Wow. Less fun.

[cyrano]

So the big battle finally started. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the tower where I was supposed to have my milk run job of lighting the beacon had been infiltrated by DarkSpawn. Go ahead, imagine. Done now? Okay, let's move on. The new friends specifically were the tower guard and the mage NPCs who have joined up with me for the duration of... as long as nameless NPCs last.

In order to help me focus on using the Tactics menu instead of playing moment by moment, there are some rules. Like the No Shooting Anybody rule, where if you left click on somebody to attack, you have to do it at least twice in order for it to take effect. Or the Six Inch rule, where anything taller than six inches becomes an impassable obstacle. And then there's the Two Step rule, where if you've instigated a manual attack and either you or your opponent take two steps, you have to re-instigate the attack.

But I have discovered the power of The All Might Spacebar! Stop! Collaborate! Listen! Who the hell is setting me on fire? And Alastair looks adorable in his Thane's helmet. (It's like a ski mask with goat horns on it.

Today's session was short and rather frustrating, with lots of team wipes, but at least I managed to get *inside* the tower. And then collect a bunch more team wipes in the Guest Hall. I'm thinking I'll have to go to Kindergarten Combat mode as a default in order to keep having fun.

Comments

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much my experience. I like the story and the characters of the game, but gameplay was made for people who, well, play video games regularly that aren't exclusively turn-based. Switching down to 'easy' combat made it just Very Hard but possible. (The end boss in that tower you're in, oh boy!)