The AI companions are kind of boring?

[Daddy Kaneki]

I wasn't expecting the companion AI to be as fully fledged as Tales or Shining Resonance, especially seeing as they don't even have health bars, but does anyone else feel like they're a little underwhelming? They just watch most of the time.

Sometimes they use some cool move or buff Clive but they rarely do much else, and I can't help but feel like it's a missed opportunity.

This may change, as I am not that deep in the story yet (Jill just woke up) but does anyone else feel like the AI buddies are mostly "just for show"?

[Pnume]

Since it's an almost pure action game, it is way better that way.
I want to play the game. Not have an AI play for me.

[Daddy Kaneki]

Originally posted by Pnume:

Since it's an almost pure action game, it is way better that way.
I want to play the game. Not have an AI play for me.

This is a weak argument. Even if the AI were useful and were actual members of the fight with their own health bars, it doesn't mean the game will still be fun if you sit back and watch them fight. They CAN, and they COULD win if they were designed fairly well, but that doesn't mean the game is fun. If you want to play the game then play, what the hell is your point?

[Shock_&_Awe]

Yes they are mostly useless. They may take some aggro off enemies sometimes, but they really aren't that useful and are pretty boring.

[Sinophile]

Where is Aerith and Tifa?

[Bliksem]

They are useless but they heal me when I get hurt.

[ミロ]

Originally posted by Sinophile:

Where is Aerith and Tifa?

they fused them into Jill i suppose lol

[Sinophile]

but Jill won't get naked with me

[iameatingjam]

They're more useful than in the Divine Force, man are they ever useless in that game.... By the way, this game feels awfully similar to that game in a number of ways. Tri-ace is under square, I wonder if they use the same engine.

[Daddy Kaneki]

Originally posted by iameatingjam:

They're more useful than in the Divine Force, man are they ever useless in that game.... By the way, this game feels awfully similar to that game in a number of ways. Tri-ace is under square, I wonder if they use the same engine.

It's like I said earlier. I don't *need* them to be on the same level of companions in the Tales game, or in Shining Resonance, but they AT LEAST could have made them as interesting as they were in FF15. Like I mean come on, they're just decoration. At least make it so that they can revive you.

The people claiming that the AI might steal the limelight from the player don't make any sense either because it's not like your combo will get interrupted by the AI hitting the boss. It just means the boss dies faster and you feel more like a unit rather than The Clive Show.

I love Clive, he's a cool character and I like the way he's written and his abilities are fun to play with, I just don't want it to be The Clive Show. I don't like it when they're sitting there watching me wail at the boss.

Even if they can wipe the floor with the trash mobs, it still doesn't change the fact that they FEEL like decorations to me. They don't have visible health bars, they aren't really part of the fight so much as they are these nebulous external factors that might help you in a cinematic way if the game gets lucky with some emergent timing.

[Hosenbund]

yes they are pretty boring, the party feeling of FF got lost in this one. but even if they did more in the fights, the party feeling would still be non-existant, because you dont control them yourself.

i dont see a reason for them to be that useless though. i can literally use 1 or 2 skills and delete a whole screen of trash mobs myself.
wouldnt hurt anyone's experience if the teammates did some more.

and for bosses they could just increase their hp a bit to balance the team doing more damage to them.

so you are right. whoever argues differently is weird for me, even on highest difficulty without cheat accessoiries the game is super easy. i even installed a mod so the enemies deal 2x their damage and it still is quite easy to get through, so i dont get the logic of the first commenter.

[iameatingjam]

Originally posted by 🌙Erazen🌙:

Originally posted by iameatingjam:

They're more useful than in the Divine Force, man are they ever useless in that game.... By the way, this game feels awfully similar to that game in a number of ways. Tri-ace is under square, I wonder if they use the same engine.

It's like I said earlier. I don't *need* them to be on the same level of companions in the Tales game, or in Shining Resonance, but they AT LEAST could have made them as interesting as they were in FF15. Like I mean come on, they're just decoration. At least make it so that they can revive you.

The people claiming that the AI might steal the limelight from the player don't make any sense either because it's not like your combo will get interrupted by the AI hitting the boss. It just means the boss dies faster and you feel more like a unit rather than The Clive Show.

I love Clive, he's a cool character and I like the way he's written and his abilities are fun to play with, I just don't want it to be The Clive Show. I don't like it when they're sitting there watching me wail at the boss.

Even if they can wipe the floor with the trash mobs, it still doesn't change the fact that they FEEL like decorations to me. They don't have visible health bars, they aren't really part of the fight so much as they are these nebulous external factors that might help you in a cinematic way if the game gets lucky with some emergent timing.

True. Don't tell me the answer but I'm sitting here wondering if I'll ever get another party member. Ever since losing that one person its just me, Jill and and the dog.

Btw, Tales is my favourite JRPGS series and I like shining resonance too. I can even look past the power of friendshippyness of it. And those instruments haha.

Buuuuut I like this game too. I just like JRPGs. Even though square doesn't like that term now I guess. Or was that just Yoshida? Oh well it doesn't matter... its still a jrpg to me.

[MancSoulja]

Everyone: Why is the game too easy

Also everyone: Why isn't the CPU fighting for me.

[iameatingjam]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Everyone: Why is the game too easy

Also everyone: Why isn't the CPU fighting for me.

Good point....

[Namigumere]

this is what ai has been demanding your respect for. fight the fight brotha.

[Metro]

They are, I don't even use dog commands.