69. boss is obviously dead in the battle mode, but comes back to life afterwards for some dialogue ("i can't believe you beat me" etc)
― chilli, Saturday, 4 May 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
70 boss kills the hell out of you in battle mode, then same
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 5 May 2013 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
71 fight to top of castle/tower/floating castle/floating tower, defeat placeholder boss and find magical barrier on bottom floor now allows you to go down to the eight floors of basement and fight important plot boss / defeat important plot boss and find magical barrier on bottom floor now allows you to go down to the etc and fight surprise even more important plot boss
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 5 May 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
72 strangely absent good guy mentioned in early scenes is final boss
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 5 May 2013 11:15 (eleven years ago) link
73 final boss kills god
74 final boss is god
75 sewers
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 5 May 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
76. you wait too long to return to the peaceful town that teased a side-quest for much later in the game; it's been blasted off the face of the earth by the final boss
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 May 2013 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
(I gave up entirely on FF9 because at some point I skimmed a walkthrough to solve some particular problem, and discovered I'd missed dozens of side quests, none of which could now be attempted because of event x, y or z.)
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 May 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of like that as a thing tbh
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 5 May 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
it adds replay value for sure
― clouds, Sunday, 5 May 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's fine up to a point, but when the quests are poorly-telegraphed it just means the first play is harder and less rich than it could be. Just seems punitive.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 May 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
all this is making me want to play chrono trigger again
― clouds, Sunday, 5 May 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
25. A point at which your character/party levels up to the point where the exciting challenge of battle evaporates entirely and each confrontation from then on becomes a repetitive chore which you force yourself to undertake again and again until you reach the game's endpoint or you run out of patience and smash the disc with a hammer.― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 19 December 2012
^^^ skyrim after level 40
xxxp I used to kill the NPCs in Ultima: Exodus. All you had to kill was one and the town guards would start hunting you down, though.― xanthanguar (cwkiii), Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55P2XF38O0
― am0n, Monday, 6 May 2013 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
77. At least one or two traps from this grim series of books
http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/gifs/grimtooth4.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
78. mithril
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
looking for some youtube actual play videos of RPGs that go a bit off the beaten path? toon is the one that comes to mind.
suggestions of both games and channels that gravitate towards that kind of stuff appreciated
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 18 November 2023 11:03 (seven months ago) link
Undertale is a game that goes off the beaten path in a creative way.
― octobeard, Saturday, 18 November 2023 20:24 (seven months ago) link
Where are the Paranoia actual plays?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 19 November 2023 02:24 (seven months ago) link