I need your opinions...(RPG development related)

[Classic]

So, I need to know what you think.
Do you guys like traditional turned based RPGs (Skies of Arcadia, etc...) or action RPGs (Paper Mario, etc...)
Insight would help. I need this data for obvious reasons.

Turn based, obviously, plays like this.
Set your action, watch the action, watch enemy action, repeat.

Action plays like a Paper Mario title where...
You set your action, you play your action (timing attacks, etc...), then watch the enemy.

Please answer and explain.

[Hiro]

I prefer the action kind, you get a little more involved in the game 

[Nyerp]

paper mario is turn-based; action rpgs are where you freely control your character

[StarPilot]

Turn based is my preference, but I think that's because I'm easily distracted.

[Classic]

paper mario is turn-based; action rpgs are where you freely control your character

Silly me.

It's been a long day. Please ignore my idiocy and  answer the question.

[Nyerp]

Silly me.

It's been a long day. Please ignore my idiocy and  answer the question.

turn-bassed

[Geno]

It really depends on how it's executed.
Games like Mass Effect excute the action RPG genre perfectly.
and some other games like Final Fantasy: Dirge of Cerberus fail.

I guess I like Turn based

[ncba93ivyase]

Turn based

Unless it's like the shitty way some Final Fantasy games do it: you have a little meter that slowly charges up, and while you're selecting moves, enemies are still attacking.

[Nyerp]

Turn based

Unless it's like the shitty way some Final Fantasy games do it: you have a little meter that slowly charges up, and while you're selecting moves, enemies are still attacking.

wah it's too hard for me

[Thyme]

Hard to say since I personally don't count Paper Mario as an action RPG. When I think of action RPGs, games like Brave Fencer Musashi and the Tales series come to mind instead.

Either way, I like both. Sometimes one would fit the overall style of the game more than the other. I'd go with your definition of action RPG in My Heroes' case: traditional with timed attacks. I'm sure you can find some silly and original system to incorporate in it.

[ncba93ivyase]

wah it's too hard for me

there's no such thing as a hard rpg

It's simply annoying.

What's worse is when you have to wait to charge up and select a spell, then wait for the spell to charge up before it's used. Makes magic completely useless.

[Geno]

there's no such thing as a hard rpg

Mass Effect

[Samus Aran]

there's no such thing as a hard rpg

It's simply annoying.

What's worse is when you have to wait to charge up and select a spell, then wait for the spell to charge up before it's used. Makes magic completely useless.

um

the spells in "active" time in FF6 and 7 activate immediately as long as nothing happens before you can use it, like an enemy attacking

so i'm assuming the other "active" time games are like that as well

ps: you can change it to "wait"

[Classic]

Turn based

Unless it's like the shitty way some Final Fantasy games do it: you have a little meter that slowly charges up, and while you're selecting moves, enemies are still attacking.

Nah. None of that bullshit. Think Skies of Arcadia.

Hard to say since I personally don't count Paper Mario as an action RPG. When I think of action RPGs, games like Brave Fencer Musashi and the Tales series come to mind instead.

Either way, I like both. Sometimes one would fit the overall style of the game more than the other. I'd go with your definition of action RPG in My Heroes' case: traditional with timed attacks. I'm sure you can find some silly and original system to incorporate in it.

Right now we just want to get a ground base going.
As far as silly antics in the game, there are sequences in battle called "ACTION!". These are small in-game minigames that can effect the battle greatly.

For example, the characters are battling a bad guy on a train. When the "ACTION!" icon appears, the player presses the action button at the right time. If executed correctly, the characters will jump and the bad guy, for example won't, causing himself to be hit by a post or tunnel entrance.

there's no such thing as a hard rpg

That's about to change.

[Samus Aran]

Also, I think that the Tales action style is my favorite battle system for RPGs now. I have no idea how Skies of Arcadia plays because I've never played it.

Tactical-turn-based is probably my second favorite. FFT, Disgaea and the like.

So yeah, I think using a full action battle system would be just awesome.