RPG Maker II

by Enterbrain

Product Features

• Everything is in your control -- Design your own AI scripts and create your own intricate game rules
• Includes fully-rendered 3D models for for any characters, monsters, backgrounds, and items
• Powerful Map designer lets you create entire continents
• Building Editor for creating entiure building brick-by-brick or by using pre-made walls & textures
• You write the story, you select the characters, and set the stage for adventure you've only dreamed of!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008G7MM
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 30, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,903 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #69 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Role-Playing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This highly anticipated sequel to RPG MAKER for the PlayStation computer entertainment system was originally slated as a Q4 2002 release. After extensive research and tuning to the game engine software, it is finally nearing the final stages of completion. RPG MAKER 2 is not just a sequel, but also a revolutionary leap forward for the Agetec Designer Series of titles. Most notably, the game has moved into the 3D realm, and does so by harnessing the power of the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.

Using the power of the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system to back this truly unique title, RPG MAKER 2 offers everything players could need to bring their own fantasy game worlds to life. Players can build original worlds from scratch using a variety of 3D tools that include: a character editor, map creation tools, visual FX editor, script editor, and monster animation. By providing fully rendered 3D models for all the characters, monsters, backgrounds, and items, RPG MAKER 2 lets the players have the freedom to write their own stories and use RPG MAKER 2 to make them come to life. No other title in the history of video games has ever provided this much incentive for gamers to use every ounce of their creativity! This is the closest most gamers will get to a full Development Kit for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system in their lives.

Product Description

RPG Maker 2 challenges you to create your own adventure, by giving you a complete game development kit!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Way to Learn How to Create Games, November 16, 2003

By 

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RPG Maker II (Video Game)

RPG Maker 2 for the PS2 brings 3D adventure creation to the consoles. A great improvement over RPG Maker, the depth of games you can create with this is staggering.

First, if you haven't tried RPG Maker, the original, that is a simple 2-D adventure maker that could make games such as Final Fantasy 1 and 2. You had little 'wizards' and 'warriors' and such moving up, down, left and right through towns, dungeons, castles and forests. You could have simple dialogue, music and events. This might be a good starting system for someone very new to game creation, to help them learn in a very simple manner.

RPG Maker 2 launches into full 3 dimensional adventures, so you have to be able to think more seriously about the layout of your games. Instead of just having a "flat world" that you move through, you literally take blocks and create a 3D world, with stairs up to higher levels, hidden rooms, and much more. You can change the texture of every block, making giant cathedrals, small village huts, wooden bridges, and just about anything you can imagine.

You can connect a USB keyboard to type in long descriptions, and your choices of graphics, sounds and events are much more intense. As you might imagine, you can therefore take MONTHS and months to create huge adventure worlds. The tools are all there, but it takes a little while to get used to how they work, as with any new design system.

When your game is done, save it onto a memory card and trade it off to friends. This could be the perfect way to learn about game design and create something that others are willing to pay to play!

Highly recommended for aspiring game designers who are good with logic and complex design. I'd still recommend the original RPG Maker for younger kids who need to learn the 2D basics first.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty complex but it'll be worth it in the end, May 23, 2004

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Spencer (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RPG Maker II (Video Game)

I've spent a lot of time planning a game that I'd love to make. Finally, I found PRG Maker 2 and it's able to make it real. Those of you who complain about it need to forget and move on then. THIS GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. Remember that. Obviously the game has many restrictions, because the company can't make a game that good. If you have MUCH patience and a very creative mind, then get this game! I've had it for a few months and I'm still not far at all, and I realize that it'll be an extrememly long time before I am, but it'll be great when I finally am!! (By the way, if you do plan on getting it, it is absolutly necessary that you get some sort of UBS keyboard. This makes it sooo much easier to type rather than pressing the D-Pad a million times just get someone to say a simple message. These keyboards can be found here -where I got mine- for as little as $15! Get one if you get RPG Maker 2.)

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a GAME DEVELOPMENT TOOL. NOT A GAME., November 26, 2004

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Oddmoore - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: RPG Maker II (Video Game)

There seems to be A LOT of confusion as to what RPG Maker 2 is. Here's what it's not: It's not a game. You can't simply put the disc in your PS2 and start playing some magical adventure. It is in fact a Game development tool. Ya know? For making games. Then you can play them.
That being said, it's a VERY fun program to use. If you understand what RPG Maker 2 does, then by all means, you should try it. At least then you will find out with a minimal amount of investment if game development is for you or not. :-)