SHINAN'S PROFILE

The opening cinematic of Arcanum had such badassery that it was impossible not to be excited about the game:


Of course that was not why I picked up the game. I picked up the game because of a couple of reviews and then finally seeing the game in a bargain bin. (though even there the box art made me go "whoho")

Looking at my game collection I see that the major selling feature of any unknown game I've bought has been price. For example my first Total War game I bought in a 3 for 2 (where the other 2 were my main choices but Total War ended up being my favorite). I've bought maybe three games for full price and they've all been either sequels or developed by people I trust. (Vampire Bloodlines, Empire Total War, The Orange Box)

Vote MONOPOLO.

When I clicked through to the event page through the notices I came to this page:
http://rpgmaker.net/events/game_chill_2009/?comment=15143#comment15143
From that page it's impossible to go back to the first page of comments. I only end up back at:
http://rpgmaker.net/events/game_chill_2009/?comment=15143&p=1#comments

(whoho, the first time I've noticed a bug :D)

My god these image topics are long. To celebrate this length here is an image of me:


EDIT: Damn I already posted in this thread on page 16... I guess one post/year isn't too often...

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I don't mean dying over and over again to a boss because of some cheap moveset or whatever. But there is something incredibly cathartic about getting your ass kicked by a boss or a level or whatever until you finally figure out the strategy required to beat it. Case in point, the two (separate at different points of the game) bosses of Death and Sariun in Romancing Saga for the PS2. Both of these bosses kicked the SHIT out of me when I first went head to head with them. I died over and over again until I figured out the most badass strategy ever and finally WON.

I don't mind losing/dying over and over if it means that every loss puts more experience under my belt or fuels a new strategy. Yes, cheap bosses and cheap levels that show me the 'load' screen are infuriating, but I'm not afraid of the Game Over/Load screen. I can't see why people are so turned off by it. That's half the reason you save in the first place.

I guess our views on this differs then. Because I much rather like to live in the illusion without a quicksavequickload mashing. Of course I'm a huge quicksavequickload masher anyway and I have to admit that certain very unforgiving games I still enjoy immensely. But I rarely enjoy them because they are unforgiving. I tend to enjoy them despite being unforgiving. (Mostly because unforgiving games DO give the rush in those instances where you manage something without dying every once in a while)

STALKER is a nice example. That game is horribly unforgiving and you get killed from strange directions at weird times all the time but it's very thrilling when walking around there and you're ambushed by mutants and you beat them off only just and limp your way back to a base to get healed up. But dying against those same mutants sort of suck and you reload and just wish the encounter was over.

-You heal after each battle. The battles can be much harder, and you get that small "I did it" feeling after each battle. Probably wouldn't have potions for balance's sake. But it would take away that great rush at the end where you just scrape through to the end, since you'd leave on full health.

Not every fight should be difficult (though I just talked about my love for unforgiving games above there just disregard that okay). It's better to have a bunch of easy fights so that you'll appreciate beating the hard fight more when it does happen. The sense of accomplishment will also be bigger if not every fight kicks your ass. Because when every fight kicks your ass you'll just feel as though you suck and that there must be something wrong with the game.