| brendude13 said: 1. I don't see what was so "random" about it, placement doesn't usually have any effect on the battle outcome. A boss doesn't just randomly attack thin air, it targets a person and 9 times out of 10, every one of their attacks, both magic and melee, hits the target. A boss doesn't attack the closest person either, certain actions provoke the boss (something you can find out using libra), and if it doesn't, then I guess it's down to chance on who he attacks (something I have no problem with), it only become a problem when you face large numbers of powerful enemies and they all happen to target your party leader because of poor luck. 2. And I know what boss in FFX you are on about, because I'm stuck on the bi*ch, what a coincidence xD. I tried to beat her a few hours ago, battled her for 35 minutes and she killed me, simply because I don't have enough items to cure the "zombie" (reliance on items, another broken mechanic). And I know not everybody likes the battle system, and that most of the game consists of battles, hence the reason why I can understand why people might not like the gameplay (one of my best friends included). Still, I can't find anything that is even moderately broken. |
1. Except when it does 
Whilst certain actions provoke the boss, you still have no control over the formation or arrangement of your party so rather than spreading out when you want them to they'll position themselves in all manner of formations, sometimes bunching up (relatively) so that area/splash damage attacks hit multiple party members. This forces you to shift to a healing paradigm and puts you on a back foot. In previous games I found the odd boss fight frustrating whereas I was fequently frustrated with this aspect of the game/battle system.
2. And this is one of those fights I found frustrating, lol. I'm not sure if you can go back but I think you can get the items you need in the earlier fights. I stopped my 3rd playthrough because I forgot how annoying this fight was and ended up getting killed for healing my party too well (wtf?!). Slightly off topic but I personally thought that the battle system in X was one of the best battle systems in Final Fantasy (ignoring the horribly frustrating battle just mentioned). Slower than XIII but tactically sound.
