Last Scenario

By: Derek Yu

On: June 4th, 2007

Been sitting on this one for a while! Last Scenario is a game made with RPG Maker. It is more or less a prototypical SNES-era RPG, albeit a well made one. The story begins as a true cliche: orphaned boy with the blood of a hero, an evil empire, etc. The plot does get more interesting as you continue, however.

The combat system is fun, with each character being able to equip spellcards that each have a regular spell and a “Crisis” spell which can only be cast when a bar is full. There’s also a nifty collectible card game that you can play with townsfolk called “Hex.” It feels good to sap an 8-year old villager of all his good cards and then sell them to a merchant for weapons. Just like in real life.

The game apparently uses a lot of default RPG Maker tiles (everything but the characters, enemies, and portraits), but for someone like me who hasn’t played many RPG Maker games, it makes no difference – they fit well with the game.