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TruckOSaurus said:
outlawauron said:
TruckOSaurus said:

The battle system was built around gambits so not using them was not really an option. I didn't get all summons so I don't think I fought Yiazmat but I'm pretty sure that if the fight lasted 7 hours, you were doing something wrong.

No, Square has a thing for really long boss battles.

http://kotaku.com/5036371/final-fantasy-xi-boss-takes-at-least-18-hours-to-beat

Yeah I just read up on it but I'm kinda derailed your thread so I'm going to say:

FFXIII's battle system sounds great to me from the demo impression and if like you said you'll get more control over your party in the final version I'm even more happy.

Alright, sounds good.

I'm interested to see what the finished product will be but the demo is hella fun.



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Good Impressions. Funny enough, I watched the demo on youtube and was worried about Sazh's damage (relative to the MC) as well. I don't want a situation where some characters are overwhelmingly better than others because I always go for the powerhouse party.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?



 

Pristine20 said:
Good Impressions. Funny enough, I watched the demo on youtube and was worried about Sazh's damage (relative to the MC) as well. I don't want a situation where some characters are overwhelmingly better than others because I always go for the powerhouse party.

Yeah, although I will say he attacks a lot faster than Lightning.



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Tbone said:
Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?

The AI controls them but you can pip in and direct them to attack a certain enemy or to heal you.

You never choose their actions. At least that's what it is in the demo.



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outlawauron said:
Pristine20 said:
Good Impressions. Funny enough, I watched the demo on youtube and was worried about Sazh's damage (relative to the MC) as well. I don't want a situation where some characters are overwhelmingly better than others because I always go for the powerhouse party.

Yeah, although I will say he attacks a lot faster than Lightning.

 

I guess if there's an accesory like cat nip(ffx-2), he'll end up doing much more damage lol



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

outlawauron said:
Tbone said:
Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?

The AI controls them but you can pip in and direct them to attack a certain enemy or to heal you.

You never choose their actions. At least that's what it is in the demo.

So u pretty much controll the main character only.

 



 

outlawauron said:
Tbone said:
Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?

The AI controls them but you can pip in and direct them to attack a certain enemy or to heal you.

You never choose their actions. At least that's what it is in the demo.

 

I hope they at least retain gambits for that purpose or at least give us a choice between the 2. AI never works the way I want in JRPGs which is why I appreciate the ffxii method.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

Pristine20 said:
outlawauron said:
Tbone said:
Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?

The AI controls them but you can pip in and direct them to attack a certain enemy or to heal you.

You never choose their actions. At least that's what it is in the demo.

 

I hope they at least retain gambits for that purpose or at least give us a choice between the 2. AI never works the way I want in JRPGs which is why I appreciate the ffxii method.

I swear on all thats holy that if theres gambits or anything that resembles gambits, I will not get this game or any other FF for that matter! 

 



hatmoza 2.0 said:
Pristine20 said:
outlawauron said:
Tbone said:
Great read Outlaw.

One thing, dont u controller the other characters or?

The AI controls them but you can pip in and direct them to attack a certain enemy or to heal you.

You never choose their actions. At least that's what it is in the demo.

 

I hope they at least retain gambits for that purpose or at least give us a choice between the 2. AI never works the way I want in JRPGs which is why I appreciate the ffxii method.

I swear on all thats holy that if theres gambits or anything that resembles gambits, I will not get this game or any other FF for that matter! 

 

You'd rather have AI that does whatever the heck it wants to do? AI can be really stupid in tough battles and I'm the type that like s to beat the Ultima and Omega weapons of the game. My biggest complaints with AI controlled party members was the fight with freya in Star Ocean 3 . When freya used ether strike, there was only a small corner of the map you could stay to avoid the attack. I would always swicth to the AI controlled characters when I saw the attack coming and run them to the corners of the battle area and they'd run right back to the middle and get killed as soon as I switched back to fayt. This was very annoying.

This is why I said we shoul at least have a choice. Those of you in love with A.I can have it while those of us who'd rather have gambis can be happy as well. Of course, I'd prefer if it was completely turn-based but it looks like that style is going extinct.

 



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler