I've never played any of the Final Fantasies...

[Riachu]

Soriku said:

Xen said:

Soriku said:

Xen said:

FF X, VI, VII, VIII, IV (DS) and to a lesser degree XII (great gameplay, lax story). are all worth your purchase.

 

Oh God no. FF XII has the worst gameplay in a FF game. If they want real time make it something similar to KH. FF XII's battle system is just terrible. The rest is fine but the battle system just sucks :3

IMO, it's great... here's why..

1. Gambits system. The strategy possibilities here are huge - much like FF VII. Easily allows to assign you party members to duties. Healer, tank, etc...

2. Status spells finally NEED to be used to win, especially in hunts. Nihopaloa+remedy (sp?) ftw.

3. Every character is adaptable to any weapon. Great - allows for very flexible tactics.

That's just the gist of it. give it another chance, dude.

 

 

I just don't like the fact that they used turn based battle features in a real time game. If I want a real time game I'll want to attack any time instead of selecting an enemy while running around at the same time and waiting for the bar to be filled and then Vaan finally attacks. It just doesn't seem right or engaging :3 I expect turn based to be turn based and real time to be real time.

Soriku, I like you and all but I have to go with Xen on this one.  The battle system in FFXII is one of the most flexible ones in the series.  The strategy possiblities is enormous and characters can use any weapon as long as they have a liscence for that weapon.  The battle system is deeper than a lot of those "fully real time games".  Also, this is not a real time battle system or a turn based battle system.  It is a well done hybrid of both.