This time around, X plays by the rules of a rpg. The battle system is turn based, sounds pretty normal right? Well here is what makes Command missions different from you average turn based battle system.

Lets start with each characters unique abilities called" Action Triggers".

Cinnamon's is called "Angelic Aide". It is done by rotating your analog stick multiple times to make hearts on the screen grow. The bigger the hearts, the better the healing. This was kinda hard to do. I had to use the palm of my hand to get all hearts of screen!

Marino's is called "Emotional Reel". It was a slot machine game where you had to match up three of the same picture to do an attack or steal. Once you got use to the patterns of each picture, it was pretty easy to choose which attack you wanted. Not to mention, the higher your WE bar is(you bar for using action triggers) the slower the movement of the slot machine.

Massimo's is called "Berserk Charge". Buttons unlocked depending on how much damage this move did. For example, to unlock the third button, you would have to deal 3k damage with this move. Each button has to be mashed enough to fill up a bar. The first bar is a damage modifier. The second bar is for status affects. The third bar is for a critical hit chance and the last bar mad this move hit more times.

Spider's is called "Fortune Card". It is pretty much poker. The different hands you make have different effects, like 2 pair or flush.

X's is called "Charge Shot". Just like X does in a his video game's, he charges his shot up to do more damage. The interesting thing is that X's changes depending on which hyper mode form he is in(more on the in a second).

Zero's is called "Command Arts". If you have played Final Fantasy 6(yes, another reference from this great game) then you have done this action trigger. It is similar to Sabin's Blitz technique. You have to put in controller motions(like fireball motion or dragon punch motion) to do multiple attacks. You can put in as many as you can before time runs out. Zero also had some changes in his different Hyper modes.

last but not least, Axel's is called "DNA Change". There is a huge map of all the bosses you killed. You have to use each button to create a DNA string of the boss you want to use so Axel can turn into him. For example, this is the DNA string for a boss called Wild Jango: AXAABYBA. Each button represents a Gamecube controller button.

Lets touch a bit more on the other options you have in battle.

Everyone has a hyper mode. Some people have more then one like X. It is just like X to have multiple armors in one game, heh. Pretty much it is a boost to damage or gives invulnurablities to your player character.

Aside from just normal attacks, you can use sub weapons. Some may be extra damage and some are used to steal items(this was a % chance, unlike Marino. She has a 100% chance to steal) or cause status effects. Using sub weapons takes energy from your WE bar(the same one you use for action triggers).

Now the last thing I would like to talk about is FINAL STRIKE! This happens when you do enough damage to an enemy, but you don't kill him. There is a bar you have to break(Kinda like breaking through their defense) and after you break it, your chance for final strike appears. It is pretty much an all out attack where you gain bonus FME(it stands for Force metal energy, which is used to refine force metals). A quick note, force metals are pretty much equipables with effects like adding extra hps and what not.

Ok, now for our requisite video! Minor Spoilers ahead! This video shows one of Zero's special hyper modes. So if you don't wanna see it, skip the video.



Zero looks cool like that. Another reason why this game should have a sequel is the art gallery(this game has a lot of unlockables like art, music and cinematics). There are a lot of cool designs for X that he could use as hyper modes in the sequel.