Talking about the final fantasy tactics in its place in history is straightforward. The basic spin-off combined the aesthetics of the Final Fantasy with a tactical combat system. With the creator of Ogre Battle Yatsumi Matsuno at the head and creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, director of FFVI Hiroyuki Ito and dozens of more famed names Square Enix Collaboration, the Final Fantasy tactics easily became the foundation stone for all future tactical RPGs.
Starting it in 2025 by freshly remastered Final Fantasy tactics – Ivalice Chronicles, is still a fascinating experience. Nostalgia is not the main draw for me personally, because I played tactics for the first time a few years ago. But in state-of-the-art time, the Final Fantasy Tactics time capsule seems timeless. Although he still has a few creakings and cracks here and there, the tactics re -made me convinced that it is simply a need to play.
Ivalice Chronicles offers two game modes. One of them is the port of the original game with several updates (including script) of the great war of the PSP version of Lions. The second is the “improved” version, which I spent most of my time, with remastered graphics and a fresh scenario. However, no main story has changed in the remaster of this Square Enix scenario, so this is the same story as with fresh but welcome refreshments.
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History, as always, follows Ramza Beulve, an aspiring knight at the Academy and his accompanying dimensions. Without knowledge of one of them, the obscure matrices play behind the scenes, moving the pieces on the Ivalice board in the Vies for Power duel. Soon Ramza is forced to confront his place in the world; His nobility granted him power at the expense of the prosperity of others. It is a constantly growing leader, because he is struggling with whether he can really be a strength for good when he was born in the aristocracy.
A story was created when Ramza endures losses, pain and sadness in his fight for a better world, is still wonderful. While some recent stories penetrate full fantasy, they do not hit so tough, there are several other games with such a sturdy chapter as the Final Fantasy tactics. Each battle discovers newer, darker secrets about the machine of people in power. Early stories about the struggles of people kept under the thumb of others in power, conflicts and oppression established by the nobility, they clearly resonate to this day. The updated script retains the whole drama and strengthens it, even adding some additional dialogue in the goal to bring moments home. Ivalice Chronicles also adds fresh voice acting, which already raises sturdy scenes to wonderful heights. Ramza and Delit are obvious, but I also loved voice work for characters such as Milleuda, Argath and Barich, who shine at their headlights.
Because the final fantasy tactics is such a breakthrough work of its genre, his turn -based strategy is known if you’ve ever dealt with this style of play. Each unit belongs to a specific job and sometimes mastering these tasks allows for constant unlocking of skills and talents, transforming every warrior into a peculiar soldier. One squire that I raised early was particularly right in holding the line and defending my weaker magicians and archers, so he quickly became my knight. The next became MVP in the second chapter, cleansing groups of enemies in one cast. Ramza of course became a double ninja/monk; I played many tactical games and whenever I had a chance, I will always make the hero a war warrior.
One of my favorite parts of the Final Fantasy tactics, preserved here so well, is the map design itself. Each combat map turns like a diorama, embedded against gradient emptiness. While there are several flat, extensive fields, the tactics quickly introduce fresh elements to force the player to change the approach. It was several times, I would have problems setting up units, squares and spells on a particularly dense or vertical map, even with an overhead camera.
Water can turn the bridge into a chokeful point, and giant walls create barriers in which dragones can stand out. In the early battle of Dorter, many players learn lessons about how beneficial height can be, because one archer will easily separate the whole team if he stays unattended.
However, several updates of the quality of life make Ivalice chronicles more accessible to newcomers. It was easier than ever to map the work progress, search for specific items to buy, and even resume the battle, if the first few corners went poorly. The fresh user interface also makes it easier to look and see who is moving, or where the spell delay will place its throwing in order. However, the menu may sometimes seem embarrassing; Building muscle memory took some time to get to the work screen, learn fresh skills, and then make sure that they are part of my arsenal before the fight.
Wide swaths of combat maps and content that can be chewed are available, especially when side stories begin to appear later in the game. The Final Fantasy Tactics has a huge number of hours, but there is enough time here to deserve some time and care, and with ease over a dozen re -start. Many fights are tested by building a team, strategies and individual tactics. These walls are certainly intimidating, but they are incredibly unforgettable fights that I still love to play.
In the case of Ivalice, Chronicles Square Enix adopted a similar approach to what Ogre Reborn did for tactics: smoothed, updated adaptation of the original pixel art. Lovers of crunchy pixels will probably want to reproduce the original version here, which means the lack of a fresh script. In my own game, I definitely noticed several places where smoothing and remastering came out of some of the characters of some areas. However, I still liked the general appearance of the game, especially when it comes to the ghosts of the characters and some of the largest monsters fought as the story progressed.
Strange concessions also made a bit of a remaster. Long -time fans could hope for an absolutely final edition, and this is mainly such. On the other hand, having many graphic options and scripts varieties is great, and a huge part of additional content – including one iconic hero – is still present. But as someone who hopes for a completely final version with all content, including the Dark Knight class and a certain pirate Sky from Final Fantasy XII, I was a bit disappointed, seeing those who stayed on the floor in the cutting room.
One of the main advantages is that Square Enix contained sound novels, the first official location of them ever published. These side stories, played like an adventure game, are a great addition and are finally fascinated by to break away for the first time.
There are so many games that appear every year, and no real governing body to determine “game canon”. Instead, I will say that the final fantasy tactics was and remains an indispensable work. This is a kind of game he played nowadays fresh eyes surprised the newcomers with how addictive his work system is, how expressive ghosts and music music are, how wonderful dioramic battle maps can be, and how her story moves. Time has passed, but tactics never grow ancient.
