Title: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Product review: I've played RPG Maker 1 for the PS1, and I thought it was pretty good, especially for a first entry in a franchise. But when I bought RPG Maker 2, I was extremely disappointed. Yes, the game is now in 3D, there are now actual in-battle animations, and the music and sound effects have drastically improved, but none of this matters. Why? Because the interface is so clunky and user-UNfriendly that it's impossible for a layman like me to even start creating something. Tasks that you could accomplish in one screen in RPG Maker 1 now requires two, three, even four separate steps to accomplish, requiring that you save your work, leave to the main menu, then open another screen each time. The instruction manual is useless because it's practically in another language, and even buying the strategy guide didn't help. This is definitely NOT a pick up-and-play game.
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