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| Xxain said: Just to chime in on the battle system. Final Fantasy has had the same problem with its battle system since 13; That problem is the Stagger mechanic. I don't understand why the development team continues to carry on this mechanic. Instead of doing minimal damage until you stagger the enemy and then doing normal damage, they should have normal damage and if you manage to stagger the enemy (make staggers a little difficult to do) then super big damage. That would satisfy both groups and it would make the system much more satisfying. I also think that every enemy should have multiple ways to stagger it and do away with overly specific stagger requirements (only can be pressured when the clock is at has a 7 in its digits). I'm sick Final Fantasy wanting EVERY fight to be some epic battle. I miss being rewarded with curb stomps because I got Beta before It was intended to or raga magic, ext. |
Yeah, I've mentioned stagger before and people seem to defend it because "other games have it". It's just a bad mechanic and it hides the fact they can't balance damage.
| A203D said: Thats right, but what your doing is selecting an action from a menu, you the player can't perform that action in real time, additionally when the enemy performs their action you have to watch the animation. There isn't anyway to block or evade the enemy's action in real time. |
Yes. Because it's an action game. This isn't the fact the action game is bad, it's the fact it's an action (real time) game at all. Why is there a dodge roll in Final Fantasy?
| Kyuu said: I played all mainline FF games except 11, 13 and 15 (not counting demos). And to me, Rebirth's combat is the best in the series, and the hardest excluding perhaps 14 on harder difficulties. Granted old school ATB has its own charm and can't be directly compared with 14's or Remake/Rebirth's systems. I still have my gripes especially regarding direction/plot, but I think what Square accomplished with Rebirth is nothing less than incredible. Sometimes I genuinely can't believe this game is real. |
I have said before that the gameplay is good and that if it wasn't called FF7 and was just a new game with new characters and story, I might have been well into it as a stand alone game. I say to friends that the issue for me isn't these games are bad quality, you'd be an idiot to argue that. To me FF13, 15, FF7R, they aren't bad games, they are just bad Final Fantasy games.
Hmm, pie.
