than a schoolmate and best friend of the psychic pyromancer of Psycho Platoon, and appears in both games, but she's playable only here. Meanwhile the protagonist of this game appeared in the epilogue of Psycho Platoon, and onf od the endings of this game also connects with that game. 
 
 

Final Verdict: a little game, really simpler than Psycho Platoon for simpler mechanics, graphics and story. However it's still a well made short visual novel adventure, the custom animations and art are really pretty good.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Four Sided Triangle by Majin Sam

 
The protagonist is Hennu Katsuya that recently moved with his mother to the town of Onanne. Being a classic teenager he has to go to school but something happens on the way and becomes involved in a battle between the city guards and some dark knights followed by the appearance of mysterious portals around his new home. After this event he starts to help Jonouchi, one of his schoolmates, that apparently is a sort of secret-soldier/agent that works with the town guard. For Hennu this is the beginning of a great adventure.
 

Four Sided Triangle is a fantasy Rpgmaker jrpg with a serious plot but also comedy moments. The system is classic, heroes have Alchemy powers that are linked to the elements, Hennu for example will learn how to use electricity powers, and enemies have strength and weaknesses to these elements. But the game includes also races and puzzles to be solved.
 

Random Fact: the game constantly references to the Full Metal Alchemist anime. For example Hennu is said to look like Edward Elric to that anime, moreover he will have to learn Alchemy during the course of the adventure. Unsurprisingly there are golems in this game too, even if they are more similar to the fantasy counterparts rather than to those of the anime.
 

Final Verdict: Four Sided Triangle is a pretty good demo, pity for the imprecisions and mapping issues especially in the later parts, but I can say it's an enjoyable experience if you want to try an old-school Rpgmaker jrpg that is not too serious. Despite the lack of polish you can still have some fun with this little unfinished game thanks to the variety of tasks, the humor, and fun classic party-based jrpg gameplay, if you can tolerate the silly parts and quite random events, but better if you can enjoy them! 
Overall not bad at all!

Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Sword & the Fish - The second greatest story ever told by scumdrop

 
You are Clifford, a scrubby hick with a penchant for amorality, sarcasm, and thumping stuff before thinking. Along with his comrades, Clifford travels a twisted path towards his great fate: to be the one destined to "try" and fight Gwar, the demonic villain whose name is only coincidentally after the 80's metal band. Along this path your journeys take many unstereotypical routes - such as a Battle of the Bands, DNA cloning, ghost pirate sea ballads, and an infectious disease that sounds more like a cereal. The journey also contains particularly stereotypical routes - such as the Generic Tower, discussions over whether towers are more evil than caves, and the Island of Too Many Towers. 
 

The Sword & the Fish is a very old Rpgmaker game, and the second most downloaded, or so they said. It's a very long and epic humorous adventure of a group of friends in a fantasy world that form a rock band but end fighting demons and travel through time becoming heroes, and opposing also the "real predestined hero" (that unsurprisingly has the classic Alex RTP charset). The game includes the cameo of various characters real or imaginary, such as Chun Li from Street Fighter II, and is pretty entertaining. 
The game site includes several extras, like a comic and a guide for the setting and details on all the playable party members.
 
 
 
 
Random Fact: The Sword & the Fish is a game created in 2000 and  completed in 2006, however it got a 2020 version. You can find this special version here: https://rpgmaker.net/games/11653/
This upgraded version removes Kid Rock from the game and upgrades the dialogues, making them more grammatically correct and PG-friendly, removing some profanities and vulgar language. For the rest the game isn't any different.
 
