When it comes to Final Fantasy some people I have talked to say that they like the turn based combat style of the old days, and others prefer the new free flow combat style of today. I was just wondering what all of you peeps think of this, and if so, why exactly do you believe this?

I changed up the poll to add the 'Both' option, because I had forgotten it before.

I definitely prefer turn-based combat. However, I will be getting Final Fantasy XV for my action RPG fix, and get Persona 5 for my turn-based RPG fix. However, this makes the odds stacked against FFXV for me, and I may enjoy P5 more out of the 2. However, in terms of sales I'm not sure, we'll say how big it is in a few months I guess.

I'm not that big a fan of the Final Fantasy series, so I don't know which form is really better. But I suppose, sales-wise, making it action oriented is better for a Western public. How many JRPGs have trouble selling in the West due to their battle system?

In all objectivity, we don't know right now because FFXV hasn't released yet.

That being said, turn based gameplay is one of the cleanest and least error prone game design implementations you can have.   It just works.  SE likes to try and bite off more than they can chew all too often.  

BUT, that's both a criticism and a compliment.  So many other game developers are cowards when it comes to changing up their game designs.  Most of them AAA developers. 

Im old school.
I prefer turn based rpgs, to action ones. Its just more enjoyable and relaxing to play that way.
Its about role play & story, action adds NOTHING to that, usually just takes away from it.

I'd argue the general western audience would prefer turn based as well. because the majority of US FF fans loved turn based FF games.  If pokemon still sells as much as it does to this day, what's to say that those turn based FF fans aren't still there?

The mistake that many make (including SE) is that they think all JRPGs don't sell well in the US.  That's only true  because SE isn't making the games that people really wanted in the US though. The Final Fantasy name brand is the one pretty much all turn based console JRPG fans in the west look to, and nothing else.  SE should have realized this by now looking at the sales of their games vs all the other console JPRGs...they don't even come close to FF's sales.  

Tales might be doing ok now in comparison, but still it's not really a competition at all looking at FF main titles of the past.  FFXIII is kind of turn based, and that was enough to get some heavy attention plus the FF name brand.

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Let's experiance the new battle system before making final judgments, I thought 12 was great and they can build on that by adding more freedom, but I will wait for it

Boring gameplay?

errrr... ok. 

Action Rpg all the way. There's no space for turn based anymore on AAA games.