Sydney's World

I found this RPG quite enjoyable. Sydney's World revolves around the adventures of a young girl who is transported to a different world where she finds she can do magic and her toy elf becomes a real elf. There's some voice acting and mainly from a real little girl, actually named Sydney, eight and a half years of age. She does an exceptional job. The main villain on the other hand..... ugh. I'll forgive that though because I love Sydney and the game is chock-full of great music and lovely art. A few things you should be aware of. There are no random battles and no way to power level. You DO level up and gain new abilities and higher stats but almost all battles are part of the story. Some dungeons or hazardous areas have creatures that you can see and choose to come in contact with for a few extra battles. This RPG is more about experiencing the story than fighting. Though there ARE some tough battles so you'll need to figure out what your skills do and come up with strategies. You can save whenever you please so just make sure to do that often and you'll be fine. There's probably a lot more I could say about the game but I think I'll keep this review on the shorter side. In clo…

[h2]Preface[/h2] I have very mixed feeling writing review for Sydney's World. As educational game (also called DGBL/Digital Game Based Learning by the developer), it lean on good side. But as RPGMaker game, unfortunately it doesn't lean on good side even considering the developer primarily target younger audience. Valve really should let game owner choose "Neutral" or "Informational" when curators already given "Informational" option. [h2]Story[/h2] Overall the story is great, while considering it primarily target younger audience. It has some good moral message, choice which could invoke critical thinking and some fun cast/character. But for older audience, you might find the story/character is shallow/not deep enough. Even though the developer attempt to mitigate that by including selected philosophy quote/text on bookshelf, personally i find it's boring. If you're looking for something casual with teen/all ages age rating which could spark one's curiosity about philosophy, you might want to check Girls Last Tour (anime/TV series version) instead. Unfortunately the story has few serious flaws. The beginning part of story is weakest part where the pacing is very fast, many chara…

Sydney's World is a family friendly roleplaying game. It is neither hardcore RPG in the roleplaying sense or the JRPG mechanic sense. It is a a wonderful story and trip of father and daughter. A simple game of heart warming story with snazzy music and fun heart. Pros Family Friendly Funny Story and characters with heart and adventure Price Ratio per play through great! 14 hours: (Ignore my time stamp of 1 hour due to playing without internet) Some fun and great voice acting Snazzy tunes. Neutral: Simple combat mechanics can lead to some painful encounters and the classic RPG save resetting, but its not bad like older games of the genre. Some Maze puzzles can be a bit of a trial and error doozy.

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I am not much of a reviewer for RPGs, but just wanted to say that I enjoy playing this game. It's fun, and interesting in that I can play different characters.

Wakling simulator with RPG Maker 2000 tileset mapping and ugly character faces.