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author=Versalia
Even worse for games who allow you to adjust this DURING the game and basically cheap out of tough fights (I'm looking at you, Dragon Age).

yeah it fucking sucks that if there's a fight i can't beat and i'm fed up with it i can just get through it and move on with the game/my life.

ugh

edit: the flaw w/ difficulty settings is when they are designed for "fake" replay value (whatever the "fake" part means), like in most loot-rpgs where you can't even PLAY harder difficulties until you hit a certain level. the right way to do difficulty settings is to pick based on, you know, how much of a challenge you're looking for. people who want a big challenge and play on normal the first time around when hard is available to them have no room to complain, basically. the difficulties should be designed to accommodate this (nothing that is absolutely impossible your first time around and therefore requires replaying, basically)

i also think that having to unlock a difficulty is total bullshit unless the game is really short and designed around replaying it (something like Vanquish, to use a recent example)

ryoo heyaboosa

author=Hexatona
Mother 3

best rpg

earthbound zero is a little hard to stomach due to the random battles every 3 steps but it is v awesome otherwise

author=SmileWithStyle
MP regeneration(so unlike in for example FF1/2, I dont need to save MP till the end of dungeon, this way I can spend some of it every 2nd fight)

use it while you can, psynergy becomes obsolete pretty quick iirc

grargh impassioned caps-lock vx crusader rage "you think you know makers? i'll show you makers..."

author=SmileWithStyle
EDIT: what do you guys think about Golden Sun 1/2, I saw it in a few "must have" lists for the GBA, how is it?

they're pretty sweet if you can get past the unappealing aesthetic

i started playing allods online with some friends because we had nothing better to do
it's a lot better in a party than it was the one time i tried to fly solo before
that said the questing gets redundant pretty damn fast