RPGs

[Nintendarse]

Before you get Golden Sun, you should know one thing: there is a flaw in the battle system. This isn't some small nitpicking thing, it truly becomes annoying. When you select an attack for a character, you must select the enemy to attack. If this enemy dies/runs away/gets killed by another character BEFORE the chosen character gets to attack, the chosen character WILL NOT attack any of the other monsters on the field, as would a character in practically every other RPG. For example, let's say there is a bat and a lion on the field, and you have two characters, Garret and Mia. You choose Garret to attack the lion and Mia to cast frost. Mia is faster, so she'll cast frost first, and it kills the lion and damages the bat, but the bat is still on the field. Instead of attacking the bat, Garret will defend this turn. It's annoying, but it can be gotten used to after a while.

Another thing, less grave, but still annoying, is the needless amount of "A" presses in the battle. Here's an excerpt (made up) from a battle:

"Mia casts frost"
Press A
"Bat1 got 20 damage"
Press A
"You felled Bat1"
Press A
"Bat2 got 21 damage"
Press A
"You felled Bat2"
Press A
"Bear got 23 damage"
Press A
"You felled Bear"
Press A
"You felled Bat1's party"
Press A
"You get 20 experience points"
Press A
"Mia becomes a level 5 Water Seer"
Press A
"Mia's Attack increased to 50"
Press A
"Mia's Defense increased to 30"
Press A
"Mia's Luck increased to 3"

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You get my point. After a while, you just mash B.