Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer shows off combat system improvements

@xenophy Looks that way, but I think the Mog Clock and Paradigm Formations count as enhancements too.

I don't mind the combat not changing much, it was my favourite part of XIII, and easily one of the best battle systems in the series

@xenophy agree...change paradigms at will, eh? I'm not seeing any difference...bastards

@LeftBower08
I just checked the FFwiki, found the CSB changes

*Can now change party leader at will during battle
*Paradigm shifts are now instant, and will not pause your actions for a brief moment
*New Wounded status, cuts max HP, can be cured with an item or by winning the battle
*Paradigm Tuning, allowing you to change your party members targets, this is done pre-battle in the paradigm deck
*Cinematic Action, QTE's

@Helghast102 Paradigm tuning sounds a bit like gambits from ff12

@Helghast102 The first one did have instant paradigm shifts, but with the exception of the first one you did, which was unnecessarily long. :(

I wonder if the glitch or feature (depending on your opinion) of switching your paradigm in the middle of an attack giving you a full action bar will be in the game or not.

@Eniko DLC

@SgtDookie I hate QTEs.My disposition towards them soured even more after -for some reason based on spontaneous madness- playing Spiderman 3. The whole game was a QTE. Pressing buttons in sequence like in a mini-game or something (like overriding power plants in Just Cause 2 or the music sequences in Alice) are fine, but what really grinds my gears is when QTE are the core mechanic and persist ad nauseum.

@SgtDookie it's a shame you won't like Shenmue then, such a classic.

@Eniko
It's entirely possible to love Shenmue and still hate QTEs, though. I did.

@Jhoalot
Get to chapter 11

@Jhoalot
Get to chapter 11

@Jhoalot

I thought 13 was really good despite it being very linear. It gets a little better after the midway point though

@Mastrius Paradigm Tune: You can set different behaviors for each job in the menus in between battles. This is like a very simplified gambit system. The example they gave is choosing to have your COM focus on different enemies or the same enemy. In FFXIII, you didn't get this choice and this was dependent on the job combination automatically. There are probably other variations for each job such as setting Synergist to focusing on offense or defense first.

QTE's: You all knew this one.

Feral Link: This is your monster's power move, which varies. Some monsters do an attack, some do a healing move, I'm sure they're all different. And with 150 monsters, I'm sure there's a lot to mess around with. Your monsters can also level in the crystarium tree.

Change Leader: You can change leaders mid-battle. I think this also changes the battle theme.

Blood Damage: Now you can get hit with damage that limits your max HP and cannot be healed. As this accumulates in battles, it encourages you to play efficiently with the paradigm deck so that you can't just hit X and sit on COM/SEN/MED and take your time.

Rankings: The 5 star system increases chances of rare item drops, increases chances of capturing a monster, and you get gil after battles now.

Difficulty: Increased overall. They also added an easy mode so you don't get stuck.

Guest characters: You can have a 4th character join your party as a guest that is controlled by A.I.

Weather: Now weather impacts spells and influences elemental strengths and weaknesses.

@Shinta Oh very awesome. Thanks man. I'm looking forward to it a lot more now that I know all the changes. Sounds pretty sweet.

*bows*

@Knives Chau

It's the videogame equivalent of "Slow Motion". It's just cheap and easy to do.

@Knives Chau

I like them if they're done properly. God of War does them quite well usually, and Heavy Rain had some good moments as well. When they're just a big button in the middle of the screen (like COD/BF3/All the other lazy QTE games) I don't like them.

To me QTEs are best used in a "cinematic" moment. One where you can't do what the character is doing on the screen with the normal gameplay options available to you. Of course many will argue that if the character can't do something in game, they shouldn't do that in a video either, but whatever, I like them...

@Bielzer

Woah Deja-Vu!

@CaptainProtonX

I thought we already there with FFXIII

or Final Fantasy press X X X X X X

@ouenwoof This is pretty much exactly why I couldn't finish the game.

@serialsleeper Linearity wasn't the problem. The problem was that you were literally running down a hallway for the entire game. The open space at the end of the game was just a place to grind.

I agree with you that linearity doesn't necessarily equal bad but FFXIII really dropped the ball on the formula.

@serialsleeper dude they don't force you to buy and wear Asscreed costume. chill out it's just little thing on the side.

@serialsleeper

They need to stop copying western developers? WTF are you smoking. They haven't copied shit, and if they tried to copy something, they failed fcking miserably. They could have made FFXIII a CGI movie like Advent Children and i would have got more entertainment out of it. Instead you hit X all the way through it. Tell me what western developer does this? None of them, because Western developers actually know how to develop a game. If anything, SE needs to take more Ques from western developers.

Its just a shame SE has ruined there once respectable brand in these past few years. How i miss you FF 1-10.

@Vund

Final Fantasy X was linear as all hell but fantastic.
Linearality + boring environments= ff13

@Xplicit The corridor thing was modeled after western shooters like Call of Duty.

@PolishMountainMan Why not "Final Fantasy 14" or perhaps "Final Fantasy 13: We Have Completely Stopped Giving A Shit"