HAVE YOUR SAY
I’m going to try something new here. Instead of ranting about a topic for probably twice as long as I should, I will briefly spin a yarn about an issue about gaming that I’ve been thinking about and leave it up to you, the audience to comment.
JRPGs can be a divisive bunch. A game can split the fan base almost seemingly in half – those people that will staunchly defend it, and those that go almost out of their way to ‘go to town’ on why it’s the worse video game of all time . Anything from character design, to incoherent story, unbalanced battle system or even an issue as small as average localisation is a target for these ultra vocal fan boys and girls that feel the need to have their, sometimes justified, views heard.
Me, I tend to be a quiet hater. I’m as guilty of being critical of any game I play, but the difference is I know what I like, and what I don’t – and because of this personal preference I don’t assume that the developer has made the game for me and my own tastes.
So now that we’ve established that, my question of the day relates to YOUR preference for turn based or pseudo-turn based RPG battle systems. I guess this is particularly relevant given the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII has you controlling only one party member.
Do you prefer full party control or only control over the main hero with the ability to set tactics for team members?
I guess I could’ve pitched the question this way, “did your party in Persona 3 do stupid retarded things all the time?” Personally, I think that there is something comforting about the ability to blame the AI for losing a battle. That may be why I liked Last Remnant….
Please tell us what you think. I know that you’re a talkative bunch, so don’t sit there all shy-like just because your parents are in the room. If this doesn’t work, you can expect me to go back to my old ranting, raving and rambling ways. Consider that an impetus to get involved.
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