Thread 719788559

So,
You saved all your items because you might need them and now the game's over.

>>719788559 (OP)
if I beat the game without needing the elixir then I guess the game wasn't that hard then
If I beat it easily enough either way, then why do I care whether or not I used some random item?

'fraid so.

Every JRPG ever

>have 99 full-cure potions
>Have 99 full-revives
>Have 99 elixers

>>719788559 (OP)
A parable for life itself

>>719788559 (OP)
NO YOU DON'T GET IT WHAT IF I NEED 39 POTIONS OF ULTIMATE HEALING TEN HOURS FROM NOW?!

>>719788559 (OP)
Expedition 33 and FF16 solved this by giving you a limited inventory of them but they refill per fight or easy access to buying them.

>>719788559 (OP)
I mean JRPGs sometimes pull a surprise second boss phase which you have no way of predicting.

And i'll do it again next game, Cap.

>>719789003
What a shitty fucking "solution". If I want to farm 99 potions and use them when I choose or not use them at ll, I should be allowed to do that

>>719788559 (OP)
But what if something tougher happens later in the postgame?!

>>719788559 (OP)
FF13 has my favorite play on this where the only Elixir in the entire game is in a treasure chest right before the final boss.

>that one final boss fight that I actually needed to use a bunch of items on to survive
That one time will forever justify any item hoarding I do in the future.

>use it all on the final fight
As God intended

>damn this fight is hard. fine, fuck it. I will use all my resources just this once
>fight was a scripted loss

Play more roguelikes to get rid of this habit. Either you use your one-time only amazing survival tool right now, or you die. And lose everything.

>>719789738
>auto-saved directly after the fight