/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6558213
> I really don't give a fuck about the system or the obvious game design flaws
I envy you. I started caring about this and now I'm literally incapable of enjoying a JRPG. Every single JRPG battle system is SHIT. Strategically pointless, just fucking awful, and yes that means FFX, SMT Nocturne and Panzer Dragoon Saga. I can't play Zachtronics games or Chess or Go or Stephen's Sausage Roll and then go back and play some braindead JRPG with such a restricted possibility space where there's always one or two extremely obvious best moves at any given time (you're hurt?-->use cure. enemy weak to fire attacks?-->use fire). They're visual novels with hours and hours of boring time-wasters stuffed throughout, and they should all be remade with action systems because at least they're effective at what they set out to do (tests of skill regarding timing, or presenting visual spectacle and feel of empowerment) rather than fail utterly at challenging the mind like typical turn based systems do. They grind things to a halt and deprive the player of seeing characters actually act like action heroes and instead have them act like statues. See how miserable I am? Don't end up like me, a whole genre is now shit to me, so many games I'd have otherwise enjoyed if I didn't think about it.