Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25555436-20141207154400/@comment-25555436-20141214125208

It's based on Dissidia. This means, button smashing is not really possible, neither for normals or specials. One could kinda sorta make a combo by using different attacks in succesion, but one can't simply button smash. Like in Smash Bros, you can't exactly button smash your way to victory there.

Exceed attacks, before being executed, require the character to land an attack, which can be perfectly dodged like any other attack. Failing kicks you out of Over Drive and into Tired mode without doing anything. And then you have to do whatever you have to do perfectly if you did land the attack.

Over Drive mode is barely filled with attacks. Small, secondary things, and being hit, fill it faster than just doing a barrage of combos. Over Drive is designed more like a "time to finish this" mode, and the Exceed attack like a "Death Or Glory" attack, as it's easy to miss, and requires more than just landing the attack, and if the enemy still lives, or you fail, you're pretty much doomed.

Story-wise, the canon ending it's the show's ending. However, the player's actions may show different..."what ifs", different possibilities and all.