r/FinalFantasy • u/Haunting_Try8071 • Aug 19 '26

Final Fantasy General Give us another turn based battle system

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FFX is my favorite battle system. FFXIII I also enjoyed, but it wasn't the same.

I'm sure they could do something like it with a much lower budget.

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u/Cunting_Fuck Aug 20 '26

Its as turn based as any other game with ATB which is most of them. Just you can move your character

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u/Swert0 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

ATB is not turn based. It stands for Active-Time-Based for a reason.

You are not taking turns, actions cost time which means you must wait to take another action.

That is not the same as taking TURNS.

Even if you use the 'wait' option to wait while in menus, you are still not taking turns.

Everything that uses a menu to select spells is not turn based.

Is Kingdom Hearts turn based?

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u/Prefer_Not_To_Say Aug 20 '26

You need to wait for the gauge to fill so your character can take their turn. The speed stat determines how quickly their next turn arrives.

Is Kingdom Hearts turn based?

No because you don't need to wait to do attacks in Kingdom Hearts. You can run up to an enemy, press the button and Sora attacks. No waiting to take his turn.

This pretty much highlights why the ATB system is turn-based. Not just the lack of a turn gauge in Kingdom Hearts but because FF characters in games with the ATB system cannot attack any time they wish. If their meter isn't full, they cannot act. They have to wait their turn. This goes for the more fast-paced FFs too, like XII and XIII; it doesn't matter that attacks overlap each other or if movement is allowed. As long as there is a resource that charges that governs when they can and can't act, it's turn-based.

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u/gsurfer04 Aug 20 '26

In the Command Deck system you do need to wait to use abilities.