Castle Paradox

FyreWulff · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

Right Click on the file and select "Open with..." Make sure you have installed VDMS before you do this. Then find VDMS on the list, or find the VDMS EXE (usually Program Files/VDMS), make sure the little checkbox that says "always open file with this program" is check, and hit OK.

Slime · **Objection!!!** Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 170

Well, since you fled from irc, i'll ask here. I get a message saying something-or-the-other:ProgramFiles:RPGcreations:SoJ does not appear to exist, or something like that.

What's going on in my screwed up computer?
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

why do you think it won't work in rusalka?
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FyreWulff · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject:

Friend · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 235 Location: California

Congratulations for finally releasing it!

I admit at being extremely skeptical about the game after years of accumulated missed release dates. However, after playing the full version to the end and examining its contents(around 16 hours of play time, still missing some sidequests), I can understand why it took so long.

Even when I played the game in its buggy state (played the playtester version, I'm sure all the bugs are smashed in the full version), I still feel the quality of polish is very high. I'm impressed by the small details Char bothered to do, the fireflies effect in the intro, the numerous enemy walkabouts that occupy the danger maps, and the nifty character animations that accompany the cutscenes.

Among other things, I liked the way the "battle cutscenes" are handled. While this isn't really a new idea, I think Jade executes this better than any other attempt at handling battle cutscenes, Especially on the final few battles. The final battle(s) clocked in at around an hour altogether, a long and intense fight, pretty rare for an OHR game.

Great work!
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hireintelligence · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 50 Location: NSW, Australia

I was beggining to wonder if it would ever be released.
I've downloaded it (on my third attempt) and I'm enjoying all so far.
The battles are just a bit slow. I'm not sure if this continues through the whole game but I'll assume it's just in the first bit given that everything else is great.

chris98 · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:06 am Post subject:

Great game! I really like the story up till now.
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Moogle1 · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

Okay, now that I've played it enough to have an initial impression, here it is.
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Definitely the most professional OHR game I've ever played. Plotscripting abounds and is seamlessly integrated into the game. The custom menus boggle me; I think I missed a plotscripting command somewhere (or they're implemented via backdrops, which is a lot of backdrops).

On the down side, the game has a steep learning curve after the intro. You can only save at the inn, and if you happen to visit there at night hoping to save, you'll probably end up with a game over.

The game offers a lot to do. Strictly speaking, the game is linear, but all of the events in and around town give the game a non-linear feel a la Baldur's Gate.

The battles are difficult and until you gain a level you'll be holding down that spacebar. The first level is, maddeningly enough, the hardest to gain, since you'll find that unless you run into the right enemies, the random encounters can kick your butt. Fortunately, random encounters won't give you a game over, but they will take away valuable time from your Jade Countdown. Moreover, you'll be left with a minimum of life.

Again, the game balances this out with the ability to rest at any time -- but that takes time, too. The result of all of this is that the game's pacing is a bit slow at the beginning. The game picks up, satisfyingly, after you manage to gain a few levels and save, but the fear of random encounters lingers for a while after.
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LongeBane · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 312 Location: Tomorrow

I think the authors wanted you to feel as if you were dogoro: weak and powerless at the beginning of the game.. Dogoro has just faced some traumatic experiences and feels hopeless and wants to give up.

I also noticed in the manual, theres a section that hints on what to do to remedy this problem at the beginning.

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

It is continent-beating.
So wellllll tuned and maintaining the tension constantly.
The tiles work great (better than i thought they might when Charbile showed them to me)

I especially like the flip-screen scrolling. This works really well for the feeling of walking into the unknown. Switchblade comes to mind as another game which used this to great effect.

To Friend and whoever else finished the game: Was my ending picture great enough to be the almost-last thing you saw in the game?

rpgspotKahn · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:30 am Post subject:

Your game has inspired us here in South Africa. David Kale has decided that he would like to continue making his OHR games, after being put out of action for quite a while by his mental state of 'this engine can't do anything productive'... Looking at your game, it's shown quite a few ways of tweaking the engine into doing just about anything.

Consider it a international milestone.

Thank you for your hard work and skill.
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Sparoku · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:

Even though I didn't get to play SoJ very long, I still loved it. The storyline is very interesting so far and the graphics are very nice indeed.

Mike Caron · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:

(Note: I have ensured there are no spoilers in this post, for the benefit of everyone else)

rpgspotkale · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:

Hey Congrats man! Smokin'

I know how hard it is to actually complete a game. I start one and then I think of a beter story line and things like that. Therefore most of the stuff done already is of no use anymore.

But whatever...I havnt even played the game yet. Just checked it out at Kahns and I'm already high to play it! And yea Kahn, you are right! This game does inspire me to continue my game. Much like that of Friends games do.

Well...cant wait! :flamedevil:
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Friend · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 235 Location: California

I liked the sunset picture that you drew... though after reading char's LJ (or is it yours?), I was expecting a Doukutsu-ish ending. That probably might take too long to do though.
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