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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Plenty of people don't care in RPGs because they simply don't care about the gameplay to begin with. It's just filler between story bits for them, but it's frustrating when the gameplay goals and the story goals conflict if you actually care about both.

It's honestly my least favorite thing about Star Ocean 2. Moreso than the slow start or the limitations to party recruitment. There are a few fights you cannot win without cheating, and the game doesn't let you proceed unless you lose, for forced narrative reasons. It's like a DM in a tabletop game who cannot accept that a level 5 party defeated the BBEG and has to pivot the situation accordingly.

Also, if devs were to go the approach of limiting your growth heavily, like in FFXIII, or actively punishing you for growing, like FFVIII, then you're just going to anger a lot of people whose mindset are that bigger numbers are better or that you should be free to take on challenges and be rewarded for them.

I've seen better-designed hentai games, for all their simplistic game designs. <_<