 
Final Verdict: the Sword and the Fish plays better than he looks, it's funny and probably one of the longest and best comedic/parody Rpgmaker games. I had fun and I wasted a lot of my time in this game, and, most importantly, I played it to the end! This is because the game entertained me from the beginning to the end, and while I find that there are some parts that could have been improved, I saw a lot of care for what regards the musical choice, the storyline and the character progression (at mid point most party members take an upgrade that is also reflected with a change of their appearance!). In the end this is not a bad game, it's a nice game with some frustrating dungeons with random encounters (but they are short), so in the end on the surface we have a normal jrpg with comedy, parody and weird (but great) dialogues. But this made it fun since it's entertaining, balanced and well designed, but this will be noticed only if you play it! 

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Scogno's Adventure by Scogno (italian)

 
Scogno is a boy that lives with his family in a little village, and dreams to be a hero. He has a terrible temperament, and after getting fed up with the miserable conditions of their lives, he decides to leave his town. His father Pippo gives him a sword, the mother Francy gives him few money and he also gets a potion from his sister. Reaching the first village he discovers that many heroes are here to start a crusade against the monsters that are invading the country, sent by the evil Malefix. However Scogno sleeps until late morning, when everyone else already left the village, except for the sorcerer Dale that joins him in the first of his many adventures around the world.
 

Scogno's Adventure is a very old Rpgmaker 2000 adventure game released in 2003. It's a pretty long parodistic epic story about the rise to power of a jerkass hero that has great ambitions but he's a coward at heart. Of course the journey will not only turn him into a really powerful warrior, but he will also meet a series of quirky characters that will join him in his adventures.
The game is a fantasy parody with lots of references to popular media in particular anime and videogames: Dragonball, Final Fantasy VII, Excel Saga, Evangelion and others are referenced here. 
 
 
Random Fact: it's not a coincidence that the name of the developer is the same of the protagonist: at the time, early 2000, italian Rpgmaker games were in many cases "Lol games", that's a category used to indicates humorous and parodistic adventures made among friends, starring themselves. The games sometimes featured sophomoric or crude humor and always used the default rpgmaker combat system.
Despite this, some like Scogno's Adventure were actually completed and done well enough to be appreciate also by non-friends of the developer.
 

Final Verdict: while not perfect, and including some errors and minor issues, this was an old classic with lots of content, many playable characters, an arena for extra battles and so on. A pretty impressive game at the time.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Don's Adventure 2 - Don's Nightmare by Xargoth

 
Years ago, humanity was terrorized by demonic creatures from the underworld. That changed when a warrior claimed the sword Excalibur and, alongside allies, fought the demons and drove them back to the underworld.  
 Peace ensued, but it was later shattered when the devil Parricada appeared on Earth and killed the wielder of Excalibur. Vowing revenge, the fallen hero's son led a force of one hundred warriors through the gateway to the underworld to finish off the creatures once and for all.  
 
Lilith, Seminex, Umbraticus, and Don Lessus - the only creatures of the underworld capable of working as a team - were tasked with driving back the human force. Despite harboring some reservations, the quartet ultimately accepted the mission.
 
 
The gameplay of this roughly 30-minute game centers primarily on combat and mini-games. Enemies appear as shadowy silhouettes on the map, signaling potential combat encounters. Battles utilize the standard turn-based, front-view combat system found in RPG Maker 2000, enhanced by the display of character graphics during the player's attacks. In addition to standard monsters, players can defeat elemental creatures that grant the main characters new abilities. 


Random Fact: like you can see from the title, this game serves as a sequel/spin-off within the Don's Adventures series created by Don Miguel. But this time, unlike typical hero's journeys where you play as agents of light, you control a group of underworld anti-heroes sent to hunt down the great hero's son.
 
Don's Adventures (sometimes titled Don Miguel's Sample Game) was created using an unofficially translated/unlicensed version of RPG Maker 2000, and was included in his original unlicensed distribution of that program. If you want to play also that sample game, that I will probably cover with more details in a future article here someday, check one of the links below:
 


Final Verdict: a little homage to Don and the Rpgmaker sample game Don's Adventure, this is a really well done funny adventure with many well made edits and good maps. Not a very long game, it's still a quality product that entertains from the beginning to the end. While there were many others Don's Adventure 2 (and even Don's Adventure 3) that will probably deserve their own entries, this is in my opinion one of the best homages to the first Don's Adventure.

