dtgreene: Personally, I actually dislike this. I would actually prefer a game that requires grinding, even if it's to the extreme of having explicit level gates (you must be level 3 to pass). Alternatively, cap advancement at a point where battles are still challenging (Magic of Scheherezade), or balance the game to still be a challenge at high levels (Elminage Gothic).

Tarm: Yeah. It seems that in new games there often is no power requirement for your character/s to finish a game. I've lost count on how many times I've talked to friends about a game we've both finished and they have almost no idea about what I'm talking about because they rushed through the game missing 75% of the content.
The result is less content in games. Why should developers create games with a lot of content and replay value if many gamers seems to only want to finish a game as fast as possible? Even though it is that way mostly because the developers made it that way with lots of fast kicks in the first place.

PetrusOctavianus: Then the game is just badly balanced, or badly designed, just like if the game requires grinding in order to progress.

Tarm: True. I also think that balance is the root of the problem. The reason I highlighted this problem is that balance affect many things and this is one of them. Maybe before games were generally too hard and are now too easy? Maybe it is a consequence of changed consumer base? It's a complex problem.

PetrusOctavianus: More casual gamers means games have to be easier.
And with so many games now available you can't expect the consumers to spend months on one game, like in the good old times.
OTOH in the good old time games were much more expensive. In the 80s it could be as much as 10% of my monthly income on one game, while now you get games for pocket change, even new games if you are not one of those overly exitable consumers that need instant gratification and can't wait a few weeks for the price to drop.

Prah: Yes, boobs.

Andremop: Boobs in an adventure game? What game is this?

dtgreene: Bugs that, in some cases, enhance the gameplay. (Yes, this does happen.)

I am currently playing SaGa 1 (Final Fantasy Legend 1) with a solo esper (mutant) and somehow reached 99 STR before 99 MANA. Fourth world, and this happens:

In the tower, the strange man says "Nothing works against su-zaku. You can only run." Well, it just so happens that the game gives you a SAW in the segment of the tower leading up to this world, and said saw works on the random Su-Zaku encounters. Take that, invincible foe! (Too bad it doesn't let me equip the entire world, but then again skipping the world would mean skipping the BAND which blocks most things.)

One other little thing (that is unfortunately not present in this game): When the game accounts for killing enemies you aren't supposed to be able to. Lufia: The Legend Returns does this a lot. Of course, the first of those bosses (actually the first boss in the game) is so difficult that you will see the quote "THIS is what I would call frue [sic] destuction" a lot when trying to kill him, as it's only barely possible to do so before he nukes your party.

Tarm: I managed to kill Anna Winslow, the ghost in Fallout 2. You just have to use the revolver and roll a high enough critical. Things like that stick with you so I agree on that one. :)

Klumpen0815: You did shoot at this poor tormented soul? That is so sick. xD

Tarm: I got curious what could kill a ghost. Played too many fantasy RPGs to not wonder about that whenever I see a ghost in a game. :)

tinyE: In Elder Scrolls I believe silver does the trick.

dtgreene: Bugs that, in some cases, enhance the gameplay. (Yes, this does happen.)