View Poll Results: Which game had the best gameplay?

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  • Dragon Quest VII

    1 14.29%
  • Chrono Trigger

    5 71.43%
  • Xenogears

    1 14.29%
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Thread: Square-Enix's Best Non-FF Game Finals: Gameplay Round

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
    Xenogears is Turn Based, not ATB, as enemies can't attack while you're inputting commands during your characters turn. Chrono Trigger is like the only non-FF title by Square to ever use ATB.
    Yeah, so it's CTB, although they probably didn't use that term. I consider all of round-based, CTB, and ATB to be loosely "turn-based," although ATB is the least fitting for that because enemies can interfere with your turns. It's still roughly turn-based because it's not a free for all and definitely distinct from, say, an action RPG (also at least "Wait" mode gives you some uninterruptible time in your turn). Round-based, regardless of whether turn order is affected by a speed stat, basically means everyone gets a turn each round. CTB distinguishes itself by a speed stat affecting number of turns. It's a little more specific than that (Breath of Fire 3 has a speed stat affecting number of turns, but it's round-based, not CTB), but I'm trying to come up with a succinct way of saying it...but basically that each unit of time brings all characters closer to their next turn in proportion to some speed stat (I don't care if it's called speed, agility, or whatever). Xenogears is CTB because if you look at characters like Citan, they will often get more turns than anyone else because of their speed and you can see their bar fills up more quickly. There might be other categories of turn-based combat, but those are the only three I can think of. Round-based probably covers most non-Square turn-based games (Dragon Quest, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, Lunar, I think...)
    Last edited by Lord Golbez; 12-14-2018 at 07:41 PM.

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