Common Sense Corner

[kyonides]

I disagree with Bounty Hunter Lani this time, even in real life you may get useless items or skills just because you picked what nobody ever needed, plus diverting your enemy by offering junk that seems to be useful is a good tactic to catch them off guard!

Saying that something useless should not be included in a videogame would be quite opinionated. Is it bad to say what crossed your mind? Nah, it's normal, it's just that it's not the only way to handle the so called useless items in a game.

Is common sense dead? Nah, but keep in mind that people now tend to break that common sense on purpose. Does it make sense? Or is it just another way to catch people's attention? Or is it a curious plot device? There seems to be a need to be uncommon or break the sandbox. Is there any actual need to do that? Who knows!? But it's creativity what we are talking about here, perhaps limiting it by not including useless stuff might not let a programmer or scripter or storyboard writer or anybody else find an excuse to offer an updated version of their game, an expansion or some DLC. I know some people here hate DLC's, probably you've got tons of reasons to hate them.

Now talking about status effects or skills, well, it's fun to see how much effort you put to get them only to see you wasted your time! (For the programmer or your friends for sure!) It's also another way to not let you guess what's coming up next. It would be like saying "hey, let's make Lani think a yeti (or jeti) is about to show off to kill her party!" Later on you could find out it was a fire elemental monster instead! Yeah, the enemy has fooled you and there's a higher probability your party will end up with 0 HP. Let's assume you would have triggered the trap then.