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HannibalBarca3 posted...

Depends on what type of turn based you're talking about. BG3 is turn based but it differs greatly from the traditional Final Fantasy combat of four guys standing in a row taking turns whacking each other. Likewise that differs from the style of combat in the original fallouts and even games like Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous.

While I don't mind the old school FF style of combat I think games like BG3 and the DoS series are the future of turn based combat.

They are already implementing more freedom of movement in the next Yakuza turn based game. Not sure if BG3 had an influence, but I think it look great.

Not outdated, just not the hip style at this time. It'll make a big comeback sooner or later. Some would argue sooner because BG3 was such a massive hit

No I don't think turn based is outdated. I do think it needs to adapt to survive if people want them to have AAA production values. Turn based is fine. Watching characters stand still when they get hit by slow enemies with advanced graphics is just dumb.

They seem to have made a comeback in the late 2010s so I think the people who say it's outdated are ironically themselves outdated and still stuck in the late 2000s - early 2010s.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

Not outdated, just not the hip style at this time. It'll make a big comeback sooner or later. Some would argue sooner because BG3 was such a massive hit

Let's be honest. Yakuza is getting more and more mainstream appeal. I am not even sure you can call it niche anymore. Infinite wealth and the remake of persona 3 will sell well. There's probably a lot of kids that will get into rpg because smrpg is a good "baby's first rpg" game.

Sea of stars was pretty successful too