Battle system

[thunderbolts9]

I read in a magazine that the developers of FF XIII said that the battle system of FFXIII is the best that they have ever made. In another it said that they were putting out a demo to show everyone this new battle system. From the trailer the battle system looks absolutely amazing! Anyone agree or disagree?

[Shadow Clone]

its look really cool but seeing the trailer i still dont know how ull play it.

[Dark Vincent]

What magazine was it? Well I think every dev/pr guy will say "this is the best we've made", nobody will come out and be honest "it's good but I preferred my previous work on x and y games".
I hope it's fast-paced like Crisis Core and White Knight Chronicles

[thunderbolts9]

I read it in game informer.

[Final]

I like the ''menu'' or what you call it, it looks very smooth and stylish.. And as Dark Vincent said, it don't really know how you'll play it neither..

[Shadow Clone]

we do know that u can chain attacks togethere or somthing like that.

[Allen]

we know too that the ATB will back and the battles will be very very fast
mmm lets wait to see the demo <.<

[Final]

Very very fast :( NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn my laziness ;) Ahh, I'll come over it :)

[Reviarth]

I hope its fast, I really want this game to test my reflexes ^^

[ryuzaki89]

I hope its fast, I really want this game to test my reflexes ^^
lol
I hope it is fast and smooth

[Zen]

I hope it does those random PUSH " " kind of games during some points of the game like in Shenmue

[Rui]

I would really want to see how the battle system works. Like making combo attacks and using magic attacks..something like that. The battle system may be somewhat similar to Kingdom Hearts 2's battle system.

[Zen]

I hope they mix it up abit.

[OmiVersusXIV]

I hope they mix it up abit.

I hope its similar to FFXII becuase thats my favorite battle system so far

[Zen]

Well I didn't like it so much Go for the Xenogears type but w/o the turn bases part

[OmiVersusXIV]

Well I didn't like it so much Go for the Xenogears type but w/o the turn bases part

ohhhh yeah i almost forgot thats a good one to

[Naunen]

I still find it scary that they mentioned it will have a more complex battle system than FFXIII's. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kamoohiyazada/Ohnoes.gif So many weapons...

[OmiVersusXIV]

I still find it scary that they mentioned it will have a more complex battle system than FFXIII's. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kamoohiyazada/Ohnoes.gif So many weapons...

well I could kinda visualize what it could possibly be like

[Reviarth]

I absolutely cannot wait to see it, maybe they will show it at the Games Developers Conference showing on gamespot, *cough* although I'm just crossing my fingers for more info on squares new MMORPG ^^;

[OmiVersusXIV]

I absolutely cannot wait to see it, maybe they will show it at the Games Developers Conference showing on gamespot, *cough* although I'm just crossing my fingers for more info on squares new MMORPG ^^;

when is the GDC suppose to take place anyway????????

[Zen]

man those weapons will be cool to use them all. Like each weapon you have the more attacks you could do!

[OmiVersusXIV]

man those weapons will be cool to use them all. Like each weapon you have the more attacks you could do!

I wonder if you could use two at once like the gun and sword together

[Zen]

O_O that would own! Or have it duel blades then combine them at the hilts!

[OmiVersusXIV]

O_O that would own! Or have it duel blades then combine them at the hilts!

heck yeah that would be so kool

[Zen]

then think what skills he could have! =O!!! Cast magic ont he blade and use it for one magic strike Fire Sword! Ice Sword! Shock Blast! (No clue where that came from)

[OmiVersusXIV]

then think what skills he could have! =O!!! Cast magic ont he blade and use it for one magic strike Fire Sword! Ice Sword! Shock Blast! (No clue where that came from)

do you think he will have that sword bearer all the time or do you think he has to full up a gauge to summon the protective bearer

[Zen]

Yeah I think it has to do with your MP(FF7 terms) When you activate the skill it slowly drains your MP by 1 every hit/sec

[OmiVersusXIV]

Yeah I think it has to do with your MP(FF7 terms) When you activate the skill it slowly drains your MP by 1 every hit/sec

Yeah but it would be cool if it had a dynasty or samurai warriors battle system to it though

[Zen]

Well KH battle was good.

