Really cool with the mechanics you were able to achieve with RPG maker! Makes me want to try and play around with an ABS too :P

I was really digging the River City Ransom vibe here, like beating up gangsters, witty banter, and items that have no descriptions! It was an enjoyable experience that really hit the nostalgia buttons, and the dialog in the final scene was amusing.

You definitely pushed the limits of what the engine can do, and from a technical standpoint, it's an impressive effort. I don't think everyone should try to make games like this with this engine, but it was nice to see that it can be done!

Hello! So yeah, this a thing: a beat'em up with the RPG Maker MV engine. Welcome to the merciless world of Harbor City Hostage where you make money by stomping on your enemies' corpses! Sounds dicey, right? And it is.

Alright so, before I go on, I wanted to say: I saw the Soda and was asked to not buy it by some random picture. So I bought 22 of them. You know, for science. So for anybody who's curious, here is a list of what the Soda does:

- It's supposed to increase stats by 1 and deals damage to your character. BUT!
- There is a missing SE file (Growl.ogg). This is a minor problem that can be easily solved.
- However if the Soda kills you, you are teleported on a blank map called "World", then after you passed the messages of the Soda's effects, you're back to level 1 (possibly with 0 HP). Reusing the Soda at 0 HP, should bring your health back up. You can't move, simply jump and kick, but your kick have no effects and you can't move on with jumps because you have to defeat your enemies first - thing you cannot do in the current state, softlocking the game.

Actually the Soda bug is only dangerous if you let it kill you. The Soda deals exactly 100 points of damage. To avoid it softlocking your game, you simply have to use it while being above 100 HP left.

Now, with curiosity out of the way, let's begin:

- You can kick and jump when you're in the mall, but not punch for some reason.

- Actually, descriptions for items you propose would have been nice. We're kind of invited to buy item without a clue about what it does.

- This is a known problem, but I'm going to say it anyway: after getting defeated and coming back to a previous level, some enemies/bosses of that level and others may be inactive. Common enemies are immune to punches and kicks and bosses are immune to thrown weapons.

- There is also instances where the boss was invisible. In that situation, you will likely be able to stand on the same square and land free kicks on her (you can't hit her with punches) until she dies, she won't be able to respond. As far as I know, it only works on the first boss after you've defeated her a first time when you run for the end of the stage without defeating all her minions.

- Some messages also feature typos.

- After dying, you are briefly teleported on the level where no enemies are active. It only last a short moment before you get teleported back to the actual playable level. However during that period, you can open the menu and access the options from where you can edit the UI. Something tells me the player is not supposed to be able to do such a thing.

- The battle system would deserve to be more fleshed out. There is no parry, there is no counter, the AI mindlessly go towards you, fights are stat fights, bosses are HP bags... I know, it's still a beat'em up made on RPG Maker, and for that I congratulate you for being brave enough to dare going so far with this engine. And I think, yes, you can do anything you want, and that's why I strongly invite you to go further with it.

Well... This is what I had to say. If you intend to make it a full-fledged bug free game, I'm looking forward to it, this is interesting. Anyway, best of luck for your projects! ^^

I was amused, the obvious nod to one of my favorite games of all time was a great start. The story was amusing, and the characters were great. The game play was interesting but crazy buggy. With one exception every single boss just stood there and let me beat them, and the exception was one boss was invisible and I had to leave the screen and come back to hit her. I still really enjoyed it, wagging my boots at someone and hurting them was too much amusement.

Enjoyed mowing down mobs with punch and boot graphics. Makes me curious about the ABS too. Confused about the ultimate looking attack I bought for 800 moneys. Did it do anything? Fun that the items were mysterious and did a variety of things. Of course the Hoagie and Tea were the best.

Um, was pretty fun although I am a huge "wasd" movement fan so arrow keys for movement give me trouble. I was "doing it" till I got to the vendor and I think maybe I got "hungry"??? Anyway kept getting...

Fail to Load: audio/se/growl.ogg

Still fun and very creative. REALLY want to learn ABSystems next!

Ok first run I HAD to dash and die into the pole. Second run I advanced like, 3 streets, bought a lot of items and then you I got stuck. The red haired dudes wont move and you cant kill them thus you cant advance.

It was fun though, im not used to ABS on Mv. Please bring the menu back after item consumption, it is a pain to open the menu and use an item when you have like 10 or so.  But great job,  it was fun and the boots (kick) icon was cleaver.

Oh, the game is missing the growl.ogg (I dont know why it isnt there since it is rtp so it beats me how it got lost haha.) and the boss where the silver hair dudes are, is missing its walking sprites.