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• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2014

  Must read review from a die-hard anime/manga fan: Save the money, folks.... unless it goes on sale again. [Edit]: I did find at least one redeeming feature for this program... I do like that you can make simple things using this. So lets say you want a game ID, PC wallpaper or want to design a T-shirt with simple anime characters, but can't draw (like me), this program can actually come in handy for that. Or like some other reviews said, as references if you CAN draw. Otherwise, my review still stands.... This has so much potential that wasn't really realized, so I'm still disappointed. But at least I can make a few banners with this thing, so I guess the money wasn't totally wasted...? [Now my old review:] And I purchased it because it was on sale, figured at less than 1/2 the price, maybe it'd be worth a shot? Figured I could use it for character creation, not manga creation.... Even then.... As other reviews have stated it is very, very limited. The DLC's show many 'new options', but in reality they add about 1 new article of clothing to the characters.... Not anything significant at this point. I would be satisfied if the DLC was free, and they promised to release more/better DLC packs.... But no dice. Might record some 'gameplay' of this, so people can see what they'd be getting into before they actually do. The game came directly from Japan, so at the very least I suppose I helped with the economy a slight bit? I love Japan, but I'd rather have something I can really work with. Even if I didn't write any manga or anything, I'd really love to be able to create entirely custom characters as references for tabletop games, instruction manuals, etc. Even at a discount.... I'm really kinda regretting purchasing this now. And a DLC pack (had to see if it changed anything...) Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll update someday with more (& better) software.... But I doubt it, sadly.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 26, 2014

  First of all, Comipo is a great software where you can develop your story-making skills with certain constrains. The User interface is very user-friendly and easy to use. If you're the type that can't come up with character ideas, this software is a big help to you. Don't get confused by the sofware name, Comipo is more like a story maker with built-in characters rather than a manga maker. Most of the users say that it's not worth it because the biggest reason is that they were expecting more like the Manga Studio. Comipo is drag and drop story maker presented in manga/comics form. For me, Comipo is worth the money and worth the time. Pros: 1. It's the first software with this kind of story making system. 2. If you're bad with drawing, the built-in characters can cover that up. 3. The limitations can exercise your mind in coming up with story ideas. 4. A lot of character poses and facial expressions are available. 5. Tests your efficiency in using limited backgrounds and characters. Cons: 1. Costly because of the DLC packs. 2. Limited character modifications. Note: If you plan to buy this, I reccomend that you buy at least 3 DLC packs depending on what story you want to make. I planned to make a shoujo school life manga series out of this so I bought Swimwear, Summer & Sports, and Casual wear. If you plan to make a manga series, this software is very worth it. If not, then practice your drawing skills and try Manga Studio. It cost me quite a lot but this is like my hobby now. I already made 15 chapters of my manga series using this sofware. If you keep on whining and ranting about this software then go on. In some way, you're just not just flexible enough in making stories. And one more thing regarding DLC, buy only what you NEED and not what you want. I save up some money for DLC that can help my manga series become more and more interesting. For good story writers out there who want a visualization of their ideas, this is the software for you. Be a good story writer, Be a Comipo user! :D
• Saiko

  Dec 24, 2022

  Great if you know how to use it.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 24, 2014

  This software serves only two purposes, primarily as a method for those with limited drawing skill to tell a simple story. The resources to do this, as noted elsewhere, are very limited and specialised. With add on packs of 2 simple clothing options priced around $18, it is an incredibly expensive, if easy to use, comic creator. You must realise when purchasing it that you will have very limited options for customising the characters you use and no control over the posing of the character unless a pose already exists. Secondly, it is an adequate resource for reference purposes thanks to the useful camera and 3D rotation features. This should not be mistaken for altering a pose, it is simply a way to reorient your model for the 2D panels. The limitation here is as above, the inability to alter the model in any significant way means all characters have the same cookie cutter look.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 16, 2015

  It's a fine program with many limitations, but may not be useful for everyone, here's an extended review for the potential costumer and hopefully feedback for the devs. ComiPo by it's own grounds is very limited, you can't edit the character's height, proportions, width, etc. so you'll never see old people looking old, nor a younger character looking younger from the rest, so you've got all cookie cutter models, you can't even adjust parameters such as eye size and such (I wanted to adjust the chin and cheek width so badly but I can't). There's not many customization options, there's some very limited set of accsesories and hair styles, so the combinations end up very limited, you can't customize the colors of items or clothing either (altough there's some very nice filters for the final images), so far it seems like there's no in-game option to change the character's skin colours. The DLCs barely add anything to the mix, I bought a bundle, I think it contained 2 or 3 DLCs and when I used the program it felt as if I didn't had any DLCs, as they are pretty missleading telling you they offer a two digit amount of clothing each, but in the end it's just 1-2 clothes palette swapped, if they allowed you to recolor the clothing it would be very helpful and add many possibilities, but as it is, the DLC is good to have but not a must buy. Now, with all this said, you may be wondering why I recommend this program. To me it's helpful, I like to draw to relax, I use CSP, but the dummies included (on CSP) are extremely hard to pose (altough more versatile), but it consumes A LOT of time to get the desired pose and angle to me at least, so I prefer to use this, make a vanilla character, pose it as I need, convert to png and use as reference on CSP, on the downside, even when there are a lot of poses here, camera angles and such (which btw is very fast compared to CSP's), they arn't very flexible, you can rotate the head and such, but (may be a newb mistake here, so I apologize if I'm mistaken, I'll make sure to edit if I find out later on) it seems like you can't rotate hands or other body parts. With that said, I think the devs can have a very nice and versatile program if they work on it, specially the customization options, Steam workshop for this would be awesome to allow people to upload their models and such. To the costumer: if you want a quirky program to have a giggle and such, this may be for you, if you need some quick reference dummies like me, this works as well, but if you're looking for something serious to do comics and such, you may not find what you're looking in here (mainly the customization, it's so limited, otherwise the filters are awesome). To the devs: I think the hardest part is done (the core software), just add more customization options (body proportions and clothing), more interactions betwen models, more hair, and accesories and such and you'll have a solid program backed by a clean and intuitive interface, just stop with the DLCs please as they barely add anything, they're quite expensive and may be overwhelming to the new users, unless you plan to add more to the current DLCs so they're more worthy of buying and owning, as it is, it's just not worth it. Also some glitches need to be fixed, it's kind of silly that firefox and ComiPo can't co-exist without comipo crashing. I hope this review helps potential costumers with their purchase and the devs on improving the experience so we can get a better product. Cheers!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 9, 2015

