19th September 2005, 8:12 PM
It's not really hardware issues so much as software. People just don't realize that the software used to program games has been advancing as much as the hardware. If we were still using the languages they used to program NES games, you would NEVER see something like Super Smash Bros Melee (1 million lines of BASIC!).
During the MAIN game, I agree EM. I tend to fight every single enemy I see when playing through CT or SMRPG anyway because I want the experience. The deal about random vs avoidable is this, you have the CHOICE, and it isn't really annoying. You see, sure you can run away from every encounter if you are travelling back to some old area, or just crush all the enemies, but consider the time saved if it was just a straight run to that treasure chest you missed. That's the thing. ABF doesn't like the idea of needing to go through what is essentially tedious and pointless taking up of time just to do a small task in some old low level area. He can just avoid enemies until one is actually truly in his way in a game like CT, but not in FF.
That's why it bugs him so much. I have a much greater tolerance for it. It's not that big a deal to me, but I fully understand why he would be annoyed by it.
During the MAIN game, I agree EM. I tend to fight every single enemy I see when playing through CT or SMRPG anyway because I want the experience. The deal about random vs avoidable is this, you have the CHOICE, and it isn't really annoying. You see, sure you can run away from every encounter if you are travelling back to some old area, or just crush all the enemies, but consider the time saved if it was just a straight run to that treasure chest you missed. That's the thing. ABF doesn't like the idea of needing to go through what is essentially tedious and pointless taking up of time just to do a small task in some old low level area. He can just avoid enemies until one is actually truly in his way in a game like CT, but not in FF.
That's why it bugs him so much. I have a much greater tolerance for it. It's not that big a deal to me, but I fully understand why he would be annoyed by it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)