The Curious Case of Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered
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Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered has long been rumoured as an upcoming title being developed and produced by Square Enix. But thus far, everything has been all quiet. Throughout this video we discuss what's going on with the Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster.
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Final Fantasy Tactics is an absolute masterpiece.....every aspect of this game is truly art.
I cannot emphasize enough how much I believe FFT to be the perfect example of RPG greatness.
Some slight balancing issues aside, the only thing it needs is full voice acting instead of only in cut scenes, and a fix to the framerates, plus online multiplayer. It would be absolutely perfect then, but it's darn close already.
@@Vulpaspsp version has that
I agree. Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics are for me in my top 10 games ever made, and I tend to favor Western CRPGs over JRPGs. They are among the ultra rare category of video games that I consider to be works of high art, in the same narrative and audiovisual category as Dark Souls, and Wizardry 7. The stories of Ramza and of Denam are unforgettable and had major influences on me as a teenager when they were new on the first Playstation. My feelings go back and forth over the years about which of the two I think is the best, but ultimately I think I would say Tactics Ogre is my favorite, because unlike most other games that have multiple endings, that game has multiple narrative paths with a remarkable amount of exclusive content. The PSP remake of it is the only game I ever played for which I actually maintained multiple spreadsheets throughout my playthrough and ensured that I got every secret unlocked, every unique drop, every recruitable character (even resorting to the infamous "death march" to get Cressida), etc. But when I think of the ending scene of Final Fantasy Tactics, or the things Ramza witnesses as he goes through the story, it makes it very difficult to pick one!
@@VulpasIt doesn't really need voices but of course that would be a nice addition, for such a recent remaster/remake that is being done in a time when it's a trend to add voices to games that didn't have any voices originally.
Agreed
To this day Final Fantasy Tactics still is one of my favorite games ever made. The politic intricacies and more somber narrative is signature of Matsuno's style; he really injected a lot of that "humans are the real monsters" narrative that Tactics Ogre is known for, and did so masterfully. Everything he learned in the Ogre series was translated exceptionally well to Tactics, which still has, to this day, my favorite Job System in the franchise. And Akihiko Yoshida providing the character designs truly cemented Final Fantasy Tactics as a truly unique game.
I am a massive fan of Matsuno's works including Tactics and Vagrant Story.
I am looking very forward to the Tactics Remaster.
**brofist** I see you too are a person of culture. Matsuno has never made a bad game.
@@Ashtarte3D Not at all and that includes XII even though he left part way through development.
Tacticts remaster trilogy would be amazing. The OG tactics with online battle
@@darthacezXII Zodiac Age is my favorite game, so much great stuff in it, so much secrets (and tons of secret bosses, which I love). Really hope for a Tactics remaster since it's also Ivalice.
Vagrant Story was amazing.
I can’t remember how many times I’ve bought FFT over the years. Multiple times in disc form on PS1, again on PS3 when it released digitally, PSP, mobile… the list continues. Tactics is my favorite FF game of all of them, so I’ll keep holding out hope that it gets a remaster for the newer consoles. I just hope they don’t change too much about it 😢
Are we the same person?! Same here. Every release, every version. Original release, Greatest hits, PS3, PsP, Mobile, Emulations
@@Th3BlackLotus it’s pretty close 😅 although I never got into the emulation game, game shark was definitely the way to go during PlayStation era
@@Th3BlackLotussame here. I think the suits behind the scenes don't realize how many people would preorder a remake
You should really try tactics ogre reborn
my favorite game too
I pray with every fiber of my being that they actually release a FFT remaster. As a die hard FF fan, Tactics was probably my favorite game with the name Final Fantasy attached to it.
You can play a rom-hack right now and get a new experience from it.
@@PierFlies I'm gonna have to check it out!
I loved FFT and FFT Advance, a remaster done properly would be amazing.
Unfortunately TA's(and TA2) rights are partially held by Nintendo. And you know how anal Nintendo is with rights.
@@frostmourne1986I refuse to give Nintendo money. They're awful.
