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Message: [QUOTE="Gorse, post: 36790, member: 73"] While I’m not crazy about action RPGs “replacing” the traditional stuff, I do think there’s a way to do turn-based gameplay that evolves a bit beyond the standard Dragon Quest-style “attack-take damage-heal-repeat loop” that isn’t just the ATB system. I’ve personally had games I was otherwise interested in totally push me away because the battles were excruciatingly boring and bog-standard. (Hello, Okage: Shadow King!) JRPGs are popular [I]because [/I]they don’t require fast reflexes or high amount of physical skill, so developers should consider more “tactical” ways of arranging their combat systems. That’s why I love strategy RPGs like Shining Force way, way more than, like, Final Fantasy — it’s slow-paced, but you have to [I]think [/I]about what you’re doing and how it’s going to affect things later on. That’s what (in my opinion) should be influencing JRPGs, not, like, Devil May Cry. [/QUOTE]

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