FINAL FANTASY Type-0 HD Battle Gameplay Trailer

[Vyk]

The fact that is expected is one of the problems with today's mainstream console games.

Wholeheartedly agree. This mindset has been an issue for a generation or two. I much much prefer a well crafted/realized stylized game where more time and money was spent on the writing and game mechanics than on the engine and textures and motion capture and all that unnecessary jazz

[fat_moogle]

One question though, can we change the characters and the playable charater when in the battle, or can only change before the battle initiate?

If I remember rightly from the demo you choose 3 characters before the mission commences, and those are the 3 characters that you use until one of them dies. Once one of them dies (either by being killed by the enemy or sacrificing themselves to summon) then you can choose to replace them with any of the other 11 party members in your reserve. And yes you can switch between all 3 active characters by selecting them on the d pad I believe. So technically it's possible to play a mission using every single character

[DanielCLFFF13]

One question though, can we change the characters and the playable charater when in the battle, or can only change before the battle initiate?

If I remember rightly from the demo you choose 3 characters before the mission commences, and those are the 3 characters that you use until one of them dies. Once one of them dies (either by being killed by the enemy or sacrificing themselves to summon) then you can choose to replace them with any of the other 11 party members in your reserve. And yes you can switch between all 3 active characters by selecting them on the d pad I believe. So technically it's possible to play a mission using every single character

Cool, if only it out for PC too
But thanks fat_moogle
Wait, the summon feature is a bit different than the previous Final Fantasy like X, XII and XIII? I mean in X, XII and XIII the summon fight alongside the playable character. How the summon feature works in Final Fantasy Type-0? Will we control the summon until the time runs out? Or until the summon ran out HP?

[fat_moogle]

One question though, can we change the characters and the playable charater when in the battle, or can only change before the battle initiate?

If I remember rightly from the demo you choose 3 characters before the mission commences, and those are the 3 characters that you use until one of them dies. Once one of them dies (either by being killed by the enemy or sacrificing themselves to summon) then you can choose to replace them with any of the other 11 party members in your reserve. And yes you can switch between all 3 active characters by selecting them on the d pad I believe. So technically it's possible to play a mission using every single character

Wait, the summon feature is a bit different than the previous Final Fantasy like X, XII and XIII? I mean in X, XII and XIII the summon fight alongside the playable character. How the summon feature works in Final Fantasy Type-0? Will we control the summon until the time runs out? Or until the summon ran out HP?

I believe any character can summon, but as I said once you summon that character is sacrificed and is no longer playable for the duration of the mission. Once you've summoned you directly control the summon, for example with Shiva you ice skate her around the battle field (yes, ice skate...it's pretty cool!) and each of the four face buttons represent a different attack. In the demo only Shiva and Golem were available, so I can't wait to see what others are available in the game! As for whether it's timed or until HP runs out, I can't remember.

[DanielCLFFF13]

One question though, can we change the characters and the playable charater when in the battle, or can only change before the battle initiate?

If I remember rightly from the demo you choose 3 characters before the mission commences, and those are the 3 characters that you use until one of them dies. Once one of them dies (either by being killed by the enemy or sacrificing themselves to summon) then you can choose to replace them with any of the other 11 party members in your reserve. And yes you can switch between all 3 active characters by selecting them on the d pad I believe. So technically it's possible to play a mission using every single character

Wait, the summon feature is a bit different than the previous Final Fantasy like X, XII and XIII? I mean in X, XII and XIII the summon fight alongside the playable character. How the summon feature works in Final Fantasy Type-0? Will we control the summon until the time runs out? Or until the summon ran out HP?

I believe any character can summon, but as I said once you summon that character is sacrificed and is no longer playable for the duration of the mission. Once you've summoned you directly control the summon, for example with Shiva you ice skate her around the battle field (yes, ice skate...it's pretty cool!) and each of the four face buttons represent a different attack. In the demo only Shiva and Golem were available, so I can't wait to see what others are available in the game! As for whether it's timed or until HP runs out, I can't remember.

I'm still a bit confused about the summon feature.
But thanks for the explanation fat_moogle
Does that mean the only game over in the battle is when all character die or sacrifice themself to summon? I imagine if we summon Bahamut, fly around in Bahamut form, attack the enemies from above, it should awesome. But in the PSP trailer (which a long time ago, before it hit console), there were like more than 20 Bahamuts and boom a huge explosion, like couple seconds before the trailer end. I kind of confuse with that, haven't saw player control Bahamut in the trailers. Maybe people who have played the PSP version would know.

If only Final Fantasy Type-0 out for PC

[Wolf Kanno]

Yeah it's only a mission failure if all your active party gets killed off. You basically select a mission and choose the party you intend to send and if they all get killed the game is over. Summons are pretty overpowered but summoning one sacrifices the use of a character for the rest of the mission so you're potentially weakening your team for a limited power boost, but some situations can call for needing the extra power.

The Bahamut scene you saw I believe is Type-0's Teraflare battle animation where Bahamut summons an army of lesser Bahamut's to all perform TeraFlare. Other summons to watch out for are Odin and Diablo. Summons have a story purpose in this game which is connected to the gameplay mechanic of wiping out a character who summons them.

[DanielCLFFF13]

Yeah it's only a mission failure if all your active party gets killed off. You basically select a mission and choose the party you intend to send and if they all get killed the game is over. Summons are pretty overpowered but summoning one sacrifices the use of a character for the rest of the mission so you're potentially weakening your team for a limited power boost, but some situations can call for needing the extra power.

The Bahamut scene you saw I believe is Type-0's Teraflare battle animation where Bahamut summons an army of lesser Bahamut's to all perform TeraFlare. Other summons to watch out for are Odin and Diablo. Summons have a story purpose in this game which is connected to the gameplay mechanic of wiping out a character who summons them.

Ok, thanks for your explanation Wolf Kanno