Favorite RPG Battle System

[LionHeart48]

My favorite would have to be The Active Time Battle. FFV-FFIX.

 

[Dark Phoenix]

My favorite would have to be The Active Time Battle. FFV-FFIX.

FFIV-FFIX, actually.

 

[Travatar]

Action RPG's (my personal top tier)

Dark Cloud 2

Ys (Ark of Napishtim, Origins, Oath in Felghana, etc.)

Secret of Mana

Strategy/Tactical RPG's (middle tier)

Baldur's Gate (or any other game made with the Infinity Engine.)

Final Fantasy Tactics

Traditional RPG's

Grandia II

Super Mario RPG

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

(wow, that original list was way too long.)

 

[LionHeart48]

FFIV-FFIX, actually.

Oh whoops forgot the I. I meant IV-IX.

 

[Mouser]

Eh, I stopped being able to take FFX-2 seriously after the water fight scene.

Yunie's got it goin' on : : :

I loved FF X-2. Such a refreshing break after the 'hallway' of FF X. The dress spheres were awesome (way better than trying to max out that sphere grid), and combat was cool - tough fights too, especially that super dungeon under Bevelle.

My favorite system though has to go to Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. It's a real time, Action RPG, but it balances melee, guns, and disciplines (spells) very well - at least if you use the normal game or Tessmage's patch. Wesp's 'Unofficial Patch' screws the pooch badly in that department.

Turn-based, for some reason I'm thinking back to Lufia (the first one). Clean, simple interface, but got the job done well.