What is FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles?
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles is a tactical RPG that tells the true history of a troubled land. Following the death of the king, a mere boy of two ascends the throne. That means whoever is named regent essentially rules the land. Two dukes vie for the position—Goltanna the Black Lion and Larg the White Lion. These powerful figures are destined to clash, and the resulting conflict would become known as the War of the Lions.
It's a powerful tale full of drama, emotion, love and betrayal—and regarded as one of the best in the entire FINAL FANTASY series! Of course, the story's only part of the experience—there are also the battles. And what battles they are.
Tactical turn-based battles
You control Ramza and his forces in tactical turn-based encounters across a wide range of battlefields: forests, valleys, swamps, castles and more. Success or failure rests on how you can take advantage of the terrain, unit abilities and your ability to anticipate your opponent's moves. As you play through the story, you'll encounter all kinds of different scenarios, each requiring different tactical considerations to overcome. It's a real treat for armchair commanders—and combined with the wildly flexible job system, the strategic options are near endless!
Each unit in your growing party can be assigned a job. In classic FINAL FANTASY style, these jobs define the roles and abilities they have access to in combat. You can throw out magic spells with a black mage, introduce foes to the tip of a spear with dragoon, bring forth classic FINAL FANTASY espers with the summoner (including the mighty moogle!), get sneaky with the nimble thief, control proceedings with time mage, and many more.
There are more than 20 jobs available and hundreds of abilities to master as your characters level up and advance these jobs. You can even equip the characters skills from other jobs into ability slots for a dizzying number of different party compositions—and a lot of fun finding your perfect setups for each battle.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles has numerous enhancements that make this masterpiece even masterpiece-ier. For example:
- A brand-new user interface - the game's UI has been completely overhauled to make the game even more approachable and intuitive. It's now quicker and easier to control your units, see turn order and more.
- Updated visuals - the game's graphics have been reworked to look great on HD displays. The vibrant 3D battlegrounds and detailed pixel art have never looked so good!
- Voice acting - The story now features full voice acting in English and Japanese from a talented cast, including Joe Pitts (Ramza), Gregg Lowe (Delita), Hannah Melbourn (Agrias), Timothy Watson (Cidolfus), Harry McEntire (Mustadio), Ben Starr (Dycedarg), and cameos by Cody Christian (Cloud Strife from FINAL FANTASY VII remake series) and Briana White (Aerith Gainsborough from FINAL FANTASY VII remake series).
- Tactical View - this new feature makes it easier to get the lay of the land and plan your actions across the battlefield.
- Battle speed - Speed up battles to fly through them faster. It's great if you want to blow through easy fights or quickly practice with different team compositions!
- New difficulty levels - Do you want to really test your tactics, or are you in it more for the story? New difficulty levels let you adjust the game to your playstyle!
All these new features are great, but what if you want the original FINAL FANTASY TACTICS experience? Those who wish to enjoy FINAL FANTASY TACTICS as they remember it can play the classic version, which unites the graphics and gameplay of the original 1997 version with the renowned War of the Lions translation.
