I guess I'll keep it the way it is after all this feedback haha. 
(Thank you for the feedback!)

At first I kind of agreed with Bandito, but then I remembered times I'd walked through the woods after sundown and barely been able to see anything in front of me. Keep it; the reduced visibility brings home to the player just how dark it is outside - well after dusk but well before dawn- and in a way levels the playing field, as the player can't see much more than the character could in that situation! I like it!

I'm undecided on whether or not this particular screenshot is too dark, but I have to disagree with this statement right here.  Sure there can be added atmosphere with doing this, but sometimes it can also be a big pain in the ass.  For example, I stopped playing MSG3 when I got in that dark cave, because frankly it was annoying to not be able to see anything.  I also hated when it got dark in Harvest Moon games because it would sometimes be hard to see your way back home (until you memorized the map).  You also have to consider that, especially with a PC game, people will be playing the game at different brightness levels (even more so on laptops in order to save batteries), so even if it's just dark enough for you, it could be impossible to play for them.  There's a fine line between atmosphere and playability, and I would always err on the side of playability, because not being able to see well enough to play the game is going to make someone quit.

edit: I looked at your screenshot some more and I think it's fine, even on the lowest brightness setting of my Macbook.  You don't seem to have anything to worry about.  But yeah, as a rule I would never put realism ahead of playability when it comes to something like this.  Just something for people to think about.

Regarding screen darkness, keep in mind that some people use CRT monitors that are darker at the brightest setting than LCDs are at their lower settings. Back when I still had a CRT, a lot of people were posting screenshots of horror games that looked like big black rectangles with brown lens flares in the center. It's probably best to err on the side of brighter colors since people with CRTs more than likely have very old computers, and are consequentially more likely to be playing low-resolution rpgmaker games.

WIP. I don't know how I feel about it, yet. lol. :/ Still more to add, like shrubs and sticks/rocks, etc. etc.

This is lookin pretty good, aside from the non-euclidean thatched roof

I hate to be one of those guys who nitpicks every bullshit minor detail, but the dark tree trunks contrast too much with everything else and I would brighten them a little bit. Also, the singular trees in the middle look flat and need a light source. The grass is really, really nice though! I actually zoomed in with MSPaint and was surprised that you only used 3 colors, because it looks deeper than that.

rather than compromising your 'atmosphere' for people with shitty monitors, most commercial games have options to compensate for this (gamma, brightness,etc). there's no reason one couldn't do something like that in an rpg maker game if they had a lot of dark areas. just sayin'.

Looks very crisp that nessiah.well done.

ness, please finisht that game