[FULL] Forever's End: Episode One

[NicoB]

This game is great! I've been playing for tree days now and I' m still enjoying the story and the whole atmosphere.
But I' ve got some questions: Is it possible to return to some of the areas later in the game? I' ve missed to catch some of the monsters so I couldn't get the reward...
And I can't find the special spirit in the desert that leads me to a treasure. I'm quiet sure that I' ve tried all possible ways... where is it hidden?

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Thank you! Glad to hear you're enjoying it. Currently, backtracking becomes impossible after certain points. However, you will be able to go back in later episodes, so make sure you hang on to your save file at the end of the episode.

As for the spirit:

In the final area of the desert that has a black, blue, and white spirit, there is a reddish looking rock towards the bottom left hand of the screen. Examine it to open a secret passage. Just so you know, you'll have to fight this guy, and he's really tough. He's sort of meant to be a post-game boss (like Sephiroth in KH). However, there is a save point there, so feel free to try!

[Jazz]

Ah, I see... no way to beat this guy ^^
So, I finished the game and it has been a pleasure to play it. What about the next part? Are you still working on it? (I'm soooo impatient...)

[NicoB]

Ah, I see... no way to beat this guy ^^
So, I finished the game and it has been a pleasure to play it. What about the next part? Are you still working on it? (I'm soooo impatient...)

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Yep, yep. I'm working away on it. Not sure when it will be released next. Probably a few months. The nice thing is now that I have the character abilities and systems in place, progress should move much more quickly.

[ala]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

[NicoB]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

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Uh-oh. That can't be good, haha. Do you remember exactly when these abnormal stats occurred? I need to try to pinpoint what caused that glitch.

Haha, yeah I guess Claude's and Burn's armor is kinda a waste of money in the end. :P

Yeah, I'm sorry about the disorganized inventory. I've been working on this game for three years now, and back when I started, I didn't really understand how 2k3 organized the items. I want to change it, but man, by this point, it would be a huuuggggeee hassle. =_=; I'm sure I will get around to it someday. And thanks for the compliments.

EDIT: By the way, if you all really liked my game, make sure to vote for Forever's End HERE for Project of the Month:

[Boonator]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

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I have the same problem. Goldo and the little boy started with this stats and Epoch i think after the first play with alexanders group

[Engel der Furcht]

I started to play it.
Well it has a bit too much explaining in the beginning (especially the Monster Hunting thing)
But i really like the system of it!

[Countless]

Epoch has abnormal stats in my game too. (Maximum might and attack - the other stats are okay)
It happened previously or at the checkpoint before you meet up with Slades again.
I don't know how it changed - maybe through a new item or anything?

But overall I like your game - it's very interesting and nice to play.
And your mapping is better the longer you play it. ;P

And yes, the inventory is really too big.
I can't even sell the rusty sword or other old items.
Maybe you could fix that or add an option to remove items?

Anyway, I will play more and perhaps write again something.

[NicoB]

Hmm...that's really bizarre. I don't know what would be causing that (this is the first I've heard of it).

Agh, sorry. I made the Rusty Sword unsellable because I didn't want the player to accidentally sell it when that's the only weapon they have (in the sewers). Same goes for a few other things. But I probably should just change that.

[Blacky89]

Maybe you can place an item deposit box in every town where players can deposit/withdraw their items.
only, of course, if it's possible to withdraw every item anywhere regardless of where they deposited them originally.

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So, I now played through the sewer- and the Alexander-story and have to say; its really great! It actually inspires me to
start working on my several ideas for a gamestory again! So thanks for that!
But one thing irritated me somehow:

Marcellus is a very powerful person. And yet a simple prisoner is capable of holding him back long enough
for Epoch and Elise to escape?^^ I mean there has to be something making that escape possible. But right there
I thought: "what, that little prisoner can stop him?"

But thats the only illogical thing to me right now. Really great game! And now that Epoch successfully escaped and is
on the run, the story really starts getting tense! I'll play some more later today and am looking forward to it!

So keep up the good work!

edit:
Okay, forget about my sayings in the "Spoilerbox"...^^
Now I know why he was able to "stop" him

[Tüp]

edit:
Okay, forget about my sayings in the "Spoilerbox"...^^
Now I know why he was able to "stop" him

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Your EDIT is awesome, Blacky89 ! ^^

[NicoB]

Your EDIT is awesome, Blacky89 ! ^^

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I got a good laugh out of that myself.

[ala]

Just finished the demo.

@High Stats: I first noticed them in the mansion, too.

Ok, let's spoil the party:

Ok, about monster-capture:
-At the beginning I only captured monsters once in a while for the rewards.. in mid game a lot of monsters were not captureable (undeads, demons etc.), but the scan didn't say so and suggested food for the capture which didn't work. This happend in 3 or 4 areas. In the endgame I captured monsters again, because it varied the battles a bit.

