And you accuse others of lying and misrepresenting. Atb systems cannot be played as buttonmashers in the first place. Previous games always had challenging non boss encounters.
I'm not talking about regular enemies, which you can wipe out from the face of the map after like using 1-2 skills, I'm talking about bosses and fat enemies with trillions of HP and all of the skills are completely worthless against them and only doing so much. I'm talking about bosses the same level as you and not underleveled and big enemies. It makes no difference whether you parry or avoiding attacks, even pressing L3+R3 only restoring your HP and doing fuck all damange the same as regular sword. If you like this shit, good for you, but I don't. Gameplay wise this game is brainless and worthless POS. The purpose of parry and avoiding attacks in this game is nothing more but cool looking moves, cuz you simply can't die in this game and there's no life and death situations which could encouridge you to use these moves to get through the fights, it's simply not required AT ALL.
Again, what's the point in all this if combat is brainless shit? It's nothing more than flashy moves and skills. Have you forgot how it was in one of the best game in this genre such as DMC or Bayonetta? Go and install these games, play them for at least an hour or two to remind yourself how it was and then go back here and say to me that combat in these games is the same as in FFXVI, let alone better.
There's nothing to wrap the brain around in this game gameplay and combat wise, it's pure and brainess turd for people who can't or refuce to think and do anything but press X and like cool looking shit with lots of particles on the screen.If you can't wrap your brain around that, then maybe the game is a bit too complicated for you
The biggest issue with ultima is he made the story entirely predictable. Then he essentially removed most characters from the equation by turning them into puppets. Then the game relied on various plot contrivances to get characters to do his agenda. Kupka and dion going insane was entirely contrived and stupid, just to make them eat the crystals.
Constant banter aside, Arise is far better in terms of combat and the fact that you've a party of characters and you can switch between them if you like one more than the other, makes a world of difference as well as the fact that you need to think a lot in this game and use your brain while in FFXVI you don't and there's no need for that. Combat even looks and feels great in Arise.
Yeah, nowadays i don't even need to mash, ATB games just plays itself if u want, but YES i can MASH only attack and beat the game if thats how i want to play.
That's complete nonsense, bosses with large health pools are a normal part of the character action genre. And there are so many ways to vary your damage output, following up attacks with timed magic bursts, the 4th and 5th Eikons which completely reward parrying and dodging in completely different ways, counter abilities that become way more powerful using their enhanced versions. There's so many other ways to play besides stagger ability spam
soooo ?
You proved nothing wrong. Atb games still can't be buttonmashers, even if you grinded to hell. The system itself is the antithesis of button mashing. I don't really understand what point you are trying to make. All you proved is earlier games were more challenging.
I think it would be pretty bad too. You can have elemental weakness when you have access to all elements early, but it would be a real pain when you realize that you get a new element only every 10ish hours. And even in late game you would have to adjust the design to make the player understand what kind of enemies to expect next to adjust slots accordingly. Basically in what I understand the game would became a slot management simulator. It would just not work well imo, it seems out of place
Without any other design changes, certainly. But that could be solved for.
Give me a break, the ATB FF games have the most mindless battles I’ve ever played in an RPG. Even calling them “button mashers” is giving them too much credit since you can literally win almost every non-boss battle just by holding X (or using auto-battle in the remasters). It’s actually a mild annoyance on the rare occasion when you have to do something besides your basic attack in non-boss battles.
That is horrible advice. But sure. Miss out on great worldbuilding and character interactions. Some incredibly memorable quests exist, but they build up over time.
Ah, gaming hyperbole. Game has a couple of QTEs, it's Dragon's Lair. Also since when is Final Fantasy known for puzzles? Been playing since FF1 on NES and not ONCE have I had a memorable puzzle in the games hell, in those 33 years I can't even remember one. Secrets I can give you, the game is far from perfect, and the loot needs work.
We must not have played the same games. I know I was challenged in earlier games, to the point I had to grind to make it an even fight. And what time do you get to experiment in 16? They all die in 2 seconds, except the fat sponges, but against them experimentation is practically worthless as it everything deals fuck all damage, even after staggering.
What world building? This game's kingdoms and politics are all throwaway. None of it matters in the story. The kingdoms are all laughably underdeveloped. And the later sidequests have the same mannequin low budget delivery, making them impossible to take seriously. The only thing worth it in this game are the spectacle boss fights. Skipping side quests to improve the pace is much better.
I think you may be mistaking the meaning of the word challenging if you think that spending hours farming experience to kill an enemy is challenging, in my point of view it's simply boring to keep walking and walking repeating the same battles over and over until you get the desired level to kill a boss.
IF a fight wipes the floor with me, I go and grind, and then come back for an EVEN FIGHT. If I choose to grind for hours to be OVERLEVELED, it will be easy. RPGs are generally judged based on how it's combat looks like when you are relatively even levelled. The reason some enemies are overpowered is to encourage exploration so you can come back stronger. Svarog may be challenging when you are 15 levels below him but that's not how anybody experiences the game.
You don't have to spend hours to be able to take out the Midgar Zolom.
Great combat and game design as a whole, would've allowed you to mix and match different abilities and create your own play styles from multiple Eikons to be ready for all situations and combat scenarios, instead of switching Eilons back and forth. Sadly though, great design is not about FFXVI, at least when it comes to gameplay, combat and many other gameplay systems.
You can even go much deeper into the past and see what FFXII offered - almost exactly what you're describing, be it on a much less impressive technical level, but that's beside the point.
Cloister Trials in FF X.
this shit is the most mindless boring puzzle that i ever see in a FF game.
Pretty much. I think the crafting is a decent improvement (combining accessories to make better, etc) but that should have even been in the base game. Otherwise... Yep. It's not much harder.
A bunch of side quests pop up.
Yes you are about to get hit with a bunch of sidequests, and no youre not at the point of no return yet.
Yea you get more purple and higher tear drafting stuff but thats it it doesnt really change anything else.
Just hold attack till the sword is on fire than jump and release attack
