Favorite RPG combat.
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Upon reflection, I must also say I really enjoy the combat systems present in both Secret of Mana and Secret of Evermore. Easily my favorite non-turn based strategy RPG's I've played although both can be frustratingly difficult at times.
The Temple of Elemental Evil for turn based D&D goodness. Legend of Legaia for being the awesome love child of Final Fantasy and Street Fighter. And if you want to be generous with your definition of the RPG genre, Just about any of the main Legend of Zelda titles for fun combat with varied item usage.
Dark Souls is the best combat in recent memory.
Dark Souls is the best combat in recent memory.
After having considered it for a while, I think I'll go for either the SSI Goldbox series, or the Spiderweb games. I'm partial to real turn-based systems instead of pause and play. I think it's easier to handle.
I don't consider X-Com or Jagged Alliance RPGs, although their combat is far superiour.
Action RPGs are out of the question mainly because it is the player doing the fighting instead of the character. I like action combat, but it is as far away from RPG as it can get. Although both Bethesda and Obsidian have made decent compromises adding some RPG feel to the combat.
I don't consider X-Com or Jagged Alliance RPGs, although their combat is far superiour.
Action RPGs are out of the question mainly because it is the player doing the fighting instead of the character. I like action combat, but it is as far away from RPG as it can get. Although both Bethesda and Obsidian have made decent compromises adding some RPG feel to the combat.
For real-time battles, I'd have to say The World Ends With You. It's got a heck of a learning curve, but once you get used to it it's actually pretty fun to just go around kicking animal ass. Turn-based, Chrono Trigger, for having all the battles take place in the same place as everything else - adding a quite literal new dimension to the battle...
Tales of Eternia, and the Final Fantasy Tactics games! Man, FF:T has some real chalenge to it at time! The think I loved the most about those games was having to plan battles in advance, know what you wanted your team members jobs to be, and work towards them. Yes this involves cheating a bit, and looking up stat growth for characters, and the abilities before hand, but it was worth it!
I loved tales of Eternia for how the battles looked as you played. Everything happened real time, and a bit like a 2D fighting game! Street fighter with summons, and customisable magic...! Then there were all the colours and people jumping around all over the place, it was awesome to watch, and play!
I loved tales of Eternia for how the battles looked as you played. Everything happened real time, and a bit like a 2D fighting game! Street fighter with summons, and customisable magic...! Then there were all the colours and people jumping around all over the place, it was awesome to watch, and play!
Baldur's Gate funnily enough:
- paused based system, all the tactical advantages of a turn based systems with no waiting time, or alternate dimension fights, hell if you have some Korean Starcraft training you could even play it in real-time
- party based, you can have classes and clear distinction while getting the full flexibility through your party members
And it is so very rare, or rather dead
Problem is that it needs to be very nicely balanced or it turns out really bad, and which dev would bother with that when you can just make one hack&slash character and give him all the abilities...
- paused based system, all the tactical advantages of a turn based systems with no waiting time, or alternate dimension fights, hell if you have some Korean Starcraft training you could even play it in real-time
- party based, you can have classes and clear distinction while getting the full flexibility through your party members
And it is so very rare, or rather dead
Problem is that it needs to be very nicely balanced or it turns out really bad, and which dev would bother with that when you can just make one hack&slash character and give him all the abilities...
I personally have enjoyed Mass Effect, but Elder Scroll's first person bow/magic/melee all work awesomely. Fallout is okay.