Finished game: Vindication

[LockeZ]

Vindication is a traditional RPG created in RPG Maker 2003 over the course of more than five years. It uses a real-time battle system similar to Final Fantasy games from the SNES and PSX eras. The game is about 15-25 hours long and features several side-quests and multiple difficulty settings, with eight major playable characters.

Vindication is a constant barrage of off-the-wall comedy; a game where eccentric characters encounter absurd situations non-stop.  The humor assaults the player at full-speed as the characters are assaulted by 80s style robots from the future, struck by meteors, and forced to take pity on villains who try their best to be evil but fail miserably.  But in its more serious moments, Vindication is primarily the story of one man, James Clyde.  His quest for revenge against those who have wronged him rules his life, but begins to conflict with his desire to protect his daughter, while a force capable of destroying the world is left unchecked, even encouraged.  It is an epic tragedy hidden within a whirlwind of wacky hijinks and terrible puns.

While unarguably a story-based game, Vindication also utilizes gameplay concepts in unusual ways to create a unique and interesting game that is challenging and rewarding. Each character has unique abilities and requires different strategies. Constant party changes and splits keep you on your toes and require you to come up with new battle strategies constantly, while still rewarding you for developing your team members and building your strength. On the harder difficulty setting, the game plays almost like a survival horror game, with very limited resources and no way to replenish them, forcing you to manage your items wisely in order to survive the dungeons and defeat the bosses, which are stronger and faster than usual.









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[fruckert]

Apex, you evil bastard.

Looks neat, I'll try it out later.

[Nandez]

Please say this was made for drakyith's crappy game contest.

[LockeZ]

Please say this was made for drakyith's crappy game contest.

It's a crappy contest for games, or it's a contest for crappy games?  Wait, no, I don't want to know.

Anyway, sadly, no.  Though taking several years to finish a game for a contest on an online forum would be pretty awesome.  Vindication was made using a good number of graphics resources from Charas, though, which is the main reason why I felt it was worth mentioning here.

[supasora]

I saw computers... I'm more intreasted now.

[Nandez]

A contest for crappy games.
But ignore Nandez, he was just being an *** and saying your game sucks.
I cant really have an opinion just on the screenshots, so I might download it later to tell you what I think.

You only said that because you dislike me.

I was not being a *** and I didn't say it sucked just the way it plays out reminds me of a game Drakyith would review.
Like naming people Herpes.

[RockJohnAxe]

NO Matter how hard you try, you cant please everyone.

Please dont let it get you down,

for every 6 people that hate your shit, 1 person will love it.

and its that Small few who make it all worth while.

[LockeZ]

It's OK, not everyone can appreciate genius.

[Cerebus]

Oh, the arrogance.

[fruckert]

Wow.
Just...wow.

[Avnas]

So...uh...has anyone actually played the game?

[supasora]

So...uh...has anyone actually played the game?

I was wondering that too. When I clear out my computer I'll try it.

edit: I'm actually pretty intrested in this game. The floating sword when you attack and the shattering glass are my only complaints.

[LockeZ]

I have updated this game with numerous bug fixes, several completely remapped areas, and a lot of more minor changes like like difficulty tweaks.  I also edited the description and screenshots in my main post above, and updated the link in it.