Thread 720740920

>Game has a level up system
>Enemies level up with you to stay on par
>This makes leveling up pointless

>>720740920 (OP)
>playing an rpg ever
But why

>>720740920 (OP)
But the number went up!

>>720740920 (OP)
Level scaling is why FF8 and Oblivion feel so terrible to play. Nothing matters, and once the player realizes this, they won't even try to level up because there isn't a benefit to doing so.

>>720741067
I know there was a game on the PSP where you sent your characters to fight in an online battle thing with armies. Leveling up was a waste of time and skills were all that mattered. So, a level one character, with the best skills, beat the piss out of anything else.

>>720741924
Oblivion feels especially shitty because of how it's so easy to become outscaled by enemies and be stuck kiting and tickling massive HP sponges around a dungeon. That is unless you just outright break the game in half with enchanting and spellcrafting, but at that point the problem's only been flipped on its head.

>>720740920 (OP)
>metroidvania has damage upgrade that multiplies your damage by 1.5
>any area "designed" to be accessed after finding said upgrade doubles enemy health compared to before so everything going forward still takes more hits to kill even when using it
At least it makes backtracking through early areas slightly more convenient so it's better than nothing.

>>720745238
More games need this. Unironically.

exp as the reward for beating enemies was always bad design
my reward for combat is... making the combat easier and less fun as a result? it doesn't make any sense