Turn-based RPGs in Modern Gaming: 8/07/2015

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Bob and Steve join Kat to discuss the evolution of turn-based RPGs, their appeal versus real-time combat, and the news that the Final Fantasy VII remake's gameplay is in for "dramatic changes." What does turn-based combat mean in the modern era? The crew is here to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.9	The Axe of the Blood God.
0:33.0	Woo ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God, U.S. Skimmer's official RPG podcast.
0:51.4	I'm your host, Kat Bailey, and joining me today are two returning guests. First, our senior
0:57.8	writer over at US Gamer Bob Mackie. Hey, it's good to be back on the show. It's good to have you
1:03.8	back. And also our favorite contributor, Steve Tramer. Hi, everybody. It is also good to be back.
1:13.1	So the reason I have you two on Steve in particular is because we're going to talk about
1:18.3	RPG mechanics today. And in particular, we're going to be talking about term-based
1:24.0	combat in RPGs, kind of what the history is. And kind of this weird thread that seems to be developing that term-based combat is somehow
1:34.9	boring or perhaps outdated.
1:37.5	So we're going to address all of that.
1:39.6	And the impetus for this conversation is the recent word that Tetsia Numerra and company are
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