Using Chrono Trigger as an example, I would say the enemy statistics should not be modified at all.
Beating the bosses in one hit added extra flare to that game, though I admit that their level/power system was different in such a way that you might not actually kill the first boss in one hit after your first New Game +, while in Final Fantasy VII you definitely would.
But this evens out by the respective lengths of each game.
After you have played through Chrono Trigger enough times to match the time it takes to play one Final Fantasy VII, you are also killing everything in one hit.
Imagin when you meet guard scorpion and then just cast kotr on it?? rather pointless isn't it. In fact i think importing any materia is generally a bad idea.
A mistake many game designers make even in real games: trying to decide what is fun for every player by eliminating potential.
You think it is pointless.
Some players just might get a kick out of using it on such weak enemies. And for those who don’t, they don’t use it.
Everyone is happy.
Even if you maxed out the level of the enemies, they are still going to die in one hit, so using Knights of Round is just for the short thrill of absolutely destroying a weak enemy.
If you recall Chrono Trigger, you should remember that the point of a New Game + is to allow the player to get the items he or she missed while giving the player unfair statistics as a reward for having beaten the game in the first place.
The point is not to slow the player down with revised enemies.
And considering the player has already seen all the areas, he or she isn’t really going to appreciate being slowed-down, since there is nothing new to see anyway.
Imagin when you meet guard scorpion and then just cast kotr on it?? rather pointless isn't it.
Most likely quite the opposite. I suspect very many people would be annoyed if they had to spend
another 10 minutes on this enemy they’ve already seen/beaten.
If they wanted to spend 10 minutes on bosses they’ve already seen, and lose all the Materia they already found (forcing them to spend however much time looking for them AGAIN) then that is for what the “New Game†feature is.
Don’t forget that these people have already been through all the challenges the game was meant to impose and already have the ability to start from the beginning without Materia and with “tough†enemies.
L. Spiro
