[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

Hmm... I feel like Ven and Nathan would have started a battle right away in my situation. I could too, but I fear I'd loose, and I don't want to battle the unknown...

Ventus would most likely summoned Apsis as protection , try to reason/ uncover what is up with them , before deciding on what to exactly do with them.

Given that it's highly likely the boy is an orphan , one i great need , my character would do everything in his power to help him . He was one too , a long long time ago , so sympathy and empathy is strong here .... He does not want anyone to suffer like he did !

[Dragonstrike]

I didn't particularly like GtI's incredibly simplified gameplay either (really easy to bulldoze most of the game, and the small roster of recruitable pokemon doesn't help either). However, I LOVED its character development and story. Easily the strongest character development in the series so far. Building Paradise was okay. Not spectacular, but not terrible either. Post-game was a disappointment in a few ways, but the character development is still the strong point even then.

I like Rescue Team for the challenge it has from being the first in the series. Story's okay, friend areas are unique, but if I want something truly difficult throughout the entire game, I look no further than the game with the most difficult boss fights and story related dungeons in the series (seriously, the game has like, five 99 floor dungeons, and most of them are related to post-game events). The biggest complaint I have about it all is how the post game is a little TOO open-ended...it's way too easy to get stuck trying to figure out how to trigger the next post-game event since the game gives you almost no hints, or how to obtain that one friend area so you can finally recruit that specific pokemon...

Explorers has a really nice story. Pretty challenging gameplay too. Biggest downside? There's a lot of supporting characters that don't receive any kind of development at all. It's a pretty niggling complaint, though, as Sky fixes the few things that Time and Darkness didn't do quite well enough, and builds on other things in addition to that (including some background for a few of those supporting characters). Has the best post-game experience in the series too, being rather long and still pretty challenging.

Super is as hard as, if not harder, than Rescue Team. It has a lot of the QoL improvements to gameplay from Gates, but amps up the difficulty a ton (when the enemies can both hit back and hit as hard as you can, if not more...). Story is okay as well, though it's certainly not its strong point. The post-game is only a little longer story wise than Gates's, but it at least gives you some clear goals for what to do afterwards before letting you loose on everything. The one complaint I have about Super besides its story is that it can feel a little TOO challenging at times...but that can be remedied with a little bit of dedication, a lot of items, and some gold bars (which might make things a little too easy instead, but...)

[Lord Windos]

Since Ventus and Shiva are going to be quite busy and distracted from now until tomarrow , now is the time for Nathan to slip in without notice ...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I'm curious to see what's up with that boy an how he reacts to my request. C:

Whoah there, Windos, is Ven actively inviting her on a date there?! This could become...interesting...I guess? And not what Shiva expected. Neither me. Such a strong desire to make up for her.

[Dragonstrike]

Since Ventus and Shiva are going to be quite busy and distracted from now until tomarrow , now is the time for Nathan to slip in without notice ...

Yeah, that'll probably happen while they're out and about, since it's only been 10-20 minutes since his conversation with Shiva.

[Lord Windos]

I'm curious to see what's up with that boy an how he reacts to my request. C:

Whoah there, Windos, is Ven actively inviting her on a date there?! This could become...interesting...I guess? And not what Shiva expected. Neither me. Such a strong desire to make up for her.

I wanted to keep it a surprise just for this reason ! Ben doesn't quite consider his olive branch proposal a date , but knows things can quickly lead to that point . He reluctant and very resistant to do this , but it's the only way he know now to fix this mess he caused. A but strong and brute forcish , but if it works , it works !

Plus , didn't both of uis want to get started on that romantic subplot , right ?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Plus , didn't both of us want to get started on that romantic subplot , right ?

Maybe, but I didn't expect it to be that sooooooon. Let's hope this goes well... Oh, the excitement! ^^
I can bring Pokemon, yay! I hope Azurill enjoys the stay, and Ven will get to know Espurr.

[Dragonstrike]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting it that soon either...hmmm...

[Lord Windos]

Plus , didn't both of us want to get started on that romantic subplot , right ?

Maybe, but I didn't expect it to be that sooooooon. Let's hope this goes well... Oh, the excitement! ^^
I can bring Pokemon, yay! I hope Azurill enjoys the stay, and Ven will get to know Espurr.

They dnt have to end up a couple by the end of the date , but this does pace the save for interactions and romantic features , and helps normalize the concept of 'courting ' for the both of our character's . Its a stepping stone , but an important point for the both our character's future interactions together ...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I believe unless Ven does mention anything in a romantic direction or the atmoshere in that restaurant is rather clear, Shiva might not even realise, since to her it's more like spending qualitative time with a good friend. With food! Because what else~

But it surely evens future interactions.