Juno500

" @dungbootle: I understand some people enjoying difficulty, but if developers are going to put an encounter in a game that is difficult enough to force people to stop playing... why not add difficulty options? Call me a child, but I'll gladly lower it for tough fights. Frustration = game being sent right back into a used game pile somewhere. "

" @Laketown: Been a while. Believe it was a temple guardian--guarding the entrance to a temple. I remember lots of sand, and oil platforms. Then giant firey bird. Characters were not built in such a way to handle it. Failsauced. "

Did you try using Libra on the enemies? The spiders may have a weakness.

You really don't need to grind. At least I didn't need to.

Not sure what to tell you there, I've been through the game twice and I had no problem at all at that part.

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" The 3DS seems like a joke... The main attraction is a N64 game? Really? That is what they did with their last generation of handhelds!    

They're best games on Wii/DS/3DS are those based on or are rereleases of those created in their glory days. Mario's great and all but surely there must be some creative minds at Nintendo who can create some new loveable characters? Like I said, Nintendo seem to be focussing on creating new gimmicks (like the pokemeter-esque stuff and the StreetPass) rather than great games, and when they do release great games they always seem to rely on their already established series/characters.  "

You act like first party publishers are still the people making worthwhile franchises. "

For me, Nintendo ARE the only ones making worthwhile games on Nintendo consoles. "

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"  And if you are at home, why not just play a game on a console which would be better in every single way? "

How are they better in every single way? I've much preferred the DS to any console this gen, and spend most of my time playing a DS at home. "

Anything that can be done on a handheld can be done better on a console. "

"  And if you are at home, why not just play a game on a console which would be better in every single way? "

" - Long is good. Most players don't finish their games. Shorter games like Portal or Limbo prove that short games are a good thing, particularly if you have a big stack of unplayed or unfinished games, a wife, a dog, a job or something to do with your time other than grind the middle bits of yet another JRPG. 
 
 - Hard is good. I've always wondered where this comes from. I mean, it's not obvious, and there doesn't seem to be a reason for it. Surely just hard enough is better than really hard. And surely fun is better than hard. And surely not all games are a competition. And surely we have more experiences to provide than frustration and repetition through something as full of potential as videogames. Right? 

 
 - Keyboard and mouse beats controllers for FPSs. No they don't. They add an element of hardware to performance, while controllers are standardized. All they do is speed up the gameplay on a more or less level playing field. People saying this often argue that a mouse and keyboard setup will beat a player with a controller most of the time, at least without any aim assist. That may be true, but it's a moot point. That matchup rarely happens, and assuming all players are using either one or the other, what to use is down to preferring the faster, more twitchy pace of the mouse or the slower, more risk-reward pace of the controller. I do prefer controllers, myself, and I even play PC FPSs with them when I can (I'm always disappointed when controller support is not present on a PC game, and sometimes I buy the console version solely because of this).

Etrian Odyssey 3 has a sea exploration sidequest.