Is there a worse game mechanic than level drain?

limited saves

>>4021275
>>4021376
save drain; reverting your save file to a previous version

>>4021383
name 27 ludos that do this

>>4021387
technically, any game with one-use quicksaves

I'm sure 27 of those exist

>>4021387
>ludo
Fuck off

>>4021383
that never happens

>>4021275
Is that a thing in any other SMT than soul hackers? Because in that you can stop it with death immunity

>>4021542
original megami tensei, like the first game, has it

>>4021546
Oh fair enough. I'm guessing there's no easy way out in that game

>>4021549
I think some spell blocks it for one attack

>>4021383
Please hide this post from From Software

>>4021618
>attack that not only kills you, but also deactivates the last bonfire you hit and kicks you back to the one before that
Make it happen

>>4021542
not SMT but one of the gauntlet games did it if you got attacked by death

>>4021634
> Attack that not only kills you but turns your Souls game in the previous iteration of the Souls series. Once you get to Demon Souls the dynamic changes and its your console/computer that devolves. When you get to the pentium 1 or Psx equivalent your tv/lcd explodes and the following special message appears
You died
Your friends and family died
The fucking dog is being skinned alive
Your dad is a trap
Your mom is a whore
You suck at gaming
You suck at life
Deal with it

>>4022214
I also like the irate gamer.

>>4021542
Level drain is a staple vampire ability in D&D since the beginning it's present in all pc D&D games that feature undead(Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale)

>>4021275
Game drain. It sucks having to get up and get the cartridge again

>game takes $10 from your bank account every time you lose

Make it happen!

>>4022541
Arcade games but twenty times more expensive?

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>>4021275
Hardest boss in the game, has a one-hit-game-over attack that he randomly uses.
Happens right after a 15 min unskippable cutscene.

cheating AIs

>>4022834
someone post the webm of the AI in ygo forbidden memories literally cheating

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>>4022895

>>4022231
Dont we all sempai?

>>4021618
>Please hide this post from From Software

Not retro but frenzy is a shit status ailment

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permadeath instakill

>>4021376
>I need to save every 7 seconds

yeah fuck off

>>4025824
Not as bad as getting paralyzed by a floating eye so a weak enemy like a jackal or newt can slowly pick you apart.

Stunlocking.

Cockblocking.

Unskippable cutscenes, also known as "real life drain"

>>4027418
kek

>>4021275
Stat Nuke
Think the jailer from DS3, except it's all stats and is permanent. Be mindful that this does not lower actual player level, so have fun EXP farming.

>>4028576
What is DS3? I don't remember any jailer in Dragon Slayer 3, or even as much as stats.

>>4027418
Hahaha

>>4028576
>stat nuke
The only permanent example of this I can think of off the top of my head is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

>>4022895
I'm really interested in seeing this.

>>4029937
Just use google, nigger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asPWaG4W4Q

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>>4022895
>>4029937

>>4029946
I haven't watched ygo in a long while, how is the ai cheating?

>>4029957
Weak monster card magically transforms into blue eyes ultimate dragon.

>>4029957
The AI turned Seiyaryu into a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

>>4029969
>>4029970
Also it's just summoning it for free, isn't it? Doesn't that monster require a fusion or something?

>>4029976
>Doesn't that monster require a fusion or something?
Forbidden Memories has a different set of rules:
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Forbidden_Memories
>This game plays differently to the TCG, because it uses prototype rules that were originally being considered when the card game was first being adapted from the manga. Many rules such as Tribute Summoning, Effect Monsters and the need for "Polymerization" to perform Fusion Summons are not present. Also Ritual Spell cards demand specific tributes (For example, when "Zera Ritual" is activated, one must have a "King of Yamimakai", a "Ryu-Kishin Powered" and a "Wicked Dragon with the Ersatz Head" to offer them as tributes and finally summon "Zera the Mant"). Once a ritual monster is created, it is Normal Summoned like all other monsters in the game.