/vr/ - Retro Games

Friendly reminder that for most jrpgs (but not all) if you feel like you have no choice but to grind to advance, you probably suck at the game and need to improve your resource management and strategies. If you find grinding cathartic, that's on you, but I still hear way too many people say that X game is grindy as hell when they probably just mash Attack/Fight and heal sometimes.

Pic related, Earthbound has a generally excellent growth curve giving you just enough exp to be where you need to be to take on the foes (even before you factor in broken shit like Multi Bottle Rockets) but when it was rereleased on New 3DS and WiiU VC, there were a LOT of newbies that were complaining about the long grinds the game requires.