No wonder it took so long to rerelease Final Fantasy Tactics—the source code was lost: ‘Keeping that kind of data wasn’t a normal thing to do at the time’
No wonder it took so long to rerelease Final Fantasy Tactics—the source code was lost: ‘Keeping that kind of data wasn’t a normal thing to do at the time’
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1990’s: “Screw our assets amiright?”
Now can they explain why the two new classes they introduced:
1) had such a JP burden that you were likely level 40+ when unlocking it, thus breaking the game,
2) was a class with absolutely no abilities nor the ability to equip abilities in a game that is almost entirely about learning and equipping abilities.
Because I found that a bit more baffling than the time it took to re-release.
It’s not like a physics based game or some sort of precise platformer. RPGs are some of the easiest and most common remakes around.
the original source code (which I still doubt), but War of the Lions is not that old and even has a mobile port. Easiest skipped remake at that price point for me. Another Pixelremaster shit situation.
They lost Chrono Trigger’s, which is why the Steam port is the iOS port.
Why should users care? Is that a try to justify ridiculous price tag?
KH 1.5 had lost its source code, it is assumed, right after it went gold.
That’s why a remaster of that game took nearly a decade. They had to build the game from the ground up again. They literally had to make the game TWICE.
Yes. This is the case for all of the final fantasy games that released on the PlayStation.
I am waiting for this legendary game remake. But I don’t think that is actually the reason, remaking this should be easier with so advanced tool, I think it takes very long time is mostly because to make it better and not just to the original game, but to all the tactic games recently. They never remake the game with just better graphic, but they develop better gameplay, which is more important for developer and gamer society.
I find it weird that source code cant just be extracted/reverse engineered from the existing game. I assume its because a game isnt the code itself specifically, but just the code being made playable. But I feel like its gotta be possible to do something with the rom files from a ripped real cartridge
Oh, I had no idea they were re-re-releasing this! That might sound sarcastic, but until they make a better TRPG, FFT is the GOAT, and I will gladly dump a lot of hours into this!
_Cries in Ninja Gaiden Black_
I worked on games in the 90’s. There were archival processes for our games… at least, at bigger studios – which Square definitely was.
I don’t believe a thing Square says.
Now if Sony could admit the same about Bloodborne.
So wait how did they do the mobile port nearly 10 years ago then?
They could have just used git to store their source, it’s free.
Same thing happened with final fantasy 8, which is why there haven’t really been talks of a true remaster of it.
I love Final Fantasy Tactics, but..
I watched that remake trailer, that voice acting was atrocious.
I’ve heard better reads from unenthusiastic high school students in English class, as they flatly read passages from Tale of Two Cities.
They butchered the best line in the entire series
“Don’t blame us. Blame yourself, or God” *rides off*
Instead we get a terrible line read with worse dialogue
[If you feel wronged, blame yourself, or the Father](https://youtu.be/q6bGuGgDgY0?si=yhi9OVEZfI03Sk4j&t=23)
Playing this one with voice modded out, or just purely on mute with FFT OST in the background
I’ve worked in the industry a long time now and gotten to work with folks who have worked on games going as far back as the SNES and Genesis.
So many folks have told me similar stories. One acquaintance who worked on the original FF7 told me that they really didn’t even think about it. It wasn’t even really a priority in those days.
I’ve lost count of how many times this has happened at the same company.