>>> Dead? Isnt FF13 ATB too?..![]()
Yes, yes it is. They just cranked the speed WAY up on it.
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...and broke its spirit...
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
No, the announcement of FFXIII-2 broke my spirit
Though more seriously, I do feel that XIII's ATB system has been sped up to the point where its lost touch with the entire premise of what ATB is suppose to be. Making tactical decisions with a selection of skills, in a semi-real time battle. In 1991, with FFIV, I controlling the flow of battle and making decisions while the computer did all the tedious background work like raising my stats when I leveled. Nearly 20 years later, the computer is now making all the decisions in battles, and now I'm the one manually controlling the linear growth of my characters.![]()
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
So what I am getting is that this is less about SE's decline as a game maker and more about the impending rise of the machines?
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