HALIBABICA'S PROFILE

I'm guilty of some of the stuff mentioned in here so far, but not much of it. These are the kinds of things I try to keep in mind when I'm making my games.

As for the things I hate, well...

I hate it when descriptions of spells or items don't help or are nonexistant. I sometimes see these flashy descriptions given to weapons and spells that are supposed to be cool, but it doesn't actually tell me anything about what the does! Take a fire spell, for example, with a description that says "Burns an enemy with fiery wrath." All I get out of that is its a fire attack and it hits one foe. How powerful is it? Can it cause a status problem? Is there any accuracy involved?

While we're on the subject of elements, I hate it when they're present but meaningless. There's usually the basics like Fire, Ice, and Lightning, but it's almost impossible to tell what monsters are vulnerable to what elements, and by the time you figure it out, you could've stabbed them all to death anyway.

And, on the subject of enemies, I hate it when enemies are so weak that they go down in one hit. This really bothered me in the early Final Fantasies (1&2), where eventually, a good swordsman can take down a baddy in a single blow. Then, they compensate for the enemies' survival chances by putting them in huge groups and making their attack power unreasonably high.

I also hate useless status problems. Refer again to FF2. I once leveled up one of the status effect spells to a very high level, and cast it at a group of about six monsters. One of them was affected, and the spell wore off the very next turn. Meanwhile, my other party members had managed to one-shot the rest of the buggers anyway. It's not like status effects have to be useless, just sometimes people are so worried about game balance that they nerf things beyond any usefulness whatsoever!

There's other stuff I hate about RPGs, but I'll leave it at that for now.

author=Asalieri link=topic=2480.msg45296#msg45296 date=1227016700
In the unlikely event that I could be hired for a job in the videogame industry, it all depends on pay, job description, location, how the economy looks, and for good measure, pay.

The economy isn't too friendly for the videogame industry at the moment. This christmas is going to be dismal, that's for sure, with less people spending and less disposable income being thrown around.

You'd really have to ask me a more specific question to get a more specific answer, to be honest.

Basically, this, but I'm going to assume some pretenses for this job offer and say HELL, YES!

If a developer came to me because of something I made, I would be more than thrilled. Game making is something I would love to make a career out of, and for someone to come to me one day and just open the door to the industry for me would be too good an opportunity to pass up.

*HOWEVER*

Coming back to reality, here, I recognize that the chances of this are slim to none. Oh, sure, I've made a few RPGs, but, I mean, look at them. There's a reason why I'm not that popular, and appearances mean everything in today's world (no matter how much I disagree with it). This is why I didn't put all my eggs in the game dev basket.

I'm going to college for an Accounting degree. It's a high-demand field that gives pretty decent pay. I'll always be able to make games on my compy, no matter what kind of job I find. So, if something comes of my creations in the future, then...great! If no, then at least I have something successful to work with if/when that day comes.

I'm realistic and optimistic. ;)

Winner of the "Biggest Moronic Stuff Poster" award. ;D

Mystery Science Let's Play 3000 featuring NightBlade...that's even better!

Suzuricho, the similarities between you and I are uncanny. Your perspective of what relationships are and/or should be match mine to the letter! We're even the same age! o.O

author=Sam link=topic=2473.msg45071#msg45071 date=1226968185
Personally, I feel I can only have sex with a girl I truly care for. Guess that makes me a self-righteous arsehole XD Those are the principles and morals I've had instilled in me for years. I just won't have any sexual relations with a girl I don't care about. Not gonna force it on anyone else though.

I feel this way, too.

author=Max McGee link=topic=2473.msg44905#msg44905 date=1226948030
(And if something is psychologically wrong with someone to make them not want sex, it is just as likely to be a guy as a girl.)

I also fit into this category. Maybe it's because I've never had sex before, but I simply don't see the point in getting together with someone just for the physical gratification. It just seems too shallow!