To the Moon - Even RPG maker games can make money

I find it funny that unknown indie games are thriving and Ubisoft is still complaining about a 90% drop in sales because of the evil pirates. After continuing my Adventure game marathon I found this game. Someone had suggested it on the forums. I looked at it saw a RPG maker game (a program that premakes RPGs for you easily for people who can't make them) and went fuck that. But after hearing a lot about it again and having just finished up Gray Matter I decided to give it a try. At first I'm going "what is this some lame comedy bullshit?" Then I played longer and finally understood what everyone was talking about. The game may look unappealing but the story is great. After playing for the few hours it took to finish the game, the graphics doesn't look so bad anymore. However is this really worth 12 bucks?

The game is almost as short as Dear Esther and theres absolutely no replay value. Why is it worth 12 bucks? For a game you make in RPG maker? Seems like anyone can throw together a game and sell it these days. However I remember saying games with shitty gameplay but good stories should stick to writing books this one is a bit different. It may be an RPG maker game but its an Adventure game at heart. It wouldn't be fun if it was a real game with lots of dumb stuff to distract you and it wouldn't make sense in a book. Its mixing these two together that you get the perfect game, an Adventure game. Without being able to interact with the world and find objects to trigger memories it just wouldn't be the same. Its a shame Adventure games are dying out. I may not have played many of them, but I still find them extremely fun.

Adventure games may be dying but its certainly not entirely dead. It has a very niche audience that are eagerly waiting for more. Double Fine recently started a Kickstarter for a new adventure game and they raised over 3 million dollars to make the game. That is a lot of fucking money from people desperately wanting a new adventure game. A lot of adventure games joined up Kickstarter too and are getting close to reaching the goal. I'm going off topic. When you first start the game you meet up with your two protagonists, Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts. The two of you have unique jobs where the two of you give the person another chance to live by granting them one wish just before they die but everything is just a memory. You meet the caretakers of an elderly man named Johnny who is on his deathbed. You are told his wish is to go to the moon and the two of you enter his memories and find out exactly why and by changing certain events in his memory the two of you can make that wish come true. However its never really that simple is it?

Its painful and heartbreaking. The characters are all very likable, and you're always begging for more information but its never given to you. As you go back further in time you learn more and more about them and why they are doing what they did. There is really nothing I can say without spoiling the game. The story is very good and the music isn't bad. It fits the theme pretty well. However as the game ended we were told this is part 1 of many. If this really is part 1 of many then its already 12 bucks for 1 part?. Thats pretty steep of a price for something with barely any replay value with RPG maker graphics.

Do not let the first few minutes of the game fool you. Walking around like an RPG and fighting turn based combat is all for comedic effect. People start off hating the protagonists because they add nothing to the story until later on they realize they're there for the comedic effect to alleviate the bleakness of the game. Its a very depressing game yet touching at the same time. I don't hate this game, in fact I like it a lot. Would this be called an adventure game? It most likely can. People assume its an RPG because its made in RPG maker. It is not. Adventure games are unique in the sense that they rely more on the story to sell the game. However the gameplay is not entirely forgotten. Without proper gameplay, an adventure game is nothing but a story. Its the merging of these two things that we get something amazing. This game did it right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkJuSV-23U

Give it a try.