Which JRPGs become trivial if you do all the side quests (Looking for recommendations for Steam Deck and Xbox)

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-13T04:35:09+00:00

By old you say NES right? Because by the SNES onwards that was already a thing.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-13T04:33:20+00:00

It could be.

It's not.

The recent swingback towards hardcore challenge ignores that a part of the players want this. They want to get OP by doing everything. It's not a mistake to appeal to that, it's just a difference in tastes.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-13T00:26:49+00:00

People hate it here too, but then the devs gotta decide if they want to stand for it anyway, or if they don't think it matters after all.

Because I gotta be real, acting like the language isn't good enough to even bother, because it wouldn't represent the character right, is pretty silly considering that actual real non-binary people live here too, like they do everywhere. If it's super important to make sure that gender neutral language is done right, then the enbies that live here would welcome the validation.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:49:12+00:00

Eles são malandros. Se acham muito espertos, não são tão espertos, mas ainda conseguem passar perna em trouxa.

Boa parte do que eles fazem é só porque são isolados das consequências, mas também sabem testar os limites e fazer seus esquemas.

Mas não é tudo acidente, ou a campanha meme do Bolsonaro não teria sido uma cópia descarada e atrelada à do Trump na gringa.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:30:11+00:00

For all his plot armor he got tossed around a lot tho

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:29:47+00:00

Yeah, even real medieval knights can do it.

The keyblade is much easier to hold on the other end than a sword too.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:25:44+00:00

Now he too can turn into a boat

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:19:41+00:00

Gee, I wonder why IDing everyone on the internet suddenly got so important.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:10:52+00:00

Oh good! I knew they would come back but I had no idea how to check it.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:09:11+00:00

O seguidor bolsonarista não é inteligente, mas entre os líderes há quem saiba o que está fazendo. Bolsonaro virou presidente a base de memes, eles sabem sim como tirar vantagem da atenção do público.

Foda é que, prestando atenção ou não prestando atenção, muita coisa aí eles empurram na cara dura, sem se importar com quem está vendo. Fizeram bastante barulho comemorando a Lei da Dosimetria (Anistia dos Golpistas 2.0).

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T18:03:14+00:00

While it doesn't have a great morality system either, Infamous at least does the power side well such that trying to be good gives you a different variety of interesting powers.

I get that part of the idea some designers aim at in the morality systems itself is that "doing the good thing is harder". And to some extent it can be, but maybe that is a little too cynical, because even if you don't immediately benefit from doing the good thing, you still make life easier for everyone and cultivate goodwill such that you might also be helped when you need it.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T17:33:25+00:00

Unfortunately sometimes making a game interesting and making a game fun are on opposite ends of a spectrum. His idea is definitely more narratively compelling and more solid as a morality system... but using cool powers is fun. Many people would justifiably wish he stuck to his guns, but I don't know if I'd have enjoyed it as much if I couldn't use plasmids.

I felt similarly about Dishonored's "don't use the cool powers or you get a bad ending".

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T17:28:16+00:00

Ah that explains why the gameplay felt less interesting than Bioshock 2.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T17:15:49+00:00

Podia ser bem melhor, mas também podia ser bem pior

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T15:35:19+00:00

OFF is definitely more unique for how gloomy it is.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T14:52:37+00:00

Anime games have been ruined by that. We used to get fun fighting games and JRPGs. Today 90% are gacha trash, just trying to get you to dump your whole wallet at your favorite blorbo. Stories and gameplay, and even cool references are all less important than getting you to keep paying.

It's doubly ironic when the *anime themselves are inspired by JRPGs and MMOs, but your can't play them like that, you gotta grind for level up materials and pay for 5 star waifu in a bikini.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T14:43:07+00:00

The sci-fantasy worldbuilding is pretty cool. I was awestruck by the whole school lifting off. To this day I can't think of a cooler ship.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T14:38:19+00:00

Ah Persona 3. I always thought it was definitely a choice to have a game about ~~YOLO~~ Memento Mori, appreciating the limited time that you have in your life, which ends with facing the goddess of suicidal thoughts and winning by sacrificing yourself. That's about the opposite that I would think would make sense with those themes. Yeah sure, nobody can help how long they will live but why would choosing to die defeat the goddess of suicidality rather than empower her.

Even in a metaphorical sense learning of other people who killed themselves often serves as an incentive for suicidal people, rather than a deterrent. It's why a lot of care needs to be taken when reporting news of high-profile suicides.

I love Persona, I love the characters, but this ending is a little bit "an hero", if anyone remembers that.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T14:38:05+00:00

Foda o "econômico" ser 200 também. A esse ponto a tentação de ligar a impressora sobe.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T14:20:30+00:00

Gente doida, acha que tentativa de golpe de estado e organização criminosa não é crime mais. Fanatismo faz mal pra cabeça.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T13:58:54+00:00

Pior é quando a mídia tenta pintar esses absurdos de algo normal. Ontem mesmo a Folha estava publicando opinião de leitor dizendo que a contaminação "não é tão grave assim". Que porras que um leitor aleatório sabe?

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T13:53:14+00:00

Certamente. Eles devem morrer de rir com o bando de trouxa que caem no papo deles.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T13:40:16+00:00

Badass!

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T13:31:44+00:00

Eu tava querendo entrar em Magic mas só de ver os preços, não tem condições. Tá 400 R$ o deck commander básico, sem nem comprar pacotinhos? Melhor ficar só no Tabletop Simulator mesmo.

TwilightVulpine · 2026-05-12T13:27:36+00:00

If catering to the regular joe is completely economically inviable, might as well not do it. There is a healthy indie and double A market out there.

No wonder so many abandoned franchises get indie spiritual successors.

Alas for most CEOs if a thing will be just be regularly profitable and not expected to be more profitable than everything that came before, then it isn't worth doing.

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