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@frostmourne1986 Not like Square enix is any better , I won't forgive Square enix for deleting the 1.5 million viewed fftactics soundtrack and other popular music videos
@@theoriginal3362 true but it seems they put up a lot of their own music now. Afterall, they do have to protect their IP.
I hope it's more than a remaster, I hope it's like Tactics Ogre Reborn where they take the time to tighten up the game systems and modernize it a bit. TOR is my favorite SRPG of all time easily, I'd hate for them to waste the opportunity to perfect FFT and go the "faithful" route. I already have FFT and many, many different overhaul/balance mods to choose from, I want to see Matsuno make his own overhaul and perfect his vision.
If Tactics Remaster is put out, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I loved playing Tactics so much and I know they'd add some new stuff and it will be awesome!!
FFT2 being cancelled is such a terrible loss. FFTA is no replacement...
Yeah…the weird sentient monster races make no sense
Amen to that!!!
I want this so bad. More than a 9 remaster/remake
I know a lot do so do I. one day... one day...😢
FFT is my favourite. No other story like it
Live in hope, 9 remake and tactics remaster are the only things left on that leak list to be announced
Same as long they don't put level restrictions like tactics orge
why not both?
My PS1 and all my games were stolen back in '99. I still think about Tactics from time to time. It was my favorite game by far. I'd pay quite a bit for a PC remaster
this game was my childhood and still one of my favorite games to replay. i kept my psone and original copy just so i can boot it up and relive the journey once every few years
I remember playing it on my PSP. Good times. Man, the dialogue in that game was fantastic. I liked the medieval speech.
So many people seem to hate the PSP translation, so it makes me happy to know that others appreciated it! I've heard complaints about it, such as "people don't talk like that in real life", which to me is astonishing. The game is from the outset portrayed as being told from the perspective of a written work of narrative history, one that is based on an earlier and long-lost manuscript, reflecting such instances as in the style of a medieval epic like Le Morte d'Arthur, Parzival or Orlando Furioso each of which is based on unfinished or earlier versions, themselves based on much older lyrical and oral history. The PSP version translation lends the game a Shakespearian quality that greatly enhances the experience of the narrative in my opinion.
Me too! It made it so cinematic
I LOVE FFT! I had it for the PS1 and have replayed it numerous times. I still have the WotL on my phone and play it every now and then. I would love to see a modern remake of this game.
I honestly wish more FF games would be set in Ivalice. I love the different races, lore, and general landscapes portrayed in the different games(FFT, FFXII, and Vagrant Story). FFXII became one of my all time favorite main titles when it came out and the Zodiac remake is SO much fun!
I wish we have a FFT remaster on current console and PC, I hope so much for that.
Thanks for the video.
I absolutely loved Tactics ogre reborn and I am very very confident that FF tactics remaster is coming. I think in the next year or 2 we will get it. They likely want to leave a good chunk of time between its release and that of tactics ogre reborn and are perhaps also looking for a nice slot to release it inbetween other releases of theirs so as to not potentially cannibalise sales.
Tactics Ogre Reborn was my first time playing an Ogre Battle series game and I enjoyed it a lot and it really gave me a sense of nostalgia when i first played FFT way back when i was a kid so I have high hopes for a FFT remaster. But yup, timing is everything so they're probably going to focus on pushing the upcoming FF project releases for a bit and then officially announce a FFT remaster
A large release distance makes sense. Especially because the new TO remaster is too recent, and FFT is much more popular.
I hope they're leaving it in the oven to make it something even more special than it already is
Final Fantasy Tactics Is My Favorite Final Fantasy Story. The World Building Of Ivalice Is Absolutely Incredible!
and the zodiac theme instead of crystal is refreshing
Tactics Ogre LUCT - and now Reborn - is one of my all time favourite games and I have only heard good things about FFT, so I'd love to be able to play a remaster!
FFT is easily my favorite game in the FF series (may be obvious, heh). The idea itself is like a dream come true, and I pray that it’s a great game.
Playing this game as a child made me feel like I had matured as a person. Amazing plot, great music, great graphics for those times. It's a pity that we never got the second part (I don't count the advance version because it's not the same).
