/vr/ - Retro Games

> The entire game is one giant timed mission
> It never tells you it's one giant timed mission
> You can never complete the last mission in time, because you were too slow earlier on.
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Also games like Harvest Moon, but at least in that case it's much more obvious and clearly stated that you're under time constraints.

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> One of your party dies
> Combat ends
> Dead guy doesn't get XP
> Permanently under-leveled
> Will never again level-up at the same time as the others

Less annoying in games where characters have different level-up times anyways, but still fucking annoying.

"The blight approaches!"
"Volcanic eruption detected!"

HURRY UP WITH THAT FUCKING RESEARCH GOD DAMN!
WHY DID I BUILD MY SPACE PORT SO CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN MAP BORDER?
THESE ANTI-LAVA AND ANTI-MICROBE WALLS, THEY DO NOTHING!

You literally cannot stop this enemy, it is a representation of how much time you have left to complete the campaign; the entire campaign gameplay is one giant timed mission. Too slow on one mission can mean death.