Conception: Against All Odds

Well, hello there! Here I find myself once again traversing the same section of the game design repeatedly. It’s remarkable that I haven’t managed to reduce the White Tiger population near the city of Muse in Suikoden II, as I have been here for nearly an hour, and I’ve presumably defeated over 200 of these beasts. All I’m on the hunt for is a single elusive rune.

‘Why do I subject myself to this?’ I ponder as I continue through the routine: walk in circles until I stumble into a random encounter; ensure the foes are tigers; flee if they happen to be tiny clockwork robots, or press onward and engage in auto-battle if they are tigers; defeat them; check the spoils; sigh in frustration when I don’t find a Double-Jab Orb (formerly referred to as a Double-Beat Orb which… uh, don’t dwell on the name too much); rinse and repeat.