>RPG has skills that instant kill, confuse, terrify, petrify

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>RPG has complex magic system to encourages you to build pure mage char
>final boss is immune to all magic

Status effects are mostly meant to be used to against the player.

>he never played EO

Japanese games tend to be about discovering the useless options so you know to never touch them again.

Debuffs in games are always either incredibly overpowered or completely useless.

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>charmed party member wastes a rare item

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>>376894332
>enemy steals a rare item
>you don't get it back when you kill them

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>Door-kun is charmed!
>Door-kun casts Diarahan

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>Gear up a party member with the best gear
>They leave the party and take the gear with them

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>one hit kills work on high hp high damage uncommon enemies in the dungeon
>skill that instant kills enemies under a % of HP does a shitload of damage on bosses and outright instant kills one

EO2 was my introduction to the series and I don't know if I want to bother with the other ones. Being able to play a dungeon crawler with no healer in my party was incredible

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>Enemies that always cut your HP in half
>Enemies that steal mana

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>long unskippable cuscene before a very hard boss

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>Your characters can combo attacks
>Enemies start doing it too

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>>376894681
Group of six enemies
They all either reduce your HP to 1 or deal exactly 1 damage

I liked that one room in Chrono Trigger.

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>>376894681
>enemies that lower your max HP

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>>376894681
>enemy attack cuts your HP in half
>can never actually kill you

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>game has a chainsaw
>you can OHK God with it

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>level up a specific party roster and ignore the others
>one of the party members die during the story

>level up a OP party member much higher than the rest
>said party member end up being a traitor
>he keeps his high level for the fight

> starting party member leaves for a while
>ends up in a solo boss fight he can win but only if you level him up before progressing the game
>if he loses he dies for real

>>376897412
Fucking Suikoden.

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>Holy Sword of Sacred Dicksucking +1000 damage to undead
>the game has just a couple of undead monsters here and there

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>your favourite way to abuse mechanics is fixed in the next installment

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>>376893442
If you kill them in one hit anyway, why would you need them?