What Makes A Fun RPG Battlefield?

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"Mario Species and Luigi" was really funny thing you slipped in there.

19:50 "With the power of misogyny, I have become unstoppable!"

this is the first Design Doc video I'm watching after actually biting the bullet and starting to do gamedev part-time!

"Potential: Misogynist" is the single most insane phrase I've heard all day

"A dice roll may fail you, but a cliff will not" are powerful words to live by.

True power is Yu-Gi-Oh season 1 when you can make up whatever rules you want on terrain bonuses

Every time I see your videos, I end up with a new list of game that I don't have time to try

I know Castform isn’t that good, but the buddy is my favorite Pokémon, and I love when they get a shout out at all.

"...Or a Stealth Rock comes flying in from The Expanse." I see what you did there, beltalowda.

An unfortunate trait of Battle Network and its spiritual successor Star Force, is that a lot of its final bosses do not interact with the field at all, as they're just floating in the air. So if you've built your strategy around some sort of field combo, like grass panels and fire attacks, you're out of luck.

In Magical Starsign you had planets moving and if the stars aligned (literally) you'd deal more damage with the respectice element...I think, it's been like 15 years since i've played it

Saw Megaman.exe and CAME RUNNING

Terrain effects are extremely fun to use. Fe for example the developers hiding one tile of tree or something can basically swing the game around in your favor and make a high dodge unit a dodge machine. Engage wise corrin and camilia being able to on base change the terrain is actually very cool for getting ready for a counter attack Pokemon has some interesting terrain boosts. Each weather gives those nice bonuses to specific mons but it is a double edged sword sometimes like sunny day and rain dance as solar beam is faster but fire moves are stronger same with water moves being better but thunder always hits. It's pretty good design

Love the Valkyria Chronicles mention! Such a hidden gem of a series

Pokemon and MMBN's robust competitive scenes makes them an excellent suggestion for any turn-based-combat aficionados to research, as they're basically status conditions and therefore are not that hard to implement. Good stuff as always!

I love seeing so many of my favorite games all in one video. Megaman Battle Network, Steamworld Heist, Unicorn Overlord, Valkyria Chronicles... I feel so seen here.

EBF5's weather are just like Pokémon's, but on steroids. Everyone gets a stack wet/chill/dry. Random chance of getting doomed (ticks down until it instantly kills you). Random chance of extra turn. Everyone gets a debuff protection. Huge debuff on defensive stats to everyone. Huge buff to offensive stats to everyone. There are SO many, and they're SO fun! Some bosses are extra tough to deal with because of weather, and having a summon to override it with a favorable one is how I beat most bosses on Epic difficulty. Definitely my favorite "mix up" for JRPG battles

Valkyria Chronicles: Cannot forget that one guy who goes "Who's a sexy tank" when beside one.

You should definitely do a video on card games. I say this because of my new favorite game, WildFrost, but I do think it would be interesting. You could go over how games with deck-building systems work or how games can make card game modes of themselves. Bloons TD Battles has a very unique card game mode that completely changes how you play the game. You could go over how pokemon made an actual card game... I think it could be fun