Valiant: Resurrection

Cute little RM game, not really polished - walking of the edge map, invisible obstacles, etc.. there is a lot of better RPGMaker games out there for the same or even lower price.

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Valiant: Resurrection is what I'd refer to as a 16-Bit version of Shadow of the Colossus—and judging by the protagonist's name, I don't think this is a coincidence—but it has none of the charm and is not done in a clever way. At the start, you have the choice whether or not to skip the intro. I didn't as it was my first time playing the game. Before I was even through it, I wished that I had. The reason? It tells you everything that happens before the actual game starts, but not in a good way. In writing, there's a rule where you should never tell your readers what's happening, only show it. This whole section is telling the player the beginning, about the protagonist who we're meant to get to know later, and what the plot is. It's insane on how much [i] telling [/i] there is for a game that's visual and could've let the player explore what's happening instead of constantly hammering it in. After the intro, it doesn't get much better. Yes, the protagonist sets off on his journey and so on, but things spiral downwards fast. And most of it comes from the writing, but not all of it. First things first, the amount of ellipsis used is honestly mind-boggling. I've heard of comma addicts—which we'll get to—but this is a whole other level of [i] nope [/i] and [i] don't. [/i] It's never a good idea to overuse anything. If you do that, you're risking of losing readers—or in this case the player—because these are things they can and will notice, which takes them out of the story. Now their attention is solely focused on the mistakes instead of the characters or tale. Second, this also goes in the “overuse” category and that's commas. Commas can make or break your text. In this case—and during certain moments—it's more the latter than the former. If you have a long sentence, don't fill it with commas. And certainly don't add words that do not need to be there. Yes, sometimes it might add character to do that. However, when a sentence already has two or three commas, it doesn't need extras. Or you can add that sort of thing in another way. The most notable sentence that I read with a lot was during the intro, which had five of them. That's... shocking. Third, what's with the protagonist constantly referring to his fiancée as anything apart from her name? It just seems odd to me that he doesn't know it based on the intro. If it had been an arranged marriage, doesn't know it because of memory loss but still aware enough that he feels a connection, or it's a curse where he [i] can't [/i] say it as disaster will strike. Now that would be interesting. However, as far as I can tell, that's not the case. Fourth, the surroundings feel hollow. One of my favourite things about RPGs in general is the fact that you can interact with the environment. When you take that away, it makes areas feel empty. That vase with flowers? The character doesn't bother to look or even smell them. Shelf filled with books? You're not allowed to read any titles or even a section. Gold bars everywhere? Hey, that was the one thing you wanted to know why it was there! Lastly, the fetch quests are maddening. The few that I did, there was no joy in completing. It all felt like a chore. None of them were interesting, not even the characters who gave the quests. Personally, it would've been better if there were a few but adding so many doesn't make it fun. In conclusion: Play the game this one took inspiration from.

RPG Maker junk. Story is ok, but the gameplay is 100% fetch quest and the map layouts are too annoying to put more than the couple of hours I have invested into this. Poop

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This game has a lovely story and is playable till the end. There are a few things that don't make sense, but they're easy to overlook.

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Played this for a bit & had to stop. Wasn't a fan of the story & the game overall just seemed way too simplistic. Bought this cause it kind of reminded me of the Aveyond series which I LOVED in terms of the battle screen & the fact that you can see enemies etc plus it's made on rpgmaker XP which Aveyond was also. Overall I'm not going to finish it though, it's just not interesting or complex enough