Monday, September 28, 2026

Forget me Nots by Craze

 
The Prince of Conera, son of King Gerad, has to travel to the Archibold Palace and meet his bride to be, Princess Farina. For this voyage he's escorted by three advisors of his father (that hate him): Pyta the Wizard, Christine the Cleric and Rinsbald the Berserker, however this journey won't be without some incidents...
 
 
Forget me Nots is a parody of Final Fantasy games where the party members hate each other, a classic Rpgmaker jrpg with lots of comedy moments and dialogues, while combat is more or less what you would expect from a game of the popular series.
 
 
Random Fact: Craze had one month to produce a quality game or he'd have to wear a dress. He failed to do both, but what he did produce is available here. 
 
Final Verdict: this is a pretty classic game but still with some enjoyable moments. Probably not a very original game concerning graphics and gameplay, but being a parody it has its funny moments.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Metal Gear Solid: Lunacy of Legion by Zephyr


You are Solid Snake - master of stealth and overcoming situations concerning huge, warhead-equipped robots.
 
Now part of the anti-Metal Gear group Philanthropy, you are dispatched to deal with a rumored Metal Gear under development in the region of Mandora.
Will you - Snake - be able to stop this possible threat?
Or will the bad guys have it their way?
Or more importantly, will you be home back for dinner?
 

This is a Metal Gear-fangame, uses graphical and game-mechanical similarities with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The game is in real-time and mainly features stealth but also includes boss battles where combat is mandatory. The game merges two different gameplays in a very effective way, making a solid stealth adventure that's also pretty challenging. There are five difficulty levels.



Random Fact: the game is a parody of the Metal Gear games, and while it features some well known protagonists like Snake and Otacon, it adds some humorous dialogues and situations. But the stealth action is instead very serious, so it's still not a joke game.



Final Verdict: Metal Gear Solid: Lunacy of Legion" was probably a bold (and fun) experiment, and while not perfect, the result is in my opinion pretty good: this is a cool, imperfect and cute parody of Metal Gear mixed with Zelda. The game has some minor issues (like for example at a certain point I was not sure about where I was supposed to go) and some problems due to the imperfections of the engine, but if you do not take this game too seriously, I'm sure you can have some fun!

Saturday, September 5, 2026

The Cina Adventure by Rick86 (italian)

Daniele "Cina", PF "Piffero", Gabriele "Che", Rick "Cro-Cro" and... Squall Leonhart are a group of friends that go to school and fight monsters, anyway they get into trouble when they rescue a girl, Rei, from a shady man, Gendo Ikari, that seems to have some dark plan. Will the group of friends between a stealth mission and a Comic-Con be able to defeat the one who plans to change their world?
 

The Cina Adventure is a parody of the Jrpg genre with lots of references to popular anime and videogames: the intro for example mimics the beginning of Final Fantasy X, the characters will enter a Cosplay event dressed as Terry Bogart from Fatal Fury and as Vash the Stampede from Trigun, they will encounter Sol Badguy and other notorious characters. And yes, there is lot of comedy, but also battles and stealth sections. The game uses lots of edited sprites and there are even animated attacks for the playable characters.

 
Random Fact: this game was made by a group of friends, in fact Rick "Cro-Cro" is self-insert of the developer, that is a side character, and in the beginning also despised by the main characters, Cina and his best friend PF. Gabriele "Che" is another friend that collaborated to make this game, while Squall and Rei are here because these friends liked Final Fantasy VIII and also Evangelion, of course.
 

