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Message: [QUOTE="sandogma, post: 27199, member: 713"] I agree. I considered FF9 to be a great homage to the 16-bit era Final Fantasy games, which I also love. I do agree with [USER=4917]ObscureJigglypuff[/USER] that the franchise has lost its way in later installments once Square went all in on action and ditched the turn based systems entirely. I'm happy for those who enjoy the FF7 remakes and FF15/16 real time combat, but to me Final Fantasy was always a turn based game and there were other Square franchises that explored real time combat. I see a lot of discourse regarding this topic and I often read rebuttals that mention the fact that the Final Fantasy games always made changes to their battle system. But while that is true, the [B]foundation[/B] of every battle system was always turn based, whether it was traditional (ff1-3), [B]active-time battle [/B](FF4-9), [B]conditional turn based battle [/B](FFX-X2), [B]active dimension battle [/B](FF12) or [B]command synergy battle [/B](FF13+), all these innovative battle systems are designed from a turn based strategy mechanic. Honestly, I feel Atlus has done a better job than Square with showing how turn based combat can still be fresh and innovative with their [B]Press-Turn System [/B]and [B]Once More System[/B] found in Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona series and now Metaphor: Refantazio. [/QUOTE]

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