Alpha Kimori™ 1

i cant start the game Why?

I've been waiting for 6 years for part 3 to be released, I'd honestly be happy to see part 2 hit steam at this point.
also... kindly, why has there been no activity anywhere regarding Alpha Kimori for 2 years?
is Alpha Kimori even being worked on anymore? has the game been abandoned?
this game was some of the most fun I had at the most crucial moments of my life, so I'd hate to see this game go under.

More then worthwhile to play and enjoy,
atlho its been a while since the game came out,
altho there have been / are issues with chapter 1 coming out

im still hoping onto hope that we will see chapter 2 and onwards sometime.
(will be posting once in a while to show Sherman3D there is still at least one person who continues to think of this game, and hopes to see it completed.)

The story was fine, but no easy availability of further content is frustrating. 8-10 hours, even good ones, doesn't seem to be worth it for a game in this space.

I don't recommend it!
This game may look good and feel like a really good Nintendo DS Game, but it's extremely long and slow.

The battles are totally unbalanced:
The normal moves has almost the same strenght than the special moves.
The bosses mostly uses massive attacks that causes 35% of damage, and the animations are too slow and long.
Many times the battles happens without any motive, you will be fighting without knowing it why.

The biggest part of the missions of the game are forced, where you must do "something" to a Npc that doesn't have nothing to do with the story. (The only reason is to make the game longer than already is)

The game has few songs, and many times it repeats the intro song inside the game, even in a boss fight. The songs aren't bad but the repetition makes them seem old really quick.

You will be walking around on the map most of the time without any reason. The World Map is useless and has a disguised loading.

the story of the game is really shallow for a story made by a developer that wants to create an anime and a manga about it,
There are lots and lots of repeated scenes in the game, and the worst of all 3 episodes got cut off the game even knowing that it was totally possible to put these 3 episodes inside it.

Resume...
The game is forcibly long and the missions are mostly unnecessary.
The songs repeat a lot and they pisses you off. The battles are long and tiring. Not forgetting that the game is absurdly expensive comparing to the games of the same platform.
This is one of the WORST RPG MAKER GAMES that exist!

That's the reason I say: don't waste your time and money playing this garbage game.

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Não recomendo!
O jogo pode ser graficamente lindo, e ter um bom ar de jogo de Nintendo DS.
Porém peca muito em ser extremamente longo e demorado.

As batalhas são muito desbalanceadas:
O golpe normal dos personagens tem quase a mesma força que os golpes especiais.
Os bosses quase sempre usam ataques massívos, que causam cerca de 35% de dano, alem das animações serem extremamente longas e lerdas.
Fora que as batalhas muitas vezes são forçadas. Pois muitas vezes você vai estar lutando sem nem saber o motivo.

A maior parte das missões do jogo são forçadas, onde você deve fazer X coisa para um npc que não vai influenciar em nada na história. (tudo pro jogo ficar mais longo)
O jogo possue poucas músicas, e várias vezes vai ficar repetindo a música de introdução dentro do jogo, seja em cenário ou em boss fight. Não que as músicas sejam ruins, mas o excesso de repetição é muito desgastante.

A maior parte do tempo voce vai ficar transitando de um mapa para outro sem motivo algum. Fora que o World Map é inútil, alem de ser um loading disfarçado.

Quanto a história do jogo, pra uma desenvolvedora que almeja fazer um Anime e um Mangá em cima do jogo, a motivação dos personagens é muito rasa.
Fora que há uma repetição de uma cena no jogo várias e várias vezes.
E como não bastasse, o jogo foi CORTADO em 3 episódios, sendo que podiam muito bem ter lançado um jogo completo com os 3 episódios.

Resumindo...
O jogo é forçadamente longo, e as missões são em suma parte desnecessárias. As músicas se repentem de mais e chegam a ser irritantes. Fora as batalhas que são muito longas e cansativas.
Ainda que o jogo é absurdamente caro se comparado com outros jogos da mesma plataforma
Este é um dos PIORES JOGOS de RPG Maker que existem!

Por isso eu digo: não perca seu tempo, nem dinheiro jogando esse lixo de jogo.

An interesting game that takes the format of the classical JRPG which was popular with SNES and GENESIS.
The artwork was very nice and interesting and it gave a good atmospheric feel to it.
The music was repetitive but still very nice. The combination of the artwork, music, and gameplay envokes nostalgia for sure. I enjoyed playing this game so far and I plan on finishing it soon. I would like to see more JRPGs like this.
Great Job Sherman3D.

