Were these devs trolling...?

[ZoneSeek]

I couldn't help but laugh after I struggled to beat Gattuso and the dialogue after is basically "that was so easy!"

Then I go into the next town and this guy plays this random chance dice game with like a 10% chance to win, and you just get mocked the whole time for losing as if you lack the skill to win.

I felt trolled XD...

[Kiru]

I think it's rigged in your favor and against you at the same time. At least the first time, to mock Rita and then let you win. From then on it's probably random, so 3 50% in a row.

As for the big wolf, the game is still harmless here. Vesperia is pretty notorious for bad game design and gimmicks in boss fights and sometimes dungeons. Just always be a few levels higher than normal enemies. The wolf is like lvl 20 in a lvl 14 area. If you are like 18 it's a lot more manageable.
Also do not play melee characters. You have little control over melee in this game, being stuck in animations forever and so on. AI can do that just fine. Meanwhile AI is bad at anything spellcasting/ranged. You however can actually see if some enemy runs at you and try to get away. Just spamming fireball at the wolf and running if something comes to you is making the fight a lot easier. If the boss tries to target you, free hits for AI. If not, free hits for you. And unlike with melee where the boss can just turn around and whack you, you have so much range it doesn't happen.
It's generally something I'd recommend, as some bosses also just like to not be in melee range forever, making the fight super boring.

It's a weak tales game, that's for sure. Can still be enjoyable enough, if you play the right characters though. In exchange it probably has the best cast/storytelling of tales of games.

[ShoGunOni]

Originally posted by Kiru:

I think it's rigged in your favor and against you at the same time. At least the first time, to mock Rita and then let you win. From then on it's probably random, so 3 50% in a row.

As for the big wolf, the game is still harmless here. Vesperia is pretty notorious for bad game design and gimmicks in boss fights and sometimes dungeons. Just always be a few levels higher than normal enemies. The wolf is like lvl 20 in a lvl 14 area. If you are like 18 it's a lot more manageable.
Also do not play melee characters. You have little control over melee in this game, being stuck in animations forever and so on. AI can do that just fine. Meanwhile AI is bad at anything spellcasting/ranged. You however can actually see if some enemy runs at you and try to get away. Just spamming fireball at the wolf and running if something comes to you is making the fight a lot easier. If the boss tries to target you, free hits for AI. If not, free hits for you. And unlike with melee where the boss can just turn around and whack you, you have so much range it doesn't happen.
It's generally something I'd recommend, as some bosses also just like to not be in melee range forever, making the fight super boring.

It's a weak tales game, that's for sure. Can still be enjoyable enough, if you play the right characters though. In exchange it probably has the best cast/storytelling of tales of games.

weird i fond the game was the other way melee characters were easy to use and i fond it hard to use spellcaster/ranged characters

[Frostlight Inc.]

If you think melee is bad, you're bad. Lol some of the combos you can pull off purely on melee are insane; and haven't you ever heard of animation canceling?

[Entelechia]

As someone who 100% this game including that dragon boss and final boss hidden 2nd form. Gattuso is the hardest boss in the game simply because you just don't have enough options yet to turn the tide to your favor.

And yes, they're 100% trolling.

[Vox]

Originally posted by Andvari:

As someone who 100% this game including that dragon boss and final boss hidden 2nd form. Gattuso is the hardest boss in the game simply because you just don't have enough options yet to turn the tide to your favor.

And yes, they're 100% trolling.

It's not just Gattuso, I been struggling through hard mode as my first time playing this game. (yeah sure normal exists but hear me out).

After really struggling and finally beating Gattuso, what's the reward? Oh Gattuso is only the halfway point of the dungeon, you just used all your items and got your whole party to low hp/tp beating him on hard mode and now you still have to make it through the next half of the dungeon.

Okay finally done that, can relax at last right? Wrong, the new world map regular mobs are way tougher than anything you faced before, you're still low HP, you still have no items left.

Okay fine, just make a B-Line for the nearest city to rest and heal up, that's okay right? Wrong, nearest city makes you lose your entire party and puts you into a solo boss battle with 3 assassins, you still have no items and low HP.

I'm a lover of dark souls but this is just bad design.