LogFAQs > #973704496

BurmesePenguin posted...

Souls' stamina system is literally the thing that makes them work as games and all other action games with a stamina system should just rip it off.

It's... almost as if different games have different... gameplay and that what works well for one experience might not work for another.

Stamina isn't a great thing in all cases, but sometimes it is. Using SP instead of MP is a nice way of letting your martial characters have limited-use special attacks like the magic casters without running everything on MP. Or you can go the old school SMT route and give everyone anxiety about using physical skills since those drain HP. Which fits, because old school SMT combat is about giving you anxiety. Other games are better served by letting you attack forever, for example Nier Automata would not be better served by more Stamina limitations. However, for games that have souls-like systems, they should really take a page from Elden Ring and make Stamina consumption only happen in combat scenarios.