13's Battle System!

[steven caban]

In an RPG one of the two things that makes or breaks a game is the battle system... (the other is the story of course)
thats what made me not like the 12th that much.
but FF13's battle system looks amazing!
is it just me or does the system kind of look like chrono crosses system?

[SuperSabin]

Final Fantasy XIII does look awesome dude. Its battle system doesn't really relate to CC's. It might look the same but this one the characters run around. In Chrono Cross the characters run up to the enemy and just stop there waiting for you to choose what attack strength to use on the enemy. In XIII the characters run all over the place and you can choose up to five different commands and they can be linked together to create a killer combo. Interesting observation though.

[steven caban]

I'm not saying the animation while fighting,
I'm just talking about the whole combo thing.

[Silver Spyro]

It looks awsome. Makes me want the game even more.

[Noctis Lucis]

13's battle system + wat ive been missin all my life

[ShadowMaster]

That the battle system? I hope it be like FF 12.

[Ryu-Kentoshii Hirokima]

the Battle System looks good. I just cannot wait to play it. It Looks so Awesome...*Drools Insane amount of Saliva*

[FFTheBest]

I think it's a bit like Crisis Core really...

[adamjr67]

I found ff12's battle system hard to get used too, so I hope this one is easier to manage.

[Petros]

12's battle system, whilst an innovative and interest idea. Was DULL AS HELL, you set up your gambits and maneuvered your character near the nearest enemy, if you set up the right gambits, you wouldn't even need to do that.

XIII is returning to more player control again, although I am annoyed that you can only control a single character in battle. It just serves as a reminder that Square-Enix are slowly trying to become BioWare and want to create Western styled Action RPG's which have little to no thought to them. I'm not saying XIII's system will be like that, from what I hear it's as tactical as X's, as fast as X-2's and as seamless as XII's, all great qualities and I'm sure it'll be great, but this combined with their comments that they feel they have to evolve to a more western-style is frustrating. I knew the day that JRPGs would die out was coming, it has been since the release of Final Fantasy X (not that it was bad, it's just that people seem to prefer dumbed down button mashing nowdays and boring same old FPSs)

[~FANTASY-ENDER~]

I started playing Final Fantasy XIII (6 hours into it) and I already love the battle system compare to Final Fantasy XII. It was nice to see they went back to the way they did to the other Final Fantasy battle gameplay which is a big plus.

[Yang's bald head]

Reminded me of Legend of Legaia

[Niloc13]

12's battle system, whilst an innovative and interest idea. Was DULL AS HELL, you set up your gambits and maneuvered your character near the nearest enemy, if you set up the right gambits, you wouldn't even need to do that.

XIII is returning to more player control again, although I am annoyed that you can only control a single character in battle. It just serves as a reminder that Square-Enix are slowly trying to become BioWare and want to create Western styled Action RPG's which have little to no thought to them. I'm not saying XIII's system will be like that, from what I hear it's as tactical as X's, as fast as X-2's and as seamless as XII's, all great qualities and I'm sure it'll be great, but this combined with their comments that they feel they have to evolve to a more western-style is frustrating. I knew the day that JRPGs would die out was coming, it has been since the release of Final Fantasy X (not that it was bad, it's just that people seem to prefer dumbed down button mashing nowdays and boring same old FPSs)

How many Bioware games have you played? Their battle systems, in general, are pretty deep.

[Nhan-Fiction]

The battle system is pretty good, though the use of Libra made battles lean toward the easy side.