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2019-07-23 20:06:22

Today, I expanded the "Death in RPGs" series of articles by another one - about the difference of gameplay and story deaths. I discussed this recently on Reddit after I thought about this topic when covering the interesting moment in Star Ocean V.

Being story-driven, rpgs sometimes have to sacrifice a hero or an interesting boss, but it's hard to explain why party members can survive getting stabbed by a gigantic robot scorpion, but cannot survive a sword wound.

I hope you like the little report, but please be aware that it is full of Spoilers! Especially Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star IV and Final Fantasy VII

posted by docower