Current Events > Turn-based RPGs where your characters attack dead enemies

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How did we ever put up with that?

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It could be a good thing in a few situations I guess, like if the enemy you're trying not to attack has some damage reflection buff or charges some attack when it takes damage, and you don't want to inadvertently attack it >_>

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That's happened since 1990?

or just auto wait rabble rabble

that instilled a lifelong obsession with making sure I only did the perfect amount to kill an enemy by carefully selecting which party member attacked which enemy and attacks used etc

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Questionmarktarius posted...

That's happened since 1990?

Golden Sun had it.

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it's especially irritating in games that don't even tell you how much health the enemy has

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Darkest Dungeon has it. Gotta clear out those corpses.

I know what you mean though. What game are you specifically annoyed about having it right now?

Conceptually it kind of makes sense if you think of it in terms of all the actions are happening simultaneously.

I haven't experienced that in a while, but yeah definitely annoying in games that had it. It's like dammit, don't just swing at nothing, because your target no longer exists, target the next enemy!

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I've literally never experienced this.
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It's probably meant to emulate the tabletop systems that old school RPGs copied. If you ready an action in D&D and the trigger you set fails to occur (conditions change, the enemy dies, etc), your action is wasted. Since you're selecting targets prior to actually having your turn, you're effectively doing the same thing.

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That's bad programming, they should automatically target the next enemy or the battle should end if there aren't any.

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Good when there is an overkill bonus

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