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I hate stealing mechanics in traditional JRPGs (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Love having all my party members twiddling their thumbs defending and healing while one guy fails his steal rolls 10 times in a row

I extra love it if the steal move deals damage so you have to also worry about the target dying from too many failed attempts

I double extra love it when it's a boss battle when on top of everything else the story momentum just grinds to a halt while you fuck with a stupid RNG for 5 minutes

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, there's some spaghetti Western flourishes to the music sometimes, some characters wear duster coats and the landscapes tend to be kind of arid

Yeah but I like the dusters, deserts and Western musical flourishes.

I think the amount of guns in a not-modern setting makes it feel pretty Western to me also.

I also feel like some of the towns look really Western. Big metal windmills and water towers, saloony architecture etc.

This also doesn't apply to 2 obviously but this is the frontwoman for 3

Look at those six-shooters.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So far 2 actually feels somewhat less like a Western than the first game. The first game had Jack:

His jeans and the tassels on his coat contributed like 40% of that game's Western vibes. Funnily enough, he doesn't even use guns despite his special skill being named Fast Draw

I also feel like some of the towns look really Western. Big metal windmills and water towers, saloony architecture etc.

I feel like a ton of JRPGs have at least one town that looks like this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like Ashley Winchester in WA2 has the same vibes? He's using a musket, wearing jeans and a Western style button up, etc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

He just feels more like a young soldier type than a gunslinger or other strictly Western archetype to me