I bought Ragnarok Tactics on the PSN for $25 (it's available on both the PSP and Vita). Not a bad price for a new release. It's your standard Final Fantasy Tactics/Tactics Ogre style SRPG with classes, skills, a branching plot line, lots of grinding and party building, etc. Combat seems more balanced than FFT/TO, but it's not very difficult to me. Overall it seems like a plain FFT/TO SRPG clone that isn't going to set the world on fire.
Combat speed is very slow as you can't skip any attack or skill animations, some of which take 5+ seconds. I wish I was kidding. The UI is similarly slow and unresponsive. Party management takes far too long due to delays between menus and UI lag (even with a data install). A single free battle can take up to 30 min just due to the slow combat speed and sluggish UI. It's too bad the combat speed and UI are so poor, as the combat itself seems decent. I just don't have the patience for such games anymore.
Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so, according to this thread.
"I know it's already been said but the battle pacing is just so slow. I wouldn't recommend it to someone unless they're really into SRPGs and Ragnarok Online."
"thats my only issue atm really, combat feels slow because its bogged down by too many animations"
"The default striking animation and subsequent popups are slow as **** and I just can't see myself playing through this."
What's interesting to me is that I feel that FFT/TO also have slow combat speed and some UI issues. So why are people criticizing Ragnarok Tactics for its slow combat speed, while FFT/TO tends to get a free pass? I asked that very question.
"No. Maybe FFT, but I've never experienced "slowness" in TO."
"FFT, yes that's why I have a hard time getting into it when I first started. I'm gonna parroted Sephi that TO never really felt slow to me."
So apparently FFT is slow, but TO isn't, even though I lost count of the times I had to sit through a 5 second animation as a unit in TO used an item or skill, or cast a spell. Strange how these guys think. If you're looking for more info or discussion about Ragnarok Tactics, check the gamefaqs board.
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I haven't played Ragnarok Tactics but looking at the videos, it does seem a bit slow. Even slower than FFT and TO. In some cases in FFT if I press X it goes faster. I haven't played much of TO, but FFT, its my second run. What I hate is the battles that have stories or text that I have to press throw them to get to battle after losing it and retrying it. I feel i'm very patient with games, I do like to watch the animation but sometimes I do get a bit of frustration. Animation is cool and gives it value but every game most be aware that some players just want to play them faster. Just have a animation off feature or/and a X button press to cancel animation.
I've hear that Ragnarok Tactics has a good story and multiple story endings. Seems to be great for replay gaming. I didn't understand the point system in the game that it seems to have. Oh also heared it has a combo attacks like Disgaea, is that right?
Thanks for the impressions, Matt. I got this in the mail the other day but I've been too busy to play. Plus, my precious little gaming time is going towards getting a perfect score in Elliwood hard mode. So far I've got the perfect score except for funding, where I have only 3 out of 5 stars. I wonder if you have to use only iron weapons throughout to get that score up. It's strange because I feel I've been pretty careful with my money. Maybe there were a few opportunities for thievery that I overlooked.
Yeah Rui games where you're forced to sit through cutscenes/text can be just as annoying. Not sure about Ragnarok Tactics story quality but it does have multiple endings. I believe the points system is used to access multiple route splits in a single playthrough, so you can see more of the game. I'm not sure on combination attacks but I don't think there are any.
Todd, you can find most of the FE7 ranking data you need here. http://serenesforest.net/fe7/rank2.html
No Ragnarok Tactics does not respect a gamer's time, especially not someone with little time to put into gaming.
Thanks, saved me some money and time.
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