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"Imperial Invasion of Insomnia": how far are you willing to go for your country and alliteration?

 

I don't think anyone can (seriously) deny that the game looks absolutely gorgeous. At least in its marketed state. But I'm still not sure what to make of the combat system. Last I heard it was supposed to be something like mashing one button to do [flashy thing]. And that lip-synching and those voices aren't doing it any favors either.

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-You can hold down a button to do combos, but cooperative moves with party members will involve timing your button presses.

-Parries will require you to time enemy attacks, an element added for advanced players.

-Magic doesn’t use up MP, but it’s also completely different from Final Fantasy VIII’s "Draw" system.

-Special actions such as dodging and warping is what uses MP.

-You can equip several weapons at once, with one being the main weapon. The main weapon is what will have its corresponding ability, but you’ll also get to change the main weapon in the midst of combat.

-Combos are determined by which weapons you have equipped.

-Abilities aren’t part of their own weapon categories, but rather part of individual weapons.

-Dungeons and suspicious areas that have rare weapons might have some hack-and-slash elements to them. The Phantom Swords that float in the air is also a specially acquired weapon.

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It says the Demo is available for a limited time. Anyone know when that offer ends? I'm reading day-1 copies around the internet, so I guess I can't get it anymore?

 

EDIT: Well nevermind. Not only does the FFXV offer have a time limit, Type-0 actually has a time limit mechanic. Fuck that. I guess I'm gonna buy the demo somewhere else, or not at all.

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It says the Demo is available for a limited time. Anyone know when that offer ends? I'm reading day-1 copies around the internet, so I guess I can't get it anymore?

 

EDIT: Well nevermind. Not only does the FFXV offer have a time limit, Type-0 actually has a time limit mechanic. Fuck that. I guess I'm gonna buy the demo somewhere else, or not at all.

 

Unless there's some other mechanic in the game I haven't come across yet, the Type-0 time limit isn't as bad as you are probably thinking. Basically, in between missions you have a certain amount of free time. Each side mission or special event you trigger will use up 2 hours.  In that sense it's more like you're budgeting a resource than racing the clock.

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Hmm... So something like Persona? I think I can take that, plus I think there's a new game+ so that's an incentive to replaying it. I saw the time limit being discussed and I got the impression that it'd be something like a countdown. As long as it isn't an active countdown, i guess it's fine.

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The only other "time limit" mechanic I can think of is the special ops, which are sub-missions you can accept during the main missions for item rewards.  If you fail the objective before the timer hits 0, then your current character is KO'd.  However, these missions are completely optional and they don't even pop up unless you first enable them by talking to a specific NPC.

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