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[DemiMatt]

Man I was just playingt he PSP version the other day, if they fix slowdown and find a way to do the multi player I might buy for PSn, if not pass. I think ive bought this game like 4 times already.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

I need a new ipod touch because it can't run FFT and because of several large cracks in the screen (everything still works but it looks bad)

Buy now or wait until September?

Rumors seem to point to no new hardware (just a white version) but you never know...

 

[Skilletor]

Hilarious that people think 16 bucks is too much for one of the most fully featured games on iOS. Not to mention one of the best games in the genre, if not ever. It absolutely destroys anything comparable that is available for the platform.

 

[Nix]

I didn't really mind the slowdown in the PSP version, as I've beaten that like a crackheaded baby, but I'll still get the Ipad version (probably) when it comes out, just for good measure. After all, the graphics really grow on you over time, and seeing balthier, with his sharpshooting goodness on the Ipad (mmmmmmmmmm).

Just wish they would have added more content for the new version, but nope.

Edit: Skilletor, Tactics Ogre comes pretty fucking close man. Pretty fucking close.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

I need a new ipod touch because it can't run FFT and because of several large cracks in the screen (everything still works but it looks bad)

Buy now or wait until September?

Rumors seem to point to no new hardware (just a white version) but you never know...

there will likely be a new ipod touch man.

 

[shira]

Does this mean iPad version will be 20-26$?

Does square have iOS sales?

 

[Benjamin1981]

Hilarious that people think 16 bucks is too much for one of the most fully featured games on iOS. Not to mention one of the best games in the genre, if not ever. It absolutely destroys anything comparable that is available for the platform.

It is a race to the bottom for iOS game prices. Not the other way around. Regardless of the quality of the game it is a steep price for a phone game.

 

[daffy]

Don't have an iPhone? Blame yourself or God.

 

[Skilletor]

I didn't really mind the slowdown in the PSP version, as I've beaten that like a crackheaded baby, but I'll still get the Ipad version (probably) when it comes out, just for good measure. After all, the graphics really grow on you over time, and seeing balthier, with his sharpshooting goodness on the Ipad (mmmmmmmmmm).

Just wish they would have added more content for the new version, but nope.

Edit: Skilletor, Tactics Ogre comes pretty fucking close man. Pretty fucking close.

I agree. I played and finished TO:LUCT on PSP. They're both amazing, amazing games. I'd give the nod to TO on story.

I would love TO on iOS, and I'd pay whatever they thought to charge for it.

It is a race to the bottom for iOS game prices. Not the other way around. Regardless of the quality of the game it is a steep price for a phone game.

It's not a "phone" game. It's a game game. It's an amazing console-like offering also available on your phone.

 

[Baha]

Just saw the gameplay video. If the slowdown is truly absent in this version, then S-E has me by the balls and I'll pay their elaborate tax for the ipad version.

 

[FutureZombie]

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

 

[Riposte]

Hilarious that people think 16 bucks is too much for one of the most fully featured games on iOS. Not to mention one of the best games in the genre, if not ever. It absolutely destroys anything comparable that is available for the platform.

I wouldn't put FFT near a SRPG genre top 10, but I agree that people shouldn't be so quick to pester for much lower prices. iOs gaming tends to devalue games and creators are obviously going to be bothered by that.

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

You could very well say the exact same thing for Final Fantasy 1. Isn't very true though.

 

[Huff]

It is a race to the bottom for iOS game prices. Not the other way around. Regardless of the quality of the game it is a steep price for a phone game.

It's this type of thinking that could keep long quality games off of phones. Prices should be about the games and the content they have, not about what platform they are on.

 

[TheSeks]

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

Yes there is. BUTTONS, NON 3D GIMMICKS. NO WAGGLE.

 

[Ulairi]

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

Go outside. Start walking in the direction of the nearest body of water. Keep walking.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Bring tactics ogre next please.

