[Elliott]

What is your favourite type of battle system. Pick from one of the choices obviously. I Prefer real time like Zelda, beats all turn based types by a mile, although turn based ones do have their moments.

[el_Sethro]

I like them all. I prefer turn-based to real time usually, because my reflexes aren't that good when it comes to video games, but I do like them all. (especially the "auto mode" in BoF)

[theblueflames]

I prefere turnbased, but real time is great.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

I generally like them all, but I prefer strategy like battle systems.

[Elliott]

I think real-time requires the most skill. With turn based all you have to do is keep using your strongest attack and occasionally heal. Real time requires quick reflexes and thinking.

[Water Assassin]

Before I first played Golden Sun: The lost age I was really into Zelda. I got both the Oracle games and Zelda for Gamecube with the bonus Ocarina of Time disc. I grew up with realtime so i'd have to say that realtime is my favourite gaming style. Of course, second actually is a tie for strategy (FE especially) and Turn based. The thing is I suck at turn based cause you do not know what the enemy is planning and you can't dodge out of the way. B)

But thats the fun of it, I guess :P

[MysticWarrior]

I like all of them, I guess. That or I can't decide.

[theblueflames]

I don't like the FE system as much as GS's and other's Turnbased.

[Nick Presta]

I love all.

Turn Based Battle
Turn Based Seige
Real Time
and any others.

I love them. I guess it isn't that I LOVE them all, but it's that I don't DISLIKE any.

[Golden Legacy]

Personally, I think it just goes with the game... I have no preference (maybe Real Time to a SLIGHT degree)...
But anyway, I'm fond of all of them...

[Neo]

Although i haven't played it last few weeks... i love the real time fighting most. it gives more existement... battles don't take so long if you have to fight a weak opponent (you don't have to wait a few turns before you are at the opponent). tricks like rolling, flipping and such can be used. running away, and right after that attack again can be used... all those things are examples why i like real time more.

[Jon]

I'm impartial, because it's too hard to choose. I love a good hack and slash like Zelda, but sometimes I like a little more strategy, so a turn based one like Final Fantasy X would be good.

Also, you forgot Active Time Battle! You know, like all the other Final Fantasy games besides X where you have a turn bar. Chrono Trigger has it too!

[Izar]

Yeah, same, i'm impartial cuz i mean, it's HOW the battle system is used. I mean, if final fantasy had fights like zelda, i would not like it most likely, and vice versa.

[Mycarayne]

Turn Based is good, but can get repetitive. Real time i like because its a lot more quicker and better looking (in most games)

-_- Neil

[TheOnlyJaz]

I prefer turn-based. Some games which are real-time, like Baldur's Gate, and soemtimes Zelda just become shallow as you run aronud, and when an enemy comes you button-bash to oblivion.

Turn-based battle and seige are more strategic and I think bosses can be made much harder using turn based battles then real-time. I mean, compare Fusion Dragon to the WW Ganon?

[Eugine]

I pretty much like all.

Turn Base: The ATB System is by far the best (Final Fantasy X-2 for example.)

Well I'll play all.

[Nemphtis]

Well I like both, they both have their good & bad moments, I really did enjoy Kingdom Hearts, as they managed to keep an acceptable ammount of Menu's even though it was in real-time, although Turn-Based still allows for better strategy.

[GameGuy123]

Its really hard to say which one i like the most, so i put all.

[Dullahan]

Star Ocean: The second story has the best battle system in existence it's a sort of mix between real time and turn based, it uses final style moves but you get to control one of your characters and run around the battle arena like in Zelda, you press X to attack and fighter characters can use special moves with R1 and L1. Mages have spells avaible in the menu.

Did mention there are 82 endings? with no way of dramatically shortening the game length, it's about a 25 hour game at the fastest.

[Julian]

Kingdom Hearts
------------------
fun, exciting and it gets you involved in the battle.

[Golden Djinn13]

I like the kingdom Hearts battle system, but I love the Final Fantasy X battle system :mellow:

[I'm Always BROKE]

The best battle system ever has to be Mario&Luigi: Super Star Saga! This is a awesome system that let's just even dodge and counter opponets moves plus with Brother Attack you have to push many buttons. IT'S AWESOME!!!!!!

[Mewt]

My favourite would be turn-based battles because I've been using that system for years and I feel much more 'safe' in games when I'm using it. Plus it reminds me of my favourite RPGs like Golden Sun and Final Fantasy. :mellow:

Real Time is ok, but it's always annoying when it comes to healing etc.

[Ravenblade]

i agree with turn based battles, less pressure to slam action button continuously and gives moretime to plan assaults. This topic was about 6 months old by the way...

[TheDogWho]

I like the FFTA style battle system because it's quite rare and possibly unique. However, I don't feel it's the same as the FE one.

