The recent resuscitation of tour-based battle games such as Baldur's Gate 3, Metaphor: Refantazio and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have people wondering if Square Enix will consider a return to a tour-based combat system for future final fantasy games.
Final Fantasy has had a long history and Emplyoing a wide range of combat systems over the years. However, the series began with a purely swing -based system, before switching to an active time combat system (ATB) in Final Fantasy 4. Since then, the series has gradually gone against more dynamic battle, except Final Fantasy 10, which was also purely toured.
There is more to play than battle
Recently, in an interview with animenewsnetwork, Final Fantasy producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida was asked about the success of Clair Obsur: Expedition 33, himself inspired by Final Fantasy, has influenced the combat system for future mainline finale fantasy games, IE Final Fantasy 17.
Yoshi-P was diplomatic and said: “The question of toured versus action, it tends to isolate the game to just the combat system. It does not take into account what type of game creator wants to deliver to players. For example, based on a certain graphic quality that we want to present to our players, or the story we want to deliver to our players, it relates to how we set the game around.
Final Fantasy 14 director said he can't give a clear answer because the question is more nuanced than a game is simply tour-based or not.
“This includes the combat system, game design and game.
Yoshida says he does not “necessarily” work with future main line games, so he does not want to make any claims about what these games will look like.
A modern turn-based game tends to have a kind of dynamic element, such as Expedition 33's Parry system, and fans are eager to see what Square Enix can achieve within these limits.
