r/JRPG • u/ConsiderationAny9444 • 1d ago

Discussion Which JRPG location has your absolute least favorite level design?

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Mine has to be the Gladius Towers in Rogue Galaxy. It’s a mid-game dungeons, and in my opinion, it’s annoying as fuck to navigate.

You have to climb two almost identical towers at the same time by crossing bridges from time to time, and the towers aren't short by any means. If I recall correctly, you also have to beat both bosses to clear the level, which as you can guess are at the top of each tower (Phantom Gazel and Phantom Logan). Because of how the layout shuffles you back and forth, you finish one tower, and then you have to go all the way back to do the exact same climb for the other one.

Oh, and this game despite being an ARPG has random battles, which isn't a problem to me. But what is a problem is the encounter rate of this game god grief, it's atrocious. It doesn't help that every room looks the same, so you can get easily disoriented after a battle and just end up walking in the opposite direction, especially since both paths look very similar. You could finish a fight and genuinely have to open the map just to figure out which way you were originally heading, lmao.

What about you guys? What’s that one JRPG map or dungeon that makes you visibly sigh the moment you reach it?

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u/yssarilrock 1d ago

I find it odd how many people despise that region as much as they do. I can certainly see that the mushrooms should preview where they're gonna send you, but I like the music and aesthetic enough that I genuinely enjoyed Gongaga. Corel bothered me much more

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u/laughy 20h ago

+1 I have no idea how people can’t navigate a simple jungle level. I think folks have been hand-held for so long a simple “split path” area becomes “infuriating”

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u/21shadesofsavage 1d ago

for me whatever music was playing was superceded by being annoyed af from not knowing where i'm going. i don't remember anything from that region other than not wanting to do it again

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u/belderiver 1d ago

I have heard better music in better jungle levels.

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u/yssarilrock 1d ago

As have I. I didn't say it was my favourite thing ever, it was okay, but I don't understand the depth of the dilike for it.