I really hope this gets a remake like SM:RPG did. Remaster is not enough. If you're going to do something like this do it right. Give it the love it deserves.
As far as I’m concerned they’ve saved the best two for last. FF9 was my first final fantasy game and tactics is by far my favorite. I’m hoping they happen and happen soon 🤞🏻
You should play ff7 if you haven't yet
How can they make a remake of 9 when 7 is not finished yet either it will have the same treatment as 7 or they can keep it I can still appreciate 9 today
@@boussalembahaeddine815 You are aware that they have more than one development team, yes? And it would make no sense whatsoever to treat it the same as FFVIIR, because IX does not have anything even close to resembling the compilation of VII. It's a standalone title with no further spinoffs or expansions to its story.
Best two for last? 😂.
I mean, I can understand that statement for FFT, but definitely not for the other. 😂.
@@SeventhheavenDK FFIX is one of the most beloved titles in the series, and for good reason.
I use to play and replay FFT a lot on my old play station. It was by far one of my favorite games, I just gotten Tactics Ogre reborn the other day and I love it too.
Brings me back to when I use to play Ogre battle 64. Back in the early 2000s.
Fft and ogre battle 64 are my 2nd and 3rd favorite games of all time. Both are behind Dragon Force as my fav ever. It was on Sega Saturn
I really loved how different tactics was thematically. It was much more serious and had a lot of darker themes. I think it needed that to distinguish itself. What a classic.
My favorite game of all time. While I'm dying for a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster, I more so want a remake that brings the full game into 3D close up camera in the same style add the WotL cutscenes.
3d has important advantages for FFT, because the maps have many obstacles to our view, sometimes in many angles... unlike games like Fire Emblem. Also I imagine that the old maps in modern 3d graphics would make the objects of those complex maps stand out even more, resulting in more problems of blocking our view. Especially natural space: trees, bushes, branches, etc. So if the game is fully 3d it's possible to add more options of rotation and zoom, that fixes those viewing problems.
I really hope that if they ever rerelease, remaster, or remake FFT that they learn from Tactics Ogre Reborn and add full voice acting. Not just only in cutscenes, like in the War of the Lions version. It really helps with immersion. That and helps with the loading time issues.
I was very surprised and impressed that they gave Tactics Ogre fully voiced dialogue. If they're willing to put that kind of budget into a remaster of a less infamous title like that, I think it's a very good sign a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster could get the same treatment.
Oh my God that would be so amazing, I need that.
Final Fantasy Tactics is a game that I used to play through every year. I wish I could have the same passion for the Tactics Advance games, but they just play way too slowly just due to how they were optimized and developed for their platform. Final Fantasy Tactics always felt snappy and responsive in it's controls and menus, and as an adult I can't be having time leached away from me like this every time I open a menu.
I'm still playing Tactics Ogre Reborn in the end game fusing relics and thinking out good Cursed weapons, beating the super bosses, etc. So I'm hoping Tactics Remastered will be something special, hopefully with more content and rebalancing, and not just a slightly touched up War of the Lions. I'm taking the radio silence as them keeping their nose down and focusing on their game.
The music choices for your video were inspired!! Loved it!❤
I really enjoyed Tactics Ogre Reborn, an FFT remake would be awesome! I really hope that this might be a sign of future Tactics Ogre/Ogre Battle games moving forward, or at least more projects led by Matsuno and the other former Quest teams.
I wish so badly that TO and FFT were able to become true franchises. That was attempted in the GBA gen but the plan didn't go far, and it was abandoned. Then both games just got PSP versions and that's it. I don't mean direction continuation of the stories but different stories, like it's common in the whole genre.
To me that's among of the biggest tragedies in jrpg history, because no other subgenre got through a similar situation. TO is the most revolutionary srpg. (Since to me it makes no sense saying it's Fire Emblem, that is the origin of the subgenre) TO in the snes completely surpassed the standards set by early FE and derivative rivals like Shining Force. Yet FE became a success in Japan since the snes, and global since the gba... and got than 10 games not counting remakes. But TO never took off despite the fame and influence.
