Current Events > I was really enjoying SMT5 until I got to what I presume to be the final area

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da'at: taito

oh my god what a fucking horrifically designed area

Go read up on how to beat the Amala Temple in SMT3: Nocturne. It'll make you feel better about your current predicament.

It really felt like they ran out of time. The level curve made no sense as you could be overleveled in the previous dungeon but be horribly underleveled going into the fourth area.

The framerate is annoying and I'd hit an enemy from behind and they still go first.

I honestly thought it was ok, still working through it but it's basically a giant sandbox and the game throws all linearity out the window. You can do whatever you want and in whichever order you want. Might have to avoid some areas or strategize specifically for them, looking at you Yamato-no-orochi.

Its not really poorly designed. The devs are basically telling the player to go explore and do side quests before attempting story bosses. You level up insanely fast by just exploring.

Aside from the horrible framerate, it was good, and I didn't feel underlevelled until the end, when I wanted to do the superboss first to get the special ending. Grinding up high enough to even have a chance takes absurdly long at that point.

It's still a pretty good game, but I admit that the level jump in Taito is a bit much, especially since all of the bosses you have to beat to progress are at Level 72.

At least Taito is an actual open area, though.

Scarecrow17 posted...

Its not really poorly designed. The devs are basically telling the player to go explore and do side quests before attempting story bosses. You level up insanely fast by just exploring.

Thats fine, Im not having any issue with the combat, its the map itself. Its horrid. Its not a fun map to walk around in