Re: mahou shojou final fantasy

"Blade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Animeg3282) wrote in
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> > blade said
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> >>That won't do you much good, since you still need spells and items and
> >>there's not enough draw points.  Plus you're a fair bit into the game
> >>before you can get it.
> >
> > Refine. Card Game.
>
> Still need to get all the GF abilities to do those.  And I don't want to
> play a stupid effing card game for hours upon hours upon hours on end in
> order to save the world, frankly.  If I wanted that, I'd play a Yu-Gi-Oh
> game. ;p
>
> Blade
> *******

How do y'all feel about those tournement mini-game type games like the card
game and blitzball and now sphere break? What purpose do they serve within a
RPG? What's the rationale for including them? I agree, they get in the way
of saving the world, and the pay-off isn't usually necessary to the whole
game.

laurie