Post by 4blackout on Jun 18, 2019 4:07:57 GMT -6
I am so incredibly excited for the release of Bloodstained, but there is one thing that has been on my mind lately: How would someone go about limiting grinding while playing the game? In other games this could be an easy task (for example, in a Pokemon game you could just use a rule like "don't knock out any wild Pokemon"), but for the Igavanias it's more complex.
Now, obviously the Igavania games aren't really dependent on having a high level to win, unlike strategy RPGs, but level does still play a significant role. I know that you *could* get through each and every Igavania game without gaining a single level, but that would make some bosses extremely unforgiving and time consuming. This is not what I'm looking for in a game.
Understandably some of you will want to respond with "just don't grind, then!", and will encourage me to just not go out of my way to defeat enemies in order to gain more levels. I appreciate your advice, but this is not what I'm looking for either. It's not that I want to know how to not be over-levelled, because the answer to that is indeed just to never go out of my way to grind. What I want to know is if you guys have any ideas on how to come up with *a rule* that would result in the player not being able to grind at all.
For example, such a rule could be "You may only kill one of each enemy you encounter, and not those who respawn when you re-enter a room".
The above suggestion has a problem though. Keeping track of it would be almost impossible, and also make backtracking very annoying since you couldn't kill anything. That's why I'm asking you all for help and fresh thoughts! Any and all suggestions are very welcome and appreciated!
tl;dr: Please bring your ideas for a rule that would prevent the player from grinding for levels!
Now, obviously the Igavania games aren't really dependent on having a high level to win, unlike strategy RPGs, but level does still play a significant role. I know that you *could* get through each and every Igavania game without gaining a single level, but that would make some bosses extremely unforgiving and time consuming. This is not what I'm looking for in a game.
Understandably some of you will want to respond with "just don't grind, then!", and will encourage me to just not go out of my way to defeat enemies in order to gain more levels. I appreciate your advice, but this is not what I'm looking for either. It's not that I want to know how to not be over-levelled, because the answer to that is indeed just to never go out of my way to grind. What I want to know is if you guys have any ideas on how to come up with *a rule* that would result in the player not being able to grind at all.
For example, such a rule could be "You may only kill one of each enemy you encounter, and not those who respawn when you re-enter a room".
The above suggestion has a problem though. Keeping track of it would be almost impossible, and also make backtracking very annoying since you couldn't kill anything. That's why I'm asking you all for help and fresh thoughts! Any and all suggestions are very welcome and appreciated!
tl;dr: Please bring your ideas for a rule that would prevent the player from grinding for levels!
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