The Crimson Rune: Prologue

Bug reports are always welcome, feedback is appreciated!

There is some reviews for this game, but they are for the very old and outdated version.  So this section will be for the new version reviews.

Spoiler for The God War:

The War of the Gods:
   One side of the war wanted to enslave the Human race for their own goals and enjoyment.  The other side felt they needed to protect the Humans and use their knowledge to advance the Human race to new heights.  The disagreement escalated to the point that war was eventually inevitable.  Both side fought furiously for over 200 years.  The many battles took both God and Human lives.  The two oldest God's, Aastra and Minerva, were all the remained when the war finally came to an end after there were no more Gods left to fight.  In a final and decisive battle Aastra and Minerva ended the fighting for good and at that moment the world was left without a single God.
   Many wondered why the war was started at all.  They all knew that if the God and Goddess of old were still around then the needless blood shed of the Gods War would never of happened.  But as it were the God and Goddess of old had long ago disappeared.

Spoiler for Prologue Story:

I don't want to give too much away, but the story starts with the final battle of a giant war, 500 years in the past.  The game quickly moves to the present and to a young prince sleeping the day away in his room.  His friend, Surge, wakes him up under orders of the King.  The prince, having turned 15 that very day, was finally able to leave the castle walls.  As tradition the prince/princess, for the first 15 years of his/her life, is not allowed outside the castle walls.  They are to learn all the ways of running the Kingdom before being allowed to meet the subjects.
    This is where the adventure begins, for this year is the year that a hermit cult, thusly called for never having ventured out of their underground sanctuary in nearly 500 years, has decided it was time to resurrect their God.  A God that is as insane as he is evil.  An evil the world has not seen for over 500 years.  Phire and Surge interrupt the cult during their unsealing ritual and their whole world is changed.

Will the cult succeed?
What will Phire and Surge do to stop the cult?

Spoiler for Characters:

Name: Phire Eternity
Age: 15
Background:  The only offspring of the King of Eternity, he has come of age and is now allowed to leave the castle for the first time.  Accompanied by his best friend of 15 years, Surge Ascent, his adventure promises to be an interesting one.


Name: Surge Ascent
Age: 16
Background:  An orphan found by the king as a young child, he has been raised by the Royal family for the last 15 years.  He has been trained to be the next Captain of the Guard when he comes of age and has been the Prince's best friend since the Prince's birth.

Spoiler for Intro Battle:

Spoiler for The World Map:

Spoiler for Nargethia Village:

Spoiler for Mountain Peak:

The Danger above the characters head tells you that a battle is coming in the next step.  You can choose to skip the battle [by pressing enter] or continue on with the fight.

Spoiler for A Typical Battle:

The HP/SP Bars at the top of the screen can be shut off in the Options screen.

Spoiler for Bugs: Empty:

Empty at the moment.  Hopefully it will remain that way.

Spoiler for Features:

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• Multihit Skills
• Indepth Story
• Overdrives
• Very Challenging Gameplay
• Over two hours of play time
• Automatic Font Installs

Spoiler for The Crimson Rune: Prologue:

A lot later than I was hoping to get it out, but it should be completely bug free and ready for download.

http://files.filefront.com/The+Crimson+Rune+Prologueexe/;10139927;/fileinfo.html

Some fun stuff to remember when playing:

• If you hit SHIFT while on the map you will be asked if you want to go to the OPTIONS Screen or the QUEST screen.
• If you wait long enough at the TITLE SCREEN then you will sent to a short credit event.  You can skip back to the Title Screen at anoy time by hitting ENTER or ESC.
• I had to get rid of the FMV portion of the summons, but they will return when I get the Video Script to work on everyone's computer.
• I do have plans to write up a Strategy Guide eventually, but until I get the time to do that you can ask me anything and I'll try my best top help you[with giving you the answers].

If you get an error for the Auto Font Installer script then all you have to do is maunually install the fonts yourself [check below for how]:

• Go into the font folder and copy the font there.
• Go to your C drive and then to Windows.  There is a folder there called Fonts.
• Open that folder and paste the Font from the Font folder there.  The font should install itself.
• Go back to the game folder and start the game.  Problem should be fixed.

For some reason the Saves Folder didn't pack with the pack, this will cause the game to crash when trying to save.  All you have to do is make a new folder next to Audio and Fonts and call it "Saves" [without the quotes and it has to be capitalized].  That'll fix the problem.

I've worked really hard on this and hopefully I haven't missed anything important.

The section will have updates as they come.

Spoiler for Credits:

Scripts:
SephirothSpawn
ccoa
KGC
Sandgolem
Wachunga
Near Fantastica
Trickster
Blizzard
Illustrationism/Raziel
DerVVulfman
Fantasist
Hawk-McKain/RPG Advocate
Rataime
Moghunter
Dargor
cybersam
BlueScope
Soundspawn
Raziel
MiDas Mike/Paul Baker
Myself[Firestalker]


Graphics:
Tana
zanyzora
ccoa
Enterbrain
Naramura
TheInquisitor
Mascarpone
mac
joy
Rye
Rep
Myself [Firestalker]
                       
                       
Music/Sound:
Enterbrain
Kinderella
David Schooley
J-Street
Lapensee
Lene
Klace
Rieves
Dan

Titlescreen Graphic:  Rep [Menu, Options and Quest Screen Graphics by extention]

Enjoy!

Aw, why is there no post here yet? This is a promising project, try it out.

I must say, this looks pretty sexy.

Thanks for the comment Rieves.

Thanks Dertt....  I'm sure you'll find it... ummm....  sexy.

Make sure you post a comment.  I love feedback both good and bad.

Just wondering what people thought of it.  Anyone actually download the game and try it?  If you did, post a comment.  I can't get better without feedback.

Is it me or does the download not work, I keep going to a blank page.
Anyway, it does sound interesting and I am curious to see what happens.

FIXED!!!  Apparently the URL tag and I have not been seeing eye to eye.

I was informed of a game crashing error that I have no fixed.  You don;t hasve to redownload just Create a new folder.

the instructions are in the Download Section of the OP.

Well I'm not to far in the game at this point, but I do have to say this game is great. It has a lot going on for it, and it amazingly pulls you in when it comes to, well the characters, they are just easily to like.

Though as for the battles, they are a bit hard but it makes the, game more fun.
One of my main problems was the start of the game, as it was you couldn't skip the message boxes you had to wait for it to be finished and wait some seconds, for me this was pretty annoying espically after the save bug got me the first time.

Still this is overly easily to have fun in.

Thanks Ruzu...  I'm glad you enjoy it.