FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles launches Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 for Nintendo Switch™ 2, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam®, and is available for pre-order now
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This is in my top ten list for certain, I’m glad they’re remastering it so a new generation can enjoy it! I would like to see more new content with this same style though.
It’s probably a timed exclusive, Nioh 1 and 2 are multiplatform games. I’m just hoping they have better enemy variety, the Nioh games are so close to being fantastic but I didn’t finish either of them because they got repetitive.
Gameplay-wise, I find it bland at best: A world traversed entirely on rails, and JRPG-style combat with timed dodge/parry moves. These mechanics don’t excite me, but I’m still playing anyway, because…
As a work of art, I find it gorgeous. The operatic soundtrack, despite being a genre outside my usual preferences, is captivating. The voice acting is nuanced and immersive like I don’t think I’ve heard in any other game (so much that I can mostly overlook the terrible lip sync problems in the animation). A few of the facial expressions are… disarming. The environments are so beautiful that I sometimes find myself just staring at them for a while instead of advancing the story.
It’s too early to be sure I’ll stick with it, but I suspect that I will, just as I would a film that indulges the senses.
Absolutely feel the same. The game systems, graphics, feel, etc are a bit dated. It feels like something from 10-15 years ago. It does inject some modern ideas, mostly in the combat, but it very much feels like an OG final fantasy game in all the wrong ways.
But also all the right ones. The story is super intriguing, and the music is absolutely phenomenal. I’m mostly interested in finding all the records for the player at camp and learning more about WTF is going on in the world than the gameplay.
My biggest issue with the game is that it eats inputs like popcorn. Which is not good when the main gimmick of combat is the dodging and parry QTE mechanics.
I used to like JRPG’s and then I got tired of them. They are so linear. Expedition 33 has such amazing story. I think the graphic is pretty good. Unreal Lumen really shines. The parrying can get very tiring quick and combats are a bit tedious.
The game systems, graphics, feel, etc are a bit dated. It feels like something from 10-15 years ago.
Graphics??
You can dislike the gameplay and stuff, but the graphics? It’s peak UE5 and well optimized, 99% of the players I’ve seen were making “wow” sounds at the prologue visuals and details, the underwater level and many more.
I haven’t tried low settings tho, I’m playing 4K epic, but graphics are definitely 2025.
I was the same until I really paid attention to the story and the music. It is beautifully written. I got this on gamepass and I bought Oblivion at the same time. I haven’t touched Oblivion since.
At first I was frustrated by the dodge parry mechanics but they grew on me. I usually don’t have very good reflexes but I kept at it and actually got pretty skilled to the point where I beat the extra bosses. The music is brilliant and the world is so beautiful and the voice acting is perfect. Such a magnificent game.
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