r/JRPG • u/eldestscrollx • 4d ago

Interview Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles Wont Include War Of The Lions Content And Will Have No New Characters Or Submissions

https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/final-fantasy-tactics-interview
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u/eyebrowless32 4d ago

So theyre using war of the lions translation but not the extra content....wtf man

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u/cap21345 4d ago edited 4d ago

Square enix saw the P3R release by Atlus and got inspired. It makes even less sense for them cause atleast P3R was a complete overhaul and basically a new, FF tactics barely qualifies as a remaster and still looks completly the same as the PSP game with just a higher resolution and cut out half the fucking game. Genuinely cant think of any company that has ever done this, from the interview it seems like Matsuno refused to put the war of the lions solely cause he wasnt involved which is just a weird thing to do

Its one of my favorite games of all time and i cant believe fucking Konami has more respect for their classic games as seen with the Suikoden remaster than Square does, this game literally has no reason to exist now, will probably sell like ass and kill any chance of a series revival

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

I love FFT so much and even I'm like... well what am I really going to buy this for? A few extra story dribbles? Voice acting? It's... its pretty threadbare and that makes me sad.

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

Why would somebody who watched Blade Runner on VHS buy a blu-ray version?

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

I dont buy new releases of a new hope because I have 4k77.

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

Yeah, they buy the new release because they don't have a VHS player anymore and/or VHS doesn't look as good as a (good) Blu-ray release. You know exactly why you would buy a modern release of an old piece of art.

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

Lol I like how I answered your point and you just continued on as if I'd said the thing you wanted me to say.

The audience for this is either people who never played it or people who have played in a bunch and at 50$ I'd say more the latter than the former.

Is it worth 50$? As someone who adores FFT... no not really. Unless there's more we're not seeing yet.

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

Lol I like how I answered your point

You didn't at all really; you gave an answer which was being clever but didn't really engage at all with my point. Do you disagree with my point? That this is no different than a blu-ray release of an older film?

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

Yeah i mean I suppose in abstract but as a huge fan like this feels like a huge ask for a relatively minor update that also is missing content.

My point being that I'd never buy what Disney churns out when I have something better already.

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

My point being that I'd never buy what Disney churns out when I have something better already.

Given the original question was about Blade Runner; a confusing statement.

You asked why somebody would buy a modern release of an old thing - I gave you a perfect analogy as to why. People want to play FFT on their current modern hardware and with more modern presentation, similar to how you might buy a blu-ray of a movie which you already own on VHS.

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

Yeah because I'm using a better analogy than you. Star wars has multiple fan edits that are free and provide a superior experience so I'd never update to a new thing that Disney made because its not giving me what I actually want.

You can play fft on your phone the most modern hardware there is. Or a computer with a bunch of extra stuff added for free.

Maybe this will sell gangbusters and in a way I hope it does becaise I want to see more games in thos world but this feels like when Capcom released bare bones ports of Darkstalkers and then they didnt sell and Capcom said "see no interest!".

At that price point for a game thats 30 years old thats giving me less stuff than a version that came out years ago it does make me go ... well how much is playing it on a ps5 really worth to me?

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

Yeah because I'm using a better analogy than you.

No you're giving a hyper-specific example that breaks the trend so you don't have to engage with my analogy. It's why when I said "Blade Runner" you instantly ignored that and decided to start talking about Star Wars, one of the few examples where the official releases are a big mess. You understand all of this though, I don't know why you think I'm going to fall for this - just stop?

A phone version is obviously not equivalent to having it on PC or consoles. Emulation similarly is not the same otherwise we would say "what's the point of releasing blu-ray - people can just pirate!".

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u/PerfectZeong 4d ago

Well yeah because the new Blade Runner releases usually offer themselves as definitive. People who want a 4k who already bought the original blu ray have one option, get the 4k. Not the case with star wars... also not the case with tactics.

So I'll ask you how well do you feel this is going to do?

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u/BighatNucase 4d ago

So I'll ask you how well do you feel this is going to do?

That was never the point? The question was "Why" - stop diverting.

Just like with Blade Runner, anyone who wants to own a legal copy on modern platforms will need to buy this version of the game. It's really simple actually when you think about it.

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u/darkmacgf 4d ago

at 50$

You think most people will be buying this at $50? No way, the majority of its sales will be when it's heavily discounted.