TizzytheTormentor said:
Yeah we will just have to agree to disagree I finished XII and beat Yiazmat and Omega weapon and I still think the Gambit system was deeply flawed there were only so many ways you could set it up and the A.I still got confused during the worst possible times (and I had a pretty good grasp of it after 126 hours of playing) it would have been easier to just select through a menu.
This confusion rarely lasted more than 1/2 a second only a few times did I catch them completely spazzing out for no reason but in the tricky fights that 1/2 second may be all thats needed for the battle to start going downhill the Omega weapon fight is a good example as if you get behind its very hard to catch back up. FFX has the best combat in the series for me personally.
I also found the gambit in Dragon Age origins horrible there really just is not enough slots to account for every situation meaning constant switching which takes longer than just running into a battle and selecting everything manually unless ofc you are grinding on the same mobs (and they arent dangerous to your team).
As I said selecting your team to attack the one you are attacking or attack when attacked are pretty bad as you lose the initiative either in part or completely while attack everything was ok but you had to make sure they didnt commit suicide.
I have a friend who liked the system though but for the vast majority of people I know they strongly disliked it, actually come to think of it I am the only person I know IRL who actually finished XII or XIII (I dont know anyone who bought XIII except me) but I know loads who finished VII , VIII and X and a few on VI and IX.
Dosent matter though as that system is gone I look forward to trying out XIII-3 and its system but I am more interested in FFXV now really I am getting tired of Lightning and co but as long as I get to kill Snow I will be satisfied actually im not tired of Sazh and Fang was ok to but the rest yeah not great. I dont know how you could like Vaan usually I can see how someone may like them even if I dont but im at a loss here its like someone liking Snow or Rush from The Last Remnant I just cant see any redeeming factors at least he had more personality than Fran though I will give him that but then again a beige wall has more personality than her as well.
I hope they dont start making a lot of the game DLC again im not paying for any on FFXIII-2 how it ends on the disc is the full story as far as im concerned just like with Asuras Wrath (still salty over that).
If you just played the main story in FFXIII you could get by with auto battle but later on fights are still easier if you select your own try taking down a Long Gui with auto battle
or indeed any tricky enemy i.e the post game enemies some you probably could win doing this but I dont think you would be getting five stars. The trouble is as I said most of the game there is little reason not to just use auto battle.
The only creature I had trouble casting Doom on me was one of the end game creatures cant remember its name it may have been a superpowered Ochu but it had super high damage to go along with Doom making it a nightmare to deal with dont remember having any trouble with Barthandelous but I know I stopped using auto battle all the time when I got to gran pulse (i.e the first fun part of the game) so maybe thats why I had an easier time beating him.
For giant health bars nothing beats Yiazmat though in FF offline games anyway that thing takes forever to go down luckily hes not that hard its just a massive battle of attrition and patience ofc goddamn having to pause and switch in equipment for different attacks he is preparing was annoying. Watch battle oh attack telegraphed pause change equipment unpause attack happens pause change equipment back carry on.
