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 Member 31 Level 20.43 Mar 2006 |
Does Square-Enix own the ATB battle system? How NOT to respond to a closing inside!
I have been thinking lately that there isn't too much for me to look forward to regarding the future of console RPGs because too many action RPGs seem to come out. Those usually aren't as creative as turn-based, conditional turn-based or ATB to me. Not even close.
So I got to thinking "Why aren't there at least 200 ATB RPGs out now that its 2008 and 17 years have passed since FF4, the first ATB game?" To me, it is bar-none the best system there is. Then I did some digging... "Square Co., Ltd. filed a United States patent for the ATB system on March 16, 1992, under the title "Video game apparatus, method and device for controlling same" and was awarded the patent on Feb. 21, 1995." Does this mean Square owns the ATB system and no other company can even attempt to make an ATB RPG? If so, thanks a lot Square for not allowing the RPG genre to become everything it could have been in the last 17 years. As a result, my favorite games of all time have been from the 80's & 90's as Square totally changed the gaming world from something it could have been. Discuss. Jam it back in, in the dark. 
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