Genre of FFXII?

[FInalfantasyfinatic4]

it will not be exactly like ff x-2 it will be sorta like ff Vlll. but this is as far as i know. but i know it will be brand new carrying esenses of the pass Final fantasy games battle systems.

ps: i kinda liked FF x-2s battle system.

[DJZen]

Cool, where'd you hear this?

[-N-]

Wouldn't the genre be... oh... I don't know... an RPG?

[SomethingBig]

What other genre would an FF be? Yes, Tactics was a strategy RPG, but an RPG, nonetheless. Of course it's going to be an RPG.

About all of you that are, for some strange, strange reason, complaining about it being like FFX-2, it won't be. If you had been paying attention like good lil FF fans, :mog: you would know that the battle system is edging towards real-time. You can switch between your 3 party members whenever you like and you can set up different strategies and even combine spells and techs. Also, you will be able to rotate the camera.

Couldn't you have just checked out this thread, which would've been the best thing to do, since this thread basically explains everything.
http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=46214

[Sefie1999AD]

I have some useful info. the battle system will be a little like grandia, your characters can move around and can also miss atacks wich are determined by were they are positioned. they also have an AI wich is great. if your one of those people who like to play just one character youll like it. The AI is better it will cure wen it needs to and fight wen it has to. It can also summon when it likes. But dont expect a full blown grandia system the system is unique. And why is shiva a cannon 0.0

About all of you that are, for some strange, strange reason, complaining about it being like FFX-2, it won't be. If you had been paying attention like good lil FF fans, you would know that the battle system is edging towards real-time. You can switch between your 3 party members whenever you like and you can set up different strategies and even combine spells and techs. Also, you will be able to rotate the camera.

Does that mean the battle system will be a bit like Chrono Trigger or Kingdom Hearts? I've never played the Grandia games so I don't know how that kind of system works.

[aeris2001x2]

what u mean? going real time is like ffX-2 since ffX-2 was more or less real time chaos. devil may cry style combat(but faster) masquarding as an RPG.

as i said, change, evolve Square, i dont mind. but stick to RPG combat for FF games, dont sell out.

[DJZen]

Selling out is trading artistic integrity for money. Square is a company. As such it'd be difficult for them to be NOT sold out.

[TheAbominatrix]

And the battle system doesnt make the RPG.

[Ouch!]

And the battle system doesnt make the RPG.

Exactly. I don't know about everyone else, but I can safely say that I choose to play RPGs because they have what many other games lack, a decent plot. The Final Fantasy series have never failed in that department, except maybe FFI (but that's different) and I certainly don't think they'll start failing now.

It's still going to be Final Fantasy no matter how much they change.

[Ashton]

I agree with Zaphier

[aeris2001x2]

plot and characters do make the RPG. but i dont want any of the ff games 2 become like Vagrant Story ( top class story, vomit inducing game play).

it just so happaned that ffX-2 sucked in both areas...

and i think companys DO have artistic integrity. Square certainly does anyway. RPG games should have RPG COMBAT. so if it went down the ffX-2 road in terms of combat, then it would be selling out imho in an attempt 2 draw in non rpg fans.

[Lon611]

ok, excuse my ignorance, but FInalfantasyfinatic4 said it was going 2 be a one player game, as in, you can't control any other character in your party?duz that mean it's going to be like kingdom hearts where your preset the AI?

i would think that playing vaan 24/7 wudn't be all that gr8. the game isn't even out yet and ppl are already giving him beef. he doesn't exactly look like one of the "cooler" characters of ff, and square will probably make his personality match ppl are probably take vaan's perspective as their own, since they're playing him all the time. i just hope for sqaure there's a MESS LOAD of character development.

im not jugding vaan yet, at least not until i play ffxii. again, pleaze excuse my ignorance :jap:

[-N-]

It'll be as one player as... oh... say... FFVII.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

From what people are saying the battle system sounds like Tales of Symphonia.

[kikimm]

Hrmm...I just don't want it to be like Kingdom Hearts. Yeah, I liked that game, but I like being able to control all three people, at least at some point. So if we could switch between them at any time, that is perfectly fine with me.

Yes-the battlesystem absolutely does NOT make an ROG, but if totally sucks, then that just means I'll be spending a lot less time leveling up. And yes, I do like to level up. But I'm not complaining about anything yet, just saying what I hope will happen. Besides, I want to know as little as possible about this game that I can.