Forget customization, the new RPG Maker is set towards taking its really cute characters and giving the creator tons of options to mess with them. While RPG Maker 2 has tossed out many of the original versions features, including the sprite creator, it has in turn added many pre-set options, allowing near infinite unique characters, but still very easy to use. Better yet, an average game only takes around 2274 KB of space on a memory card, a heavensent for gamers who want to show off their home made RPGs but don’t want to blow another 35 bucks to do so.

The most interesting part of RPG Maker 2 is that it’s very reminiscent of Dragon Warrior 7, and no wonder, it’s made by the same people. There’s even a 10 hour RPG included with RPG Maker 2 that was created by a member of the Dragon Warrior team. In fact, battle template starts out exactly the same as Dragon Warrior’s, where you face the enemy head on and cannot see your heroes, but this can be altered. In fact, one of the biggest customizable parts of the game is the camera, allowing for the designer to create mini-games and even dramatic scenes.

As much as I found myself liking RPG Maker 2, which may I add, does have keyboard support, I couldn’t help but feel that it would do much better on the PC, where trading your game and making it would be much easier without the hindrance of having to buy special equipment for your PlayStation 2. Agetec made note of this, and cited the reason for releasing the game on the PlayStation 2 was because of piracy concerns. As many of you know, RPG Maker 2k was stolen after being in development for nearly 6 months. The stolen game spawned its own online community of game creators, and I feel that if an RPG Creator was marketed to the PC, it could do the same, only this time netting in a tidy profit for the developer.