 

[Clunker]

 

[Special J]

well im kinda glad that there are flaws it keeps me from getting it.

the special attacks have the same slowdown as the psp version but they do frame skip definitively better but still ugly. also controls look like they will get annoying after awhile since you have to make your selection on the menu then press okay on the corner.

also 16 bucks is fine, apple shouldnt be the only ones to profit off the "apple tax"

 

[FutureZombie]

Go outside. Start walking in the direction of the nearest body of water. Keep walking.

Sorry I hurt your feelings.

You could very well say the exact same thing for Final Fantasy 1. Isn't very true though.

Why?

 

[The Xtortionist]

So there's no version that can be downloaded and played on a PS3 right? Don't have a PSP and my iPhone is a regular 3G : (

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

I'll hold out for the iPad version. And hopefully FF3 iPad will get a discount this week...

 

[Telosfortelos]

He meant to say "'Tis your birth and faith that wrong you", so I understand your confusion.

I'm an Android user, but I hope this is successful at $16. We need content rich games to well well at a moderate price for the future of mobile gaming. This should be amazing on an iPad.

 

[Takao]

So there's no version that can be downloaded and played on a PS3 right? Don't have a PSP and my iPhone is a regular 3G : (

You can buy the original PSone Classic.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

So there's no version that can be downloaded and played on a PS3 right? Don't have a PSP and my iPhone is a regular 3G : (

You can play the PS1 version (same price as the UMD version)

Still a great game and personally I never did mind the translation. I believe the truly bad parts where in item descriptions and such. I never had trouble following the story

 

[MetatronM]

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

How does this make any sense? Tactics is a menu and interface based game, so it should translate well to iOS. Games that require twitch reflexes and precision control are another matter entirely.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

So there's no version that can be downloaded and played on a PS3 right? Don't have a PSP and my iPhone is a regular 3G : (

I'm pretty sure the original, "vanilla", FFT is available to play on PS3 as a PSone Classic.

But WOTL is only for PSP/iPhone and iPad this fall.

EDIT: beaten twice over

 

[Special J]

So there's no version that can be downloaded and played on a PS3 right? Don't have a PSP and my iPhone is a regular 3G : (

PS3 can play PS1 games so you can get the disc or get the PS1 version on PSN. actually the best version since it doesnt have slowdown.

 

[A Human Becoming]

I'll definitely pick this up eventually. I'll need to keep a close eye for a sale. I wish I was able to get a notification from CAG.

 

[RoboPlato]

I can't seem to find this on the App Store. Is it out in the US?

 

[ColR100]

No iPhone 3G support? ffs.

Suppose an upgrade is imminent then. The last few months have really started to make this hardware iteration redundant for new releases.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

Oh, I didn't notice that there was no iPad price. Again, very disappointing that it is not a universal app. Would make the extra cost easier to swalow. I may bite though... I'm on the fence.

 

[saelz8]

Best Final Fantasy game ever made. Glad I can play it again.

 

[Skilletor]

well im kinda glad that there are flaws it keeps me from getting it.

the special attacks have the same slowdown as the psp version but they do frame skip definitively better but still ugly. also controls look like they will get annoying after awhile since you have to make your selection on the menu then press okay on the corner.

also 16 bucks is fine, apple shouldnt be the only ones to profit off the "apple tax"

Vids I've watched have no slowdown.

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

I guess if you like waiting for ports of SEs RPG catalog this could be true.

 

[dallow_bg]

Oh, I didn't notice that there was no iPad price. Again, very disappointing that it is not a universal app. Would make the extra cost easier to swalow. I may bite though... I'm on the fence.

It'll probably be the same as FFIII, wasn't the iPad version like a dollar or two more?

 

[Lyonaz]

I'm waiting for the iPad version, this is my favourite FF game ever and have it for the PSone, PSP and both the PSN versions.

I hope Tactics Ogre: LUCT is next.

 

[FutureZombie]

How does this make any sense? Tactics is a menu and interface based game, so it should translate well to iOS. Games that require twitch reflexes and precision control are another matter entirely.

Is that really a barrier? I find that difficult to believe. Can't the touch screen have buttons on it the same way there are buttons when you text? My main point is, people talk about phone games as if they're all simple and amateurish. This game is anything but. It really legitimizes phones as game playing devices. And if that is the case, why would you carry a second device that does the same thing?

