Secret of Evermore!!! Yes plz

I have played and completed tactics every year since I was 16 years old.... I'm 33 now. Currently playing this years android port of it :D

i did it! it's out now! @@SeekingTruth86

36 here. no matter what iOS or andriod device I get, i always make sure to download FFT and KOTOR. it's, like, a law or something lol@@Justin-ShalaJC

@@ratioretrospectives HAH Same! I've got Kotor 1 and 2, FFT, XCom and Castlevania Symphony of the Night on my phone ALWAYS. It's literally become a yearly itch, every. Single. Year. I get a vampiric craving to play FFT, and after I beat FFT, I run through these specific games almost ritualistically. I am pretty sure I can make each and every sound effect from FFT and Castlevania SOTN with my mouth and no one could tell the difference. I'm subbing to you, it's fun to chat every once and a while, especially during these Dark Times, about the things we love. The things that helped build character in us. So.... Why do you think Delita Killed who he killed at the VERY END of FFT? I Always wondered what others thought about that. Edit:OH I DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS YOU DUDE!!! Hahah I swear I thought I was talking to another just random person hahah

THE MATH CHECK OUT!

This is the most accurate description of how this in-game mechanic works LOL!!!!

I AGREE, GOOD SIR

If rumors are to be believed, its may be getting a remaster / remake. But, yeah, I'd prefer a sequel -- though, to be honest, I *would* take a remaster / remake just as readily !

I’d be very excited for either. But as good as tactics advanced was it certainly was not a sequel that even came close to FFT in terms of storytelling and character writing.

@@Masterho310 exactly how I feel.

You're a trooper. I absolutely love the game, but the mental effort makes it more of an every other year game for me. Tactics Ogre on the other hand...

It was my favorite Playstation game back then.

it's the math of RNG and the maths of FFT. it's cosmically hilarious

seems to be . still don't like the scene tho : (

@@ratioretrospectives Yeah but Delita is ultimately a POS, showing how he abandoned his friends and honor for power and influence EVEN IF it ended up being for the greater good. Ovelia finally had her fill and mostly likely would've taken him out, told the truth of the entire plot, and took as ruler by herself (If you were wondering about why she did it then and there its because she was just made queen and had power to stop him finally and rule on her own once hes dead). She probably thought herself a more fit ruler than one who climbed his way to power in such unsavory ways. If he really did love her and only did the extremely brutal and cruel things he did over the course of the game for justice and for the common man then he wouldn't have immediately stabbed her back or tried a little harder to reason with her (Because honestly I don't care what his sprite looks like, there's no way she could've hurt him THAT badly. He was just quick to return violence with more violence). If he really accomplished his goals and sought to make her queen (which he did) then he would've died satisfied with his actions and how he tore down a corrupt system almost on his own.........BUT HE DIDN'T AND I THINK HE KNEW THAT. He maneuvered in the shadows and taking orders from those in power while slowly working his way up the chain of influence while Ramza (The real hero) didn't bend the knee once to anyone, fighting the entire time with a target on his back. His honor and his friends were beside him the entire time while Delita had no one but his vengeance . He didnt kill his right hand woman (church spy but he effing cut her tongue out) so that tells me that he still has a heart but I think it ends up being "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Thats why I think that the scene is probably my favorite in the game because it shows how THIS is how he got his way here and THIS is how he'll stay there. Everyone was disposable to him and he learns very quickly that "Heavy is the head that wears the crown" while musing to his himself and his dying wife "Did you get what you wanted Ramza....this...this is what I got". And honestly its pretty effing bleak and he seems genuinely distraught that Ovelia thought him such a cold and ruthless person that he would eventually turn on her someday so she felt forced with her weak arms to end him now. Wouldnt you know it? She was right, he had a knife and immediately gutted her, just another obstacle in his way. He'll be forced to live with that for the rest of his days that he's not the hero he thought himself as and that he is no better than everyone he cut down on his climb to the top. It was later stated in an interview that Ovelia did in fact NOT die from getting shanked by her husband (www.frontlinejp.net/2020/08/26/final-fantasy-tactics-ending-explained-ramzas-fate-and-the-return-to-ivalice/) but she survived and they ruled together for a time until she died later on of unrelated causes but I still hold fast and true that while Delita isnt totally heartless he is still a cold and ruthless person Sorry for the long comment, FFT is my fav of all time and I wanted to share my views on the final scene.