And the tragic plot only escalated as the famous srpgs that shaped the image of the genre in the 90s in Japan started dieing or decaying over the 00s... Shining Force, Front Mission, TO and FFT. And that was happening at the same period of FE's global breakthrough, which got even stronger in the 3ds gen. And none of that managed to encourage Sega and Square to change their minds and try their srpgs again. They gave up too fast and too easily, though they have gems in their hands.
So nowadays the genre is solely carried by FE in terms of classic franchises. And the fact is that all those other glorious classic franchises could totally still be around. Their companies never closed or something, they just refuse to work on them again. And personally I don't think the current initiative of remakes/remasters of FM, TO and FFT changes the situation dramatically... because it's just the same old games. Only FE keeps on going with sequels and all.
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen can use a modern port or a remake.
@@nevanV12That isn't impossible but to me honestly the Ogre franchise (the original, excluding Tactics) can be called dead and buried unfortunately. It was overshadowed and suffocated by the Tactics side, that became the iconic title of the whole franchise. Similar to how Persona at first was a side thing born from inside of Shin Megami Tensei and then got more popular and became the most famous side of the whole franchise.
I've already got money set aside to buy this in the hopes that it happens. This is one of my all time favorite games and I have played the original for many years.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who decided to create a nest egg on the off-chance that it happened, even though the odds are against us. I still hold out hope... and things are looking better and better with each scrap of news. I've been afraid for a long while now that the moment I spend it, they are going to drop it like a nuclear bomb and I will have to wait forever to scrounge up enough to get it.
Wish I could say the same for Hollow Knight: Silksong, but I keep pray for good luck. It's nice to dream, I guess.
6:28 You forgot to mention the appearance of a few characters in War of the Visions Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
Back in the days of Final Fantasy Tactics, the Math Skill Holy emerged as an overwhelmingly overpowered force on my screen. The strategic finesse of deploying five adept female wizards, boosted by MATK UP and concealed in Chameleon Robes, resulted in a game-altering imbalance that diminished the challenges, leaving me somewhat disgruntled with the lack of difficulty.
This falls in the realm of 'No Nerfing Cid!!!!'
It is very rare that I get hyped for anything much these days, but if they actually announce this thing I might cry. Sure I can still play the game on my phone, and I've gone through multiple mods through the FFH forums, but this subseries needs new life and a remaster would be just what it needs. Imagine, too, the possibility of new prologue/epilogue story, new jobs, the return of playable rendezvous/melee, new gear, graphical updates.
Every day that goes by without news about this makes me suspicious that it might not actually come. Still, I'll hold onto this flicker of hope; near everything else on that Nvidia list happened.
Tactics was hands-down my favorite Final Fantasy. Ive gone back to play the other Final Fantasy's many times, but not nearly as much as Tactics. I go back to it at least every 2 years now since its release. The gameplay, plots, and lore behind it all was impeccably brilliant. I cant give it the justice it deserves in words. The story swept me away when I first played and I love going back for replays (which it has tons of replay value as well. Something other Final Fantasy's have as well but Tactics has on a much larger scale.) Just because its not a numbered Final Fantasy I feel like sometimes it is overshadowed as a spin off title. But it holds a grand tale that rivals that of any Final Fantasy, in my opinion. If you have never played it, I envy you because it is such a treat to experience it for the first time. If they remade it I would play the hell out of it.
Straight up brings a tear to the eye. Love yall.
FFT is likely the game I've replayed the most out of any game, followed by FF7. Spent hundreds of hours each play-through, maxing out everything on each character. Most games, I play once....maybe twice in rare instances. That said, I would absolutely love a proper remake of this title. I love turn-based strategy games an FFT started it all for me, I believe. The game also has one of my favorite OST's to accompany it.
This is my story as well lol
Wotv played a vital role in this. They saw how many are still interested and miss fft or tactics games in general.
Final Fantasy Tactics should go full on 2.5D/HD style remake like Star Ocean Second Story R went.
And people love how good SO looks, I think that's what fans of FF Tactics will think too.
