RNG as annoying as the first game?

[T8-TR]

I saw in the trailer that the coin flip still existed for combat (looks like a one-shot mortar strike?), which is fine since you can guard those, but is the RNG still prevalent in every aspect of the game? Doing a 50/50 to save was super annoying, especially when it felt like it was stacked against you without the lucky coins. And that's not to mention how RNG dependent a run felt when it came to looting, too.

Is this game the same way?

I don't mind some RNG (since it's a big part of F&H) but F&H 1 felt almost sadistic with how it treated some of the RNG, not to mention how unforgiving it is to a player's time investment.

[ElvisDepressedly]

Termina is a lot less frustrating with sudden coin toss attacks, one thing is that a bunch of them feel like they at least have the turn of "Enemy is doing something weird" so you have a warning, they're still there but at least not many come to mind that are just guaranteed "lol you die, no take backs, reload idiot" like 1 had, the mortar strike you mentioned for example is a coin toss move, but it's potentially survivable with the right setup as it's just a huge damage attack, since the enemy that does that is an endgame sub-boss type of deal.

The looting can still be a real pain in the ass if you just get unlucky over and over, since random chests are still coin flips, however you can get some pretty insane items out of normal containers (Found one of the actual best armors in the game in a suitcase on the starting train before lmao) and the coin flip chests both in this one, also somewhat remedied by some of the strongest gear in the game having guaranteed locations either as a pickup or an enemy drop.

[Leonardo Trapovich]

There's also much more coins in termina. But what ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoys me is the rng surrounding skin bibles and books of enlightenment. The second thing i just get around using a mod because ♥♥♥♥ that. But skin bibles are essential for getting the right skills and making the game less tedious.
Reeeeeeeeee i want my alll-mer and FOH bibles but keep getting random newspapers and ♥♥♥♥

[ElvisDepressedly]

Enlightenment honestly might as well not be considered on the drops with how rare it is, not seen myself or a single one of like three others I know get one in the wild.

There is however a solution to saves
Pocketcat sells them for one, but they'll cost you 3 other contestant heads, however if you find a Skin Bible - God Of Fear & Hunger, if you draw it's sigil on the right circles, it produces a totem sort of thing, which lets you make a save without progressing time.

[Matheus]

The funniest part is that i found a Soul Stone in a trash can when i was playing, the bad rng will affect the books mostly, but you can loot the Manor and The Library for those, and if you dont get any, you can trade 3 contestant heads with Pocketcat

[Klampus]

In my opinion, the RNG is even worse. Without lucky coins I never seem to win the chestcoin tosses. And in this game, you get nothing if you lose!

[Washing Machine]

Never had really issues with books, manor and school provide tons so you're gonna get at least some of em.

And as said above, the coin tosses aren't nearly as bad this time. You often just take big damage, no straight up game over.

[the legendary neuts]

It's really not that bad honestly. You'll eventually find every book you need, and it's perfectly possible to make it through the game without relying on a good drop from an early chest - just make note of all guaranteed good drops (e.g. Betel's Stone, Leather Armor, Axe) and use the shops.

Also accuracy has been reworked so that you practically never ever miss attacks on limbs except for the head. Random misses on arm shots in F&H1 were my biggest alt F4 moments.

[MadArtillery]

Usually warnings about cointoss in Termina which makes them even more trivial then the first game as you pretty much always know when to guard to auto counter them instead of having to learn the timings to guard in advance.