You mean,like Final fantasy X-2,hmm..???

quote Lucca

You mean,like Final fantasy X-2,hmm..???

Ya that's what I mean. I always slowed down the battle system in the config menu.

I Hope that this game is Random Encounter. I have all the Final Fantasy games and I think that People don't give it enough credit (random encounter) I was totally disappointed with FF 12. People gave out about it. But ask yourself, if people really hated the random encounters, why did so many people buy Final Fantasy games?? And make this one of the most successful franchises of all time? I for one will hope that Square Enix will return to good old formula.

Ok games need new ideas, but you know the old saying, "If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

quote IrishStar

Ok games need new ideas, but you know the old saying, "If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

It may not have been broken but it is was slightly cracked. What i mean by this is that some people were getting sick of the old 'random encounter' way of doing things. So Square Enix changed it to 'repair the crack' by having no battle screen window and you can always see all the enemies before you fight them. Instead of waiting longer until 'the crack was bigger' or 'it broke' they accessed the problem early on.

In my opinion i find the new battle system better than the old random encounter way. The new way (which FFXII used) I think, is more realistic then having a specific battle screen window. Like when you flee from a fight in real life the enemy would chase you. That's what the new way does. In the old way they would just stand there and like not even care about it at all. Then you would go back to running around on the map. I don't really care which way they use because i find both pretty fun anyway. So it doesn't really matter to me.

There is one thing that I would really love to see in this game batel system though. OK, so you know how that if have like 7 members in your party, only 3 members can be fighting at the same time. What i would love to see is all 7 members fighting at the same time. I always thought it was stupid and frikken ridiculous that you could only have 3 members fighting at the same time! While the 3 members are fighting, what are the other 4 members doing. Watching the other 3 fighting? Playing bingo? Peeing in the bush? Really. Its completely frikken stupid! In real life all 7 people would all be fighting at the same time, not just three. So in FFXIII, i really want to see all members of your party fighting at the same time.

Wow that was a lot of typing. I really get worked up sometimes.

quote IrishStar

I think that People don't give it enough credit (random encounter)

for what? no really, just for what?

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ask yourself, if people really hated the random encounters, why did so many people buy Final Fantasy games?? And make this one of the most successful franchises of all time?

definetely because the stories were so crap, and everyone enjoyed screen swirling.

To be honest the battle system in FFXII was bland and boring, semi-active real time battles just don't suit the final fantasy series, it would be a lot better if they just went back to random battles, turn based or not, hell it could even be real time random battles like star ocean 2, that was pretty cool and fun.

My main point is, FFXIII NEEDS to have random battles, real time battles with ATB are just god aweful, especially for a final fantasy game.

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My main point is, FFXIII NEEDS to have random battles, real time battles with ATB are just god aweful, especially for a final fantasy game.

Afaik, this is an idea that's never been done before, and you can't say it doesn't work if you haven't tried it.