The Daily Click

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Author:	-_darkman_-
Added:	11/01/2003
Overall:
Average:	4.67/10

The follow up to the previous version whicb was identical. I'm just after reviewing the new Illusion and since there is no rule that I can't review old games then here I go again.
Ok Illusion follows the story of Leif the grandson of Fungle who was on the quest of retreiving the other half of the diamond. Since he is unable to get it (he is dead) then as his grandson you have to do the heroic thing and get it yourself.
The storyline is decent as its simple and lets you know what you have to do basically in the game. For the hardcore RPG lovers like myself it lacks the extra detail which would make you want to sit down for several hours to play such as game.

Presentation:
The game itself has a nice main menu with the strange animation for the word Illusion appearing and disappearing. It suits the name of the game well. Why is the game called Illusion anyway? Its a puzzle to me.
The menu could have done with a few graphical touches but its only a demo so theres still time to change it.

Gameplay:
Ok you start off in the hometown and there are a few mini quests to do e.g take the key and get the chest from a woman's house. Wonder why she would trust such a boy... The gameplay isn't bad but is limited as after all its just a demo of the game. SevenT2 shows he knows what to include in an RPG so the full game will be better.

Graphics:
Here comes the part of the review where I become pretty pissed off. First off its hard to identify what sprites arn't ripped as everywhere you look there is something taken from RPG Maker or other tilesets.The main character was animated by SevenT2 as well as a few other objects but these stand out badly when compared to the ripped graphics. All I can say is to pick a style of graphics and stick to it as all of the sprites etc colllide with each other.

Sound and music:
The music at the main menu I don't know where it came from but its nice.Other then that Zelda music is uses in the town which is a bad idea. I suggest using original music even if you arn't the person to make it. There are midi composers out there who are willing to help.

Lastability:
Its a short demo so after 5mins max you will have seen everything there is to see.

Overall:
Ok heres the good points first:
-Nice level design
-Nice inventory system
-Some good RPG elements
Negative points
-Ripped graphics galore
-Unorginal music
-Stupid collision
-Colliding graphics

Conclusion:
This could shape up to be a good RPG is several changes are made.