This adds to the feeling of accomplishment and skill appreciation

Select Magic then input A, A, Up, Down, it may cast something specific

multiple levels of casting? or all or nothing?

Yes multiple levels

The stronger magic is longer combinations

I'm more into the strategy than the memorization.

With fighter characters, their advanced abilities work the same

no, i mean.. the combo is 4 buttons long, you get 3 and botch the 4th. Does it still cast at 75% or just fail?

See but my game is both memorization and strategy @Scribblehatch

@Misomania it's easy to implement that either way

maybe have each button press push it further down a branching spell tree?

I also liked Mario RPG for the Super Nintendo when you had to time your basic attacks. That script also exists

In WoW when you fight its the same, if you don't do the best rotation you dont do much dmg

@Misomania possible and easy to implement

I want every character to have unique timing for all their attacks and abilities

Mario RPG's timing wasn't a whole lot of memorization though

Also

Speaking of Mario RPG

I sortof like patapon's method of that

In Final Fantasy VIII Squall had one basic timed attack. Why not make it three potential attacks with precise timing

I've done 100 super jumps legit.

it was based on a metronome

I cannot explain to you, any of you, how terrifying it is when you feel yourself getting into the 70s

@Scribblehatch it wasn't that precise. Kids could do it.

@Gilgamesh ever play patapon?

@Misomania no

check out videos of it, it shows something similar but with a fixed 4 beat rythym to control button input

Instead of using rhythm I wouldn't mind a circle around a character that closes the faster the input needs to be.

used the 4 psp buttons to input a song to tell your guys what to do in combat

But

That is a good idea

the game is really fun anyway

Half second, then two quarter seconds followed by a full second

they had one song type like that, the ultimate summon

That sounds ideal for a basic attack timer, for one character anyway

But I want all spells to be button combinations so you can't just select it on a menu

full beat, full beat, two half beats, skipped beat

It would be much more rewarding

Yeah

I feel it though man. That's the next level of rpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68f7H701_E8