[Job McYossie]

For a long while, I have played most games for the story. Excluding multiplayer games, of course. That was why the Oddworld series is my favourite, with Persona 3 being a close second. I never thought to take into account though, that part of what made the Oddworld games great was the feeling that you really did beat impossible odds. As where in P3 I enjoyed the story and the social links a lot, but the majority of the fighting felt pretty bad. Anything that was not a boss fight had little to do with story or character progression, and just felt like a means to get you to level up for the next boss fight. But then when the boss fights came they felt perfect as you had to revive two of your party members, use some of your special items, and even then finally win with just slivers of health left. But because of the tedium that is the normal fights, the game felt like a chore to level up in. Still a great game though.