Can someone explain why people mourn the days when Final Fantasy was mainly turn-based? None of these games are even related story-wise, so what’s the reason for this?

What a fucking inhuman pain of questions.

when did it stop being turn based?

>>11842876 (OP)
Irrelevant time wasting question.

>>11842883
>>11842887

>>11842876 (OP)
>Can someone explain why people mourn the days when Final Fantasy was mainly turn-based?
im certain no one here can
those are the only ones any of us even play

>>11842876 (OP)
Because I like turn-based combat

>>11842885
12 or 13 i guess?
even 12 is kinda pushing the definition. its still basically turn-based. and 13 is still ATB, its just in real time

I don't like any FF game after 12, and even 12 is debatable. Everything after 12 feels like I am playing DMC where I do a bunch of shit attacks to stagger the enemy and I get to watch the computer control the rest of my party. If I wanted to play a flashy action game, I would play a flashy action game. NuFF is a shit jrpg and a shit action game.

>>11842876 (OP)
Are you retarded or something, or just ESL?

>>11842876 (OP)
How about you shut the fuck up.
Your thread is trash and so are your thoughts.

Don’t get why anons are piling on OP so hard. His question was fair, even if it wasn’t worded perfectly.

Anyway, there’s no clear cut answer. It’s mostly just childhood nostalgia imo.

If you want something with more strategy and not just braindead button mashing, give Bravely Default a shot. It’s basically a better Final Faggotry 5.

>>11842876 (OP)
Because people enjoyed the style of gameplay and presentation? I'm not sure why this is not even being taken in to consideration as an answer.

>>11842985
>Don’t get why anons are piling on OP so hard
ESLs get excited when they get to call someone else out on their english.

They also happen to be right and the OP is completely nonsensical.

>>11842876 (OP)
we would complain a lot less if the non turn based games didnt also have shitty, lame stories, characters and worlds (what ff is really about) but they very much do.

>>11842985
>BD is like FFV but better

nice bait

>>11842876 (OP)
The same reason you mourn the days Disney Channel played PB&J Otter and Rolie Polie Olie.

>>11843179
But how so? He asked why Final Fantasy fans bash Square Enix for abandoning the old formula to chase a "broader audience" (aka turning the series into open world or God of War style cinematic slop), insinuating that turn-based combat was merely a technical limitation, not a genuine design choice.

And he’s right. I’ve seen people on Twitter argue that the JRPG customer base wants turn-based gameplay. They point to the success of that recent one made by frogs as proof, saying, “See? Turn-based actually sells. We want Final Fantasy to return to its roots.”

>>11842876 (OP)
the appeal of basic turn based combat is that it is relaxing and doesn't require much attention which helps make early final fantasy relaxing to play, you can zone out and enjoy the adventure and maybe have a boss fight every 1 - 2 houts which requires a bit more attention.
I would argue this is part of the reason dragon quest pretty much plays the same as it always did and outsells nu-final fantasy greatly as a result.
the people who play JRPG's are older and prefer that style of gameplay over dmc-lite action as it is a fundamental aspect of nearly every early JRPG.
>>11842985
>It’s mostly just childhood nostalgia imo
maybe a small amount but i think its more that people play JRPG's to relax more so than for challenging gameplay.

>>11842876 (OP)
Because the turn based data (yes atb is turn based) are when the series was iconic and actually fun

>>11842876 (OP)
>None of these games are even related story-wise

so you haven't played 9, which had as a core plot element that the entire first mainline series was a single story, just separated by hundred of years between entries(except for 4 being set 20 years or so after 2). got it.

The smart people realized that the Bravely Default games were the true successor and moved on to those.

My problem with the latest FF games is that they just feel boring and generic. FF15 felt like a parody game of FF as a series and FF16 was just whatever.

>>11843636
this. 9 was the last real final fantasy and was always meant to be. the new series and all of the raping of 7's corpse are just a collective disgrace.

>>11843656
10 and 12 are good games though.

It's pretty simple, turn based jrpg combat was more comfy. Modern action rpg combat is just turbo zoomer adhd sperg fest. Look no further than games like Nier. It's just not comfy- or even enjoyable if you're not a spaztic z baby hopped up on monster energy and adhd meds.

>>11843656
twelve is a decent game. 10 i absolute not. neither are final fantasy.

>>11843251
>why do people miss when final fantasy was turn based when the stories arent connected between the games?
The two halves of the question arent logically connected and it can be answered instantly by someone with 70 IQ. Its a terrible question

>>11842985
>Childhood Nostalgia
Nah, I didn't play Final Fantasy IV or Chrono Trigger until I was over 20. It's just a really fun system that forces some amount actual physical engagement alongside the planning and resource management.

>>11843676
>>11844027
Mechanically 10's fine, but it's story is retarded. 12 is the opposite, it's watered down MMO trash mechanics on top of a decent-to-good story.

>>11842887
Doesn't even have a lust-provoking image to go with it.