I started off with tactics advance on the Gameboy advance and I fell in love with the game. This was my first introduction to Final fantasy in general
I remember playing FF Tactics for the 1st as a kid on cuba vacation in the late 90s and even if english wasn't my mother language I was blown away of the beginning. I bought the psp port which was really really good and I bought the OG PS1 Version. And I adore this Game a lot! Tactics Ogre Remake wasn't bad but the level cap is annoying. I wish FF Tactics get the remake🙂
I love Tactics. I hope the remaster is like a new game. The bad part is that I like the current sprites and how they move. I hope updating them doesn’t take away the charm.
Have you seen the new Star Ocean Second Story R? That would be perfect. Use the old sprites (cleaned up a bit, but faithful to their original), 2.5D environment, and QoL updates.
If they do it, expect it to be exactly like Tactics Ogre Reborn, which the visuals update mostly remained to UI, Ogre was also the remaster of the PSP remake, which Tactics also have, I'm more surprised it hasn't happened already.
@@briansilva3765 Nah the assumption has long been that it'll be a different game instead of a hi-res port is why it hasnt already happened. Id assume the WotV style but much higher resolution/anti-aliasing is what they'll end up with.
@@trymv1578I wonder if it's taking too long to even announce because it's going to be a full graphics remake. Like the stages in modern "cartoony" 3d quality, with more options of rotation and zooming, and the characters in 3d to finally move properly with the stage. Today it's possible to make 3d models look close to sprites. And I can imagine that Matsuno is demanding on the visual quality. Since all story cutscenes happen in "gameplay" graphics, sometimes exclusive backgrounds, I can imagine it takes some time to make, even if its not a very high standards (AAA) project.
Edit: I just remembered to mention two things: first the 3d cutscenes. Maybe there will be a few more 3d cutscenes in the same style of those of the PSP version? That can add a bit more of workload. And secondly: voice acting, that the TO remaster had. Maybe the game will be fully voiced? That also can add a little bit to workload, and can explain the total lack of news about a "simple" new version of a PS1 trpg.
@@briansilva3765But FFT is immensely bigger than TO, and that gives a reason to believe the project scope is bigger than that of TO remaster. Also how long it's been taking to even announce, show gameplay bits, etc.
i'll never forget when i chose to save on the way to teh rooftop battle near the end and it was my only save and i couldnt turn around. it made me put teh game down and never go back for 2 decades.
One of the Greatest Games & Stories of all times.
This was one of my all time favorite games. Next to ff7 and 10. I’ve enjoyed playing all the old remakes instead of any new games.
I remember playing (and being able to complete) FFT advance and then play the PSP version of FFT, but sadly I think stopped playing at half the game. Remember was getting on a point that a 6 vs 6 units maps were kind of equal field and suddenly getting into stages in which you begin to fight more numbers became extremely difficult.
6:10 That's a gross understatement. War of the Lions's frame rate would slow to a horrific crawl the moment any foreground effect (read: used for virtually all spells and most abilities) was rendered. We're talking drops into single digit frame rates at the worst of it, with most of the Summoner job's spells practically creating an impromptu bathroom break every time they were cast.
I really hope the success of Fire Emblem on the Switch and successful remasters of Advance Wars will signal a desire for more tactics games either better graphics in 3D or at the very least something more modern.
The problem is that it's feels too late now to take it further. Square completely lacked vision to turn FFT into a long and profilic franchise. And it totally had the potential for that. After all a FFT franchise doesn't need to be locked to the actual game's plot, just like most rpg franchises don't revolve around a single plot and a single world, but in fact tend to refresh the plot and even the world in most sequels. And direct sequels or prequels are the exception.
Now Matsuno is old and probably even more depressed than he already was in the 90s... and to be honest I even wonder if he has the drive and ambition to write completely fresh stories that have a similar power to that of FFT.
This is what we are talking about: making new things that remind of the energy of FFT. Otherwise, making simple things just as an excuse to keep using the tactics gameplay in new games was already tried before, in the Advance games, which didn't get far. So that's why I think It's too late unfortunately. Trying to match such a masterpiece is extremely challenging.
