When comparing Skyborn vs To The Moon, the Slant community recommends To The Moon for most people. In the question“What are the best RPG Maker games?” To The Moon is ranked 1st while Skyborn is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose To The Moon is:
The main story is actually told backwards, ala the movie Memento. While not the most original concept, still a cool way to tell a story. In the end there is quite the happy ending that will result in many tears being shed.
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Pros
Pro Classic turn based battles
While there may not be many frills to the turn based battle mechanics they do offer a throw back to simpler times and will bring back fond memories of when RPGs were a lot simpler.
Pro Assets are used well
Many of the assets are basic RPG Maker graphics, but they are used well and inventively that makes the game have an original feel that was designed with great attention to detail.
Pro Cute story told backwards with an unexpected happy ending
The main story is actually told backwards, ala the movie Memento. While not the most original concept, still a cool way to tell a story. In the end there is quite the happy ending that will result in many tears being shed.
Pro Well written characters
As the story progresses the characters attitudes and emotions change in response to the ever evolving story. This makes fro what is a very well written game that makes the story and characters seem genuinely real.
Cons
Con Short for an RPG
While not the shortest RPG out there seeing that the game clocks in at around 8 hours to beat it will only take a couple play sessions to play the entirety of the game.
Con Gameplay is lackluster
The actual gameplay of the game consists of tile flipping and a few other mini type games.
Con Too short
Averaging play at around 4 hours to complete the game is quite short, good thing there are a bunch of free DLCs released that extend the gameplay.