@@2la84me Well said. I didn't watch the entire video yet (an almost 4 hour video will take a while to finish) but what you wrote there was exactly what I thought of back when I played this on PS1.

@@ratioretrospectives Don't have to like it. Just need to understand it.

Thought that scene was her over hearing in a hall, and then getting stabbed, but could be mashing up 2 different scenes. I have a PSX copy somewhere that I should try to break out.

THANK YOU, SIR LOYNE. MAY YOUR BEEF BE EVER SEARED AND DELCIOUS.

i did not (as you can tell lol)

degeneracy knows no bounds : P

breaking the game is more of an, pardon the pun, *advanced* way of playing and more for the vets, but once you've gone through the game a few times, you wanna crack it open and see what gooey goodness lies inside -- like all the broken and busted combos of items and jobs.

love me a dark story -- it's why this game resonated with me so much!

You think that is bleak then you haven't played literally anything by Yoko Toro. The worst endings you can get for each game is the CANON ending.

Thats not what happens. Even Matsuno clarified that Ramza and his party survived the end of the game and went off to live peaceful lives. There is even a canon appearance of Ramza and Agrias in another of his games that takes place after the events of ff tactics.

Spoiler alert

thanks a lot man! glad you liked it : )

rumors suggest a remake / remaster is coming...

I really hope so. FFTA and A2 hold a special place in my heart but its not even close to how good FFT is, and I played FFT last of the 3 ;p

The director made a statement that there is no plan to remaster the game =/

@@hansgulbranson9506 Good.

I'd LOVE a full blown remaster with voice overs and updated graphics

i hope to get better at the audio quality and video editing, but I appreciate the kind words! thanks for watching : )

@@ratioretrospectives Of course. Your writing is especially good. Author, by any chance?

I write some, yessir. : )@@augustuslxiii

no matter the age, it's always a good time for FFT : )

thanks for watching!

I would say it's a life lesson , but i don't really know what that lesson would be lol

thanks, man!

cant hit what you cant catch. a bold but often successful strategy.

1) Yes, Algus *is* the definition of a Cunt -- seriously look it up, you'll see his smarmy picture right there in the dictionary. He just also happens to be "right" on his moral musings about Delita and Ramza at the time. Always a hard pill to swallow when shit like that happens. 2) Delita is not a good guy -- like at all -- and I find far less sympathy with him but far more empathy: I get where he's coming from, I get his motivations, and I understand his actions. That's why I "like" him -- as a character, as a literary modality, and as a foil to Ramza, to the more "obvious" hero archetype. It's the same reason I like KOTOR 2 and Kreia so much as well: not that I wish to emulate their ideals or laud them, but that they are written well and well enough for me to gain a further understanding of their motivations or philosophy or the world at large, and maybe more importantly, a better understanding of myself and my own ideals. 3) It's been about 15 years since I last played the PSX version and the years of beer and bong hits have taken their toll. I fear I may be suffering from an acute case of "dogwater brains" -- so I may, and will, get things wrong like adoption details and whatnot. ;)

@@ratioretrospectives Heh, I know something about that party-induced memory loss. It’s totally worth it. You have inspired me to finally play through WotL version, which I’ve tried to do before. This time I’m playing with the “Tweak” mod, which I enthusiastically recommend. It aims to keep very true to vanilla while making just dozens of fixes to bugs and balance.

GIDEON EMERY, the voice actor, always does a good job. he's got a buttery smooth, psoh swashbuckler kinda voice. balthier was my fav besides basch. nobody likes vaan. lol

@@ratioretrospectives Vaan has to be one of my least favorite FF characters and his white washed Aladdin self ruined so many important moments.

i know all too well...

tactics holds a special place in my gamer heart. thanks for watching, my dude!

thanks! (you and me both, man. i learned from that moment and do exactly what you do -- have multiple files all the time now lol)

hell yeah, man! that's why i made it : ) glad you enjoyed it as you gamed.

usually i catch it, but sometimes i don't. in those instances, it deserves recognition lol

BIG TRUE!

