RPG Maker MV: IN-DEPTH USER REVIEW

[@Web720]

So MV is like Bethesda games, let the modders fix it.

[@clarityfishy]

lol

[@LiEnby]

That's just every game engines they basically all require you to program stuff. Heck RM is acturally the exception to this. Since people will just write all code for you lol

[@danielnorstrom5500]

I already own MV. I'm just here because I'm glad to see Echo uploading again.

[@theblacknight2768]

It's great to have you back Echo. Can't wait to see what's next. My game making skills are still absolute crap, so I'm excited to improve.

[@nekokiri76]

Oh about the sound error just lower the volume entirely and then just bring it back up. It works for me!

[@Toastyfunnyguy]

Hey Echo just wondering, are you gonna bring back the demo letsplays on other peoples games? If so please let me know as I would like to send you mine!🙂

[@westonrichmond6314]

Echo, I just purchased MV :-) :-) Sadly I don't have a computer... yet. There is one coming in the mail and it will be here Friday :-D Your KZbin videos are like my new mentor!

[@seikouesa2563]

lovely to have you back! While I'm still just a scrub with RPG Maker, your tutorials have been really helpful time and again. Also your videos are really relaxing because you have such a nice voice. Like a perfect children's tv show host voice, it's so happy and relaxing ^^) keep up the awesome work!! also trying to scratch up enough spare change to buy gaia's melody. sadly I'm poor...

[@shayoko6]

I own MV tho i don't develop games. it really is a fantastic engine to make games. easy to learn and use. and can make impressive experiences if you're talented. just look at Echis game. AMAZING.

[@Valancet]

I didn't realize you were back! Your videos have helped me a lot.

[@benjaminsmith1638]

Thanks Echo! Much Love from New Zealand this helped me decide which engine to use for my game!

[@HevyMetalMay]

It's good to hear you again, Echo.

[@andreutormos7210]

Good to have you back!

[@WheatTon]

I love MV. It speaks to the try hard in me. Easy to use, but you put a bit extra time and effort the ease doesn't hinder quality. Not that I'll ever be completely happy with anything I make. There's always that one thing that you think "I could do better!"

[@hlonghi]

In my experience if you are using a newer nvidia GPU what makes MV go into a slog is Ansel. For some god forsaken reason Ansel is starting up with all my MV based projects. Yep. Ansel for a 2D engine. Ive posted on nvidia support but no answer other than "use the latest drivers" something that I already use. Im using a 1070 from MSI/Corsair btw, no OC or anything like Sweetfx installed.

[@batman8293]

I've never had Ansel pop up when using MV.

[@Mr0verlord]

As a user of VX Ace and I say It's worth the upgrade mainly due that you no longer have to copy and paste the same script every time you start a new project

[@lostbutterflycols]

Echo,I love your new sprite!It cute

[@HevyMetalMay]

It's god to hear you again, Echo.

[@nantoargonar5355]

Good to have you Back ! It's been a while since i've followed you :). You're getting better and better, it's such a pleasure to have to watch you ! I hope you do well, personal Wise too Katchie :) !

[@BloodFatality11]

glad to see you back, I hope see more videos :)

[@elayness1749]

BloodFatality11 Just came to say your Profile Picture is amazing. Holo is the best wolf.

[@Mizu_Melon]

I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but your videos actually introduced me to RPGMaker, and I don't know if I would've even known RPGMaker existed if it weren't for the videos.

[@Luninareph]

It's my favorite RM so far! ^_^

[@JayBringer111]

This video was well edited and very informative. Good job!

[@Weather-more]

I bought it because I had so much fun watching your videos. The only problems I have so far are creating a teleport spell and playing music on different maps.

[@raeanus480]

I bought the book on how to make a 2D RPG in a weekend to help me get started. Looking forward to getting into MV

[@douglasnascimento9196]

Good to have you back ^^ I have MV and VXACe. I think each of them have there good points...I am not sure, but, I think vxace doesn't have a way to show the variables in a menu, such as in MV...

[@AshXXMayftw]

I've been wanting to make my own little game for a long time, and hearing it's not too complicated is nice. I've had a small bit of experience with programming in college...in 2013, but I'll learn as I go along. I guess the most I want out of this is a medium to let others enjoy the stories and characters I've only been able to conceptualize on Word.

[@Johnny_Shields]

It's relaxing to listen to you.