Final Verdict: a really nice game, some maps are really well done and there are lots of animated characters moving around, my only problem with this game is the use od random encounters, and that's pretty annoying since battles may become repetitive. On the other hand the game has some interesting diversions like the stealth sections, lots of details and some interesting features, like party management. It's a real pity that it wasn't completed, but as a demo it's pretty long.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Adventures of Manabat by Klown

 
The story follows the eccentric protagonist, Manabat the superhero who is the secret identity of ManaMoon. The gameplay leans heavily into a point-and-click adventure style rather than a traditional combat-heavy jrpg. Instead of leveling up through battles, you progress by solving inventory puzzles, interacting with quirky NPCs, and completing various mini-games scattered throughout the world.
 

This is a classic Rpgmaker comedy RPG created by the developer Klown on the Rpgmaker 2000 engine. Originally released in 2003, this charming freeware title is highly regarded in the Brazilian and broader Rpgmaker community for its unique humor and entertaining mini-games.
Random Fact: all the main characters in this game are notorious developers of many different rpgmaker games that are presented in the intro, and the main character, Manabat, is none other than ManaMoon, the developer of the game posted yesterday.

Final Verdict: a fun community game with lots of humor and many different minigames. 

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Untitled by OHBmouf

 
The world is mainly composed of four continents with general name of cardinal directions. These continents are the Southern, Eastern, Northern, and Western Continents. Hero resides in a home with his family in the Southern Continent, and is presented and takes on a path intertwining with the inhabitants and cultures extending beyond his town's. These experiences also lend to and build his identity hinting to where he discovers who he really is. 
 
 
Untitled is a reallyc classic adventure rpg game in a fantasy setting: the story and the gameplay are, in fact, rather standard: we have the usual evil guy that kidnaps the hero's (or Hero's!) loved ones, so he will start a journey, make friends and fight monsters and the evil guy's minions to save his relatives. Expect a journey on a large map, with many battles, wandering enemies and obligatory bosses, quest, secondary quests and some cutscenes. The battlers are really well done and nicely animated, characters have different and useful abilities and they can also heal some hitpoints if they defend. That's nice! Enemies have nice sprites too, and different abilities: some have sleep attacks, others will poison you, and remember that the fishes take lots of damage from thunder attacks and instead the mountain scorpions suffer from water attacks. Ok, that's a usual Final Fantasy concept, but it's well done.


Random Fact: Untitled isn't the only rpgmaker game called Untitled, but it's the only one made by OHBmouf. For the 2018 Secret Santa Event Dyluck made a comic about the game you can see HERE.
 

Final Verdict: Untitled by OHBmouf is an incomplete game that if it was completed I thing I'd call it Three the Hard Way 2.0, not because it has a similar plot, but because it provides enjoyable combat, puzzles, humor, and a serious epic story, in a setting realized with classic old-styled Rmk2003 charsets and chipsets that will never tire me!  In the end I liked a lot this adventure, it's entertaining and well done, and difficulty is balanced. I had a lot of fun and I was sincerely sad when I finished it. Well, maybe it's me, maybe I am nostalgic

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Everlasting Journey by Pepsiotaku

You are Sparrow. You've just been fired from your job for poor performance and your life is going nowhere, when you are greeted one day by a girl. Not a mysterious girl, just a girl. She needs help and by chance has found you. Knowing that this will lead to much bigger and greater things, you play along and eventually get sucked into the biggest adventure of your life!  
 
Along the way you'll meet plenty of savory characters that are happy to travel the world with you in hopes of being something greater. As a team you will stop a fiendish plot set forth by your new rival: the insane, and evil PAUL. It will be a race against time to save the world from the clutches of evil! Can you and your team of adventurers do it all in time? Play EVERLASTING JOURNEY to find out.  
 

Everlasting Journey is an epic and humorous fantasy adventure, that's also a real journey, and this means that it consists in a series of connected episodes that are pretty much linear, being a an on-the-road adventure. During the joutney Sparrow will meet lots of friends and foes, but besides exploration and battles you may expect minigames, puzzles, action sequences, card games, and the option to get drunk at the tavern.The game uses mostly the usual rpgmaker assets and the occasional edit and custom sprite, but mapping is extremely well done with attention to the details. 