it happens. let the not-so-dulcet tones of my poorly recorded voice lull you to dreamland

thanks man! i appreciate the watch and kind words. I am working on making a video once every 1-2 months, so check back soon !

thanks very muchly! hope to have a video out every 1-2 months (or thereabouts).

most certainly

no matter the age, we all love these games! thanks for watching, mate. greetings!

indeed, good sir! i agree

i feel like that's how all scoring metrics / systems should be based on: how many TCG Cids out of ten. lol. thanks man! glad i could entertain

let the dulcet tones of improperly mixed 3d anime lull you to sleep...

teaching the next generation the ins and outs of old videogames sounds like what it's all about. i don't have kids (even tho i'm in my mid 30s), but damn it if that doesn't swell the old cold iron heart a bit : )

gray/ dark stories are the best -- especially when it comes to JRPGs, which usually are a bit more, say, "bright" even tho they deal with world ending baddies and whatnot. Weigraf is a tragic story, for sure.

@@ratioretrospectives another thing - i swear Ovelia also tries to kill Delita in the PS1 original, in a cutscene at the very end. i don't think this is an addition in the War of the Lions version. the dialog was more ambiguous though. maybe i'm mis-remembering? I guess they just had to drive the point home about Delita being manipulative just like everyone else, as if the rest of the game didn't make that clear enough.

theyre sister games in all honesty. one makes the other better IMO

true, but if i take damage, then i gotta heal! to chug or not to chug, that is the question. lol

Big true!

thanks for watching! : )

thanks so much! I am glad yall are enjoying it. (next video is gonna be SUPER MARIO RPG).

thanks, brother!

doin' the lord's work lol

will do! (even tho it may take random amounts of time before videos -- life and whatnot) thanks for watching!

@@ratioretrospectives it's always the way! Looking forward to watching more

i mean, i get the impulse and the emotion of it, still the scene rang a bit sudden for me at the end. didn't ruin anything for me, just felt odd is all.

​@ratioretrospectives Didn't delita become the thing he loathed and, as a false lady, the queen felt the need to end his line before it conjured another age of aristocratic ill upon the land? I think it's brilliant to see how she tries to prevent another such story to be told.

thanks so much for watching!

thanks so much man!

thanks a lot, man. will do! (and i am getting better at recording my voice -- little by little anyway). next up is chrono cross! in a month or so!

thanks for watching!

THANKS so much ! I'm glad i could entertain : ) tell your friends haha i'm slowly working on the next video but it may be a couple months (work and life, you know).

⁠​⁠@@ratioretrospectives From someone who does love tactics as much as others, I have to agree that this is the best video about tactics on the internet. You’re making good stuff lad, keep at it.

thanks man! : )@@thomasshuck3923

you're welcome! thanks for watching

yeah, i didn't even touch the mobile sequel or whatever it is they tried to pass off as a tactics game -- full of MTX and timers. ugh.

Tactics Ogre is the only one I'd say that feels like FFT -- as you said, because it's made by the same creator. But with all the remakes and redos and remasters nowadays, I hold out hope that one day we see FFT get their just deserts. (just please don't be in the style of FF6 mobile version --ugh)@@baronvonslambert

Thanks muchly, my good sir.

no karmic dice in FFT unfortunately...

it's the fight where i learned how to swear like the best of sailors...lol

without a guide to know exactly where to go, doing deep dungeon is like guessing a four digit combination -- using consecutive numbers: 0001. 0002. 0003. etc. "Feel the Weight of it" Chris Wilson whispers to himself lol

insane people. that's who. crazies. cooks. nutter butters. meatloaf needs ketchup

1) thanks, man! means a lot to hear that. < 3 . 2) Cross pollination within Final Fantasy series seems to be their MO -- the love doing that (ff14, all the mobile games, FFT, etc.), 3) glad I could help -- there are also tons of other "explain all" videos on youtube, so have at it! 4) SUPER MARIO RPG is next (should be done in 1 or 2 weeks), then I still haven't decided what game to do after that -- maybe front mission 3, maybe chrono cross, maybe FF6.,dunno! 5) thanks again. I hope to continue and hope to be better : )

thanks! glad you liked it. but I'd also suggest getting an emulator and playing a modded version of the game, if you feel so inclined. some great stuff out there in the land of the internets.