I will just make this simple:

PROS
Enjoyable storyline.
JRPG =)

CONS
Short. When I meant SHORT, I finished the game in under 5 hours.
Itemization. There are unused slots in the game(such as your accessory slot) and each character gets 2 weapons.
Repeateldy going to the same areas. The entire game takes place in 3 areas.

All in all, I do not recommend this game due to the price compared to the content. Add all the the books in one package for a slightly higher price and it would be worthwhile.

This game is a good atempt at making a game. It has problems like all games, moving around is hard, fighting is sorta lame but fun. That aside, this is a pretty decent game. Not really worth 11 bucks CD but if you enjoy japenese poin n click adventures like this is worth it twice over. But hey, best title music of all games i've played.

I got this game a few weeks ago and I have to say even for an RPG Maker game this one is awesome to play through. I don't know how far I am yet, but to me this is a hard game to put down once you start playing it. I can't wait until Episode 2 comes out on Steam so I can play it.

I don't know why the RPGmaker haters are hating on this game, but for once I'm going to say this: if you don't like RPG Maker games...then why are you here in the first place?

Been a long time Jrpg player and i must say this game gives the right amount of story/action that a good Jrpg needs it slowly introduces the characters so you get a chance to get use to each ones abilties.
Took me around 4 and a half hours to beat this episode and thats only cause i rushed thru the final part cause i wanted to know what happened and didn't know i was at the end already.
i look forward to playing episode 2 when you release it on Steam i look forward to seeing where the story goes and i look forward to traveling around more of your world setting i give this game an 8/10 maily off potental i'm really looking forward to seeing where the love triangle leads

First of all i had a bit of fun playing this game i even got me part 2. But there are some issues with it:
1. Length - the game has such a lack of content and stuff that is there is being rehashed over and over and over. one Flashback scene in particular
2. Difficulty - the game is painfully easy, even without fully utilizing your abilities and training you will have no problem at all
3. Items - or better the lack thereof. there is basically one weapon for each character for sale at some point and they are pretty pricy too. few pieces of armor/helmet and accessory's i have found ONE in the whole game. Not that you would need any in regards to -2-.
4. Scripted events - no matter how strong you are, how you wipe the floor with event enemies the outcome of the battles won't change in the slightest. It starts to get very annoying at some point. I can understand that the linear path has to go to a specific outcome but there are better ways to make that happen.
5. Ending - this trilogy is probably never gonna finish. Part 1 came out in 2011, part 2 (which is not on steam yet) in 2012 and then the dev seemed to abandon the project. The last feedback on how far part 3 is progressing was from 2012 so its safe to assume that the project is dead.

Alpha Kimori (ep1) is a fun little RPG (in JRPG-style) that while not perfect does prove that with effort a small group of people can use RPG Maker to put something together worth your money. RPG Maker has a seedy reputation due to some people abusing it but it’s far from a bad piece of software, and in the right hands can be used to everyone’s benefit. Alpha Kimori is one such product that stands as testament to this.

That said the game doesn’t try to be anything more than it appears to be, a very traditional RPG in the style of old SNES classics. Characters have HP/MP that you use in the usual turn-based format to launch your staple attack/magic/healing commands (given different names in this case, but still the same), and you run around from place-to-place viewing events. So if you’re looking for something that stretches boundaries you’ll be disappointed. But, if you can enjoy that style of old-school gameplay then Alpha Kimori is a very polished version of those styles. I should mention here that battles are not random but instead initiated by contacting enemy sprites on the field.

Story-wise things are interesting but feel a little scatter-brained, as if not all the dialogue is in the correct order. For instance our main characters occasionally have drastic shifts in their points of view within the very same discussion, rather than seeming like a solid progression from one view to the next over the course of several discussions. Still the story it’s trying to tell is interesting enough, there are plenty of tropes but it’s still trying to be its own property despite that. Similarly most of the characters are likable, the above mentioned shifting back-and-forth on positions sometimes detracts from them but in the end they’re mostly solid.

