This is kinda beast for a school project. Not a great game. But under the circumstances, so not terrible. 4.5/5
Reviews for "Maiden of Orleans"
to make this game appeal to others name the character by the name of which she is commonly called Joan of Arc, also the fighting mechanic is weak and all i did was spam the attack button, there's also not much point in putting in a no option for the Are you Ready question as this just restarts the game. The music does not fit the feel of the game and a single woman taking on an English "Army" single-handedly and winning seems far-fetched. Also I'm not a historian but I wasn't aware Joan of Arc traipsed through lots of woodland to fight the English. A nice try but a below average game.
dragerx responds:
That was the English Translation, again this was for School so we had to use her real name.
It's not as good as it looks initially, unfortunately:
=NEGATIVES
1) The music is god-awful. It doesn't fit at all the style of the game nor the graphics - and Kevin McLeod just generally makes annoying music.
2) The controls are horrid. You can't hold down more than one button - it's excruciatingly annoying for Jehanne to stop everytime I try to walk diagonally.
3) The story is not that great, because it reminds me way too much of Skyrim in the beginning when you have to walk up to the king in that manner - it just seems ripped off. The first room you're in also seems stolen from any Pokémon-game.
4) The battle scenes are stupid. When the opponent does nothing but attack, there is no point in doing anything but attacking too, because you still lose health defending. It's also weird that you don't keep your health points when leaving a battle.
5) It's frustrating for the game to restart when you die. It's just really, really demotivating to lose all your progress when you die.
=POSITIVES
1) The initial layout looks clean, which is a good thing, however upon entering the actual game the clean interface seems misplaced - look at medieval games, they all have medieval-looking menues.
2) The graphics are superb (both the characters and the terrain), which gave me really high expectations for the game, however the animation could use a touch or two. Another thing, it doesn't really look good when you zoom in on the sprites when you enter battle scenes - you should make other graphics for battle scenes.
Sorry, but it's not at all as good as I thought. 2.5/5 stars (2 stars in the rating system)
-UPTX
dragerx responds:
1) I agree, but it was the only royalty free music I could find any royalty free music
2) I purposely disable going diagonal because it is a tile based rpg, have you ever play final fantasy or pokemon *-*
3)The story is based on Joan of Arc so I don't see how I ripped off skyrim since Joan of Arc was born before.
4) Because It was a school project I wasn't bothered into make hitTests for Potion and such and 4 hours into As2 Coding man.
5) Im sorry but you can save.
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dragerx responds:
Really... Really?
The game was ok. Up until the point where you leave the castle. Then it becomes worse than the tall grass in pokemon. it was tall grass everywhere! and the pokemon were replaced by the english army. wow. all i have to say. is wow.