PepsimanVsJoe
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Honestly I'm disappointed that more RPGs like SO2 aren't made anymore.
SO2 can be broken in so many ways. You can craft medals that award level-ups, get the 2nd or 3rd best sword in the game very early on, abuse a random encounter when Claude still has his phaser to get a stupid high level, etc.
IIRC there's a rare equip for Chisato that makes it so any enemy that hits her has a chance of getting killed instantly. This works on the ultimate superboss.
Nowadays, even if an RPG has 2000+ square miles of land to explore, actually becoming stronger or getting better stuff is a linear track with not a lot of opportunities for craziness.
Morrowind is the last Western equivalent that I can think of. Sword of White Woe anyone? That guy in the Dren(?) Oren(?) Somethingen plantation who keeps a stock of daedric armor. Not to mention some clever potion mixes can result in the story being completed in 15 minutes.
SO2 can be broken in so many ways. You can craft medals that award level-ups, get the 2nd or 3rd best sword in the game very early on, abuse a random encounter when Claude still has his phaser to get a stupid high level, etc.
IIRC there's a rare equip for Chisato that makes it so any enemy that hits her has a chance of getting killed instantly. This works on the ultimate superboss.
Nowadays, even if an RPG has 2000+ square miles of land to explore, actually becoming stronger or getting better stuff is a linear track with not a lot of opportunities for craziness.
Morrowind is the last Western equivalent that I can think of. Sword of White Woe anyone? That guy in the Dren(?) Oren(?) Somethingen plantation who keeps a stock of daedric armor. Not to mention some clever potion mixes can result in the story being completed in 15 minutes.