Quote Originally Posted by Realm25 View Post
Taking away random battles is taking away tradition. I wont play an RPG unless it feels classic, and oldschool. Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 are the only games that can get away with it. FF12 completely ruined the FF name, it was a complete shame to all RPG's, past and present, simply because it tried to be something it wasn't. I praise the random battles, and any other oldschool RPG elements, because without them all we're left with is utter trash.
Even though I never really thought of myself as a person that "lives-by-tradition", I actually wasn't able to play FF12. I felt like I was playing an MMORPG, and I cannot even begin to explain why. Not that it's ultimately a bad thing, just something that would've taken more time to get used to than I was willing to give.

While usually, I don't mind random encounters that badly, my entire family hates them. Especially in the games where you don't see the monsters (right - why call them random encounters if you see them?) because they consider the concept way too surprising. Of course, this is coming from my family members that enjoy survival/horror games above all else; so it isn't really convincing.

As for me, I just wish all cinematic scenes are equipped with a skip button. I enjoyed the battle systems in the Xenosaga games and dislike watching cinematic scenes so I skipped them. If you ask me about the story or discuss something storywise, I won't know what you're talking about at all.