Deadass people hated this combat? LMAO what the fuck this is lit
Stupid idiots
The combat on the demo was pretty bad and stiff. I literally would just hold down attack. It felt like poor justification to switch to action if the combat was that bad. On top of that, enemies had hp sinks and the robot scorpion fight was overly long.
It gets better?
Switch to action? There's a difference?
Scorpion felt fine to me. I was still getting used to the controls (hitting X thinking it was attack)
Game is awesome. Just met Aeris
I played all three modes.
Dodging was poor. The menu based combat (which I prefer my rpgs to be) was step down from FFXII and XIII. Without ATB your options are incredibly limited even compared to Kingdom Hearts. I like KH so I was expecting some of that but even then KH managed to, in my time with the demo, merge action with traditional FF menu-based combat far better. Also, as a seasoned FF player having to "earn" ATB felt absurd. ATB should always be recycling and building time unless you haven't made an action. That's what makes ATB fun.
After months of Souls games it just felt bad and lacking depth. If you're going to switch to an action system I do kind of expect it to be good. But again, that was the demo. Combat did get better once you were actually running away. The fight with the Grunts was the highlight of the demo. So there's definitely potential.