After FFT and maybe FF12 (it isn't totally his game though) Matsuno stopped pushing himself like other great geniuses of gaming but who managed whole franchises and kept growing with it. So I get the feeling that he isn't in a good shape creatively now, because of the lack of the stimulation of ambitious projects. Square just never realized how to use his abilities the best way possible after FFT. But I believe he could totally have been like the Hideo Kojima of srpgs, and made FFT the icon franchise of the genre instead of Fire Emblem (that I don't hate but don't think it deserves its existing status).
Next time, can you link any of the music that you played in the background? I'm a huge John Oeth fan and seeing/hearing his music here jade my day.
I really hope that a remaster will be packaged with remastered versions of Advance, A2 and (maybe) even Revenant Wings. Like an all in one "Final Fantasy: The World of Ivalice Remastered". Kind of like how they did with Kingdom Hearts
I want a remaster of FFT: War of the Lions so badly. Matsuno is in my top three developers of all time, the man has never made a bad game. FF12 is my favorite entry in the series and The Return to Ivalice is what finally got me to play FF14.
War of the Lions really was great upgrade to the original, but I did not enjoy playing it on PSP. I didn't find the system comfortable to handle as handhelds go, and of course you have to deal with glare on a tiny screen. Worst of all, the load times were unbearable. The game would have to load every time you cast a freaking SPELL! Ridiculous. The game deserves better. 100% will rebuy War of the Lions if they port it to PC. In the meantime, uh... I guess I can use my PC to emulate the PSP version? Not really the ideal outcome, but it works better than anything Square Enix is currently willing to sell me.
I hope you wound up enjoying FFXIV! The Ivalice raids are awesome!
After loving the original on PSX so much, I bought a PSP just for War of the Lions. And a PS3 just for the Ad-Hoc Party feature for the little multiplayer the game offered. Years later, I still think it was worth it.
I HAVE to believe. Agrias is literally tattooed to my leg. The Tactics Ogre and Star Ocean 2 remasters were so good, FFT R just HAS to be coming lol.
I would love a FFT remaster coming out and would prefer they keep THUNDER GOD Cid the same. I mean you get him so late in the game that its kind of nice to have an OP character at that time.
And you can also be gentle to enemies and make Orlandeau leave... Just pick the Excalibur. xD
One of the reason why I love the unique art of Granblue Fantasy because of Minaba art direction.
the excerpt from 6:52 really makes me wish more than anything we could get at least Ogre Battle Saga Episode VIII or another FFT from Matsuno because yeah we're all not getting any younger, I was 7 when FFT came out, and just turned 33 a few months ago, so yeah really, really wish Square would just let Matsuno have whatever he needs to make one or two more games for closure.
20 hours ago there is no FF Tatics in the works to get remastered - confirmed
I am sure its coming. Tactics games are poppin right now. The GOAT will return
I personally think that Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - War of The Visions is worth mentioning since it adapted some of FFTs systems and used FFT collab as its first main appeal especially during its launch.
Based on Star Ocean Second Story R, they absolutely need to remaster/remake Tactics and FF9 in that style. That is a perfect remake to me.
There are quite a few things I want from a FFT remaster, but I think the most important changes I'd want to see is the game receiving the same treatment given to Tactics Ogre (updated sprites, voice acting, additional post-game events) and online multiplayer.
It'd be nice to see some class restructuring (like skill changes for archer and Dragoon) as well but I'm fine with the final product meeting the minimum criteria of a "remaster"
Online multiplayer is a MUST, or I riot. Having access to FFT again is a godsend, but it would DEFINITELY be soured if we could do Rendezvous mode... I never even got to do it the first time around on the PSP version. Heard about it, read about it, was _sad_ about it - because I never got to do it with anyone.
About core gameplay, for this scope of project that doesn't seem to be as simple as the PSP versions (simply because it should have been already done if it was the case) I think the devs should be more serious with the balance of abilities, in parameters and points, and maybe add new abilities for the lacking jobs. Also I think the random battles should have a bigger variety because they are boring. Also I wish there is more weather variation and evening and night battles.
About minor elements, I think it would be nice to add more equipment (not a lot but still more), rework the pub side missions to make them more interesting, and add new side quests. And maybe tone down the Wiegraf battles and the Elmdor battles (not their Lucavi forms).
