RPG Discussion (Formerly; Earthbound or Chrono Trigger?)

[Ton]

A very powerful boss could have done the same. The Demon Wall in FF4 did this to protect the crystal. Sorry to go back to FF4, but that's the example I thought of. I'm not saying either one is better, but they serve the same purpose. A powerful guardian does the same trick as the trap. They both punish for personal gain. The temple, admittedly, is much more clever.
Sure, it redeems him, but the whole scenario is constructed just as an easy out so you can trust him for an act that is rendered completely null by the fact that he can replicate as often as he needs to. And I must be rusty. What are the ramifications later? Does it have to do with Reeve being jailed? Reeve is a whole 'nother complaint on my part, honestly, and I'd rather not get into it.
Yeah, I forgot about the temple-being-the-materia thing. But is it more meaningful that Yang fully intended to die to save the dwarves, or that Cait Sith didn't really give anything up by being killed in the temple because he could come right back?
the whole scenario, though, still seems like an easy way to trust Cait Sith. To me, it would have been better for him to actually work toward redemption rather than perform a sacrifice that was ultimately meaningless in order to gain false sympathies.