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

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      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