So, the two biggest games during the recent State of Play made me very happy. Bloodstained will be getting a prequel, and I love Bloodstained, so that rocks! But the even bigger news for me is that Final Fantasy Tactics is finally going to be available on modern consoles and now officially on PC! Final Fantasy Tactics is one of my favorite games. I live and breathe the game. I was thrilled when the War of the Lions version came out, and Michael Christopher Koji-Fox retranslated the game into the same medieval tones used by Alexander O. Smith in Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII. I suffered through the PSP version's slowdowns just to be able to play the game portably, with its beautifully rendered new cinema scenes. Plus, the new Dark Knight job was really damn cool! The PSP version was almost perfect!
There hasn't been a definitive version of Final Fantasy Tactics because of slowdown that occurs during magical attacks. If you're into emulation, the ISO can be easily patched to fix it, but Square-Enix never issued an official fix. The PSP version also didn't showcase the mid-battle poetry like the original. "Life is short. Bury!" was a thing of the past. I was always so sad that I never got to read the fun monologues, the way they popped up in the original.
But now we'll finally have the game on modern consoles and PC! Final Fantasy Tactics: the Ivalice Chronicles is being spearheaded by Creative Studio III. I knew they were working on other games aside from Final Fantasy XIV, but I never expected this. It looks like you'll be able to play in Classic mode, or in a Remastered mode that offers voice acting and visual adjustments. It would be really cool if CS3 added additional characters like Clive Rosfield, to go along with Cloud, Luso, and Balthier from previous iterations. After playing the Return to Ivalice raids in XIV, I have high expectations for the voice acting. I bet they're gonna add in the mid-battle monologues too, because they clearly know how impactful those lines are from how revered they're treated in XIV! I hope we have more positive things to be revealed about this Remaster before its release on Semptember 30th.
Some drawbacks: the collector's edition looks amazing, but I can't afford $250 for it. I'm gonna feel that FOMO hard. I also must say I am weirded out that there will be in-game DLC for pre-ordering and for the Deluxe Version, which give new colors for Ramza to wear. The idea of monetizing a remaster in any way feels scummy.
There hasn't been a definitive version of Final Fantasy Tactics because of slowdown that occurs during magical attacks. If you're into emulation, the ISO can be easily patched to fix it, but Square-Enix never issued an official fix. The PSP version also didn't showcase the mid-battle poetry like the original. "Life is short. Bury!" was a thing of the past. I was always so sad that I never got to read the fun monologues, the way they popped up in the original.
But now we'll finally have the game on modern consoles and PC! Final Fantasy Tactics: the Ivalice Chronicles is being spearheaded by Creative Studio III. I knew they were working on other games aside from Final Fantasy XIV, but I never expected this. It looks like you'll be able to play in Classic mode, or in a Remastered mode that offers voice acting and visual adjustments. It would be really cool if CS3 added additional characters like Clive Rosfield, to go along with Cloud, Luso, and Balthier from previous iterations. After playing the Return to Ivalice raids in XIV, I have high expectations for the voice acting. I bet they're gonna add in the mid-battle monologues too, because they clearly know how impactful those lines are from how revered they're treated in XIV! I hope we have more positive things to be revealed about this Remaster before its release on Semptember 30th.
Some drawbacks: the collector's edition looks amazing, but I can't afford $250 for it. I'm gonna feel that FOMO hard. I also must say I am weirded out that there will be in-game DLC for pre-ordering and for the Deluxe Version, which give new colors for Ramza to wear. The idea of monetizing a remaster in any way feels scummy.
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