I always do summoner and then near the end I think to myself that I should play melee next time. A year passes. I play a summoner. Near the end I think to myself that I should play melee next time. A year passes…
Not the best example, but here’s one of entering a location and a monster appears right next to you in a puff of smoke youtube.com/shorts/6tyJ_zw0OMA
This completely invalidates being careful or stealthy. I can’t feel paranoid if I know it’s not a mechanical counter to lurking enemies. I’m just going to run straight in because either way, enemies will suddenly appear so there’s no advantage to not just running straight in, and that doesn’t feel tense.
Requirements like that in the music industry are why there’s an excess of Christmas music albums. I like the idea that video game movies and other slush-level movies are the equivalent.
Never realized that was the first FF to have the same sprites on exploration and battle. And the characterization in just the hit animations. Thanks for posting this.