  I do recommend this software because it is a gold mine of possibilities and it really helped me for things like perspective and poses for character. BUT, you must be able to use at least another software like Photoshop or Gimp to complete this one. As some people said : it is limited even with all of their features and DLC for the choice of clothes, type of characters and objects, but you can import a lot of thing such as 2D images, 3D objects and with an image editor on the side, it is the most useful program I used for manga creation. So if you are ready to work and know a thing or two about image edition, this is a wonderful software for you.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 13, 2015

  ---2021 updated reivew--- Because of the overwhelmingly negative reviews that criticize this app for unfair reason, I'm gonna recap some of the pros & cons here: WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MANGA MAKER COMIPO -MMC is specifically designed to help creating 4-koma gag comic, including its DLC contents. Thus, you get access to a large amount of character models with fixed clothes setting and a limited amount of preset poses to mess around with. This app is definitely not aimed toward making complicated manga, so complex model interaction are out of the question (However, you can independently pose characters for editing later in Photoshop if you want). -For the above reason, scenery and background are limited to 2D image, there's not much of 3D scenery included, though you're free to import custom ones. Background artists can, however, profit greatly from using the characters and props in a transparent page and then draw backgrounds later. -The main app comes with limited models, thus you need the DLCs to make the most of this. Wait for a sale to grab them all if you can. -If you strictly use MMC's assets (except the preset copyrighted characters), you can monetize the manga you created, which is great for small and indie mangaka wanting to quickly illustrate their ideas. -Updates are slow and mostly fall behind Japanese version, but the current version is good enough with most of the important feature, such as skin color changing, available to Steam users. RANT CORNER MMC is a good app, but sadly it's owned by a company who doesn't know how to do business, and thus treated as a side project and doesn't receive some very URGENT updates it badly need, to function as a manga maker app. Devs, if you're reading this, PLEASE consider correcting these issues that have been going on for years, or at the very least, sell/outsource this app to someone else who cares: -Model-dependent poses: It's bad enough that we have limited poses, but even more frustrating when certain poses are only available to certain model characters. Why can't a character "swim" if they don't wear swimsuit, why can't a character "warm up" if they don't wear Sport Uniform, is beyond me. -Hard-rig hand model: Some are fine, but some badly need to separate the "item" from the "hand", like holding smartphone, holding guitar. We end up having no "hand-free" model of them, which severely limit creativity. -Just Sell Us a Custom Pose DLC Already: At this point, I've completely given up on the updates for poses, and most people with negative reviews agree. All of this would've been easily resolved if there's a "Custom pose" DLC (even at $19.99 is fine), but somehow the devs don't want our money, they simply let MMC be bombarded with negative reviews when they could easily fix it.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 23, 2015

  This software is actually very good for what it claims to be able to do, easy to use and great for someone who has trouble with the art side of comics-based storytelling. That being said, there are still many flaws that relegate this program to my 'Only buy when it's on sale' list. As most reviews will tell you, there are actually very few options for clothing and hair short of importing your own custom models, and most of their clothes listed count every recolor as a new outfit entierly. The limited hair options also don't help, but thankfully you can import any .obj file as a custom 3d object and simply place it as you need from there. Also, the limited posing features are a bit annoying until you start figuring out the best way to fully utilize them, a process that takes quite a long time. There appears to be a free custom facial-expression maker provided by the creators of the software, but some support for custom pose models would be appreciated. Overall, I recommend that you buy this ON SALE ONLY, when it's in the $20 range. You will definetly get your money's worth that way. Also, make sure to read the DLC descriptions carefully, as they count a recolor of an existing outfit as a new outfit entierly, and this leads to some annoyance when you think you're getting a better selection of clothes than you actually are.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 27, 2015

  I do recommend buying this software if you really dream to build your own comic, but not at its full price. The lack of character customization and of models available make ComiPo! feel more like a demo than the real deal -- there are DLC and mods that can kinda fix that, though. Kinda. Nevertheless, its interface is easy to master and the level of possibilities with the contrasting limited dummies is astonishing high. Get it as soon as it is on sale. 7/10.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 12, 2016

  As much as I love to recomend this I simply cant. the program shows great promise. but the lack of moddels and clothing options is simply to great. you cant really make a comic until you buy more dlc. so far in the base software there are no house or background options like making streets or homes. atleast not that I found. I also found the lack of tuturials anoying but not hard to figgure out if you are used to these kinds of programs. if you really want to buy this. I suggest you wait for 90% Discount as you will have to buy dlc aswell to make it worth your while. hope this review helps.