And about quality of life features, I think the game could get an easy and two harder difficulties. And speed up abilities animations with a button. And rework the interfaces of party editing and battle, so they are more practical and accessible to a newbie. And add a visual icon to show zodiac compatibility in the battle window (like Fire Emblem shows the effective weapon in the battle window). And lastly totally rework the tutorial (that is even joked about) so it's more efficient and effective to teach a newbie. Maybe the current old Matsuno has a new mindset and can be more considerate to the newbie.
About purely graphical aspects, I've been wondering if it would be nice if abilities leave a temporary effect on the stages. Like if the Monk's Earth Slash is used, it leaves a temporary mark on the ground that slowly disappear after a few turns. And explosions, fire, etc make temporary marks on the ground the same way.
@@carlosaugusto9821 A few of the QoL features you mentioned were given to Tactics Ogre last year, so I would hope FFT gets treated the same way. Visual changes to the battlefield after using certain skills does sound dope though. I just don't know if the devs would willing to work that feature in (w/o causing bugs and/or adding a new mechanic).
As far as difficulty goes, I think there should be an easy mode and a normal mode with level scaling/locking. Maybe a hard mode where reinforcements come in mid-battle. As long as I don't have to 1v1 Weigraf in chapter 1.
@@SolstaceWinters I was kind of hoping for a pvp (that forces players to use generic units) but if we can somehow get both, that would be perfect.
I desperately need a new FFT game. I have been chasing the dragon for so long. Very few other tactics games feel as good as this. A remake and more of it's kind would be just the best.
Have you tried breeding the dragons instead? Much easier than finding them. That way you can get to poaching em faster.
@@SolstaceWinters no no. I mean chasing the high of this game
I wish so badly that Square that the vision to turn FFT in a true franchise. Of course not being a story continuation of FFT but completely different plots, like it's common in the genre. Matsuno made a tremendous revolution in srpg history with Tactics Ogre and FFT, and its very sad the company didn't realize a direction to take after that. FFT, if it was a successful franchise with great sequels in the same quality of the first one, was the deserving franchise to lead the srpg genre, and not Fire Emblem imo.
Even though the FFTA games failed to be worthy successors, the company could continue trying. That is just another case of those tragic misunderstandings in gaming history where a company makes an "odd" or straight up weird sequel to a successful game, and it gets naturally criticised, and then the company brilliantly concludes that people don't like the game anymore and just bury it. Instead of trying another concept for a sequel.
A remaster of FFT would leave me in tears. Im not a huge gamer, really. But that game is something special and I would be all over this!
I cant believe you didn't mention war of the visions once!
I think a lot of people don't know it exists... Definitely my favorite game the last 4 years.
My all-time favorite. Hope they announce it soon. 🤞
Good video.
And yes, I'm the guy who first finished every SCC including Calculators without Math Skill. I would definitely love a remaster :)
11:00 this same news has been repeated when people asked about the lack of Tactics characters in Dissidia Opera Omnia. It still only has Ramza and Agrias representing the title in the game.
I wonder how ambitious is the approach of this remaster/remake and how much it's willing to expand the original experience with new options. So I started wondering if it would be nice for FFT to get some features it weren't taken from Tactics Ogre yet, like putting your teammates to train, including setting up manual or cpu controls, and choosing any cleared stage to fight.
Fft war of the Lions is easily one of my favorite games of all time. The dialogue, characters, plot, character development, world building... On and on. Phenomenal
War of the lions was fucking dope
I liked Tactics Advance
Love Advance - super interesting spin and then how it relates to the rest of the Ivalice games.
I want this more than any other Remaster rumored or currently coming out. It is the only game I have gone out of my way to play on everything it can possibly be played on.
Final Fantasy Tactics holds a special place in my heart!
My #1 and #2 is Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy Tactics
This was an excellent overview of the situation with FFT Reborn as I've been calling it. Thanks for the roundup, will be sharing it with my community as well.
It is on the way. Works are not out sourcing like 3D titles so It takes a bit longer. Launch will be in Q3 2024.
