windbane on 28 May 2007
| ckmlb said: Random encounters have been dropped from FF games since FF XII, I got nothing against lots of FMV as long as it's not lame (which FF ones aren't usually) and grinding is necessary in most RPGs and specifically JRPGs... |
I find that in recent RPGs I don't have to grind outside of the main path in order to beat bosses, too. I played FF1 recently on normal difficulty and had to sit outside of town for hours to level just to get through the next dungeon. After 5 hours in I decided to go with the easy difficulty that enabled me to go from one quest to the other without extra grinding. It still wasn't easy, but if there's no chance of dying it's not much fun.
