Final Fantasy IV represented a series of firsts for the franchise. Not only was it the first Final Fantasy game developed for the Snes/Super Famicom, but it introduced the iconic Active Time Battle (Atb) system to the series. It turns out those events were related, but the creation and refinement of the Atb system may have not gone down exactly how you think it did.
For those unfamiliar with the Atb system, traditional Jrpg mechanics dictate that every character, be they a controllable party member or an enemy, takes turns during battle. In early Final Fantasy games, the heroes go first, followed by the monsters. But in Final Fantasy IV’s Atb system, every character is governed by a meter that fills up. Once it’s full, they can fulfill a variety of actions.
However, the game doesn’t pause while players are deciding what move their characters should make.
For those unfamiliar with the Atb system, traditional Jrpg mechanics dictate that every character, be they a controllable party member or an enemy, takes turns during battle. In early Final Fantasy games, the heroes go first, followed by the monsters. But in Final Fantasy IV’s Atb system, every character is governed by a meter that fills up. Once it’s full, they can fulfill a variety of actions.
However, the game doesn’t pause while players are deciding what move their characters should make.
- 7/28/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
I’m a big RPG fan now, but that wasn’t always the case. Super Mario RPG introduced me to the genre, but, like many people my age, Final Fantasy VII was the one that wowed me the most. After Final Fantasy VII, I was hungry for more, and Square’s next RPG was one that was surprisingly up my alley. Trading a traditional fantasy setting that usually comes with the genre for a Resident Evil-style bio-horror plot, Parasite Eve immediately grabbed me with its compelling setup and clever twist on the Ffvii battle system. Even now, 25 years after the initial Japanese release of Parasite Eve, I’m hard pressed to think of an RPG that feels as unique and striking as the PlayStation classic.
Parasite Eve is a sequel to the Japanese novel of the same name by novelist and pharmacologist Hideaki Sena. The game, produced by Hironobu Sakaguchi...
Parasite Eve is a sequel to the Japanese novel of the same name by novelist and pharmacologist Hideaki Sena. The game, produced by Hironobu Sakaguchi...
- 4/6/2023
- by Aaron Boehm
- bloody-disgusting.com
Matthew Byrd Oct 31, 2016
A new Final Fantasy Game from the director of Chrono Trigger has been teased by Square Enix...
While all Final Fantasy fans' eyes were focused on the game's rapidly approaching 15th installment, Square Enix stealthily sent out a tease regarding the franchise's mobile future.
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Gematsu first spotted a recently launched subsection of the Square Enix Japanese website that contains the characters "FF_NEW" in the URL. This page currently displays "5 Days" in English while the Japanese text beneath that reads: "Final Fantasy is about characters filled with human appeal. About dramatic battles of anger and sadness. And more than anything, we should not forget that it is about fantasy.
A new Final Fantasy Game from the director of Chrono Trigger has been teased by Square Enix...
While all Final Fantasy fans' eyes were focused on the game's rapidly approaching 15th installment, Square Enix stealthily sent out a tease regarding the franchise's mobile future.
See related Ripper Street series 5 episode 4 review: The Dreaming Dead Ripper Street series 5 episode 3 review: All The Glittering Blades Ripper Street series 5 episode 2 review: A Brittle Thread Ripper Street series 5 episode 1 review: Closed Casket Ripper Street: confirmed to end after series 5
Gematsu first spotted a recently launched subsection of the Square Enix Japanese website that contains the characters "FF_NEW" in the URL. This page currently displays "5 Days" in English while the Japanese text beneath that reads: "Final Fantasy is about characters filled with human appeal. About dramatic battles of anger and sadness. And more than anything, we should not forget that it is about fantasy.
- 10/28/2016
- Den of Geek
There are few franchises out there with as beautifully ironic a title as ‘Final Fantasy‘.
Fourteen games in its main series, numerous spin-offs and side sequels, films, novellas and even an anime TV series… if anything the name is one weighted in an overwhelming desire to live on. Not that anyone’s complaining, of course. Because the simple fact is that, whichever way you look at it, there’s just something about this Role-Playing Wunderkind that the gaming community just can’t bear being without. To the table it consistently brings a sense of wonderment and epic scale (who’d have thought you’d need up to four discs to play one console game?), inspiring generation after generation of starry-eyed escapists and Cosplay enthusiasts in equal measure.
But, as with many a tale worth telling (and a great deal of Final Fantasy stories), the magic derives from humble beginnings…
It...
Fourteen games in its main series, numerous spin-offs and side sequels, films, novellas and even an anime TV series… if anything the name is one weighted in an overwhelming desire to live on. Not that anyone’s complaining, of course. Because the simple fact is that, whichever way you look at it, there’s just something about this Role-Playing Wunderkind that the gaming community just can’t bear being without. To the table it consistently brings a sense of wonderment and epic scale (who’d have thought you’d need up to four discs to play one console game?), inspiring generation after generation of starry-eyed escapists and Cosplay enthusiasts in equal measure.
But, as with many a tale worth telling (and a great deal of Final Fantasy stories), the magic derives from humble beginnings…
It...
- 11/21/2011
- by Brad Fear
- Obsessed with Film
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