1st July 2007, 2:39 AM
Sure there is ABF. Here's what you do. You basically "defend" and heal yourself for hours on end until you notice they aren't using those special abilities any more. Bam, you figured it out. I'm also pretty sure there are a number of game beastiaries out there you can peruse if you wish.
ABF, I have to say you have some interesting ideas on what it takes to get you drawn into a game. World wide consistancy is interesting, but EVERY game doing that, ALWAYS better? No, I'd have to say I disagree with that. I like it when I really am not sure what sort of combat style I might be coming up against next. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy a battle system that has internal consistancy too (Pokemon, which is about as simple as it gets, and yet upon further playing I've stumbled into some dark depths of sheer DEEP STRATEGY the game actually has to offer, I mean seriously, it's frightening), but I don't think a game is WORSE for not doing it, I just think it's an alternate style of doing things.
ABF, I have to say you have some interesting ideas on what it takes to get you drawn into a game. World wide consistancy is interesting, but EVERY game doing that, ALWAYS better? No, I'd have to say I disagree with that. I like it when I really am not sure what sort of combat style I might be coming up against next. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy a battle system that has internal consistancy too (Pokemon, which is about as simple as it gets, and yet upon further playing I've stumbled into some dark depths of sheer DEEP STRATEGY the game actually has to offer, I mean seriously, it's frightening), but I don't think a game is WORSE for not doing it, I just think it's an alternate style of doing things.
"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)