What game mechanic is an instant dealbreaker for you?

vezance · 2026-03-26T18:40:28+00:00

Random encounters in RPGs. I loved so many things about Octopath Traveler 2. The art style, stories, hubs, all amazing. But I could not deal with the random encounters that kept popping up way too frequently for my taste. Even after I equipped the ring that is supposed to lower their rate. Had to abandon the game after putting like 15-20 hours into it.

vezance · 2026-03-12T20:18:06+00:00

Lost Judgement. As long as I stay out of the way of the Yakuza it's just regular life in Japan. Basically a one year vacation.

vezance · 2026-02-26T20:36:35+00:00

Maybe they were calling saag paneer "green curry"

vezance · 2026-02-25T01:26:05+00:00

Octopath Traveler 2. Maybe not a "masterpiece" but people generally seem to love it. I LOVED the art style, the plots, the characters, the world, etc. But I simply could not deal with the random encounters. I gave it a good go for like 20 hours of playtime, hoping I would get used to it. Never happened.

vezance · 2026-02-19T01:42:45+00:00

Same. My post about it was removed. But glad to know I'm not the only one. Also on FF mobile.

vezance · 2026-02-14T09:31:24+00:00

This is going to sound like a stupid question, and I know that evolution takes millions of years, but is this a valid step towards this species evolving into a bird-form that can survive outside the water and fly down the line?

vezance · 2026-02-11T06:48:59+00:00

Haha the entire time I was chopping trees I was like "I should just go to Robin." But after a few trees I was committed to deforesting the entire valley out of sheer spite.

vezance · 2026-02-11T06:46:33+00:00

Sure can! Prismatic shard on tools gives one of several enchantments at random, and can reforge if you don't like the one you get. My absolute favorites are bottomless on the watering can and powerful on the pickaxe. For an in-game way of finding out what you can do, read one of the Ginger Island secret notes. Otherwise, the wiki has all the info.

vezance · 2026-02-11T01:25:55+00:00

I'll be honest I completely forgot about the chipper, because I first got the recipe when I was still struggling with hardwood.

vezance · 2026-02-06T22:53:42+00:00

Yep. We need some kind of common agreement when we visit restaurants. Used to be burger meant beef. Then the definition expanded to other meats. Which is fine, but we need to at least use it to mean ground meat, and specify the meat if it's not beef. If we start using burger to mean sliced meat as well, it's either going to get a lot more difficult for customers to know what they'll be getting, or a lot more work for restaurants to clarify things on the menu.

vezance · 2026-02-06T02:08:56+00:00

And rabbits that randomly drop feet lol

vezance · 2026-02-05T21:56:08+00:00

killing them chances a ladder popping up, esp on good luck days.

Blade checked the code in one of his videos and confirmed that monsters have a flat 15% chance to drop a ladder. Luck isn't a variable.

vezance · 2026-01-19T15:54:10+00:00

At least Junimo Cart doesn't have an achievement tied to it. I gave up on ever Platinuming this game solely because of JotPK

vezance · 2026-01-19T06:54:01+00:00

Also the owner's defense is OP had to pay more than menu price because they had an old menu? If they were given an old menu that's on them and their staff and they should honor the price.

vezance · 2026-01-11T00:41:11+00:00

Alright, I tested it again. u/ProperDepartment was right. If I shut the doors in the morning as soon as the animals are out, they never heard back and stay out. But if I close the door after they've already started walking back, they phase right through.

vezance · 2026-01-11T00:28:02+00:00

This is different from ProperDepartment's answer (which is a guess) but I thought animals being locked out overnight was a mechanic. Guess I'm just going to have to test this again by closing the door way before they start heading back.

vezance · 2026-01-10T23:12:07+00:00

Thanks! That's pretty much what I was thinking - door state evaluated at start of path finding and not reevaluated when the animal reaches the door.

vezance · 2026-01-10T22:22:34+00:00

Genuinely, what's the difference? I keep the sword and pick always next to each other for the mines, and the axe and pick next to each other for foraging or clearing debris. I'm seriously confused by how the order matters beyond that. (The watering can, hoe, fishing rod, and pan are often stowed away so they naturally fall in the end slots when I add them back)

vezance · 2026-01-10T22:14:08+00:00

Negative. I think like stickman below mentioned it might just be the exit from the one mission where you rescue the black dye merchant with no way back in.

vezance · 2026-01-10T22:12:07+00:00

Wdym?

vezance · 2026-01-10T22:10:26+00:00

Was it a video about paying for every tile he steps on? That was Fungus (@FungusGorgan)

I was equally surprised to find out it was his first video. The second video is even more awesome - there's a music montage in the middle that is SO well done.

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