I don’t quite get the big deal about turn based combat in the FF series and I’ve been playing these games for 20+ years now. Most people back in the day didn’t play FF for the combat. It wasn’t until FFX and onward it was when the combat started to be more noteworthy. Prior to FFX it just got the job done. They were passable battle systems. People mainly played FF for the characters, the customization (job system or the materia for example), story, and/or just for the overall adventure feeling.

I think evolving and improving upon what FF7R trilogy is doing with its battle system would be a good move. I wouldn’t be oppose to them improving on what XVI did but if I had to pick one it would definitely be the 7R trilogy’s approach. It evolved the ATB mechanics and took some concepts and ideas from XII, the XIII trilogy, and XV to create something really good. It feels like a natural evolution of what was done before.

HUGE update. On a rumored leak

Merry Christmas OJ 🎅 🎄.

Real time or turn based. I don’t care just make FF’s fun. Or give us a choice or make it hybrid like Trials Through Daybreak and Refantazio. Merry Christmas everyone!

I feel like most hardcore fans of final fantasy don’t realize that a majority of the diehard fans don’t care if a game is turn based or action based, I come from the FF10 fandom and many of my fitness who came from the SNES or PS1 days played the games because the stories and characters touched their hearts, the games being on multiplatform will help the series to expand to all audiences

Xenoblade Chronicles is what FF should have turned into

Give us a turn based remake and you will make hundreds of millions

Solution for Square: put your games on all platforms and less cutscenes and more gameplay. I played the demo for FFXVI and I felt like I spent too much time watch videos and occasionally hitting a button. If I wanted to watch a video then I would put in a movie!

All you have to do is what Fantasian Neo Dimension does it is the FF we need again. Amazing game

I am filling out the survey to let them know that they need to leave those fans who constantly complain about FF not being a turn-based game anymore behind. These are just old players who don’t have the reaction time anymore to play FF7 Remake and Rebirth. It was what happened with that recent DB game where all those old gamers were complaining about it being too hard. There is no use trying to appeal to that base. It’s the Remake series creating the new fans they need to move forward with.

WOAH!

I would love a FF game that is more of classic JRPG with turn based combat, focus on story, world and characters. Something like Metaphor Refantazio but with modern graphics and main character with personality.

HUGE “Ninendo” ?

bring back the gambit system

Turn base games don’t excite me tbh neither does RPG’s in general. Although, I have played xenoblade recently so if there was a final fantasy game like that with brilliant graphics I’d be down for playing that.. Gotta expand that core base

Alright good on Square for going this route, I just did the survey myself and I made sure I got my current thoughts on the series out. Overall I’d prefer it if they go full turn based again, however should they go with the hybrid system from the remake Triliogy I’ll be happy with that too.

All Nintendo needs is a starfox game. All square enix needs is to focus on story and characters

A cryptic countdown timer? Independence Day anyone? We need to upload a virus into his countdown to give it a cold!

I need a FF Dissidia Remastered

2 things I want from final fantasy:

1: turn based combat
2: less gritty, more fantasy

Both of the recent huge FF games were incredible, they just need to not be locked to a console that most people don’t want

Honestly, the only change that I really want to see with Final Fantasy is for it to have a multi-platform release day one. I am not a fan of games being console exclusive for a year plus of time and then WAY LATER coming to PC while also not going to other consoles. If you’re going to be console exclusive then just be console exclusive but if you’re going to come to other places then I personally would rather that be a day one thing so that I can choose to play the game on my preferred platform immediately and not feel like I’m locked in on the one forever. Case in point, Rebirth is coming to PC where I would much rather play it but I’ve already got like 50 hours on the PS5 and there’s no way I’m going to start over again and if for some reason I don’t finish Rebirth then there’s no way that I’m going to buy the third game. So really, all I want to see is games come to all the platforms that they are going to come to right from the start and then let the consumers decide where they want to play them with no ambiguity. For example, when Nintendo puts out a game on the Switch then I know it’s likely only going to be on that platform if they published it so I know my option and it won’t change. In Sony’s case, they’ve started releasing their games on PC but they come out so much later that I’m starting to feel incentivised to simply stop buying them on my PS5 as the PC versions are just better and they seemingly go on sale more often on Steam (Hell, Rebirth is 30% off on Steam RIGHT NOW and the game doesn’t even come out for a month).

Their Games are half gameplay and half cinematics. They need to cutback on the cinematics. Look at Elden Ring for instance.
And the FF that really deserves a remake and done right is FF6 (the best one to ever do it).

Until Nintendo announces news its all bullshit to me lol.

One thing I really miss about modern Final Fantasy is the Fantasy like in Final Fantasy 9, 10 and 12. All the different humanited monster races with different cultures and accents. All the different types of magicians like Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage, Dragoon, etc. All the beautiful exotic settings and worlds.

I don’t understand why people consistently say that graphics shouldn’t count for FF games? Square has consistently used the mainline FF games as a graphical showcase and to set the standard. Each FF reveal becomes the benchmark for that era/generation. You can’t say go back to its roots and then say don’t worry about graphics. That goes hand in hand with the mainline series.

Also I personally think FF7 remake and rebirth have the best combat system in recent memory. Better than metaphor, FF16, and any other recent RPG.

I’d be happy with an alternating switch between turn based and action based combat for FF. I know a lot of fans want the games to go back to turn based, but the recent games have had really fun real time battles imo. If they have two dedicated teams working on each side you could probably have a new mainline entry every 3 to 4 years. As it currently stands there’s a 6 ish year gap between games so if you only like one side you’re waiting the same amount of time.

S-E messed up badly by 1) making FF7:R episodic instead of going the Dragon Quest HD-2D route and 2) trying to appeal to non-FF fans with FFXVI.

Wait, what!?

Turn based gameplay is the main reason I could never get into the Final Fantasy games.

Great video from you as always OJ🫶🏿! Very interesting and fascinating stuff with Final Fantasy👍🏿!

I think final fantasy 7 would be more successful if it wasn’t an exclusive … Nintendo switch 2 Final fantasy 7 rebirth. Would it be awesome!

I am definitely looking forward to next-gen Final Fantasy.

I took the survey. My comment at the end was short and simple: Keep the FF7R combat system for future games

Switch 2 2025 hype! Also Merry Christmas everyone! 😊❤

Te.l them send out dissidia on switch.. my first action game. I fell in love.

I do not care about Nintendo switch Games I’m not that interested lol

You’re turning into Nintendo Prime with all this Switch 2 content. 🎉

I think FFVII Remake and Rebirth have a WAY better hybrid combat system than Metaphor, hands down!

WHOA!

Less mini games !!!

Sony Corp are the ones who are destroying these companies

I prefer the real time action personally

a turnbased ff would be nice.

I think Square Enix should go back to turn based combat for Final Fantasy but ditch random encounters and do what the tales of series does have the monsters on the field so you can attack them to start the battle or avoid them if you want.

Everything is coming to the breaking point for the switch reveal

Great vid! Best Xmas gift this year so far ❤

MAN I LOVED FF7 AND FF7R

The remake trilogy are quite literally the only FF games that have been nominated for goty. Rebirth was a masterpiece and deserves its praise. The game just needs to be available on more platforms.

I asked for three points. For the mainline series to keep the FF7R system as a basic model. And creating a second mainline series based on evolving turnbased systems again or turn the classic mode of the FF7R system into a real turnbased mode. And going back to the original anthology concept. Like one game, one story, one world. No trilogies, prequels and sequels anymore. Because developments takes eternities anyway. Let’s hope FF9R in the styles as leakers claim it. And they somehow always ruin established narratives with those. Merry christmas.