[My Best Wishes]

i like ff best, then zelda. ffta and fe made me quite becuase of the battle system. the only game with a battle system outside of turnbased and zelda like is Ark The Lad: Twlight Of The Spirts. you had a blue cirlce in which coverd enimes and you could run around in.

[Sea of Time]

What battle system is tales of symphonia? i thought it was real-time.

[l3lueMage]

I like the goldensun/Final fantasy battle mode, then sword of mana/zelda then megaman.

[Venus_Man1]

Real time, like Zelda. ^^ Then it's turned based.

[gsninja]

I like turn-based the most. I've been playing turn-based games more than anything, and it feels so good playing those games. Real Time is my second favorite, as Real Time is great as well.

[musicman2059]

Poll said:

Turn Based Battle eg. Golden Sun, Final Fantasy

FTR, FF isn't turn-based. The faster your character's agility, the faster the character's ATB guage fills up, making the system agility based.

That is, unless you're talking about the first 3 FFs. :(

[gsninja]

musicman2059, on Jan 27 2005, 04:36 PM, said:

Poll said:

Turn Based Battle eg. Golden Sun, Final Fantasy

FTR, FF isn't turn-based. The faster your character's agility, the faster the character's ATB guage fills up, making the system agility based.

That is, unless you're talking about the first 3 FFs. :)

FFX actually is turn-based. That and it's agility-based, as you can attack 3 times in a row.

[musicman2059]

gsninja said:

FFX actually is turn-based

That's true, too. I forgot the fact that X used a turn-based-ish system.

[gsninja]

It's a turn/agility-based oriented game. The turns, attacking, etc. goes on a turn-based system, but the certain commands you choose determine when the character attacks in the ATB window.

[Mycarayne]

I like coming across different systems. In X-2, its turn based, but there is HEAPs of freedom. Like, you can shoot down an attacker halfway into their attack. FFTA is uh... good... but could be better. FE is VERY different, to me anyway. But they are all great ways of killing things.

[gsninja]

And (in X-2), you can hit an enemy while they're midway through casting spells. FFTA could definitely be better.

[Mycarayne]

yeah. Most feinds that cast spells (Ie Flans) were easy because they're sitting ducks for a while. As are most bosses.

FFTA I really lost interest in because of the difficult system, mainly all the stupid laws. geh, stupid

[gsninja]

I just got bored of FFTA overall. Laws are just lame.

[Mycarayne]

yeah, I got ripped becasue I attacked someone with a sword. Cmon.... stupid. Thus, I DO NOT like FFTA's battle system

[gsninja]

Ninjas are the only really good class in that game. It becomes a ripoff when the law forbids katanas.

[Mycarayne]

I didn't even get that far. There are far better systems than that. I just gave up and a started playing Shining Soul II. A WAY better GBA RPG.

[gsninja]

FFTA isn't even an RPG. It just isn't a good game.

[Mycarayne]

lol. It is. kind of. It's really more of a menu game. I REALLY didnt like how the only real control of your character was in the battle itself. No overworld per ce, and yeah, a bad game. Whicjh is a shame, because it's of the Final Fantasy series, and they're all good. Especially the battle systems. All games have something new in the system, which is why I like them so much.

[gsninja]

That's one of the best parts about FF. You could always change the battle system in X-2 to the one like in X.

[Mycarayne]

not entirely. FFX's battle system was great because everything was predetermined; and you could see what was coming up. You know you own when one of you character's has ther head in the bar about 3-4 times in a row. lol

[gsninja]

Yeah. Using Tidus' Quick Hit can put him to attack 3 times in a row.

[Mycarayne]

+ plus haste + 255 agility. Ouch..

It's really fun to manipulate systems like that.
Like in Shining Soul II, you can apperently pause it, and the monster attacks you, but youre not hurt, therefore, they lose SP (MP) and render the enmey useless. It;s fun

[My Best Wishes]

I hated ffx-2's system golden sun and ffx has the best type.

[Mycarayne]

you hated it? how come? I thought it was great. fast at first, but you get used to it.

[ForteGX]

I prefer real time battle. It's more exciting and feels like you're right in the moment. Then again, turn based is much better for those who like to strategize. I guess it really depends on the kinda' game you prefer. I'm an action afficionado more than a tactician; that's why I like real time battling.

[Kikuichimonji]

I kinda liked ATB (FFX-2), it was annoying but you felt more "right in the moment"

But I guess turn based with Golden Sun made the game a whole lot easier

[Ravenblade]

i agree with FGX in his summing up of the two kinds of gamers. I perfer tactics and so real time for me is more annoying. Did anyone play Lost Kingdoms? that had a real time battle system whereby you threw cards around that came to life, and otherwise spent the battle running away from stuff. I felt that was more frantic than skill based..

[Mycarayne]

I just got the GBA Kingdom hearts. Now THERE is a good battle system. At first, it was a bit complicated, but after a minute (literally) I found that it Kicked butt.