@@ratioretrospectives Any specific suggestions? I was looking at trying out Final Fantasy Hacktics or FFT 1.3.

i think 1.3 is a great starting point IMO@@MonktheMonkey

thanks for watching!

and for a decade longer still, i hope!

i was 11? i think when i first played this back in the day. ahhh 90s... a different age lol

Hours and hours of beating on your own party while an enemy cowers with 1 hp in the corner 😂

@@udalix lol yep.

this is the way@@udalix

thanks for watching!

ha! truetrue

it's one of the few seminal gaming moments. toad telling you peach is in another castle; realizing Samus is a bad-ass chick; "Finishing the Fight"; Micah v. Arthur; "FRESH MEAT!"; whatever it is, it's a core memory for all gamers

many people have mentioned that (and most likely will continue to do so lol), but i can kinda give a slight reason for that: i played the game, then wrote the script in sections, non contiguously, so I might have gotten the info wrong at first, read back the script, and continued on with the misinformation. in other words, my brain went all dog watery on me. : )

@@ratioretrospectives Gotcha! Things happen ;D Might I suggest mentioning it in an edit, either in the video description or the pinned comment? People (myself included) often at least glance there before offering corrections. I mean, unless you're baiting engagement by getting people to comment =D Since as we all know, the fastest way to get correct information on the internet, is to post the incorrect information to an audience. In which case, by all means, carry on~

didn't mean to do that, but you bring up an interesting point....hmmm....👀@@evrfreez

rumors suggest we may be getting just that...but who knows

6 is my personal all time fave. for me, FF goes like this: 6 > 7 > tactics. i tried my very best not to cheese this playthrough as much as possible. but alas, some things can never be.

@@ratioretrospectives it was a different era my fren, literally a world without internet knowhows. Finding secrets and cheese exploits were much more kino then. Word of mouth was strong. Or u were the dude that bought strategy guides. 😎

I was a kid of pre-gamefaqs. strategy guides were the ultimate toilet reading material (besides the booklets that came with the game)@@Mondoness

i always like to imagine Ramza just sitting in the corner of the room reeeeeeeeeally thinking hard, fingers pressed against his temples, little "+1s" flying above his head every few seconds and Weigraf just staring blankly at him, then, BAM, thundercrack and Ramza just obliterates Weigraf in an anime ninja blur fashion lol

@@ratioretrospectives It's a wonderful feeling. We had this community SRPG playthrough round robin thing a few years back for FFT, that fight gets passed around, team's scuffed, felt so good to break out that trick like "what are y'all struggling with, this dude can fart at infinite speed and power!" As a comedian I can't remember the name of once said "after the first part, someone said he was half dead, half dead....and the cops asked if we had any proof....so we stabbed him again....and sure enough, he was exactly dead."

but trying to steal his stuff is my favorite part -- i can't let that sparkly vampire win! i must steal everything and make him walk home without shoes on if i can. but then rafa dies...sigh...cant always get what you want, i suppose...

THANKS!

then consider yourself lucky. because that save file destroying moment for many kids across teh globe was a pivotal moment in their gaming history haha. people learned real fast never to save only ever one file after that. ;P

it's one of the best, for sure

thanks, man! it's one of my favs too

thanks a lot, man!

thanks, man! I am glad you enjoyed it! (FFT is one of the best games, I agree).

MY MAN!

if I hade a dime for every time I wasn't allowed in a funeral because of being a heretic and traitor...I'd have three dimes. long story, don't ask.

You weren't allowed because you were a n heretic AND a traitor or just an heretic OR a traitor depending on the situation?@@ratioretrospectives

I Recommend trying it out! it's a great game.

if this vid made you wanna replay the game again, then i think the vid did its job o7

NP. thanks, bud

that very well may be, but i still think that battles could have been somewhat better designed.

Originally, Delita's story was intended to be a second playable arc but it was too ambitious for the PS, so all the Delita cutaways are just peppering in some of that arc we never got to play. With the PSP, they added some extra cutscene battles to that end.

Lol, yeah it is. But I tried to match the script with the content without as many cuts, hence the speed-up. may or may not do that in the future. figuring out as i go along! thanks a bunch for watching!

musta obliterated it from my memory then back in the day...all the same, still not a fan of the scene... : (

thanks!