The battle system should have characters stand in place, make a slashing/shooting motion, then take damage from the enemy, simple as that. All this backflips and unlimited combos will hurt my eyes.

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FF + Tales/SO = FFXIII. Do a number of combos with one character via commands, next turn, do a number of combos with the other character via commands, etc...

FFX-2 battle system is so far the best in the series btw. FFXIII´s will surpass since it bases itself on that.

With a touch of Grandia III for radial damage and aerial combat.

Grandia III was awesome. Don't even care if I'm off topic, it had to be said.

I agree with this. If it's anything like XII's system, I won't even looks at this game. Final Fantasy needs to go back to being turn-based, seriously.

I lol @ this  :D

Wow, sounds like a lot of ppl aren't happy w this.

Part of me hopes that FFXIII is received like FFXII was: lauded by critics as one of if not the best games in the franchise, praised for how it carries the series forward into brave new territories and shows that Square actually does still have it -

And then the gaming populace explodes into violent factions who either hail it as the second coming of Final Fantasy or the death knell of the series.

I would have so much fun in that dialogue's landscape.

I dont like turn based, too old and dated. Let them work and create something new, Im sure it will be cool.
Too much whining about it being like FF12. I prefer than to the old system, too slow, but Im sure it will be better than 12 battle system.