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
    7·
    10 hours 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·
      10 hours 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