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ReturnOfDevsman
09/20/24 1:47:38 PM
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Let me start with some obvious ones:

Turn based combat
Element system
Towns/cities
Boss fights
Overworld/world map

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ChrisTaka
09/20/24 1:48:55 PM
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Good music

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ai123
09/20/24 1:52:44 PM
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Job classes.

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Baron_Ox
09/20/24 1:57:12 PM
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multiple options in some cases, where you can resolve things through dialogue

no random encounters

there's more to combat than just scrolling through a menu - distance, barriers, environment, etc. have some kind of an effect

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GATTJT
09/20/24 1:57:28 PM
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Monk character/option to use fists only

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Trumble
09/20/24 2:40:24 PM
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ReturnOfDevsman posted...
Overworld/world map
Final Fantasy X is solid proof that this isn't necessary. Unless you count the airship as a world map, but I'd say it's more just a primitive fast travel.

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refmon
09/20/24 2:44:34 PM
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Baron_Ox posted...
no random encounters


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anttttt
09/20/24 2:47:49 PM
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challenge and variety, usually. i don't really have a battle system preference, but if the game's too easy and mindless i just don't care to finish most of the time
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TMOG
09/20/24 2:47:54 PM
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At least one non-human party member
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Deej
09/20/24 2:48:50 PM
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The ability to skip dialogue

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PissedOffMonk
09/20/24 3:08:21 PM
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Optional dungeons/super bosses
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Hayame_Zero
09/20/24 3:20:37 PM
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Any kind of manual movement or placement. I know that veers closer to turn-based strategy/strategy RPG, but it's an automatic pass if it has that.

And no random battles isn't a deal-breaker, but I tend to always enjoy ones where you can see the enemies more than ones where the encounters are random (Grandia, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, and Lunar are all great).

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The_Wheelman1
09/20/24 3:21:51 PM
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Being able to skip cutscenes.

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ellis123
09/20/24 3:26:30 PM
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Trumble posted...
Final Fantasy X is solid proof that this isn't necessary. Unless you count the airship as a world map, but I'd say it's more just a primitive fast travel.
Not even just FFX, CRPGs had been doing "no worldmap/overworld" for years prior to JRPGs being a thing. Needing an overworld is just an extremely reductive take on what an RPG is.

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luigi33
09/20/24 3:28:04 PM
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No World Map fuckin sucks in JRPGs.

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