Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Retrospectative trailer (spoilers)

[Areym]

Nem said:

Areym said:

Nem said:
Yeah... too bad that wasnt available a few years ago. Would've saved me some wasted hours.

The combat system is leagues better on this version though.

Not really. The FFXIII was not the best but certainly better than the regular turn-based. It's a little more fast-paced and way more strategic. It gave you a chance to react to your enemies attacks and counter appropietely. I was really impressed to see a sentinel-style class on it, to have a party member that actually tanks, not just some bum with a lot more HP than the others.

FFXIII gets too much hate for being a depature from the regular FF, much like the shit that FFXII (which just so happens to be my favorite FF) but sometimes you gotta spice it up, try something new, live mas, i don't know.

Yes really.

Strategyzing with a plethora of spells, skills and summons on every fight trumps over auto-attack fest with occasional paradigm change. Definitly not more strategic. You just needed to prepare 2-3 paradigms and you were done.

Eh, quantity doesn't always equate to quality. Sure, having a long list of spells in your arsenal sounds nice in paper but to fight regular monster or grind, you just choose an AoE spell and call it a day. Some monster have resistances to specific spells but that's pretty much present in any RPG.

I do admit that the FFXIII is pretty spammy. Low tier, grinding monsters can be taken down in seconds with a few auto attacks, but that's also true for any RPG, but it was still nice to see that the paradigms actually had their own pros and cons and there was tons of combinations to be had, like the saboteur or the synergist. It wasn't just some guy or chick with some buffs, but it was a true support class that could not deal much damage (if any in case of the synergist) that focused strictly on debuffing enemies or debuffing allies. There was a lot of options to strengten the party, not just protect and barrier.

I guess we will agree to disagree. I have grown tired of the old turn based combat of the 90's and early 00's so I welcome any and all attempts at new combat.