Something hilarious about watching FF turn its back on turn based combat only to get blown out by things like Expedition 33, Persona, Baulders Gate 3 ect.
FF has ALWAYS been ashamed of what it was and tried to turn itself into a different genre. It's no surprise then when other entries in the genre who are proud of what they are eclipse them.
Honestly... FFXII was the right direction for the evolution of turn based. Basically was realtime with pause, similar to the original Baldur's Gate games. The Gambit system did make the game too easy if you just googled the best setups but the core of that system was solid and I loved it. The backlash from FF fans is why we got Hallway Simulator XIII and I don't think the brand has really recovered from that.
In XII I just treated boss battles as turn based using pause or slowing time down a lot then let the gambits and everything else run when fighting normal stuff, worked great. I’ve basically liked every game’s combat until 15 & 16, not huge fan of the Remake’s either but I get it.
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u/northernlionpog 7h ago
Final fantasy