Good to hear. As you've probably guessed I'm talking more old school ones, and I'm still playing games from the PS2 + early 360 era.Islandbuffilo said:
Poll: Random Encounters vs Known Encounters in JRPGs
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The "invisible enemies randomly assail you" is a mechanic that really has no place in modern gaming, I'd say. That said, you could certainly have low-visibility sections, and randomly spawned (but visible prior to combat, within environmental limitations) encounters without being particularly annoying. The 100% Known encounters from Chrono Trigger or more recently Dragons Dogma, wherein the same enemy is always at the same location, start to become equally tedious in games where you tread through a location more then once.
Random encounters annoy me, but I see why devs make them (So so so much easier to program than known ones).
I also appreciate that random encounters give a sense of danger to the world. If it's meant to be a dangerous world, I like feeling that I'm never safe. In games with no random encounters, I can just wander around with 1hp and as long as I keep my eyes on the screen, I'm 100% safe. This is really bad for my enjoyment; I love feeling endangered.
But my favourite of all are tabletop D&D encounters that can be smooth-talked out of.
I also appreciate that random encounters give a sense of danger to the world. If it's meant to be a dangerous world, I like feeling that I'm never safe. In games with no random encounters, I can just wander around with 1hp and as long as I keep my eyes on the screen, I'm 100% safe. This is really bad for my enjoyment; I love feeling endangered.
But my favourite of all are tabletop D&D encounters that can be smooth-talked out of.
My main factor in deciding whether I like the random encounters in a game is how shocking the screen transition is. Some of them are just annoying. Screen cracking like a glass window or some crap like that.
I guess random encounters are easier for developers though because they 1) don't have to animate and render enemies to walk around the map and 2) I'm guessing it's easier to have set boss difficulties cos you'll have a rough idea of what level the player will be at.
It also depends on the style of environment. I think random encounters worked fine in games like FF7 (conversely known encounters felt out of place in Chrono Cross) but they wouldn't in Xenoblade Chronicles.
I guess random encounters are easier for developers though because they 1) don't have to animate and render enemies to walk around the map and 2) I'm guessing it's easier to have set boss difficulties cos you'll have a rough idea of what level the player will be at.
It also depends on the style of environment. I think random encounters worked fine in games like FF7 (conversely known encounters felt out of place in Chrono Cross) but they wouldn't in Xenoblade Chronicles.
FF8 doesn't have random encounters though... (other than the world map)raeior said:
Personally I'm in the random encounters but with a no encounter ability camp. Known encounters is basically lets avoid enemies and just beat bosses / forced encounters while random encounters at least force some response from you
Uhm yes it has. Just from the top of my head: Sewers under the capital, Tornberry ruin thingie, the garden inside the garden (erm..yeah you know what I mean). Also the world map obviously. Everything except towns or other safe zones has random battles. They can be disabled/tuned down with I think Diabolos which swings too far into the other direction.gonenow said:
They're not random though FF8 actually uses a step counter so you are guaranteed to get the exact same encounters in the same places if you move optimally. They're basically known encounters if you've played the game before just without appearing on the main mapraeior said:
Known encounters is very important for me since I like to prep for a battle beforehand. But Pokémon really makes me like random encounters since I like to guess which Pokémon would pop out (especially shiny Pokémons or rare ones like feebas, I it made my day).
What about a combination of the 2? Like Pokémon? I can grind when I want but I can also run like a little ***** when I'm low on health and out of healing items