[ForteGX]

MegaMan Battle Network featured a very interesting battle system. It was like a mixture of real time AND turn based. You'd select your battle chips from a screen, and then your "battle" (i.e. the turn) would begin; that was all real time. Capcom claims that it's real time battling, but I really think that it sports elements from both.

[Elliott]

What kind of person looks back for a 6 or 7 month old topic, and then replies?

[Echo_djinn]

Agatio, on Feb 1 2005, 05:21 AM, said:

What kind of person looks back for a 6 or 7 month old topic, and then replies?

What kind of person makes worthless posts? ^_^

I am so use to the turn-based battle system that I guess I will never think any other battle system will top it. Though playing TOS which has a real-time battle system was a sick experience. There all good once you think about it. As long as it suits the game.

[Ivan is my name]

I prefer ' Tales of Symphonia' battle system, because it combines RPG and Zelda style battling together. It is good because.....
-In RPGs, the battles just get repetative and you cant do anything spectacular.
- In Zelda-type battle systems, you can pull off the crazy ass ninja moves, but you might not know if an enemy is going to sneak up on you ect or it gets frustrating if you attack and accidentally fall off a cliff or something. Tales of symphonia combines these together and makes an utterly AWESOME battle system

[kryptonite]

I like all of them, except FPS...

[Isaac13]

You made that a hard decision. So, I chose all of them.

[m0D3]

I really hate menu-style battles, like in GS and FF.
I need to have action or else I get bored with it :/
The reason I love moving around in battles is probably because of the first video game I ever got (Banjo-Kazooie) which used the moving around/noticable encounter battles.

[Echo_djinn]

m0D3, on Feb 5 2005, 06:02 PM, said:

I really hate menu-style battles, like in GS and FF.
I need to have action or else I get bored with it :/
The reason I love moving around in battles is probably because of the first video game I ever got (Banjo-Kazooie) which used the moving around/noticable encounter battles.

If you like those types of game and you have a GC I suggest you get TOS(Tales of Symphonia)if you don't already have it. It's a real-time battle system game where you need to know when to back off, when to attack, and when to heal. A awesome game that uses it's battling system to the fullest.

[Zxor]

I really like all of them, it just depends on how good the game is.

[m0D3]

Echo_djinn, on Feb 5 2005, 06:19 PM, said:

If you like those types of game and you have a GC I suggest you get TOS(Tales of Symphonia)if you don't already have it. It's a real-time battle system game where you need to know when to back off, when to attack, and when to heal. A awesome game that uses it's battling system to the fullest.

I don't have a GC, but thanks for the suggestion. ^^;

[Silo STATIC]

ForteGX, on Jan 29 2005, 05:52 PM, said:

I prefer real time battle. It's more exciting and feels like you're right in the moment. Then again, turn based is much better for those who like to strategize. I guess it really depends on the kinda' game you prefer. I'm an action afficionado more than a tactician; that's why I like real time battling.

I play turn-based games just because the enemy won't be able to attack back when I'm multi-tasking. It's okay, but at times, I do enjoy a little real-time engine when I'm not doing anything else.

[My Best Wishes]

Silo STATIC, on Feb 7 2005, 12:52 PM, said:

I play turn-based games just because the enemy won't be able to attack back when I'm multi-tasking. It's okay, but at times, I do enjoy a little real-time engine when I'm not doing anything else.

i thoguht you left

I kinda like ffx-2 becuase you can shoot or hit the enmeny an stop them from attacking you.

[Celestial Paladin]

Like Zxor, I pretty much like all of them, but it depends on how good the game is as well.

[gsninja]

The battle system in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is far better than that of ToS. In ToS, you can only move the direction of the targeted enemy. In SO:TtEoT, you can move all directions, no matter who's targeted.

[Someone Else]

I [heart] real time, especially in 3D enviroments. I don't have many real-time 3D games with battle engines, but when I get them I just love 'em.

With 2D games, I'd prefer it to be turn based battling, mainly because top-down real time battling games like the Minish Cap, battling will be a little too easy for my reflexes.

Also, I'm a fan of strategy games, and often times turn based battling requires strategy. That's another thing I like about turn based battling.

In the end, I'm going with real-time battling, though.

[gsninja]

I love using strategies in turn-based games. It gives a lot of options on what to do.

[Mycarayne]

But, it does take a while to get used to things, in every game with a turn based battle system. Real time is pretty much the same in every game. Im sure someone could prove mewrong though....

[gsninja]

Well, they're all the same in the sense that you always run up and hit someone or something. But then, all real time battle system games have some unique feature(s) that make them different.

[KH_Idiot_Kitzune]

I like FFX-2. It's real-time. Attacking twice is nice.
I also like KH. You don't have to worry about stumbling into random battles. You could just see the enemy. Also it puts more action into it..

[gsninja]

It's like Tales of Symphonia and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. You see an enemy figure, run into it, and start a battle.

[Isaac702]

turn based because its easier to use than any others on the list but real time is closly following that