i loathe them, one of the main reasons i only play really good jrpg's
Most games they are stupid. It's a remant of poor game design. Trying to mimic the random encounter of the wilderness elements from D&D like games. The heritage is obsolete. I could bear it in world encounters, but it shouldn't exist in other locations.
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I dislike 'em for the most part. There are some games that have struck a perfect balance between the number of random encounters and the difficulty etc. (suikoden 1,2, wild arms (1)) but most just don't work well. I would much rather see the monsters on screen (star ocean/grandia).


I prefer seeing the enemy.. gives a choice.... then again, seeing the ennemy makes me think i'm missing something if I don't beat them all....
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They add more challenge to a very easy genre so I'm for them but most people whine though so I guess we have to compromise
"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)
"WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler
Random encounters were for all purposes to save on animation and graphics back in the day. But just a voice work is now capable instead of sitting reading boring text, random blind encounter have worn out it's use.
I love having the option to battle or not. Personally, I know that if I need to train... I'll run into them every time, so it's really not a problem for me. Star Ocean for 360 was amazing with this.
Everyone needs to play Lost Odyssey! Any opposition to this and I will have to just say, "If it's a fight you want, you got it!"
I don't mind them at all... I don't see why people bitch about it, just use run if you really don't want to fight. I like them because I love to level up. ^_^
I love Skies of Arcadia so that's all I need to say...
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