Edge Time Extend: Final Fantasy XII

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I liked everything about Final Fantasy 12 that I've played except the battle system. For someone who would rather control the characters, the way they system played out didn't allow for controlling all the characters to be very enjoyable unless you liked wasting a lot of time, so you were forced to use the Gambit system.

Here's how the ATB system worked on FF12. Choose an ability and then the ability charges up then goes off. Only items have a near immediate use. Here's how it should have been though. They should have had the ATB system charge up like previous games and then the skill goes off. The reason for this is that sometimes your characters will already choose one attack with a Gambit and then you need to switch over to them because you need to use something else, healing, etc. Because of this, the way it's done rather than the way it should have been done is inefficient. If it was also done where it charges up first, they could have even added an option to set each character as player controlled, and then automatically open the menu for that character once their turn is ready like a traditional ATB.

But yeah. Like I said. Liked everything I played about the game except the issues with the battle system. So I'll eventually play it later and give it another chance. Even though Vaan has no reason to be in the game, he's atleast a bearable character and not as annoying as some characters, like Tidus. Balthier is most people's favorite though, so you have to wonder how the game would have turned out story wise if he was the main character. And if that's the case, you have to wonder if Matsuno would have made sure the issues with the battle system were resolved.

I never knew any of this about Balthier being the main character or about Matsuno's quarrel with Square Enix about it. Matsuno knew what he was doing as just about every game he's worked on is considered a masterpiece in gaming. Then look at FF13. Look at the series when high profile developers like Sakaguchi and Matsuno are no longer in charge. Yeah. Square Enix really knows what's better. FF13 is not only considered the worst Final Fantasy by many, but has only sold more because it's multiconsole, with each console separately being less in sales than FF12.