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I just want to add to this talk that FF12 was a pretty fun game. To repeat: I dont HATE action RPGs.
I definitely like FF1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 better than 12 though.
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Seconded. I've never played 12, but it's just really odd to me. I'm used to the random battles. ATB might become a thing of the past if Square makes everything else like 12.
Action RPGs aren't all that bad. Seiken Densetsu 3, Legend of Mana, Tales of Phantasia, all of these were excellent Action RPGs that I've played, but I don't think Action RPGs should replace the original turn-based RPGs. Final Fantasy especially, I would have preferred to stay the way that Final Fantasy IV - IX were made. The same, familiar gameplay, with different, but equally excellent, characters, story and setting, and underlying battle system (Espers in VI, Classes in V, Junctions in VIII).
As far as strategy RPGs go, I love most of them. Though good ones are becoming few and far between. Shining Force I and II were quite good games, shame I never got to play Shining Force III (no Saturn). Final Fantasy Tactics ranks as one of my all time favorites among Strategy RPGs, and pretty high in just RPGs alone. Fire Emblem is the only other strategical RPG that I played, and even then, it was only Fire Emblem 4, and hell, even that kicked a lot of ass. But outside of those, there's very little in the Strategy RPG genre (I mean turn based anyway, real time strategy is a different story). I think I'd probably like Disgaea/Disgaea II, but I don't own a Playstation 2, so that's out of the question for me.
That being said, I really do hope that the old style RPG as perfected by Squaresoft through their 6 Final Fantasy games (IV - IX) will stick around. Those games, while not nearly as exciting as some action RPGs, are still good fun, and I can still play them even after any amount of prior playthroughs.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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