RPG Genre Discussion Thread

[lestatdark]

StokedUp said:
ok guys, the reason i asked about your level with ff7 was because ive recently started playing it again, and i didnt realise at the time back in 1997 that you didnt really have to grind to level up. It seems all the RPGs have got alot more grinding involved in them now compared to what FF7 had. With FF7 you could almost just cruise through the game without having to level up to get past certain parts. You dont really find RPGs like this nowadays and it's sort of made me realise how much a miss it.

i absolutely love RPGs and i dont mind having to grind in them but its been good to go through a RPG and just be able to really enjoy the story.

Hmmm, how far are you in the game? Because on CD 1, when you reach the Temple of the Ancients, you'd needed to be at a somewhat decent level (26 and above) to even be able to survive the random encounters in the M.C.Escher like part of it. 

And i'm not even considering the Demon Wall boss, which was one of the toughest overall in the game, especially since by the time you'd only be relying on Elemental summons which DW halved the damage output and the only decent Non-Elemental one only had one cast (Bahamut). 

If you went straight there from the crash of Cid's plane, you'd be massively underlevelled. Heck that part always forced me to go to Wutai and do part of subquest there.