BlackDragon Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Feels like this game is losing appeal fast. I had great fun with it at first, but the deeper into the dungeon I get, the more dull it gets. It's mostly the 'scaling enemies'. By now, every random Skeleton has 250-300 HP, and I'm not all THAT much faster at removing it that I used to be back when that was boss-level HP. Every battle becomes a 50-turn slog as I wear them down bit by bit, mostly with my 9-hp-per-turn Poison. And there's very little difference between one battle and the next. None of them have a prayer of beating me, it just takes FOREVER to win, and when I have to fight 5 times on the way to my next destination, it just feels like a long, dull, grind, rather than actual entertainment. Worse, I've come to dread every level-up - I don't feel appreciably stronger, but I know every enemy will bulk up with even MORE HP, making every battle even MORE of an endless slog. So yeah... this game had a lot of promise, and I'd probably play it all the way through to 100% completion if it wasn't for that damn enemy-scaling. Instead, I'm moving on to something less dull. Crackdown 2 just came out, and my copy should be in the mail tomorrow. Best of luck to the rest of you - may you reach your ultimate goal, if your patience reach that far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anavryn Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Feels like this game is losing appeal fast. I had great fun with it at first, but the deeper into the dungeon I get, the more dull it gets. It's mostly the 'scaling enemies'. By now, every random Skeleton has 250-300 HP, and I'm not all THAT much faster at removing it that I used to be back when that was boss-level HP. Every battle becomes a 50-turn slog as I wear them down bit by bit, mostly with my 9-hp-per-turn Poison. And there's very little difference between one battle and the next. None of them have a prayer of beating me, it just takes FOREVER to win, and when I have to fight 5 times on the way to my next destination, it just feels like a long, dull, grind, rather than actual entertainment. Worse, I've come to dread every level-up - I don't feel appreciably stronger, but I know every enemy will bulk up with even MORE HP, making every battle even MORE of an endless slog. So yeah... this game had a lot of promise, and I'd probably play it all the way through to 100% completion if it wasn't for that damn enemy-scaling. Instead, I'm moving on to something less dull. Crackdown 2 just came out, and my copy should be in the mail tomorrow. Best of luck to the rest of you - may you reach your ultimate goal, if your patience reach that far... I think that is the general consensus for most who have played the game. I found it getting dull myself after the second dungeon which is the same thing with different enemies and backgrounds with longer drawn out battles. They took out a lot of the variety that was in the first game which broke up the monotony. I had to play the game in bursts. When I first started I had no issues putting in 4 hours at a time. Now I'm lucky to get two without doing something else. I found playing another game in between definitely helps you come back to the game...eventually heh. Good luck to all indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponypo2001 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I also have to agree. There's no denying it's a cracking little game, but it really does grind into tedium fast, mainly, as you say, due to the enemy scaling. I do however find that the "just one more fight" mentality that gripped me in the original is still prevelant in this one. I put it on to do a few battles and it's 2 hours later and I'm still saying "just one more more". A double edged sword I think this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBL Unreal Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I guess I don't have to read any more to make my decision on buying this. I had fun with the demo but I was on the fence about spending 1200 points. With the Summer Of Arcade starting in 2 weeks I will wait and get Limbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphias Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Aye, pretty much the same experience here. Later on in the game I have found it to swing back again when I was able to deal with enemies much quicker and had fun maximising the items/equipment but like yourself I just dread going into a connecting corridor and seeing some easy boring-samey 400HP battle in the way. Still look forward to when the new enemies pop up though. Saying that I do find myself looking forward to picking it up when I haven't played for a few hours and I'll be trying out all the classes once I'm done with my Barbarian for a bit of variety. Doesn't quite have the 'wow' factor of the first game but is head and shoulders above Galactrix and many other arcade games IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriott Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I agree. Toward the end I couldn't wait for the game to finish. I only fought the enemies I had to beat to advance in the main quest. I got the full 200 at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Gamerling Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 i just got outta the first town/area and im bored as hell... where was that AWE inspiring factor that made me put in 100+ hours into the first one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShazamFTW Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Yeah, the game has definately gotten grindy. However, I just finished up FFXIII hunting for Platinum Ingots for 20 hours. This, by comparison, is entertaning. :-p But there's no way I can do more than 5-7 battles in one sitting. My sorcerer just can't damage enough to avoid it being a 10 minute match each time. Thank god for Poison daggers... But I think that's the main problem. In the first one, it was a damned slugfest. Doing 200 damage in a series of turns by either player be it AI or Human was completely possible, if not probable. Now, not so much. Game is really toned down in that method. Makes it boring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordDVS Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Heh, and here I thought it was just me! At the start, the game seemed to have the potential to