Star Shift Origins

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] RPG Maker strikes again! "Star Shift Origins" is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. This RPG Maker asset flip differs from your usual RPG Maker asset flip, which are usually a fantasy RPG with a fan-fiction about the authors imaginary anime girlfriend. Instead we have a godawful sci-fi fan-fiction about disgusting AI Slop. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, an…

Despite some inconsistent character art this is such a good rpg

Good game. this game took me by surprise. I didn't expect it to be this good, as i have a low opinion of RPG maker games. this goes to show that if its done right, RPG maker games can be great. I love every thing the game has to offer the gameplay, the story and the overall feel of the game. the only down side i can find is that some of the visuals and colors are a bit overwhelming for my taste and that the game is too short. but from what i understand is that this game is suppose to be a prologue. I can wait to see what the next installment has to offer.

DEcebt gane that promises to be good in its next installment, but please god don't put any more mazes in your game.

Twas fine, fighting all enemies and getting lost a few times in mazes gave me about 5 hours of playtime. It is quite obvious that you likely wont get to keep equipment or items from this game so dont worry about that. The learnable skills have a few small issues, but on base difficulty, getting the passives and keeping up with equipment will have you be fine through battles. Be aware that a lot of the 5 hours is battling enemies, this is not a bad thing but it is something to note. Combat feels slow so it is probably best to opt into damaging options. Outside of unbelievably bad rng (3 enemies targeting 1 character in 1 round and going first sort of rng), you will likely be fine in the battles and healing items are plentiful and easy to get/use. Gives enough to want to see more and only overstays its welcome a bit. If the final large game has even some of the features teased in this game through the stat panels, then I look very forward to when it comes out.

A nice six and a half-ish hour play. While streaming this we did encounter a couple of bugs that happened after using abilities too much in one combat and another when trying to delete old saves. However, those are minor in the long run as the developer is actively working on fixing these. The first thing anyone is going to notice and speak out about is the use of AI in this game. Yes, it uses AI primarily for art when it comes to a number of characters and with making some of the javascript plugins. And while I will continue to not like the use of AI, I separated my dislike from this review and playthrough. The art style for a lot of the character portraits is inconsistent. While it is understandable that the developer was aiming to have them look different in the sense that they are aliens and of different species, the stylization of the art is the issue. Where two people of the same race look different as one has more of an anime/hand drawn look while the other is obviously AI with it's strange shiny layer. Aside from this, there is a small complaint about the lack of tutorials when it comes to skills and getting setup at first. With the developer constantly going back to fix…