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It's over... for now...
Oct. 5th, 2003 06:53 pmWell, I finally finished Disgaea (again) and started playing Temple of Elemental Evil, although not in that order.
The good ending was certainly better than the 'normal' ending, but it didn't show the picture of Laharl as a prinny either (and why would it?), so I don't know where that came from. Maybe it was concept art?
Temple of Elemental Evil is being annoying... I've heard there are ways to hotkey things on the radial menu, but I haven't found them, and manually selecting total defense for half my group each turn is annoying.
I also had to give up and go back to a save file because it decided that clicking near the enemy to approach him meant 'run past three enemies, without confirmation, and get yourself killed by attacks of opportunity while you circle around to the back'. It does that ALL THE TIME, although I've been able to save the victim on most occasions (although it cut short that trip into the dungeon).
So, yeah. The UI bites. In addition to that annoyance, it doesn't automatically take a five foot step if you tell it to do something that requires a five foot step -- instead it'll just fail. After executing the movement portion. Leaving you unable to do anything that turn.
And it's not like you can TELL when you need to take a five foot (aka '1 pixel') step before doing anything.
The game really needs to be on a grid, and it needs a different UI philosophy for movement -- something like a 'click once to plan, hit some key to confirm' thing. It needs to implement the rule that you can combine switching weapons with a movement. It needs to have some way to cast spells spontaneously, or my druid was a poor choice. The manual says it does, but doesn't say how, and it doesn't seem to be anywhere on the radial menu.
And let's not even talk about the whole philosophy of letting NPCs take FIRST share of any treasure... which means if there's one magic item in the horde, one of them will snatch it. Seriously considering offing them to get that stuff back.
I don't think it's annoying enough to stop playing just yet, but it's more annoying than Pool of Radiance Myth Drannor was. It's annoying enough that just thinking about it is making me angry. Grr.
The good ending was certainly better than the 'normal' ending, but it didn't show the picture of Laharl as a prinny either (and why would it?), so I don't know where that came from. Maybe it was concept art?
Temple of Elemental Evil is being annoying... I've heard there are ways to hotkey things on the radial menu, but I haven't found them, and manually selecting total defense for half my group each turn is annoying.
I also had to give up and go back to a save file because it decided that clicking near the enemy to approach him meant 'run past three enemies, without confirmation, and get yourself killed by attacks of opportunity while you circle around to the back'. It does that ALL THE TIME, although I've been able to save the victim on most occasions (although it cut short that trip into the dungeon).
So, yeah. The UI bites. In addition to that annoyance, it doesn't automatically take a five foot step if you tell it to do something that requires a five foot step -- instead it'll just fail. After executing the movement portion. Leaving you unable to do anything that turn.
And it's not like you can TELL when you need to take a five foot (aka '1 pixel') step before doing anything.
The game really needs to be on a grid, and it needs a different UI philosophy for movement -- something like a 'click once to plan, hit some key to confirm' thing. It needs to implement the rule that you can combine switching weapons with a movement. It needs to have some way to cast spells spontaneously, or my druid was a poor choice. The manual says it does, but doesn't say how, and it doesn't seem to be anywhere on the radial menu.
And let's not even talk about the whole philosophy of letting NPCs take FIRST share of any treasure... which means if there's one magic item in the horde, one of them will snatch it. Seriously considering offing them to get that stuff back.
I don't think it's annoying enough to stop playing just yet, but it's more annoying than Pool of Radiance Myth Drannor was. It's annoying enough that just thinking about it is making me angry. Grr.
