' ATB Cost' ?

I' m assuming they' ve gelled the ATB with the ' MP' so to speak. I think I can see how this goes. The bar constantly refills, commands have different costs, biggest ones naturally you need to wait for the bar to refill...

Trivia:

From the screen - Attack uses 30, V Strike 50, level 1 elemental spells use 40 each, and she' s got another ' Aerial move' at the top of the chain for 80.

And her ATB maxes out at 830, and there' s a chain of commands for 5 slots, 2 unfilled and the others with V Strike (highlighted orange, guess that' s the move in the screenie) and two attacks onwards.

Funny thing...I THINK I can see how this whole thing works...for a single player.

Think it' ll be AI/Gambit controlled party members? Looks like it' s complicated as it is to control one character, and it looks like a manic battle system; can' t imagine how to manage more than 3 =/

ORIGINAL: Byakko

Think it' ll be AI/Gambit controlled party members? Looks like it' s complicated as it is to control one character, and it looks like a manic battle system; can' t imagine how to manage more than 3 =/

Let me sum that up for you - Mess

**Goes home**

Byakko - nice ideas , seems cool (ATB thing)

After watching my friend play Dirge of Cerebus...I wonder if this is what we' ll get from paying FFXIII:

' GODDAMN CINEMATIC CAMERA GET THAT FUCK HAIR OUT OF MY FACE!'

Right, cheapo kills from offscreen enemies...I scare myself...

Honestly, cinematic battle is great, it' s engaging, it can be fun! LO' s looked great (if on the horribly slow side, hopefully speeds up a little in the final build), and FFXIII LOOKS awesome, but is it playable =/?

Somehow, I doubt it...

As in, this is what they' re showing now. Flashy flash flashy. Then we get something totally different in the game and Squenix would say: " You must have misunderstood the screenie." Or some crap like that...

Edit: I' m disillusioned with FF, but I have to admit. I really, REALLY like the battle system (in my head), but like, when I watched the first FFXIII trailer, I kept thinking, how is this possible from a practical point? Cinematic cameras do NOT work in real-time, they just DON' T.

quote:

ORIGINAL: ]GaNgStA[

IGN:

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the game still uses menu-driven combat, and it' s possible that while making decisions on what to do, the game will go into slow motion a la The Matrix while it waits for your commands.




Well, that' s certainly not impressive...

SUDEKI!!!!!!!

oh yeah sudeki used that system! But I think FF will make it a lot better. The screenshot is fu*king sweet! But I get the feeling it' ll change when the game is close to release...as usual.

No this FF13, is basically the same old system,its nothing new,she might run straight ahead but look at the commands.

Its a FF system and nothing new,just more commands.

About the ATB.
It might be so that commands cost " ATB" and sometimes you gonna need to wait a turn to get it back,like in Enchanted arms,but there they call it something i forgoten.

Active Time Battle basically means that computer and you have a timelimit to react to.
And the faster you make your move,the more advantage you will have over the A.I for ex a faster player might manage to get in more attacks on a boss then a slower player who might think what hee need to do,ofc strategy also plays in its part...

Its still a very traditional system and was invented in FF4 if i remember right.

It' s not a bad thing at all,its just what we seen in LO,but the " gauge meter is shown" .

We' ll keep hearing those LO comments for a long time now...

ORIGINAL: ]GaNgStA[

We' ll keep hearing those LO comments for a long time now...

Somehow , no X360 game seems to impress u much ...

That GBA FFIV was great, even if the battle had horrible lag But after I completed the entire danger, including using/hiding Edward, that was it. It took a good solid two months and nearly 3 though of casual play.

Still, that was truly awesome...

Btw, slightly off-topic, but isn' t it weird that the PS3 has ZILCH RPGs of ANY kind that' s slated for launch? o_0 How does that win points with the Jap crowd?

Anything with a great whopping big P with the shadow of an ' S' will sell..

...just in case you all forgot, there are two Final Fantasy games simultaneously in development for the PS3...

...check out these latest screens of FFXIII' s mysterious sister title, FFXIII: Verses








...Square really like drip-feeding fans, huh?.....

Not really,all three SS are " cgi" and you may wonder how they have time to work on all these 4-5 FF games when last time they had their FF12 delayed with 2-3 years.

Mayby they should put their manpower and dedication at their FF13 first...

Im worried about S-E.

Somehow , no X360 game seems to impress u much ...

There are some impressive games - you must' ve mised a few comments of mine - check Bioshock section (and the movie - you owe it to yourself)