Weakening Thunder God Cid is absolutely fine. The game allows you to make any character do max damage 100% of the time so you can still get your ThunderGOD with a bit of effort
Unicorn Overlord hitting 500k sales as of 4/9/2024 might really help this.
I played this game on my PSP many years ago but one day when booting up the console the L button didn't work anymore despite everything I had tried, and so I missed out on some great PSP games like this one, hope I get the chance to play it again soon.
Ever since I learned of the project I started thinking about it, being a huge fan, but I never made up my mind about whether it should keep sprites and only update the stages graphics, or make everything 3d... and ideally use a cel shading tech to imitate the sprites look.
On one hand the sprites are still excellent to today standard (no nostalgia bias at all, if you think hard and coldly about it) and would make the project less costly there's a lot of cutscenes using those sprites. And on the other hand, well done 3d can look good today and it would make the characters move correctly according to the stage rotation, zooms, etc. If it's 3d that would also give it a chance of gaining new options of zoom and rotation. The maps have some issues with objects blocking your view, sometimes even in different angles.
Tactics is my favorite game of all time!! There's a mod called Journey of the 5 which has Link, Cloud, Solid Snake, and Dante from DMC joining Ramza. It's awesome,but there's only one chapter
Cannot wait for this!! I've owned FFT on playstation 1, psp, iPad, android. By far one of my favourite games of all time
when I first got Thunder god Cid I thought he would be an end game old man with not alot of power like the old man characters in Fire Emblem, but He was Truly the Lu Bu of Final Fantasy
I played the ps1 version so much and then again when the psp version came out. Still love it
I still play The War of the Lions on my RED PSP. It's so good to have so much extra content and HD stuff, but they did cut things out, namely when casting magic at times the characters would speak out loud. There are a few other things, like the Drag Queen Time Mage that they did not bring in, but if there is to ever be more FFT then I hope they add in ALL of their old things.
FFT is one of my favorite games of all time, and I would freakin loooooove to have it on PC where mods could much more easily be available
I loved this game and really hope for this game to be remastered. Don't change anything, just make it on Steam/PC. I played this a lot and I really want to play it again without digging up the old psx and disc.
FFT is my favorite entry in the franchise by a mile. I've been very patient for a remaster, but any day would be nice, Squeenix. Shut up and take my money!
Im currently replaying the game using the 2.5 WOTL mod on my Steam Deck... I forgot how much i loved this game
One of my go tos on my vita along with dissidea and doudecim
What I want:
* port it to PC and new consoles
* new game +
* assets stay as-is, just make sure they scale to modern big HD screens
* levels, more; end game content
* characters, new ones
* *random battles, toggle on or off*
* JP costs lowered/JP accumulated faster; gil earned faster
* multiplayer mode
* option to speed up the gameplay
* modding community in-game options (like what Bethesda sometimes allows)
You guys should probably give credit to Mike at Resonant Arc for using his animation for tactics retrospective.
I first got this game in 2007 for Christmas with my PSP, never knew the game existed, I dabbled in it and thought it was too complicated for my 14 year old brain, months past and it’s nearly summer… I started it again, this time I got so enraptured I played from waking up to sleep for a whole week straight, it became one of my favourite games of all time, many years later, I’m playing through XIV and it happened all over again, didn’t know the alliance raids existed and bam
A Tactics remake which just makes the whole game look like the cutscenes in War of the Lions would be pretty peak.
THE FFT REMASTER IS REALLLLL!
But seriously people, do not sleep on Tactics Ogre Reborn and Unicorn Overlord (Ogre Battle spiritual succesor from Atlus).
T.G. Stands for THE GOAT. Our man, Cid, needs his lightning stab to hit all enemies on screen.
I was so invested in the video narrative...and then a cello started playing Eyes On Me and I couldn't hear a word said anymore 😅
I wouldn’t even hesitate to purchase a remaster!
This game always have a place in my heart.
Ty I still have hope
its def on the way, but I'm sure it'll come out of left field like Legend of Mana's remaster did. Would love to see the advance titles get some love too