[@Ihavenoskin]

Epic video, congrats on your first game :)

[@Ihavenoskin]

Any news on it being released on Mac?

[@salianifo]

We don't have a Mac to test it on, or know anyone locally with one.

[@Ihavenoskin]

Salia Nifo Thanks for the reply. Shame I can’t help. But GL anyway!!! I’ll watch. a let’s play. It looks amazing so well done, thanks for all the help too with your videos

[@Zarsla]

You can get MV for ~30 USD when MV on sale. So for most people who find ~80 USD expensive, the sale price is way better.

[@gawkers12]

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

[@BlueSama97]

Really happy you're back :)

[@austinmitchell8807]

Do you know where I can get texture packs for rpg maker xp and what textures should I get

[@Hell_Soll]

nice review and cool new hair design ;3

[@alkmi2754]

Echo I can never run either of your Gaia's Melodies for XP. It always has an error, like a tileset is missing or something.

[@mishakoc9770]

Alkmi I had the same problem, downloading the RTP package for RPG XP worked. You can find it on the official page of RPG Maker.

[@alkmi2754]

misakoc yeah, but even when I did get the rtp package I didn't know where to put in in my files to make it work.

[@mishakoc9770]

Alkmi Run the xp_rtp104e.exe, let it install anywhere. Open the folder where it's installed (standard is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Enterbrain\RGSS\Standard) Copy the Audio and Graphics folders. Paste into the Gaia's Melody folder. (something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Echoed Games\Gaia's Melody, depends where you installed it).

[@a-koro4752]

I'm still considering whether or not I want to buy this program. I used RPG Maker XP in the past and liked it, but never finished my game idea. Considering starting again with MV. I started watching videos on KZbin about it and, I have to say, I like your videos the most. The explanations are short, clear, and informative. The videos are easy to digest and, more importantly, motivating. If I do get MV, I'm certain I'll become a regular viewer of your videos.Thank you!

[@Servbot31]

Thanks for your opinion about this software ^^

[@Nova7o9]

It's great to hear from you! Also, I get that weird audio test glitch, too. :/

[@chunkymonkeychunky]

For me, having to learn a new coding language and find/adjust MV-equivalents of different scripts and graphics is just not worth it, as my stuff tends to be somewhat code-heavy as opposed to a bunch of in-game editor stuff. In fact, doing script-equivalents to editor commands often allows for a lot more flexibility as you could, say, search for an event named "sidekick" and condition-command their move route instead of having to use consistent event IDs or the follower system. I like the native mouse support rather than the wonky mouse scripts for Ace along with the improved resolution, but there are just some scripts that I cannot go without that have not yet been made for MV.

[@Toastyfunnyguy]

Plz tell me your not stopping yt again!

[@YuukiProductions]

Welcome back Echo607!

[@LiEnby]

Hey I swear I know you ..

[@LeagueScience]

can i making a game thats like ff tactics (on world turn base combat) and how can i make a monster like a dragon 4 squares big, 9 squares big or bigger that can move around the map and fight with his long reach in a top down world turn based combat, if theres a plug in let me know :)

[@fromcarstocomputers7261]

You could do voices for video novels. So much youthful energy.

[@Nightterror21x]

YAAAAY WE ALL LOVE YOU ECHO

[@hawahawalol91]

Hi Echo607, I tried to make my own chibi as sprite so I drew it on A4 size before trying to resize it into 48x48. However it becomes too blurry and looks smaller than the sprites from the generator. How can I fix this? Thank you.

[@ladydeath7669]

I really dig your videos, and your very good sense of humor.. ;)

[@WritingGeekNL]

If you want to become a game designer. Then get this engine, it is easy to work with and to let others enjoy your game, you should have to make it your own. And that is the core idea of game design. I started with this engine, eventually I made some very small projects in Unreal 4 and I'm going to try to get to NHTV which offers one of the best bachelors in Europe on Game Development.

[@fabriciocastrovizzotto9106]

It's because javascript and the graphical manipulation of what's being rendered is single threaded, so if your computer has many medium range cores, that may be good for many applications, but running javascript isn't one of them. JS likes to be run in a single yet very powerful core.

[@milkwad]

It's on sale for twenty bucks... I guess that's a decent price for what seems like an VX Ace upgrade.

[@tsurugikage]

Hi there Echo. I did find your videos a long time ago and actually just released my first game ever on Steam. And it's even on the twitch database. So I want to thank you very much for your videos. Thank you.

