| Soriku said:
When I think of turn based I think of characters staying still in an area while an action is made through a menu. Which is similar to XII and XIII but not exactly. Haven't played FF XIII yet outside of the XIII-2 demo but there's a very different feel between X and XII, even factoring in other sorts of turn based RPGs with different systems and mechanics than FF X. |
I know, and I agree. But the difference was not completely welcome and was I think tolerated by the original fans. The change furthermore of XV is so great that I believe it causes the game to be irrecognizable from the rest of the series.
Of course it looks great, the game is made by the same studio as the other games and has been in development for 7 years. Having said that, I still hold that it's not Final Fantasy as we've known it, and Final Fantasy has truly turned into something completely unrecognizable. Whether that's good or bad is anybody's choice, but I personally liked my random encounters and non-modern worlds, as well as the turn-based nature of the games. I would welcome this as a spin-off, but I guess that if it's made by the same studio, then it will be great and I just need to count my losses and embrace the new. It does though signify a new era in gaming, and a new era for Final Fantasy. A new era in gaming because Final Fantasy was so pivotal a franchise for all this time, and now it's become something else and so this marks the beginning of a new era in gaming, imho.
