Final Fantasy Tactics
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Players control Ramza Beoulve, the protagonist, in a tactical role-playing game whose narrative unfolds within the kingdom of Ivalice.[1][2] Combat is turn-based and occurs on three-dimensional isometric fields; a character's statistics and job class dictate how far they can move and the range of their actions.[1]
Making and release
Development started near the end of 1995, led by Yasumi Matsuno, who had previously been employed at Quest Corporation and worked on the Ogre Battle series.[3] Taku Murata, whose prior work included the Mana series, was the lead programmer.[4] Japan saw the initial release of the game on June 20, 1997, and it was packaged with a demo disc for SaGa Frontier.[5] A version for the PlayStation Portable, called Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, came out in Japan on May 10, 2007.[6]
What the cited sources add
The interview notes that the team insisted on keeping the game running at 60fps while moving the cursor and scrolling the map.[7] Matsuno explained that upbeat music was not used because the game's opponents are other human beings in a hard, serious world.[7] The composer commentary reveals that a hidden sound test menu could be accessed by entering "BGMききたい" as Ramza's name in the Japanese version.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kasavin, Greg, "Final Fantasy Tactics for PlayStation Review", GameSpot, February 23, 1998; "Final Fantasy Tactics North American instruction manual", Square Electronic Arts, 1997, p. 12, 21; Kasavin, Greg, "Final Fantasy Tactics for PlayStation Review", GameSpot, February 23, 1998; "Final Fantasy Tactics North American instruction manual", Square Electronic Arts, 1997, p. 12–13; J. Boogle, "Final Fantasy Tactics", IDG, January 1998, p. 122; Edge Staff, "Final Fantasy Tactics Review", Edge Online, May 21, 2013; Kasavin, Greg, "Fin en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: IGN Staff, "Final Fantasy Tactics", IGN, May 12, 2012; "Final Fantasy Tactics", Square Co., June 20, 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Developer Interview", Shmuplations; Dorimaga, September 27, 2002, p. 42–47; Leone, Matt, "Final Fantasy 7: An oral history", Polygon, January 9, 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Developer Interview", Shmuplations; "Vagrant Story: from the Development Team", Square, 2000; "Vagrant Story: from the Development Team", Square, 2000; 4Gamer.net, April 26, 2011; "Vagrant Story: from the Development Team", Square, 2000; "Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Developer Interview", Shmuplations; "Press", Animatek International (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Square Enix; "Final Fantasy Tactics to Include SaGa Frontier Demo – IGN", IGN, April 10, 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy Tactics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: IGN Staff, "IGN: Final Fantasy Tactics Returns", IGN, December 13, 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Developer Interview", Shmuplations. facts only, no text reused. shmuplations.com
- "Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Composer Commentary", Shumplations. facts only, no text reused. shmuplations.com
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