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It feels just right.

Nothing wrong with it.

Of course, most games add the option to speed up combat, which is useful in different ways like say, for example - when you are playing the same combat encounters or parts of the game over and over again.

This is a part of specialty of Turn Based combat.

You have a section where you are acting tactically, in short term. Your Turn.
And you get to see how characters perform your commands.

And then the enemy gets his Turn, his section of combat where he acts tactically, in short term - while you get to watch and evaluate your long term strategic decisions (how you built your characters, what skills youve chosen for them, what equipment you managed to get for them, etc) and how your characters defend, based on their stats, equipment and consequences of your previous Turn short term tactical decisions.

Of course, you are not just watching and evaluating but you are also already formulating your plans and moves for the next turn. Which is one of the reasons why you get to be finished with yours relatively faster.

Of course, most games add the option to speed up combat, which is useful in different ways like say, for example - when you are playing the same combat encounters or parts of the game over and over again.


And some people just like it all to move faster.

I dont.

But thats beside the point, which is - i am sure Larian devs will add speed up options.
Its a very common option.

Its just that i wanted to say that there is nothing wrong with animation speeds as they are now, by default. The rest is a matter of personal taste and preferences and other things.

There were speedup options in older games, but I haven't played a tactical turnbased RPG in forever. Was there a speedup option in that new X-Com game?

I don't feel like I need 3-4 seconds to evaluate my options. Cut that down to half a second and I get all the information I need, they moved, they acted, now it's my turn.

How is the game supposed to display an opponent moving, triggering attacks of opportunity from nearby party members, and then casting a spell on an opponent in "half a second"? I was willing to take that as an exaggeration, but you're saying 3-4 seconds is too long.. which in reality is probably the minimum amount of time it takes to display that sequence.

you're saying 3-4 seconds is too long.. which in reality is probably the minimum amount of time it takes to display that sequence.

So, you basically want to watch your opponents turns happen at fast-forward speeds. Is that even practical? How long before you find yourself saying "Wait, what just happened.. why did half my party just drop dead? Is there a rewind on this thing?".

Don't get me wrong, I was playing Blackguards yesterday and my characters had to progress through a lengthy maze to reach a location that was spawning an unlimited supply of opponents. You can imagine how snooze-worthy it was every time their turn came up and I had to wait for each opponent to take their movements through the maze in an effort to reach me.

So, I'm not doubting that it can be useful. It's just.. it's useful right up until that "what just happened" moment, when suddenly it isn't.

Wasteland 2 has this, a slider that adjusts speed from 0.5x to 3x. I think it would be a nice feature in D:OS for people who don't want to sit there watching all the animations.