[quote name='dmaul1114']Just didn't do it for me. Played through 7 or 8 of the bosses and quit.
I like games with story, characters, side quests, leveling up, finding good items etc. The bosses in such games are the parts that make me groan.
So it was clearly just not my cup of tea.
That's probably why I dig Oblivion so much. Since it's all questing and there's not really bosses other than the end of the main game.[/QUOTE]
Wow, I don't often agree with your gaming preferences dmaul (since I dislike FPS and prefer JPRGs to Western RPGs), but I agree with what you are saying here. I started in on SOTC when it first came out and didn't even get as far as you. I moved on to something else. I'm also not a big "boss battle" fan and prefer the other stuff in most games. The boss battles are usually something I feel I have to endure to get to the next stage. Since SOTC has no other stuff to get to I didn't enjoy it as much as others. Granted - awesome graphics for the PS2, unique concept, etc, etc, but it just didn't gel for me.
[quote name='jer7583']combat in PoP isn't good, but it gets over with quickly at least. The exploration and graphics are excellent. A good laid back easy game. Not very deep, but good.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='Niblet']Going back to PoP for a minute. The combat in the game is as fun as you want it to be. If you get into it you notice that it becomes more about parrying, timing, and making fluid combos that look great. Aside from boss battles, you can avoid most encounters if you dislike the combat. I really like collecting the light seeds and just getting from point A to point B because that part of the game is really fun.
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I agree with these comments. In fact, I spent 2 hours last night mostly trying to collect the light seeds while sort of just putting off the last few battles I need to do. Unlike in many games the collection aspect here is fun because it is a challenge to figure out how to get those seeds you see way up on the cliff there, or find the ones hidden on a ledge underneath you, or whatever. I decided I'd go for the 1001 light seeds trophy just 'cause it is pretty fun to do so (I'm at about 850 now with 1 land left to clear and 1 mini-boss left to go).
I don't mind the combat, either, as it is infrequent but a nice change of pace from the exploration. However, I've been trying to get that combo master trophy and after printing the list of combos and trying to rack up a few on my final fight with the Concubine last night I may just pass on that. I can never tell if I'm doing the combo listed, or just two shorter ones so I could see putting a lot of time into that and never getting the trophy. Of course I'll have to give up on the platinum trophy anyway as I have already blown the "less than 100 saves by Elika" and "under 12 hours" ones (unless I feel like playing again to blow through the game). Hell, there have been some times when I've used 10-15 saves just trying to get to a certain spot as I can't always judge whether I can jump there or not (or whether I need to coop jump, or coop jump, then wall run, then coop jump again, etc...). I guess if you play it through quickly once you've already beaten it, it would be much easier (plus you can skip the harder to get seeds).
ing awesome.
