Current Events > scripted losses

(+) Yeah! (+)

but why though

just copy SC2 and and make it so that wave after wave of enemies keep coming with increased stats until you can no longer survive. give rewards to people who hold out longer. that way good gamers get fulfilled and your immersion is not broken by killing the enemy and then being brought to your knees in the cutscene right afterwards

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And then when they join you:
"Dude, do that supermove you used on us!"
"Oh, I don't like that move anymore..."
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heroes who dont want to kill the villain

"but then ill be no better than they are!"

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These dont exist in any game ever.....

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I don't mind, but make it quick. Have all my attacks miss or the enemy strike me down in one hit. Don't let it seem like I have a chance.

Rika_Furude posted...

killing the enemy and then being brought to your knees in the cutscene right afterwards

is this something that happens???

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Agree except for Final Fantasy Crisis Core

At the end where Zack is fighting against the army of Shinra troops protecting Cloud. That shit was powerful.

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FabIe posted...

Agree except for Final Fantasy Crisis Core

At the end where Zack is fighting against the army of Shinra troops protecting Cloud. That shit was powerful.

While playing slots. Maybe if he stopped playing slots....


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My favorite is when you absolutely curbstomp the enemy, but in the following cutscene, your party is tired/beaten down while there's no scratch on the enemy at all and they gloat about your party being "weaklings".

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when you defeat hundreds of elites and then in the cutscene you surrender to 3 grunts

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Rika_Furude posted...

when you defeat hundreds of elites and then in the cutscene you surrender to 3 grunts

Ah no fuck games that do that. Or when you spend the entire game being a bullet sponge but then the character dies to a single gunshot in their arm during a cutscene.

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I think DMC5 did them well.

The fights where you lose are actually hard and give you an alternate ending if you actually win them

And the one they do in the second to last fight shows the fight continuing rather than it being a win or a loss

Solar_Crimson posted...

My favorite is when you absolutely curbstomp the enemy, but in the following cutscene, your party is tired/beaten down while there's no scratch on the enemy at all and they gloat about your party being "weaklings".

yes, this.

Rika_Furude posted...

when you defeat hundreds of elites and then in the cutscene you surrender to 3 grunts

like how often in action games do you go through like a whole enemy base single handed, blowing up vehicles and all that shit. and then you get a cutscene with your dude turning a corner or just calmly walking somewhere and you hear the gun clicks. randos you were just blowing through by the dozens get you to surrender or knock you out

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I like how they did this in Trails FC, you have to win the nigh unwinnable fight (Unwinnable if Kloe wasn't an overpowered character) to get the extra Bracer Points. But if you dont care about that you can just sandbag/let nature take its course if you went in not expecting that fight and the game continues on as normally.

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I can see finding out you wasted your healing items to be really annoying though.
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FabIe posted...

Agree except for Final Fantasy Crisis Core

At the end where Zack is fighting against the army of Shinra troops protecting Cloud. That shit was powerful.

*Price of Freedom plays in background*

Modulating phase!

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