Mother 4 (Fangame)

[Pik]

Looks pretty good for a fangame; the graphics style is true to the SNES and GBA games, and the engine looks well built. I just sort of wish they took a bit more risk into making it feel a bit fresh. For example, in the battle scenes, it'd be nice to have a "behind the back" view of the characters, above their status boxes, while they fight. Little things like that to make it a step ahead, yet familiar.

The team's been through this thought process. In the very first build, all four members were up and facing the enemy - whoever's turn it happened to be would flip around towards the player until their move was selected.

However, we eventually decided against it for aesthetic reasoning. It doesn't mean we aren't trying to freshen things up in other ways.

If you give a release date, it should probably be released at or around that date. It is a promise, and people will (and have a right to) bitch about delay, just like they will for big release titles.

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