However, it'd be no fun if you then had to sit and wait for a meter to recharge, and so this issue is fixed with a little nod to FFs 3, 5 and 10-2, with Lightning switching between what are essentially traditional FF 'jobs' in the form of various costumes, most of them fairly woefully scantily-clad. The catch is exactly what you might expect it'd be for an FF game: each attack you execute depletes an ATB meter, and when it's empty Lightning can't attack any more until it recharges. Some of the trappings of the battle mechanics of FF13 and 13-2 have been cleverly retooled, though, and now serve to layer a level of the restraint a command-based RPG forces on top of the action. She can attack at will with a press of one of the face buttons, and at a first glance the game undoubtedly resembles an action game.
Lightning battles alone this time around.Ī separation between Field & Battle still exists, but once in battle Lightning is now able to move about the battlefield freely, though always remains locked on to and facing at least one enemy. The solution that Lightning Returns poses doesn't sound all that good on paper, but actually ends up being incredibly satisfying in action. The original FF13's rapid-moving Paradigm Shift system was inspired by the latter, too, but the situation for the JRPG now is perhaps more dire than it was when FF13 began production in 2006. Lightning Returns, meanwhile, seems to have been formed at least in part by latching on to a few key concepts: fan love for Lightning as a character and the idea of a more action-driven FF title, undoubtedly inspired by the rise of Western action-style RPGs like Elder Scrolls and the tumble of the traditional JRPG turn-based fare. Square Enix doesn't seem entirely sure what to do - even FF14, their greatest recent FF success, found its feet by resetting to the MMO default. In a sense Lightning Returns seems to embody something of the problem that has been facing the Final Fantasy franchise for a few years now - a lack of direction. It's a confused old situation, which feels appropriate - after a great many hours with Lightning Returns, it feels like a confused game, something also argued in Erren's Import Review.
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