[@willlockthedoor7176]

I wonder, what is this game :3

[@spiralings]

awesome!

[@TheRealTr0n]

Just bought rpg maker mv today, My luck couldn't have been greater

[@yittmashups]

Man, I came to check this out because I hadn't messed with an RPG Maker since the PS1, but man, I was hoping the visuals would be more updated. It seems the RPG Maker series will be cemented in the 16 bit era forever, as far as looks go, at least. :(

[@juicybear8549]

its on sale right now-- around 20 bucks but I'll give the free trial a go, see if its worth a buy.

[@alphattus1503]

Echo, please help me, how do I make a bigger parallax map?

[@ZomoryDesigns]

can you help me with something in rpg maker xp can you tell me how to make it wide screen for my games i wanna know how to make games wide screen.

[@benjaminsmith1638]

Just change the games native resolution in the scripting section. NOTE: you will need to do completely re-customized art and graphics at the higher resolution.

[@ZomoryDesigns]

Ah thanks.

[@takeo2122]

Hey Echo. I was wondering; If you ever make more tutorial-y stuff in future, would it be possible if you gave some insight on how you planned out your game? I understand it's more a remaster so you already have everything in your head for it, but like, how do you do your concepts and planning logs? I've struggled with the writing side of my gave deving so hearing how you tackle the... boring stuff, would be nice to watch/listen to. No rush/pressure - would just be nice to hear your personal opinion on how you tackled the non-rpgmaker stuff :) I also agree with the layer system though... It's nice that you can stack now, but a layer feature would have been so much nicer... So many things you have to fix when changing certain things >.

[@aceofaces]

In all honestly, MV is a nice upgrade over XV Ace (I use it too). I love almost all of the additions to the engine and the improvements. Just wish it was better optimised, but then again trying to make a cross-platform engine takes time and good knowledge (and maybe some experience). The only thing its aggervating is when I transfer my project (Immortal Sins) over to MV, the engine design goes out of the window (RIP Quick Load, I'll miss you). Also, it's good to have you back.

[@theunusedchannel2062]

#Question. Its there a breaking the fourth wall plugin? Because I cant seem to find one.

[@eddywaltz4848]

Good to have you back :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@somebodyontheinternet3200]

What sucks is that I can't dabble my feet in xp or 2003 or anything other than mv because I own a mac and MV is the only one that's compatible with mac

[@modestdan795]

Hurray! Echo is back!

[@TGameDev]

@ 8:07 Hightly highly highly recommend using something like notepad ++ with a formatter. Makes reading json not a nightmare. And if you're editing it, there are validators online. Copy into one first to check its for the version you're using (some of them don't like exit and enter cmds ("/")). But that will help if you want to exit it but want to make sure that it isn't the reason stuffs breaking.

[@TrombonePirate]

What's with the Xmas music at the end? XD

[@coreynightcore]

Welcome back Echo!

[@karlhans6678]

Does this already come with sprites, animations and easy coding (events)?

[@Kunfury]

Do you have any recommendations on mapping while making the main part of your game? I'm wanting to do parallax mapping but that of course takes a long while. Is it better to go ahead and map everything out with base MV tilesets right away and worry about the parallax later or get the parallax done right away so you know what you're dealing with?

[@Scylok]

oh mY GOD SHE POSTED SOMETHING

[@_stardustcolors]

Tbh MV only ever crashed on me once and I only have 15 days until my free trial runs out ;^;

[@madcolors4013]

Rpg Maker mv should have a C# so some people can see the limits of Rpg maker or boosts its limits more

[@LiEnby]

Tbh C# would have been a way better choice than JavaScript. Like it would still work on mobile and everything. But like way less resource intensive xD also youd have the ability to compile to native code xD You could even still play in a browser using Blazor lol

[@noova-art3876]

Im so glad your back!! :D

[@kriz2432]

Would you Recommend the Nintendo Switch Version??

[@Khalirei]

How did you do the dark notepad ?

[@nyn2k259]

Hey Echo hope your good, can you create 2d turn based rpg games with MV? thanks.

