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[rpgmaker newb]

Wats better rpgm2 or rpgm3 or xp??if possible explain.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: 2 or 3

RPGM2.

RMXP is the most powerful of the RPGMs, but a lot of that power lies in the built-in RGSS (which let's you use the Ruby programming code; yes, that's real programming). RPGM3 isn't very powerful at all, and I consider it the least powerful of the RPGMs. RPGM2 is the most powerful of the console RPGMs, and though there are some really confusing options (though you generally don't need to use them), you can use pretty much all that power without a whole lot of experience in programming, or none at all (though learning it would be a bit more difficult in that case).

[rpgmaker newb]

Re: 2 or 3

is there a tutorial of some sort for rpgm2??unlike rpgm 3?And is xp the one i can make look like the final fantasy games?

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: 2 or 3

RMXP is the only other US release of RPGM that's 2D. The default battle system is first-person view like RPGM1 and RPGM2 (more like RPGM1; better quality) and there are no default world map graphics.

RPGM2 doesn't technically have a "tutorial", but pressing start on each option tells you about what it does. A few descriptions don't explain well enough, but you can figure a lot of stuff out by trial and error anyway.

[tamoki]

Re: 2 or 3

The guide helped me for 2 a lot. Just follow all the easy instructions especially the map and dungeon makers.

[hitogoroshi]

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Although, if you are a "rpgmaker newb" RPGM3 is a much better first step then RPGM2. RPGM2 is top of the ladder.

[Jamos' Old Account]

Re: 2 or 3

For noobs I would suggest RPGM3. Very easy to use, you could probably make a full game in one afternoon. The limitation can be quite annoying, though. I for one use RPGM2, which have very few limitations. VFX editor alone is well worth the money. I hope you find the one that is right for you.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: 2 or 3

For noobs I would suggest RPGM3. Very easy to use, you could probably make a full game in one afternoon.

There's no need to be misleading. If you want a field in your game or you want your game to be playable, it'll take a lot longer than a single afternoon.

[Jamos' Old Account]

Re: 2 or 3

You are right, Draygone. I shouldn't be so misleading... It would be 2 afternoons.

[Perversion]

Re: 2 or 3

You are right, Draygone. I shouldn't be so misleading... It would be 2 afternoons.

Well, as I've mentioned before, Series 1 took me at least 150-200 hours to program and playtest, but there is a LOT to that game...it's not simple by any stretch. Maybe some "go to the cave and rescue the princess" game might be made in that little time, but anything a bit more complex is gonna take a while.

[Jamos' Old Account]

Re: 2 or 3

I was saying a game could be done in an afternoon or 2. Meaning that it is possible. If you want to make a good length piece of work, then it would take much much longer.

[rpgmaker newb]

Re: 2 or 3

Alright ill stick with rpgm 3 for now(in the middle of my creation)then ill check out rpgm2 thnx.

[theonejanitor]

Re: 2 or 3

3 is extremely easy yet incredibly limited
2 is incredibly free and powerful, yet extremely difficult (to master)

3 also has prettier graphics.

depends on your level of commitment. i'm too lazy to figure out rpgm2, if someone walked me through it, then maybe.

once you understand how limited you are in 3, you can make a great game at any rate. I think your imagination far precedes any rpg maker's limitations.

but rpgm2 is the better game, overall.

[theonejanitor]

Re: 2 or 3

RMXP is the only other US release of RPGM that's 2D. The default battle system is first-person view like RPGM1 and RPGM2 (more like RPGM1; better quality) and there are no default world map graphics.

RPGM2 doesn't technically have a "tutorial", but pressing start on each option tells you about what it does. A few descriptions don't explain well enough, but you can figure a lot of stuff out by trial and error anyway.

my brother made a joke game on rpgm3, where you control a gorilla, who enters a dugeon, is told by a strange looking dude (used the pop art avatar for Good Prince, i think) who tells him to go an adventure, and offers him several strange warriors to help him, the gorilla refuses, so he walks the dungeon alone, where there is a treasure chest. should you interract with it, you will have to face a behemoth monster who will most assuredly kill you.
and that's the end.
LOL
took him a good hour.

[Perversion]

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My buddy was trying to make a game on RPGM3 where the main character was Ray Nagan (the mayor of New Orleans), and the character model was a gorilla. The ultimate goal in the game was to make Nagan's dream of a "chocolate New Orleans" come true.