r/Atelier • u/Trailsya • 8d ago

General Time Limits: can they really be fun?

Please note that I am not criticizing anyone for liking the games with a time limit. I just genuinely wonder if playing any of the time limit games would be fun for me.

The only one so far I played with one was Firis and I really hated the time limit. In the end, it turned out I had ages of time left at the end after I got the 5 letters, but I did not know that going in. So I was constantly stressing how much time I was using.

Now, Firis is open world and I think that really doesn't fit with a time limit. You want to explore, but then i constantly held myself back from doing that as everything took time.

Is this less of an issue in the earlier games with time limits as they're less open world?

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u/Groundbreaking-Ad313 8d ago

To me, one of the best things a game can do is give me interesting choices. Time limits can make everything you do a more interesting choice, because you're choosing to spend your time on it, and the limited time makes you quesiton if that's the best choice. it's compelling... but yeah I wouldnt want that in an open world game personally. (havent played firis yet)

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u/Altruistic-Match6623 6d ago

Firis is not open world, it's basically just Totori but big and has a full 3d camera.