[Shadow Clone]

then think what skills he could have! =O!!! Cast magic ont he blade and use it for one magic strike Fire Sword! Ice Sword! Shock Blast! (No clue where that came from)

its drom ff9 when vivi casts magic on stiners sowrd.

[Zen]

No no I ment the last one LOL I kinda made that last one out of noware...

[Shadow Clone]

No no I ment the last one LOL I kinda made that last one out of noware...
there was stock break if thats whst u mean?

[Zen]

I ment Shock blast LOL sounds like something a power ranger would use.

[Naunen]

Is this Final Fantasy XIII we're talking about? O___o

[Shadow Clone]

Is this Final Fantasy XIII we're talking about? O___o

shite my bad i just go with what the guy r saying, i should read the threads first lol

[Draperc]

From what I've read and heard, the battle systems for both final fantasy xiii and versus xiii seem like winners to me, 'nuff said here.

[Reviarth]

when is the GDC suppose to take place anyway????????
Its this friday check out gamespot it has a schedual

[thunderbolts9]

I hope its similar to FFXII becuase thats my favorite battle system so far

FF XII's battle system was the worst one in a long time. I cant even finish it cuz i hate the battle system so much.

[Naunen]

FF XII's battle system was the worst one in a long time. I cant even finish it cuz i hate the battle system so much.
----Then you're pretty old-school. xD There's only room for innovation in next-gen.

[Shuyu]

FF XII's battle system was the worst one in a long time. I cant even finish it cuz i hate the battle system so much.

Even worse than FFX's shamelessly tedious and unnecessarily slow-paced CTB? FFXII's system blew that out of the water and then proceeded to launched 80 million missiles at it before saying "We're just getting started."

But the gambits were shite, tbqfh.

As far as I'm concerned (which, if I don't get a PS3 sometime in the next year, is not very far at all), Final Fantasy XIII seems to be heading in the right direction.

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Now's about the time Squeenix turns around and does something that destroys my soul.

[Final]

I hope its similar to FFXII becuase thats my favorite battle system so far

Hear, hear!!

[Brave27heart]

FFXII's system was a marmite one...you either love it or hate it. Personally i thought it was refreshing. I liked the fact that athough some characters were slightly biased towards being magic/healing heavy (Penelo) or physical attack heavy (Basch) you could change their equipment and weapons to make them whatever you wanted. I would like to see that return.

I think it'll probably be an advanced version of the FFXII system, but i dont think they'll use gambits again, they'll give us more direct control over the characters.

I love the bit in the demo where Lightening casts what looks like stop on several rent-a-goons, leaps down to dispatch another one and then almost as an after thought turns back and flicks her hand out destroying the helpless enemies. Beautiful.

[Zen]

That would be a good way to do it.

[Naunen]

FFXII's system was a marmite one...you either love it or hate it.

----Well said. xD

[darkhall]

but the trailer i have seen the battle system looks really good

[LightningXIII]

The battle system uses ATB but I don't think it'll be purely turn-based. I have a feeling that there'll be some type of free roam system you'll be able to use (like FFXII). That'll also of course mean that you'll only be able to control one character at a time.

Also I wonder how the summons will be used this time around. It'll be awesome if you could ride the Shiva motorcycle in battles by summoning her!

[Sargath]

As a former FF7, FF9 and FF10 fan, FF12 seemed to be just like wow almost, atleast the battlesystem. I've always loved the pre-FF12 battlesystem cause it was unique from most other games.
FF12 I played for 3 hours before I stopped playing of boredom, and yes the battlesystem ruined everything for me.

So for FF13 I really hope they do something to get it more back to what it was,atleast thats what I hope :) :P