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Three developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their games (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 29 points 1 week ago (13 children)

And then there is Expedition 33 which added the story mode so that Jennifer English could play it.

[–] Datz@szmer.info 15 points 1 week ago (11 children)

And some people STILL can't beat it without parries.

Granted, I'm in Act 2 (Expert), and I think the ludicrous level factor into damage is to blame. The fact every other (mini)boss you fight is overlevelled, and just a few levels seem to be a 2-3x damage difference, is so stupid, I imagine someone running into 3 in a row and just giving up.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Parries is why the game is fun imo

Without it you would just click abilities and win every time I guess. That's something for someone too.

Some games I'd rather just take the game out of. Like expedition 33 I'd rather just be a TV show to be honest if your are making it that easy

[–] Datz@szmer.info 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

            
              This goes for every JRPG: if clicking and winning is bad, how is chess popular? It'd just mean the RPG part isn't balanced (or is not your type of game)
Mario&Luigi, the only series close to this I've played, just does it way better, some dodges require holding, almost all include figuring out who to dodge with, different effects depending on when you jump etc.
Parries in E33 come down to timing one button, and occasionally pressing the others with very clear telegraphs. And dodging seems barely more helpful

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

JRPGs live or die depending on how the combat works, so I think that first point is a little reductive.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Of course.. You'd need to balance the game entirely different.

It's just that the game is made for parries so if you take that out its kinda bland

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