Popular Battle Systems
10-31-2019, 03:48 PM
I'm a big fan of Tactical and Strategy-based battle systems!
If I had a choice, I'd have a fully-functioning Tactical system. There aren't many good Tactical games, and it's hard to implement in RPG Maker. Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Vandal Hearts are only a few good ones that I can think of. And then there's Charlie's game, Hartacon Tactics, which is pretty darn good as well.
When it comes to side-view, it can depend on how much work actually seems to have went into it. If it's standard "Stands in front of enemy and they take damage with no animations except the battle animation", it seems to be too little of work put in. Swing a sword, do SOMETHING with it.
Final Fantasy seems to have popularized and mastered that style, with swinging swords since their first one.
When it comes to action-based battle systems, they can be hit-or-miss for me. Mobile games where you move around punching things with an imbalanced character ripping through everything isn't my kind of game. Gamevil seems to churn those out like a candy machine with little to no change between games and no focus on balancing whatsoever. One game, you can hit like level 150 by fighting stronger monsters as soon as you get "online" mode and use other peoples' characters to join your team for high level "online" missions that aren't actually online. Why can I use your level 200 character to level up my weak characters when enemies in the story are like level 7?!
Games like Kingdom Hearts seem to do that kind of system well. In fact, it's probably my favorite series of action battles. And games like Final Fantasy Type-0 did a good job of being a mixture of having certain timings between attacks, but still making it a challenging experience. (Until you get infinite MP and spam spells all day with the strongest equipment)
A game like Final Fantasy XII did a good job of hybridizing an action battle system and a turn-based strategy system. You gotta wait your turn for your attack, but you're moving around the battlefield strategically.
Sooooo yeah. If I had the opportunity and the luxury of a fully-working Tactical system, I think DoE would be a Tactical game. I love Tactical games so much when they're done well! The next best thing for me is a turn-based side-view system as long as it has something to it, and then action systems are sweet in their own right.
If I had a choice, I'd have a fully-functioning Tactical system. There aren't many good Tactical games, and it's hard to implement in RPG Maker. Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Vandal Hearts are only a few good ones that I can think of. And then there's Charlie's game, Hartacon Tactics, which is pretty darn good as well.
When it comes to side-view, it can depend on how much work actually seems to have went into it. If it's standard "Stands in front of enemy and they take damage with no animations except the battle animation", it seems to be too little of work put in. Swing a sword, do SOMETHING with it.
Final Fantasy seems to have popularized and mastered that style, with swinging swords since their first one.
When it comes to action-based battle systems, they can be hit-or-miss for me. Mobile games where you move around punching things with an imbalanced character ripping through everything isn't my kind of game. Gamevil seems to churn those out like a candy machine with little to no change between games and no focus on balancing whatsoever. One game, you can hit like level 150 by fighting stronger monsters as soon as you get "online" mode and use other peoples' characters to join your team for high level "online" missions that aren't actually online. Why can I use your level 200 character to level up my weak characters when enemies in the story are like level 7?!
Games like Kingdom Hearts seem to do that kind of system well. In fact, it's probably my favorite series of action battles. And games like Final Fantasy Type-0 did a good job of being a mixture of having certain timings between attacks, but still making it a challenging experience. (Until you get infinite MP and spam spells all day with the strongest equipment)
A game like Final Fantasy XII did a good job of hybridizing an action battle system and a turn-based strategy system. You gotta wait your turn for your attack, but you're moving around the battlefield strategically.
Sooooo yeah. If I had the opportunity and the luxury of a fully-working Tactical system, I think DoE would be a Tactical game. I love Tactical games so much when they're done well! The next best thing for me is a turn-based side-view system as long as it has something to it, and then action systems are sweet in their own right.