Some blatantly not so great points include there being a little too much backtracking for its own good as you revisit a small set of locations many times, it could have stood to have a few more songs for world locations and events (for instance it continues playing the bubbly, upbeat city theme even when events get serious which detracts from the scene taking place), and it’s very easy to begin with and even simpler if you spend more than a few minutes grinding with nothing coming close to beating you.

So make no mistake, if you don’t like this style of game then Alpha Kimori will NOT change your opinion on them. But if you do then this is a well-polished game that clearly has intent to go somewhere and should keep you content for the 5-7 hour playtime the first episode purports.

At first I went into this with some high expectations, but that turned out to be a bad way to enter this game. I can say the music is very much memorable and the mood of the game is never at a low point due to the colorfulness. However, the events were unfolding in a rather rushed manner at the start and some things made me think "this feels like something an elementary schooler would write". The characters weren't exactly weak but their development could have been handled better. I don't know anything about the development of this game but it wouldn't surprise me if this was a rather rushed job or just geared towards a younger audience in general. But on that note, Miku singing the theme song is supportive of the latter thought.

However I did enjoy the nostalgic turn based system, though with the large stat increases between levels I never really felt challenged until the very end, and it still wasn't that much of a challenge. Then again, that may have been intentional either because of the shortness of this entry (which I do hope isn't going to end up to be the last of this title) or a desire to minimize the tediousness of level grinding as can be experienced in other JRPG's or other RPG's in general.

Though as I progressed through the game it felt like things were improving, noticeably, in these areas I've mentioned. In the beginning some of the grammar and speech of the characters wasn't well written but became nearly natural closer to the end, and this is something that will be hard to miss when one plays for themself. Something about the very end of the game was rather strong, though I can't pinpoint what it was as some of the same mistakes could be spotted. I feel that the developers have the potential to do better in the next entry after seeing the end and I hope to see episode 2 in the future to see if my hopes aren't for naught.

Ultimately, try not to go in with high expectations like I did. This game is fun and worth the price if you're willing to get used to it as I did. It's short length (about 5 hours at my pace) was a bit of a letdown, but not crushingly so. I found myself satisfied with this game and don't regret taking the time out of my day to give it a try.

This game is good although there are a few problems the music has three tracks that are looped over and over, the combat in my opinion is unbalanced i hit more critical hits than regular ones it take a bit of the challenge out of it i died once in the whole game and that was at the last fight of the game, On to the good it is fun a throwback to the nes days of old and i enjoyed it as a whole.
In conclusion if you like games like chrono trigger the early final fantasy's you will find something to enjoy here

Really enjoy the game. Great art work, good sound track and a really nice story. Plus combines things in rpgs that I like then normal rpgs mechas and magic. Sadly it just only episode 1 and ends on a cliff hanger can't wait for episode 2 to come to Steam. The only things I have to warn you about there is some back tracking involve and the game only froze on me once in the entire play through outside of it's really great!

I love tjhis game wholeheartedly. A very fun rpg experience. Actually wsh there was a little more, but no matter. Still, I recommend you try this if you are intro retro styled RPGs.

I loved this game it had a very clean story as well as easy control play. It can be satisfying if stuck on a mission that would take a long time to finish. The battle format is clean and simple with a robust FF design or What ever RPG game that was satisfying to play and the world to travel in was easy and clean with great color. I loved it so much I want to play the second episode and even a third. I would also say that there is a bit of wit and love and drama that can be missed in some games wich made this game fun also I found that reading there conversations fun and easier then listening and not being able to listen again, that and the jurnal made questing easier. Sneaky wisper parts of conversations was a fun and kind of funny part of the games character interaction.

I would recomend this game for it is a game most everybody can injoy, Five out of five stars :D

Excellent Game, been awhile since I played something that really kept me interested story wise. Also liked the classic JRPG feeling, I look forward to part two when you release it!

Love, love, love this game. The story is fascinating, the characters are cute, and the the fight mechanics are classic and awesome. So happy with this game.

It's clear that a ton of work went into Alpha Kimori's legitimately impressive spritework, visual design (that very much brings to mind the classic Phantasy Star titles) and custom systems. Unfortunately, the experience quickly becomes mired in tedium thanks to an absolutely insane amount of backtracking, terrible writing and boring characters. After two hours I could stand no more.

yes the game IS amazing. i really love it and will get the next episode.
BUT episode 1 has like 5-6 hours of gameplay and does not really end. its just episode 1 from a total of 3. and of course that kind of sucks...