Turn based or action based combat?

[Descatusat]

I'm not asking. I played this on 360. Cool its coming to PC.

What I'm asking is. Does anyone miss turn based combat of the old FFs? I sure do. I always hear that it just doesn't work anymore and the new/younger fans want action gameplay. Curious if this is true. How many of you want a new FF with the old school turn based mechanics?

[OneFodderUnit]

I've always preferred turn based jrpgs. I still play older ones from time to time. That's why the last FF I really enjoyed was FF X.

[Descatusat]

Good man. I purchased this just because I love the FF universe and the series in general so much. I am , however, going to keep holding on to the small grain of hope that SE will release at least one more turn based FF game, even if its just as an experiment to test waters.

[stoopk1d]

FFXIII is still pretty much turn-based, even if it is quite "automated." There's a still a battle screen, even. To me, action gameplay implies something like Kingdom Hearts.

I still enjoy the turn-based battles of IV, VI, VII when I replay them but a lot of that is nostalgia too.

I'd actually like them to go back to XII "MMO-style" mechanics. All real-time, no battle screen, Gambits/AI controls to control the fight style of your party.

I know some people hate that style since they feel like they've lost "control," but let's be honest, how much "control" are you really inputting in a generic mob battle when you're just hitting 'Fight' 16 times in a row? Yeah boss battles are different but XII allowed you to micro-manage your battles if you really wanted.

I'll admit, my attention span for turn-based RPGs is pretty low at this stage of life, lol.

[Dirty Macarons]

While I love the turn-based combat of the older games, I really like the faster, more action oriented battle system of XIII. Personally, I think Square Enix made the right move in trying something new instead of releasing yet another "traditional" RPG. But that's just my humble opinion.

[Dogui]

Both styles are good in their own ways, but would prefer the old ATB feelings in FFs eternally...just more fast paced and all...

It's understandable though, franchise = AAA - Turn based mechanics = niche nowadays

[Spirit Shard]

I like both systems but for XIII the 'action' hybrid with the atb and all is actually really well done (and gets even better in the second one). There are a lot of turn based RPGs out there as well, if I wanted to play a turn based ff I'd just go back to the older ones, they fit the bill a lot better. Thing is tho, XIII isn't really an 'action' game but rather a kind of hybrid I've yet to see in any other game. They took ATB to a whole new level and instead of being generic it's actually unique.

[Terraxion]

well, I tried both systems and they both work fine for me :)

[dragon_blade]

To be hoonest its abit of both. It is turn based but it is fast paced so it feels like an action game kind of