I've had this idea for awhile, in the "If I ever design an RPG" bin. If you're presented with a choice that has gameplay implications, you can press a button to have the game explain exactly what you're deciding-- yes even if it spoils something.
If you're asked to decide between two NPCs in a dispute, the optional button would explain "Whoever you pick will join your party".
I'd jokingly call it the Anti-Kawazu button.
If you're asked to decide between two NPCs in a dispute, the optional button would explain "Whoever you pick will join your party".
I'd jokingly call it the Anti-Kawazu button.
@trysdyn The Trails of Cold Steel subseries does something similar, with explicit callouts, in a text style completely reserved for system messages like this, that taking this action "will cause the story to progress and some/all uncompleted sidequests and events will become permanently unavailable"
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@Felthry Akitoshi Kawazu, producer and designer of the SaGa series. Known for liking really obscure and obfuscated mechanics in charge of really important game progression factors.
@trysdyn Oh, from the SaGa games we've played, that makes complete sense.
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