be totally awesome. I liked the new feel, and upgrading my gear gave me something to work towards. But yeah, when random fight mobs start to have more than 2x my hp, and take forever to chip away at... it does seem like it could become very tedious. I will try to finish it out tho, just may have to play it sparringly between other games. At least it isn't as boring as PQ: Galactrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diachron Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I was wondering if it was just me, as well. I came out of the gate strong, but can only play in relatively short sessions. I'll eventually slog through the full 200, it it will be across many sessions and in between several games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrarch Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I totally agree as well. I loved the first Puzzle Quest, so I was really disappointed to find that this game felt like such a chore after a while. They could've cut out a dungeon or two and it would've been fine. It just... drags a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscross40 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 as with after playing final fantasy 13, once i finish pq2... never again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordDVS Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 as with after playing final fantasy 13, once i finish pq2... never again I wanted to disagree, but... yeah. I still need to get the last couple of achievements. I beat it as a lvl50 Assassin, and I dreaded each fight I got into. Not because I may have lost, but because I could NEVER loose. I was kinda annoyed with FFXIII, but I could see me going back to finish up things there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrcella Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I also have to agree. There's no denying it's a cracking little game, but it really does grind into tedium fast, mainly, as you say, due to the enemy scaling. I do however find that the "just one more fight" mentality that gripped me in the original is still prevelant in this one. I put it on to do a few battles and it's 2 hours later and I'm still saying "just one more more". A double edged sword I think this game. The "just one more fight" mentality, as you call it, does work for me. But i still think the first game was better and more addictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord verh Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 yeah it's getting so boring, anyway how long did it take you to finish one full playthrough??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feared american Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Feels like this game is losing appeal fast. I had great fun with it at first, but the deeper into the dungeon I get, the more dull it gets. It's mostly the 'scaling enemies'. By now, every random Skeleton has 250-300 HP, and I'm not all THAT much faster at removing it that I used to be back when that was boss-level HP. Every battle becomes a 50-turn slog as I wear them down bit by bit, ... , it just feels like a long, dull, grind, rather than actual entertainment. I came here to post something similar to the op's post but thought I would reply and say this thread and the comments within it really took the words right out of my mouth. This has been one of the most regrettable purchases I have made on Xbox Live so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrain10 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Same here. I thought the first game was excellent - which is why I bought this one. The game really does drag. Every battle seems almost the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francisrossi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I found an Arachna dagger that I upgraded to maximum, so it does 6 damage for 8 turns. Means I don't really worry about most battles now (don't even touch my spells now). Makes grinding away a lot less hassle than it was at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGJ Sam Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The first game was so much fun, but this one just takes forever. I play for a while, then play a new game, then come back to this one. I don't think I could just play this one through without a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBelliedBear Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 once i finish pq2... never again This crap is hard to sit through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WORLDEATER Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I play this game once a year in hopes of completing the game and I never do. Today was my yearly attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectreshade85 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 just bought it after beating the first one a year ago. I just got done with Veloren...then read this...ruh roh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanStarrk Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I just started playing last night, yeah it gets ridiculous at how the enemy scales up so fast. It always seems like they go first and then get extra turns, making fights longer than the stalemates that pop in Pokemon Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis207 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 The first game was so much fun, but this one just takes forever. I play for a while, then play a new game, then come back to this one. I don't think I could just play this one through without a break. im starting to feel the same way:( puzzle quest 1 far surpasses this in terms of entertainment:uzi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Kasper10 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I had to play the game in bursts. When I first started I had no issues putting in 4 hours at a time. Now I'm lucky to get two without doing something else. I found playing another game in between definitely helps you come back to the game...eventually heh. Good luck to all indeed. It was definitely fun in short periods. I think you nailed it. Play for an hour or 2 at a time, then stop for a few days. Spread out your gaming on this and it never really loses the appeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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