 
Random Fact: Sparrow is a drunkard, and this is seen from the very first scenes. The developer added a a "drunk system" to represent the dizziness of being intoxicated, but surprisingly this wasn't the first time this has ben done: in fact Pepsiotaku originally made the drunk system, with the same interface, for the collaborative game Alex III that was posted previously. In that game Alex at the casino can become drunk exactly like Sparrow in Everlasting Journey. 
 
 

Final Verdict: despite the occasional bit of frustrating gameplay or imprecision (typos for example in Firam King dialogue or Phillip listed to be able to use swords that are instead used by Sparrow, for example) Everlasting Journey is a fantastic game full of memorable characters, cool treasures, immersive towns and countries, a funny, adventurous storyline, and a number of movie references and RPG cliches as well!

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Quest for Ghostgirl & House Of A Half Dozen Horrors by Grillparzer's Quest

 
Your visit to your friend's grave does not result in the expected rendezvous: there is no trace of her spirit. What happened here last night? What do the people at Spirit Imprisoners Inc. have to do with her disappearance? 
Sooner or later, your investigations lead you into the underworld, where you encounter a motley crew of demons and other hellish spawn—some more receptive than others to your quest for the deceased's soul.
 

Quest for Ghostgirl is a 2004 adventure game: ideally, the whole experience plays out like an interactive comic: the main focus is on interacting with quirky non-player characters and solving puzzles that require some lateral thinking. In terms of gameplay, it boils down to talking to everyone about everything and using the right item in the right place.

 
Random Fact: Grillparzer's Quest is a german developer, so most games like Grillparzer´s Quest - Tödlicher Albtraum (Deadly Nightmare) are available only in german. However there is another Rpgmaker 2000 adventure game that was released in english, House Of A Half Dozen Horrors. See below for this extra!
 

Final Verdict: this is a classic point-and-click adventure but the peculiar visuals and art style make it stand out. It's surely a pretty unique game. Simple, but entertaining if you like the genre.
 
 
 
 
EXTRA - House Of A Half Dozen Horrors: a dilapidated wooden shack in the middle of nowhere. An Austrian national poet, in the wrong place at the wrong time. A panther hunting him down. These are the ingredients for Franz Grillparzer’s latest action-adventure in the "House of Half-a-Dozen Horrors." Join this lovable curmudgeon as he uses spit and elbow grease to wriggle out of the stickiest situations—saving the world or reducing it to rubble and ashes, depending on the player's choices.
 
 

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Leo & Leah: A Love Story by Strangeluv

Leo and Leah have been close since they were newborn cubs. But now they've been separated and, with the guidance of you and the mystical help called Charlie Darwin and his "pet" Daisy, Leo must use all his survival skills to get her back! A tale of love, loyalty and lionhood! 
 
 
If you played A Home Far Awaythat I posted before, you may know what you can expect from this game: lots of adventures, minigames, and some classic rpgmaker battles too, but especially a lighthearted adventure with many weird likeable characters. This game is especially colorful and charming, its visuals are memorable as they make use of many different sprites, and the final result is impressive.
 
 This was the RMN.net featured game in March 2011.

 
Random Fact: this can be considered Strangeluv's masterpiece, and it's peculiar how many elements are taken from games released before: some monsters and their spries from Wyesse, a minigame and interface from Spike Lee's The Twilight Zone, the lighthearted adventure style and concept of A Home Far Away (whose pirates are the same ones from that game!) 
 
 

Final Verdict: Leo & Leah, despite some really minor flaws and a gameplay that still has a lot in common with many other rpgmaker games, is a cool adventure that will keep you entertained for 6-7 hours. Even if sometimes the secondary characters almost outshine the real protagonists of the story, I found it to be a really charming adventure and carefully crafted world and story. Very very good.