KIANA'S PROFILE

author=LouisCyphre
On the other hand, fukken tell me what the hell your Luck stat does. "Makes stuff happen" is just code for "never invest points in this stat."

I hate Luck stats for exactly this reason.

I also hate it when a game gives you abilities that sound like they use one stat, but use a different one, like a special sword move that uses Magic instead of Strength.

Like others have said in the thread: Knowing the exact formula is unnecessary, but the description better not be needlessly vague. Needlessly vague = never used.

So in one project I was working on (and stopped because of unrelated technical issues), skills came right out and said what stats applied to it, so STR vs DEF, STR vs RES, etc.

Current project side steps that issue, since I trimmed down the stat list, so I just make it clear whether a skill bypasses defense or not.

Summary: I don't think games need to be completely transparent, but they shouldn't be opaque, either. If the player can influence something, they should at least have a solid hint of how it works.

I'm definitely subscribing to this. Can't download the demo yet (my net speed is horrible at the moment), but I'll be back for it.

At the start of the game, several options regarding game difficulty can be changed. Instead of having fixed "Easy / Normal / Hard" difficulty modes, you can toggle individual options on an off, creating your own difficulty modes.

I've seen this idea used in a few other games and it usually works well.

author=J-Man
B-But... summons weren't in SaGa1/Final Fantasy Legend. D:

What's wrong with being an updated remake? The wonderswan version of SaGa 1 made some changes, and the DS versions of SaGa 2 and SaGa 3 were significantly different, while still retaining the same core concepts and story.

author=LockeZ
I disagree with the backtracking thing, I think that games' settings tend to feel much less disconnected and much more like an actual physical space if you sometimes go back to places you've been before, instead of always only moving forward like FF13. I mean that's what you end up with when you say "no backtracking", you end up with FF13. Hell, even FF13 had a little bit of backtracking when you'd go off the path for a moment to get a treasure chest and then backtrack to the main path! You wanna get rid of even that?

I disagree. First, going along side paths in a dungeon to get loot, then going back to the main path, does not count as backtracking. Back tracking is having to run to the end of a dungeon to flip a switch, so you can open a door near the start of the dungeon. Or having to run through a dungeon multiple times with very little variation.

Second, FF13 happens when you have a game world that's one long path with the only side areas consisting of walking twenty feet out of the way. It feels claustrophobic. If FF13 made you double back along its singular hallway, it would still feel claustrophobic, but then it would be adding backtracking on top of it. Wow, so there is a way that game could be worse.

author=Craze
edit: i want english ff type-0

I've seen a fan patched version. You aren't missing much, from what I've seen. Apparently the game controls are terrible (the camera controls at least, which is practically a sin for an action game) and the characters aren't endearing or interesting.

Just watching the first hour or so of the game had me wondering "Who are these people and why should I care that they're dying?" You don't meet a single character in the first twenty minutes or so that actually lives past the intro.

Mind you, the patch is supposed to be really impressive, especially since the game is pretty huge. Few spelling errors, supposedly a very faithful translation, but the game itself is disappointing.

Edit: Let me summary. I've heard the game described as FF VIII and FF XIII having a love child. Seems accurate to me. Note that I don't hate VIII, but I wouldn't call it good, and I do hate XIII.