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VXIII on 03 October 2014
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The Fury said:
VXIII said:

Looking back at the history of the franchise, they always have implied elements to make the battle more engaging and faster. Conditional Turn-Based, Active Time Battle and even Real Time Battle in XI, ( fun fact: design by the same person who designed Chrono Trigger system ), Active Dimension Battle in XII which was forward thinking but wasn't executed well imo, ans Style-Change Active Time Battle in LR XIII. with all that taken into consideration, XV system is indeed a natural progress. These are fundamentally different systems, all driven by the desire to make the gameplay more dynamic. Not changing the "tradition system" is really not traditional in FF :)

With that said, I understand why some fans would prefer to keep it turn-based. But that is a terrible reason not to give this new daring vision a chance, that what I mean by "accept the changes".

I've removed some of your post and my reply to it because I realised was I rambling about nothing.. but...

ATB served them well for years, nothing wrong with it, infact in X they slowed the game down, removing the ATB a sequence of actions instead. Since the traditional ATB was dropped in 9, most consider the games are getting worse. XI was an MMO and many people didn't want that. XII, while a great game, wasn't considered in FF ilk, many didn't like it. 13, well you know, fans didn't like it and hardly anyone played LRXIII. XV may be the natural progression but it's a progression fans of the traditional battle setup do not want. 

Even if these games are selling well, it's because fans are buying them on the hope that the games have what they want. They are fans of the FF series for it's gameplay amoung other things, and a KH like comabt (even if it is not KH) is not FF gameplay.

Let's put it this way, if they made Tekken more like Street Fighter, I would not buy it, daring new gameplay it might be. I like Tekken for it's gameplay, not Street Fighter's gameplay.


I understand, I just don't agree that is not a FF gameplay, I see no good reason for such a claim. it is not 100% KH system, it is really a mix between KH and XII with its own tweaks.