r/rpg_gamers • u/Sam_27142317 • 1d ago

Final Fantasy Tactics Director Hopes Success of The Ivalice Chronicles Leads to Sequels and New IP

https://twistedvoxel.com/final-fantasy-tactics-director-hopes-success-of-the-ivalice-chronicles-leads-to-sequels-and-new-ip/
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u/markg900 1d ago

I have a hard time seeing a scenario where this game doesn't do well but the question is will it hit Square-Enix's self set high target numbers.

As for sequels I would hope they would be more in line with the serious tone of this game. FF Tactics Advance had decent gameplay but its story tone was a wild departure from the original. Not saying Advance was bad but I would prefer more games with a similar tone to the original Tactics.

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u/SnooDonkeys4126 23h ago

The story wasn't even light hearted, but the cutesy presentation betrayed it

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u/jhy12784 14h ago

It's a remake with some old school graphics and a SRPG.

Regardless of where expectations are, I can't imagine it's particularly difficult for them to make a profit.

It's not like a new mainline FF game where they need record sales just to break even.

I assume if they manage to sell 2 million copies they'd be very happy and thinking sequel

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u/markg900 1h ago

I'm not saying it wouldn't make a profit. Square-Enix has had other profitable mainline Final Fantasy games that "didn't meet expectations" mainly because they internally set very high sales goals for themselves.

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u/jhy12784 1h ago

Well FF16 was closer to breaking even vs making a healthy profit. Playstation exclusivity kind of killed it.

Tactics will be a multiconsole release, and likely does incredibly well on the switch

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u/markg900 1h ago

That was a big part of why PS limited exclusivity is done now but at the same time FF16 performing poorly had alot to do IMO with the move away from most RPG elements towards being an action game.

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u/Ryth88 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'd buy the crap out of an FFT game made with triangle strategy graphics / art style. or an entirely new franchise if it had the same team working on it.

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u/honorspren000 1d ago

I wasn’t going to purchase it (as I already own 4 different versions of FFT) but if there is a chance for sequel or spin offs, I’ll purchase it.

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u/SephYuyX 1d ago

I've bought Tactics on the PS1 and the PSP. I'm not going to buy this version because, well, I've played it enough times. Along with buying A1 and A2, (We'll throw in VS, XII, and XIIRW too), SE doesn't need more of my Tactics/Ivalice-based money. If they haven't been convinced that we want more S/TRPG games or Ivalice focused games at this point, then the sales from this game won't either.

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u/honorspren000 1d ago

Sigh. That’s probably the sad truth. I’ve been wanting a sequel for years, and the news just caught me off guard.

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u/phishin3321 1d ago

New game would be awesome and probably sell like crazy.

That said, I have the full version in my phone and PC emulator with WotL, no reason to pay this price for some voice overs and less content.

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u/SephYuyX 23h ago

Once production began, the team discovered that the original game’s source code no longer existed. “Once the project was taking off, we thought, ‘OK, let’s take a look at the source code,’” Maehiro explained. “That was when we realized that the source code wasn’t there.”

Really annoying that Square and SE had this mentality up as recent as the mid 2000s. Why they would ever think it was a good idea to not keep source code around has to be some of the dumbest decisions. It's the reason we don't see a lot of the older PS1/2 IPs like Legend of Dragoon and Vagrant Story.

Even FFXI has this issue. The reason we'll never see a "vanilla" is because they don't have the code for it anymore.

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u/Romnonaldao 20h ago

Yes, please

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u/caites 22h ago

50 bucks for AI-like upscale with zero new details? Sounds totally like success.