The default battle system + commercial game=?

Hey just a random question. I'm making a game that I hope to sell commercially but for this game I want to keep the battle system either as the default or just have it in some way where the battlers are still just pictures but your party is visible. I don't want the sprite battlers for

this game at least. My question is, is it possible for a game with the default battle system to still sell well commercially mind you that the

story line and plot is well driven, theres tons of side quests and minigames? Thanks!

-JAD

Why wouldn't it sell if it had the default battle system?

I don't know I feel as if the only games that sell well are the ones with different battle systems such as the ones where you see the sprites for both the

enemy and party.

Yanfly has party sprite scripts, but dunno about their commercial availability.

sideview battles are more often discussed here because they are not default - which means that many people don't know how to do them, and the scripts for them aren't as compatible as the default system.


That is not a reason why the default shouldn't be usable in commercial games.


The key to successfull commercial games is something else: you need to generate interest and proof that you have some interesting game made before anyone pays any money for it - and if everything is default and RTP, then people will ask for a reason why they should pay instead of playing free games.


And the answer §good story" only works if you're known to have made good games before, it won't work for your first game unless you have a very interesting free demo.


Changing the battlesystem to one with more graphic details is ONE option how to make players interested in the game. One of several options, nothing more but also nothing less.


Whether you should use that option or not depends on the rest of your game and is your own decision...

Wow thanks a lot Andar that really helped. I suppose along the way I could release a demo and maybe some teasers on youtube to raise interest and awareness of the game. I for one like the default system especially with all the great battlers people have made such as Thalzon. But thanks for your response, its more clear now.