FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

The Ivalice Chronicles is not interested in narrative flexibility; its plot does not bend to the whims of the player like other RPGs. The story’s framing – recounted as a historical account in the distant future – makes this abundantly clear. As such, the game is less about fantasy and fairytales than history itself. Forget easy resolutions: here, events simply produce yet more events; trauma begets trauma. It is one battle after another for Ramza and his comrades.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is probably the best remake/remaster of a classic game that Square Enix has made so far. The company didn’t just remaster the original game and add quality-of-life options; it went further and modernized the experience in many aspects, creating the best possible version of one of the greatest games of its generation.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is an exceptional video game, but it's not a video game for everyone. It belongs to the niche of turn-based tactical RPGs and is much more demanding than Fire Emblem, for example. The fact remains that almost 30 years later, it remains a must-have for the quality of its writing, especially since it finally benefits from an impeccable French translation and a high-quality dubbing cast. In addition, players willing to invest their time will discover, piece by piece, an excellent combat system that reveals its richness at every moment of the adventure. With Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, we just want Square Enix to revive this series of exceptional games.

Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles delivers a rich, emotionally resonant narrative and refined tactical gameplay that welcomes newcomers while honoring its legacy, though it stumbles in offering a definitive version for longtime fans.

With The Ivalice Chronicles, one of the most acclaimed tactical RPGs returns, refreshed to captivate both longtime fans and newcomers. Featuring upgraded visuals, the inclusion of the original PlayStation classic, full voice acting for every conversation, and a redesigned interface, this edition stands out as one of the most complete to date. That said, Spanish-speaking players will definitely need to brush up on their English, since it’s essential here.

The Ivalice Chronicles is a beautiful love letter to Final Fantasy Tactics, embellished in a more beautiful version, crafted with a polished interface and full voice acting that breathes new life into this nearly 30-year-old adventure. It's a satisfying experience and exactly what we expected, even if we were hoping for a little more given the game's price tag. Nevertheless, all fans of the original will be won over and will have a great time in this adventure that has aged surprisingly well, even if the gameplay may still be a bit slow for younger players who would have liked to discover the game in this new version, although the new features do a decent job of compensating for this slowness.

In summary, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles largely succeeds in what it sets out to do. Not only does it coherently update its technical aspects, but it also adds necessary quality-of-life improvements; furthermore, its story and gameplay remain highly enjoyable today. Unfortunately, the lack of a Spanish translation makes it a completely inaccessible experience for a large part of the public.

This remaster brings fresh life into one of the greatest video games ever made. The only complaint one could make is that they didn’t include the War of the Lions content (maybe future DLC Square?), but the quality of life updates and voice acting are so good, I don’t have it in me to give a score any lower than 10/10. Here’s hoping a quality true sequel is in the works for fans to look forward to

I gave it a 7 for the voice acting and some minor improvements. FFTactics is one of the best games and story of all time. I just wish there had been more added to the story and different optional characters or areas, maybe a job class or two. Still happy to have it.

There are few people on this planet that love ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ than I do. I first played it when it was first released on the original PlayStation in 1997/8 (don’t remember exactly now) and I have played it every year since, mostly on my iPad once the ‘War of the Lions’ version, which is superb, was released for iOS. I have been begging for a remake/remaster for literal decades now. After so many years Squeenix finally listened and gave us ‘The Ivalice Chronicles’ and. . . it’s okay. Just okay. The main issue is that they didn’t include any of the ‘War of the Lions’ content in this version, and there’s no good reason why they shouldn’t have done so when it adds so much more fun content to the base game; I am thinking that Squeenix, whose greed knows no bounds, is planning on releasing the WoTL version as paid DLC and because I am obsessed with FF Tactics I will pull out my debit card and pay for it. I know, I know, I shouldn’t - but I will because I love being able to play one of my most favorite games to date (and I’m 47 so I’ve been playing video games for a loooooong time) on my big ol’ tv screen. This updated version is okay and would be excellent if there were no such thing as the ‘War of the Lions’ version out there. While I’m not a fan of the new UI (and I HATE that I can no longer change the Jobs of Guest Characters, something that I have done to these Guests forever and a day) having the Action Order on the left side of the screen is nice, and I absolutely LOVE the ‘Fast-Foward’ feature in combat because enemies are too darn slow and always have been. I also very much dislike the new menus for learning and assigning Abilities and for equipping weapons and armor. Not a fan of it whatsoever. I am absolutely unhappy with the included ‘Original Version’ of the game in this collection that is the version released on the original PlayStation - they outright removed the Job Points Scroll glitch. Yeah, that was technically cheating but who cares? It allowed players to spend less time mindlessly grinding and more time to actually enjoy the game, and there was no reason to remove it! It’s not like it would have been possible to use the glitch on the updated version at all so why not keep it on the original version that few people will probably ever play since most new players will just stick with the modern version of the game? Whenever there is fun to be had Squeenix isn’t happy if they’re not squashing the fun, that’s for sure. But despite my legitimate gripes it’s still ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ and I’m going to play it, although I doubt that I will continue to play this version after I get all of the Achievements on console for the game; unless they do release the ‘War of the Lions’ version as DLC I’ll just go back to playing the game on my iPad. I do LOVE how virtually everything in the game has voice-acting, including the monsters and animals that you battle; however, the VO for monsters and critters tends to be a bit on the lousy side. Not all, but definitely some. I also very much enjoy the new ‘tactical view’ that allows you to scope out the battlefield in a top-down ‘birds-eye view’ as it’s really helpful and I think that new players would benefit from it immensely. Do I recommend this version to new players?Not at $50-$60, but I would if the game were on sale for $20-$30. It’s also difficult to recommend when some of the best content wasn’t included; the ‘War of the Lions’ version is available on iOS and Google Play (iOS for sure, not 100% positive if it’s available on Android) for far cheaper and is the absolute best version of the game. But when ‘The Ivalice Chronicles’ are on sale for $20 you should definitely consider checking it out as the new updated version is worth that imho. If Squeenix releases a WoTL DLC update for the game then it’s worth (again IMHO) $30 to $40. The lack of the WoTL content, special recruitable characters, the extra battles, and the extra Midnights Deep dungeon is not somehow negated by the new UI, a few but nice QoL adjustments, full voice acting, and menus more annoying than they should have been. I’m giving this release a 7/10 which hurts my heart; this should have been an absolute 10/10 recommendation that pretty much every video game fan should have rushed to pick up. Please note that I am playing the game on my Xbox Series X and not on my PS5, so I can only state that the game plays wonderfully and without technical hiccups such as frame-rate drops on the Series X and cannot tell you how the game runs on Series S, PS5, or on Switch 2 (i think that the game is being released on the Switch 2 but I’m not 100% certain on that) so please look for a Series S or PS5 review if you’re interested in buying the game for those consoles.

Based on a great game, but the bare minimum of what makes a remaster save for the voice acting. It's definitely not the definitive edition as better versions of the game already exist with more content.

Nada nuevo, una versión inferior a la de PSP y iPad. El juego es adictivo de por sí, pero la falta de traducción en un juego con una historia tan compleja es terrible. No es tan difícil traducir el juego.