When the aforementioned tutorial concludes (and becomes inaccessible for whatever reason), you’re free to head to either the online community to download games, or start making your own! The maker aspect is the biggest draw to buying this game, since like with FES, you can also play created RPGs via the RPG Maker Player app, which is a free download. RPG Maker MV allows you to make any sort of turn-based RPG you can think up, with enough dedication. Likewise, there are plenty of BGM options available, but no option to make your own, unfortunately, though you can customize the pre-existing sprites at least, even though you won’t have nearly the same level of depth as the PC version.
There’s even a handy tutorial that gives you step by step guides on how to make and use events, location warps, objects, and a lot more, but somehow you can’t replay this after it concludes, which does make it frustrating to go back to if you need a refresher on a certain aspect, and a feature that absolutely should have been triple checked. Combine that with a more user friendly interface, and more control options, and the editor is a lot easier to navigate and less clunky than that of FES. You have a way better menu and UI to use, for one thing, and also have access to a lot more tools. But unlike that limited game, MV is much bigger in scope, offering a ton more options to play around with. Per RPG Maker norms, this application is a tool that you can use to create and script your own RPG adventures, and like with FES, you do have some built in, generic assets to choose from. Does Kadokawa earn a redemption, or does this maker game still fail to be an easy-to-learn tool worth your time? Now in 2020, the next RPG Maker console game has arrived, this time being available on a system with a much better touchscreen.
Not only did I feel it was a clunky mess on the system, but it also gated a bunch of stuff behind DLC and was still horribly limited in general, plus the RPG Maker Player made the whole app feel pointless to anyone except the most dedicated. Years ago, I gave RPG Maker Fes on the 3DS a spin, and came off absolutely detesting it.
Thanks to NIS AMERICA for the review code Title: RPG MAKER MV