Very Good:
-The Beginning: Epochs decision to finally do what he wants is a common dream of every person today - the plot telling which leads to this developement is very well done. The mother which drags her children inside the houses to save them from epochs crew for example, that creates a very creepy atmosphere.
-Marcellus: Arrogant, manipulation, the sucessor of all evil stereotypes.
-Slade, the drunken master, Lee, Elijir, Elise all have very very well done - I even like the king .
-The mansion: A really great idea to tell the player things about the past. And demon hunting is always cool
-The riddles: Not too hard, not too easy. Well done.
-money balancing was very well done thoughout the game (very rare in rpg-maker games) till perhaps the Drunken master appeared. After that I could swim in gold, the monsters just dropped so much.

Bad:
-The hooded man, I suspect him to be a crystal guardian btw. - well he just is a big idiot. Dialogue in the beginning, Marcellus: "Let's not draw to much attention".. the hooded man then goes of and kills like 2 dozens of elite dragon guards which chase after epoch, how is that NOT gonna draw a hell of attention?! He watched the crew like an idiot and he screwed up again shortly after with the biorobot - if he would have done his job properly and watched out for the chasing forces, he would have noticed....
-Elizabeth: The Spoiled princess tomboy character is just sooo overused. And the Epoch-plot around her is just weird. At the beginning Epoch mentions her only one time! (- or his buddy Cloude: "Do you still think about Liz?") - 5-6 hours later he's going far too crazy around her, it's like his character has changed all of a sudden.
And what the hell is her outgoing and bright attitude - I think it's a bit exaggerated.
-The balancing with those scout bosses, altough weaker at the end - the first ones were actually damn hard. Oh dear, I used up all my items too beat the first one in the forest with the lake (the one with slade bleeding), and later I got a second very very hard lvl2 hidden monster. Oh my god what beasts.
-Upgrade Coupons: Easlily missed, I only found around 4 or 5, nasty to look out for white birds during gameplay.

All in all you have my respect for always introducing new features during gameplay. This somehow keeps everything fresh. Good job

[MrSerji]

Hm....
Nice Game, the Präsentation ist not bad
I play this game in this Week

[Nox Ra]

Hi ^^

I've downloaded the game yesterday and played it the whole day (and night xD) till I had it through.... it's amazing! I totally fell in love with it x3
The story is truly captivating, really wanna know how it will go on. Also, all the different characters make it interesting, everyone got their own story and reasons for what they do. Not to speak even of the great mapping and the music.. could listen forever to it. There were really a couple of maps where I just looked at it and was stunned cause it looked so great. Also, the addition with the capturing monsters is really nice :3
The Battlesystem isn't too bad, but maybe the enemies are a little bit too strong or too fast? I don't know, I'm someone that levels up with no end (got alone in this one almost all the characters on around fourty), but I still had some troubles with the regular enemies. The boss-fights tho were actually good balanced, I think.

Since it's quite some time you updated here, I hope tho that you're still working on it -the whole games shows of the lots of work you already put into it and it would be a shame not to continue ^^

Greets, Nox

[Raddwa]

Wow ^^ Looks Really great... I'm gonna play it ^^
I'll give a Review when I'm done playing

[NicoB]

@Nox Ra: Thanks a lot man. I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed it. I am hard at work on Episode 2, and should have a big update on RMN in the coming weeks.
@Raddwa: Thanks buddy, I look forward to your review. ^ ^

[Mr.Räbbit]

Wonderfull presentation, excellent graphics and mapping, a very fine battle-system and one more person who is going to download your game.
And i appreciate, that you found your way to a german board, to show us, what lies beyond our community-borders!

Keep up the good work!

[Nox Ra]

Welcome And it's really good to hear you're working on it -will be checking RMN then

[Ave]

So finally finished it and I have to say that it's one of the best RPG-Maker Games I've ever played. The story is very well told and caught my interest within a few minutes of playing. It's really impressive what you made out of the Battlesystem. It's rather rare to enjoy battles in a RPG-Maker Game since most of the time you're just pressing Enter without thinking, but you tried hard to involve the strategic aspect and it worked really well. At first I had a bad feeling about the Capturing System, since I've seen something like this in other games and it was boring and disturbing, but I had a lot of fun capturing most of the monsters.

My personal favourite characters are Goldo and Slade. Oh and there's something I wanted to ask you: How old is Slade? His Faceset looks rather old but in the cutscenes he looks like in his mid-twenties. Could probably be, because he's not sleeping, but this was wondering me the whole time. ^^

I can't wait to play Episode 2 and I hope that it will have the same quality as the previous Episode. (or even better ) Wish you good luck and success!