I play ff12 on ps2 the first version v boring leh...I was most annoyed by the combat system which isn't real time like ffxv but was advertised as real time...
Depends how you define real time lor. At least on the international combat system, you just go up to an enemy, your whole team will attack it without you issuing any command. You just need to set up your gambit, basically like programming if-then-else for each char, like if hp <70% cast heal, else attack the enemy nearest to you, else ... You can be totally passive the whole fight, just walk around without doing anything, or actively make your moves (attack, use item, etc). Your team chars take action based on ATB (if I am not wrong), which you can just think of as each char's fire rate if you want. Time doesn't stop when encounters are triggered, so it's real time.
Actually quite meaningless to argue semantics, cos one can also argue that FF15 is turn based and not real time
. Combat systems in games keep evolving (and often go full circle and loop back). Simple terms like "real time" or "turn based" are no longer enough to describe each game.
