no ther are skills, & u cn chose frm them, but u will hve to select quickly becaus th atb bar moves vry fast. so many ppl just go for auto battl optin whch choses skills for u, bt i chose skills manually. 
u will have paradigm shift whch means u change th class of ur chrcter in th battle, later on in game u need to do this evry 10 to 15 seconds. th game is challenging in side mission boss fights. the gameplay is different, inovative, fast, fun with gud music.

recovering life aftr battle is no problem becaus in ff13 if u use wrong paradigms a easy mob ov enemies can kill u, this hs happnd to me

one bad thing is ther is less customizatin ability like junction sistem frm ff8 whch is my favrite, u cud manipulate it and be overpowerd, or u cud draw lots ov magic, u cnt do tht in ff13 whch is a bad thing.

Really, SE really needs to let Versus stand alone from the FFXIII original cast. I hated almost all of them. The characters are no where needed for another game. Versus actually looks like it will have relatable characters from the cinematics. Their worlds are too different and FFXIII does not set the tone like Versus does with the theme of being a "fantasy based on reality".

The game had well developed characters (except for the Fang screw up) & they were likeable so this is a good move. I just hope the game is good & comes to xbox 360.

so the battle system is kinda like ff x-2

2 last questions

can u at least heal urself or others in the battle (heal,potion and phoenix down)

and 2 me the games looks alot like ffx ( which was a good rpg )

can you tell me how you compare the two

Off-topic: How's FFX so far? Do you like it?

yes bttle sistem is a evolution of ff10-2 bt also different.
u can heal urself with the medic role, and u hve potions/phoenix dwns. bt remeber u dnt get to use magic until 4 hours into th game, the prologue of th game is long and battle sistem at th start is diffrnt frm what it becomes 4 hours later because u hve no paradigms.

it is very linear like ffx, bt even more linear thn tht.

i liked it more thn ffx & ffx-2. i ws skeptcl of this game & aftr ff12 i hated ff bt this game made me luv ff agen. i like it more thn ffx & ffx-2. bt ff7 & ff8 are a bit bettr thn ff13 (or mayb equal). 

FF XIII is better than 9 from what I've played

I many hours in, I have just broken into Yuna's wedding. I like it a lot. Its much better than Final Fantasy 12, more similar to FF13 so maybe thats why I like it more so far. But the battle system while strategic is boring at times (compared to some of the FF13 cast), when a normal enemy takes such a long time I tend to get bored. The voice acting is awful, most of the characters are boring except for auron and lulu (I think thats her name), they both seem mysterious to me & interesting. The story is pretty good so far. The music is astonishing!

But much better than FF12 no doubts there.

Well its better than FF12 so far, but really I don't like it as much as I liked FF13, I heard your first Final Fantasy is usually your favourite, maybe this holds true in my case?

EDIT: I must add the writing is disappointing compared to FF12. I wonder why FF13 & FF10 have poor writing compared to FF12.

i liked ff13 more thn ff9, ff9 wss a bit boring 4 me.

ok thanks man

I think Im gonna take your word and choose this game