GREATREDSPIRIT'S PROFILE

PROGRESS O POST:
- Took hammer to levelling system
- Broke lots of shit
- Slashing numbers everywhere
- Cut numbers down another notch
- Schedule has been tossed completely

tl;dr
Everything is going as expected :)



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Difficulty matters when I replay a game. Not that I want my games to be easy, but I don't want to replay a game and hit the same old brick wall boss that requires extra grinding (or cheating) to beat. Or skyrocketing difficulty curves that require even more grinding for the regular fights. I know more of the ins and outs of the game since I beat it once, and if that means squat, I'd rather grind for new games instead of old ones. Chrono Trigger was good for this, I replayed it a few months ago and its far easier than it was last time since I knew the game better. Old walls became good bosses and I didn't run around in circles encounters to grind. FF3 on the other hand I'd never want to play through again. Some of the bosses felt far too luck based (please don't hit my healer twice this turn) and the like, although this could be that I missed part of the battle system that would help. And while I haven't finished it, I doubt I'll play through Persona 3 again, there's too much instant game-over in that game.


Length is important. If the game is a 60 hour EPIC journey across four worlds two moons and an alternate dimension where there's three dungeons before each point the plot slowly progresses, forget that. Generally, the less filler content there is the better. You know whats coming up and if I hit the point where 'damn, there's all this shit before anything really happens', I've got better ways to waste my time. I may already know the plot, but I'd like to finish the game much sooner than later and get the sense of accomplishment than getting bored/distracted by a new game.

Nostalgia matters too. Its been ages since I've played FF6 and I've been itching to give it another spin. There's no real reason besides ITS FF6 HELL YEAH reasoning, although its length is a bit deterring (and I'm waiting for the Pandora's Box hack to finish up too)

That's why Oberon is awesome. Strong to Light and Dark and learns Media (heal all) before the healer does? Oh hell yes. :)

(too bad it doesn't help when the enemy hits the main character twice in a critical attack, one shotting him from full HP :( Fuck you Persona 3)

Hahaha, nice. I'm an Indian Native American :P

Now with context! (sort of, I'm only going to list one game for sanity purposes)

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Keiki Kobayashi - Ace Combat 5
Tsuyoshi Sekito - Brave Fencer Musashi
Michiko Naruke - Wild ARMs 3
Masato Kouda - Wild ARMs 5
Robert Holmes - Gabriel Knight
Tenpai Sato - Disgaea
Yoko Shimomura - Heroes of Mana
Aubrey Hodges - Quest for Glory 4
Noriyasu Agematsu - Wild ARMs 5
Rei Kondoh - Okami
Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Okami
Masami Ueda - Okami
Motoi Sakuraba - Valkyrie Profile