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Galvanizer on 11 March 2013
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Zkuq said:
Galvanizer said:
Yoshiya said:
I loved FFXII (was my favourite that I've played in the series) so I would love it if FFXV had a similar battle system. It did have it's flaws when it came to the gambit system however because it basically meant you could go on auto-pilot for a large part of the game if you so chose but I think if they limit/remove that system then it would easily make for the best battle experience in the series.

I agree. If anything, they should remove the Gambit system and allow the player full party control like ATB.

It's kinda hard to pull off full party control when you actually control the characters in battle. It could work if you couldn't control the movements... But that would pretty much kill the whole idea of ADB. There needs to be some automatization if you can't control all characters as it would become too tedious to control everyone's movements otherwise. I would have hated FFXII if I had to have to decided everything my party members were doing. Progress would simply have been too slow. I'd rather see them not touch the basics of the gambit system but instead build something on top of it to make it more interesting.

You raise a good point.

Still, I think something needs to be done to ADB to allow full party control. A lot of people didn't like ADB in FFXII due to not being able to enter commands for all the characters.

My solution is just using the FFVI ATB template for ADB. Basically, just have the ATB system with seamless battles. When you see an enemy you want to fight, you press X to initiate the battle. The battle system menu then automatically comes up with ATB gauges for the all party members starting to fill. The command menu for each character comes up automatically when their ATB gauge is full. You then tell them what to do and after they do it, their ATB gauge resets and starts filling again for their next command. Also, you still have full control of the party leader movement at all times and can even switch party leader whenever you want.

It's the best of both, really. ATB traditionalists get their system back and forward thinking fans of ADB still get their seamless battles.