[@NewAged27]

You have really good timing, I've actually have been contemplating on getting MV or not ( since I've never used any of the other RPG Makers before :/ ) I'm still kinda on the fence on rather or not to since saying it's better for a beginner to use XP but then the comment section says MV gives far more freedom. So I'm still having a hard time deciding on what to get... T~T

[@hazelsoftincgamesholdingsco]

Hey Echo607 I was wondering if you would mind if I put you in a RPG game as a character. I am a big fan of your tutorials, I am glad to see you back. XD

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

Very insightful. Thanks :D

[@stevienelson9940]

I have a question Echo. What do you use to create your music for your game? I'm trying to find one because I want my own unquie music for my game... Can you please help? Thanks in advance.

[@salianifo]

The music is actually licensed from JewelBeats and AudioBlocks.

[@stevienelson9940]

Salia Nifo I was talking about for her games... But thanks nonetheless.

[@salianifo]

She uses the same music in her games and videos.

[@stevienelson9940]

Salia Nifo Alright, thank you for replying

[@peterhamsterhotdog613]

hey eny one here knows if RPG Maker MV can make eny games like ... Local CO OP ore shooters with like guns and stuff sorry ima Noob when it come to RPG maker stuff but ireally wanna be creative :P

[@zergvsgenin]

Oh okay, so the preview music getting muted isn't unique to me.

[@egvidworks7966]

Good job! (With everything)

[@zexaldabeast]

can u do one on vs ace

[@MrWhisperyMonkey]

Is nobody going to mention the giant "cat map" (for lack of better words) at the end of the video?

[@neoasura]

I've been a follower on your channel for a while now.. I feel like your talents are going to waste to be honest. I wish game companies would see how devoted and passionate you are and hire you.

[@Zarsla]

Everytime I heard VX, I'm like it's in VXAce, too.

[@escape3244]

How much downloads do you have on gais melody?

[@classicmail8239]

You're a VA, I can tell ;)

[@KhemMali]

I love RPG maker series ^o^

[@turtl3playz303]

hey echo im working on a project wondered if you would like to be involved / be able to help with some things maybe I can talk w ya on discord let me know if ya have time

[@melodicnostalgic3823]

i hope it goes on a discount sale again.. I couldn't buy it the previous time >_

[@kingpoki1954]

hi echo i know you are probably not reading this but can you make a sprite tutorial

[@kingnekogon]

I kind of feel lucky that MV was the version my fiancee got me for my bday after this review... Now if only I can get the time to start figuring this bugger out. Maybe after midterms... I've been watching a LOT of your RPGM tutorials, tips, and tricks. So far, they're giving me a lot to keep in mind as I start conceptualizing small games to practice in (and add plug ins and replace default assets as I go, don't want to mess around with 'intermediate/advanced' features until after I have a thorough understanding of the basics)... Maybe later I'll get someone to convince me not to try and make a 60+ hour epic with thousands and thousands of dollars in FMVs and music (I have specific people I really, really want to hire) for a setting I've conceptualized and plotted a (4 to 6 season anime, multi-episode OVAs, 2 hour feature length film, novel trilogy, at least 2 video games, and a tabletop RPG) spanning 20K years of history, but for now, that's my "blue sky" project that will motivate the work I do getting there.

[@FioreFire]

I don't mind the tiling system itself, but I'm not a huge fan of that default tile resolution. 48x48 is far too big and blocky to make anything that looks organic and so many of the games people have made with it just make this fact painfully clear. I AM a fan of the fact that plugins use Java now though. As a programmer this helps me out a bunch; I never did learn Ruby.

[@LiEnby]

JavaScript is not Java.

[@nathaniellarkin8549]

200th like! Also great to have you back! Seriously Echo we missed you.

[@kirakira878]

I was actually thinking of switching from vx ace. So far it sounds good so thanks for the review!

[@joshuamalcomb3139]

She sounds so adorable

[@xMrCh33s3x]

"MV does not like integrated graphic cards so laptop users I wish you the best of luck." Heheh, I guess that's why I have so much trouble running MV games. Didn't stop me from buying GM:EM the day after its release XD

[@LiEnby]

And then you get to majiik forest and it shows a black screen lol

[@jackychu6678]

Is this ps4 verson? Can we download other people's game from ps4?

[@uldaricomorales9846]

Welcome back

[@mushi7434]

Teach me how to script! You will be my RPG maker Sensei now!

[@ZeroTookTheKids]

Great video as always, you really should have more Subs

[@HoneyBee-im3ny]

I really would love to use RPG maker to make a game but it really sucks that it cost money. Maybe when I'm able to get a job I can buy it and make a game ☺

[@LiEnby]

There are some.... ways to get it for free.. :-: