Really? You can't get though the tournament on disc 3 unless you've invest at least a bit of time playing it.
One of the major theme of the game is ecology, if you stopped every Mako reactors that would've solved one.
I'd like Tetra Master more if it felt intuitive. Having every number on a card denote a range of values rather than a strict value makes the game feel awkward and random, especially when trying to learn it. The fact there are layers of invisible lottery to every play spoils the entire system even if once you look up how it actually works and understand it you can become a slightly more consistent player. Triple Triad isn't exactly the highest skill ceiling game of all time, but it is at least consistent and you can hypothetically beat certain NPCs with budget options through clever exploitations of opponent deck weaknesses and AI oddities. With Tetra Master you can do everything right with a beefy deck and still use because layer 2 of the 3 layer dice roll just didn't roll your way and you have no idea that the dice rolls are even occurring until you look it up out of confusion.
I've been beating the original FF7 with Aerith since Epsxe and ArtMoney was a thing (about ~20 years ago). So I wasn't sure on how this is a landmark moment. Thankfully the first minute of the vid explains that this is without Gameshark.
My favs from the games ive played(1-5, 4tay, 13 trilogy, and 15) are
Ough its so tough to narrow down. I'll just rapid fire a few
ffx is linear, but for the most part, you are not restricted from backtracking. and after you get the airship, you can explore and find some secret areas. you can also start the monster hunting quest as soon as you get to the calm lands and take care of a few areas while you are in them [calm lands and mt gagazet, and i think the macalina woods a bit too.] you can level grind much more to your hearts content than 13, which is very restrictive on what you can do and even how much characters can level up.
square enix acts like they are ashamed of turn based combat nowadays. that why the bravely default games selling well and being liked by people confused them.
Very sad. I'm a heavy Ivalice fanboy so to hear this is very disappointing, probably more disappointing than seeing how Unsung Story got handled and it's new design.
yeah, i love tactics advance 2 and 12 the most out of the ivalice alliance games. good game play, high tension during battles, and unique character designs and fantastic music. 100/10.
I say this as a massive Platinum fan but FFXVI's combat belongs to be mentioned in the same breath as many other greats. It might not have the mechanical complexities that drive the highest level of play in a game like DMC4 but for 99.99% of players that won't really matter and it'll go toe to toe with almost anything else they've played. The real boon to the game's combat is that it ties itself a bit too hard to fairly surface level skill trees and gear systems that take a while to get going. I still don't think the pacing is all that slow compared to more "pure" character action games but it is definitely worth noting that it does pace its mechanics out through a full playthrough. Like any character action game though, the real fun comes from NG+ where you can finally max your character out and put all of the tools together for an entire playthrough and really find that depth.
i haven't played or really seen anything of 16, so i can't comment on the battle system. i probably should have excluded it and 15 since i have no real experience with that one other than watching a parody video of it. the last new ffi played was 13, where they seemingly went overboard with controlling everything the player did. then the sequels started ditching turn based combat and then 15 and 16 come out and seem to be more action based.
