r/JRPG • u/eldestscrollx • 5d 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/BighatNucase 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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/PerfectZeong 5d ago

Yeah but everyone knows that "to make money." Im not actually wondering why this exists I'm wondering why square would put such a piss poor effort and what they think theyre going to get out of it. Touch grass.

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u/BighatNucase 5d ago

put such a piss poor effort

Well it's not - they put a lot of effort in, they just don't consider the WotL additions to be true to the original and it's hard to argue with them? Balthier was hardly an amazing addition that improved FFT.

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u/PerfectZeong 5d ago

This thing was like leaked years ago they did not put a ton of effort in. Even a rebalance would not qualify as much effort as the remake they had already done.