What if you like turn based JRPGs but hate QTE? lol
It depends on how much you like QTE gameplay and turn based JRPGs. If neither appeals to you, then the refund was a great idea. If one or the other appeals to you, then I think it’s worth sitting through because both gameplay mechanics are executed well enough and the narrative is good. If both appeal to you then you’ve missed out in getting a refund.
I really enjoyed this game. The gameplay is intuitive, but challenging; the narrative is engaging; the soundtrack is incredible.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 1 day ago
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Your can turn off the QTEs for optimizing attacks which I definitely did. Dodging/parrying I can’t be avoided but if you turn the difficulty to story mode it’s generally pretty trivial.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 21 hours ago
Even on Normal you can just build defensively and use Maelle with Egide to tank through like 99% of the game even without nailing a single parry or dodge. It’s only maybe the optional superboss that might give you trouble.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
That’s an accurate description. The game itself tries to present the highest difficulty as “real-time mechanics” oriented, but all that really does is make QTEs more punishing. After some frustration, I just swapped back to the normal difficulty and am enjoying the game a lot.
exu@feditown.com 1 day ago
I think I’d want something between normal and hard difficulty. Normal makes most fights trivial when you hit most QTEs, while hard kills you on single QTE fails almost.
I haven’t really enjoyed JRPG combat, so this mix works really well for me