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bigtakilla on 22 July 2017
Nem said:
I don't have to, no.

But i will if its a game i love. Xenogears is a game i love. I don't remember that boss though, but i do remember that you can skip 4 sub bosses and go directly for the final boss, but he will be alot harder.

You're old item dealing rodent himself, Hammer.



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bigtakilla on 22 July 2017
AlfredoTurkey said:

Nope. Being a child of the 80's, my goal is to beat the game as quickly and efficiently as possible. No cheating, no easy mode... but point A to point B until it's beaten.

If I really love the game, I'll go back to do the rest afterwards.

Same here, the easiest I put it on is normal, and typically I go hard. Games don't really punish you for dying anymore outside a few exceptions.



crissindahouse on 22 July 2017

Yes, if I don't kill the optional bosses how is the world in the game free from oppression?



archer9234 on 22 July 2017

If it's actually a good reward. But most of the time it's really not. I use to do optional stuff in games. But Zelda OOT and MM taught me side missions are time wasters. Just not really worth it. Even games with something that suppose to make things easier. Like this rare item has better stats. Only to find out it breaks faster. So it's really not better. The issue is diverted to another area.



bigtakilla on 22 July 2017
archer9234 said:
If it's actually a good reward. But most of the time it's really not. I use to do optional stuff in games. But Zelda OOT and MM taught me side missions are time wasters. Just not really worth it. Even games with something that suppose to make things easier. Like this rare item has better stats. Only to find out it breaks faster. So it's really not better. The issue is diverted to another area.

The game that got me into doing this was Final Fantasy VI. You get two swords from optional bosses that let you attack 12 times with a single character. From then on it was this feeling of needing to do it so I don't miss out on anything. That and Tales of Symphonia that had the giant skeleton in the opening and I was like "Yeah, I gotta beat him".



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Mike321 on 22 July 2017

Sure if it's not too hard



                                                                                     

ZODIARKrebirth on 22 July 2017

not always, but games like wild arms were games, where i liked to defeat every optional boss. in every game of the series were about ten secret bosses to defeat with ragu o ragal the hardest, what was really a chellenge.



sabastian on 22 July 2017

I love optional bosses and side quest bosses. Anything to extend the life of my game I'm all for.

This always takes me back to Metal Gear Solid: 3. The old sniper boss was classic.



Heavenly_King on 22 July 2017

If I enjoy the game yes.



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bigtakilla on 22 July 2017
sabastian said:
I love optional bosses and side quest bosses. Anything to extend the life of my game I'm all for.

This always takes me back to Metal Gear Solid: 3. The old sniper boss was classic.

Same here, it's like a challenge of skill, and I always accept.