| etking said: Hopefully FFXVI will bring the series back to the roots. I did not buy any title after FFXII (which I'm enjoying in HD on emulator right now for the very first time, although I bought it back in the day but never really played it) and found the FFXIV ARR beta to be a horrible WoW clone with stupid quests and unworthy of carrying the name Final Fantasy. I also strongly dislike Kingdom Harts because I hate mindless button mashing action games so I will not buy FFXV either. |
I actually thought Kingdom Hearts 1 was a great game. Great story, great gameplay (no not perfect), great characters. I personally don't consider KH1 a mindless button basher.
KH2 I didn't actually finish, but I believe there were more button bashing involved in it. Unfortunately I think the problem with KH and FF13 is this idiotic idea that battles have to be real time enounters. Meaning you only have the option of controlling one character at a time, meaning the AI controls the 2 supporting characters.
I think this Square Enix's problem, they want spectacle and stunning battle visuals, yet that has removed the player from the gameplay decisisons. Resulting in an automatic process where AI fights AI, rather than having manual control.
Personally I think thats where this series is going wrong gameplay wise. I'm not saying we need a return to turn based battles, but I want to see the player control 3 players in real time, meaning less emphasis on fast battles that focus on spectale and animation, but slower battles that give the user enough time to input commands giving way to more manually controllable gameplay options that offer more tactical depth.
In a nutshell I think the problem is AI controlled characters during battles, which has reduced overall gameplay depth.
