I think it's just people who don't like turn based combat and refer to normal playing as "grinding". Either that or they are very bad at the game.
This game has job system so you can combine different job's abilities to set up big damage but it also knowing right time breaking your enemies shield.
Depends on the game, but in my experience (having played some JRPGs but not A LOT of them) it's always possible to change your strategy in some way to avoid having to grind. Some games have a job system, others might have multiple party members to swap in or out depending on your situation while others like SMT are more about experimenting and setting up your team accordingly to the challenge ahead. Of course there'll be times where a bit of grind is necessary but that'll be like 5% of the times, like for one super boss or something like that.
That makes two of us. Better stories and graphics than the original? How could I say no when I loooved the original?
Trying to understand Square Enix is like trying to understand how women think.
Like most SE's games but I will never understand their mind set.
Did they really? The game is still releasing on Switch and PC just not on Xbox.....this confusing the crap out of me.
SQEX probably wont budge on releasing it on Switch in Japan. But they'll take the money and leave out Xbox.Like most SE's games but I will never understand their mind set.
Did they really? The game is still releasing on Switch and PC just not on Xbox.....this confusing the crap out of me.
Like most SE's games but I will never understand their mind set.
Did they really? The game is still releasing on Switch and PC just not on Xbox.....this confusing the crap out of me.
No one knows. If you just want my random guess, Octo 1 was on GP. The way to capitalize on that is to release game 1 to millions, then see if sales increase on the next one. Similar trajectory as Yakuza series on Xbox. So Sony has incentive to block one of the few games with a slim possibility of seeing some sales on Xbox and can probably do it cheaply. The incentive is to crush all expectation that people can count on these games on Xbox, and essentially destroy that whole market demand. They've done that for 20+ years so now no one even expects them on Xbox. Thats the point. But thats just my guess. Who knows.
Grinding has a specific definition, though. It's not about whether someone likes it or dislikes it. If you are battling for the sole purpose of leveling because you choose to, when it's totally optional, with no other goal than you want to level up, or you want a specific item drop from an enemy, that's grinding. It's neither good nor bad.
Yeah I agree on that definition. What I was trying to say is that maybe people who complain about "grinding" don't know what it actually means, because in most JRPGs it's not really necessary but still you see many people complaining about it.
My problem is some people blame the game for grinding, when in fact they are the one choosing to grind, when SMT5 came out people complain about how they have grind because first boss Hydra was too difficult, meanwhile I was able to beat it even when I was underleveled
Agreed. It's usually because you're not using the other abilities in the game to their fullest and relying on being OP to get through the tough fights