 

[Wallach]

Vids I've watched have no slowdown.

The last one I saw from the Famitsu upload on YouTube definitely had slowdown on spell casting. I'll still probably buy it just to have FFT on my phone (mind blown) but from that video it didn't look very fixed.

 

[Skilletor]

Is that really a barrier? I find that difficult to believe. Can't the touch screen have buttons on it the same way there are buttons when you text? My main point is, people talk about phone games as if they're all simple and amateurish. This game is anything but. It really legitimizes phones as game playing devices. And if that is the case, why would you carry a second device that does the same thing?

Ugh. Can we avoid having this debate in this thread.

Can't we just enjoy that MORE people get to experience FFT?

The last one I saw from the Famitsu upload on YouTube definitely had slowdown on spell casting. I'll still probably buy it just to have FFT on my phone (mind blown) but from that video it didn't look very fixed.

I've seen two more vids that don't have that slowdown. That could have been an old build or running on old software.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqeEMN0EyaY&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btHkXlA8__I&feature=youtu.be

Looks silky smooth to me.

I also noticed that Agrias had a pre-spell dialogue that was removed from FFT:WotL, but it was in Japanese. Was that the case for the translation. The pre-spell quotes were in the JPN version, but removed in other translations?

 

[MarshMellow96]

So when does the update go up?

 

[jon bones]

Is that really a barrier? I find that difficult to believe. Can't the touch screen have buttons on it the same way there are buttons when you text? My main point is, people talk about phone games as if they're all simple and amateurish. This game is anything but. It really legitimizes phones as game playing devices. And if that is the case, why would you carry a second device that does the same thing?

I agree that phones have the processing power to play many awesome games

I play many games on my iPad and iPhone

having said that, virtual on-screen touch buttons are nothing compared to real physical buttons and you are fooling yourself if you find that "difficult to believe"

 

[daffy]

Oh come on, I'm just having fun. This is the way!

me too!

If a game like Final Fantasy Tactics can be played well on a phone, there really is no need for gaming specific handhelds.

Oh, you just used one genre in place of an entire category of games.

 

[FatalT]

OP is a lie. Game isn't out yet. Title got my hopes up!

 

[Riposte]

Why?

Final Fantasy Tactics is a turned based game which could easily be played on a calculator if it could run it. It is a game the type of game could be played with a yes/no and some type of scroll or point. It is not much different from most board game ports or Final Fantasy 1. So basically there shouldn't be any revelation here. Phones could have and have been running games like FFT for a long time.

 

[FutureZombie]

Ugh. Can we avoid having this debate in this thread.

Can't we just enjoy that MORE people get to experience FFT?

True. My fault for the derail.

 

[Tobor]

Day 1 iPad version. I'm actually hoping they go $19.99 just to test the waters. Lol.

 

[Huff]

Is that really a barrier? I find that difficult to believe. Can't the touch screen have buttons on it the same way there are buttons when you text? My main point is, people talk about phone games as if they're all simple and amateurish. This game is anything but. It really legitimizes phones as game playing devices. And if that is the case, why would you carry a second device that does the same thing?

You are never going to convince some people that ios games go beyond angry words and cut the rope. So I would give up arguing with them.

On another note, ios games that are built with touch controls rather than a virtual joystick/dpad are almost always better. So while ios games will continue to get better, some types of games will always be better on a non touch screen device, so the is a need/want for both types.

 

[Ill Saint]

Downloading. Really been looking forward to this!

 

[HamPster PamPster]

I also noticed that Agrias had a pre-spell dialogue that was removed from FFT:WotL, but it was in Japanese. Was that the case for the translation. The pre-spell quotes were in the JPN version, but removed in other translations?

Those are in but they only pop up a certain percent of the time (so you don't see it everytime you cast a spell)

 

[johnFkennedy]

The game is not up on the app store here in the states. What gives?

 

[Skilletor]

Those are in but they only pop up a certain percent of the time (so you don't see it everytime you cast a spell)

They were not in the PSP version at all. Or, at least, I never once in my two playthroughs saw one.