gameplay!

[Vincent Valentine 007]

What do you think of the gameplay? The first final fantasy game I played was 7 things have changed a lot since then but I still think the battle system should stay the same theirs something different and final fantasy about it, I don’t like the new system! who likes it and who doesn’t?

[jeo2388]

for me, it was an OK transformation..
the maps are massive and very challenging indeed. enemies can mob you, you wont even have time to think. But i definitly wouldnt mind if it was a turn-base battle system. Either way, square has done a splendid job once again.

[Nifleheim7]

I loved it!!

The only changes i would like to see are a bigger license board,and some gambits/magic spells to be obtainable earlier in the game because by the time they were available,they were almost useless.

[Vivisteiner]

I like it more than the old one.

[Rostum]

I like it more than the old one.

[Vincent Valentine 007]

i think it was good for the boss battles (i remmeber the one with the giant spider) but when your fighting monsters its too easy

[Raebus]

Hand to forehead picture anyone?

but things should change, not stay the same.

[Slothy]

I still think the battle system should stay the same theirs something different and final fantasy about it, I don’t like the new system! who likes it and who doesn’t?


Final Fantasy without change isn't Final Fantasy.

Frankly, I love the new system more than mere words can express. It was fresh, exciting, and challenging. I can't stand turn based systems. I didn't used to have a problem with them, but quite frankly, it's about time RPG's start moving away from it. I've been playing RPG's for 15 years or more and frankly find it sad that a lot of games still cling to such an archaic system. It was fine on the NES, SNES, and even the PSX, but I'm definitely glad Square's changing things up now. It's about damn time.

[Remon]

It would be too boring if they kept using the same battle system for every game.So i like the new changed one a lot :)

[gudkid]

the change is quite refreshing really. it fits the game well. a new style follwing a storyline like it happened before the events that transpired in FFT. :) nice!

[Bolivar]

I liked it alot but for a Final Fantasy I think it could have been implemented alot better. I think if they did something like Chrono Trigger in the same setting it would've been amazing.

The battles just aren't as intense without a killer battle theme and the way they began to use camera angles on the PSX made it a truly incredible experience. I remember asking myself when playing the demo: "but how the hell are they going to have boss battles like this???"

Answer: by taking you out of battle to a story sequence and then back in. This game was a step-back in a few minor ways, one of which being that it re-constructed the barrier between cutscene and gameplay, something which Square worked hard to destroy with FFVII. FFXII was superior to most games, but it didn't pull you in to the story quite like the other newer ones did.

[Ouch!]

FFXII has my favorite battle system in the entire series, hands down.

[remnant1]

yea,the battles are the biggest change.its sweet exept for the fact that only 1 high spell can be cast at a time(extreeeemly frustrating at times).and like niflhiem said,the spells could have done with more effenciancy

[gudkid]

oh yeah... i just realized that now coz i almost never use spells (except beffs) coz they are much of a hassle for me... but the more complicated the systrem, the more challenging it is for me which results to more fun and excitement! :D

[Yiazmat]

I love the new battle system. I think it gives the game an awesome sense of action. I went from playing X right into XII, so it was kinda difficult for me to get used to at first. After awhile I mastered the controls and really fell in love with battle system though. Once you get the hang of it and get your Gambits tweaked, it really brings the game to life. I hope Square will continue building on this battle system in future titles. (I think XIII is supposed to have a similar system, am I right?)

[Monol]

Score another for square. I liked this battle system alot better than I expected myself to. Just wish for the liscense board they had duel weilding...hah oh well.

They had fran so Im a happy man ;)

[Vincent Valentine 007]

the licence board was just like that other thing in X

[remnant1]

it is good,but i like the traditional turn based better.but the active time,not like ffX

[Slothy]

the licence board was just like that other thing in X

No it wasn't. The sphere grid was almost totally linear. The only time you really got to choose what to do next as far as character development was when you reached the end of a characters pre-determined path late in the game. Right from the start of FFXII though you were able to choose any direction on the license board to have your character learn abilities, and you didn't have to worry about running across something you couldn't unlock and moving on, then having to waste time later by back tracking on the board, or even worse, wait until you could unlock it, thereby leaving your character underpowered for a while.

The license board was all about giving the player options. The sphere grid was all about making the player think they had options when, really, they never had any choice to begin with.