The Ivalice Chronicles Team Had To Remake The Original Final Fantasy Tactics' Source Code From Scratch

The Square Enix squad down Final Fantasy Tactics — The Ivalice Chronicles didn't conscionable remaster nan iconic strategy RPG, they had to spell done nan problem of remaking nan root codification from scratch, according to Bloomberg. In an question and reply pinch Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, nan game's head Kazutoyo Maehiro explained nan arduous process of designing The Ivalice Chronicles, which is group to merchandise astatine nan extremity of nan month.

When getting to activity connected nan remake, Maehiro and his squad discovered they had to rebuild nan root codification from nan crushed up since it was mislaid acknowledgment to nan industry's unstandardized practices successful nan '90s, according to Bloomberg. When translating Final Fantasy Tactics from Japanese to English for nan world release, nan institution would overwrite nan original Japanese version's code. For Maehiro, that meant nan squad had to undertake a ground-up overhaul and recreate nan root codification by playing nan original crippled that released successful 1997, consulting nan game's maestro disc and looking astatine nan 2011 type called Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of nan Lions, according to Bloomberg. Maehiro besides said during a PAX West 2025 panel that nan squad gleaned a batch of mislaid info from fan-made databases.

Revealing much of nan behind-the-scenes decisions for The Ivalice Chronicles, Maehiro told Bloomberg astir nan statement surrounding Count Cidolfus Orlandeau. Better known arsenic Cid, and appropriately nicknamed Thunder God Cid, this overtuned characteristic joins you later successful nan game, but galore fans complained astir him being overpowered. Instead of nerfing Cid, Maehiro told Bloomberg that keeping this character's powerfulness level nan aforesaid would amended correspond nan storyline since "his domiciled successful nan communicative is being that very powerful characteristic who joins your party." To quell immoderate concerns of Cid being excessively broken, Maehiro told Bloomberg that nan squad decided to buff nan different characters to moreover things out. Looking ahead, Maehiro besides hinted astatine exploring sequels for nan Final Fantasy Tactics franchise aliases moreover marque caller games successful nan strategy RPG genre, fixed that The Ivalice Chronicles does well, according to Bloomberg.