TOOMANYTOASTERS'S PROFILE

author=GameOverGames Productions link=topic=2149.msg38534#msg38534 date=1224213938
I'm looking forward to buying Fallout 3. I want to combine a woodchiper, leafblower, and teddybear ammo to kill things.

I'm looking forward to launching Dogmeat out of a handheld catapult if such a thing is possible. I doubt it though.

The Legend of Zelda for the NES, I think. I never had a NES, but my babysitter did. I also have faint memories of SMB3.

Music and length are the two biggies. An epic track that fits well makes a battle memorable, and bosses should always have at least 10x the HP as the average enemy in the dungeon (note: at least), and major bosses should almost always kill the player the first time (final bosses SHOULD kill the player the first time PERIOD). These are easy ways to make a good boss fight, but a remarkable boss fight requires you to pit the player into certain circumstances that force them to use certain strategies, and that takes some skill in game design.

Of the 2 boss battles in Catastrophe so far, neither of them are really all that memorable. The first one, Aaron (one of the main characters that joins you about 5 minutes and 1 battle later into the storyline), has 9000 HP, a move that stuns you which he rarely uses, and a more powerful move that he uses once his HP gets low. It's a good first boss since you have 4 characters in the first dungeon before you get reduced to one, I guess.

Dracula, the second battle, is a bit different. He himself isn't all that powerful; he has a basic physical attack and a magic Dark attack, but neither do much damage. He does, however, have two bats that poison you on a regular basis and can kill your healer in a turn with Dracula's help if they gang up on her, so the only real element of strategy is having your healer defend while Kenneth and Aaron take out one of the bats. Once I get the battle events to stop being retarded, Dracula will call another bat when his HP gets below 50%, and he can do damage while healing 300 HP. (If there's any way to make it so that he heals the same amount he takes with battle events/database skills, let me know!) So essentially, the first part of the battle requires you to endure attacks from the two bats and Dracula while taking out the minions and staying in good shape, while the second part requires you to keep whittling away at Dracula's health once he gets stronger and more independent. The first part is harder as of now, but I plan on fixing that.

Last Remnant, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Fable 2, that new Phoenix Wright game that won't come out for like a year, and when I get a PS3, LittleBigPlanet.