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How do you feel about turn-based combat? Should more modern games adopt it, or is it best left as a thing of the past?
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I enjoy both turn-based and action combat. I like how turn-based combat allows for some strategies without being overly complex like in most TRPG.
I was a big fan of Final Fantasy 7 OG, but I can't get into FF7 remake mainly because of the hybrid combat. I would rather have it turn-based like in the original.
Turn-based games I like:
Final Fantasy 5,6,7,9,10. Dragon Quest series, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG
Action-based RPG I like:
Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Skyrim
I think a lot of games still struggle with this, and it's not unique to turn based combat or jrpgs.
One of the worst things you can do to a new player is dump way too many different types of tools and customization options on them all at once. The improvement many games made was to keep the player in a limited box for a tutorial phase, and then open up Pandora's box and give them oodles of new stuff to consider all at once.
A good middle ground is silently doing that (for subsequent playthroughs) while offering a more incremental introduction for new players. But any mechanics should get immediate reinforcement. My biggest nerd rage instance this year was Clair Obscur teaching you how to jump, and then almost immediately giving you an enemy that looks like it does a jump attack but really requires a normal dodge.