LEAPFROG'S PROFILE

I wouldn't say no to making money on it, especially if it meant funding for future, possibly more ambitious projects. But if that happens I see that as more of an opportunistic/incidental thing, because I think the enthusiasm and artistic integrity should come first. I definitely don't want it to become a cynical grind.

If our items, weapons or armour use custom status effects, should we screenshot the database entries for those as well, or just describe them in the note section of the relevant item?

Is it not acceptable to take a screenshot of the map in the editor?

EDIT: Or there's "export as image" but events like NPCs and doors don't show up for that.

Okay, thanks! I'll leave Pink Robo for another day.

And you know, not trying to get brownie points or anything, but despite any wails of despair you might hear from me over the next couple of days, thank you very much for your efforts in organising this event, Liberty.

author=Cecil_Beoulve
I played Final Fantasy Tactics to death. Couldn't get enough of that game. When I finished it, I was actually rather disappointed as it seemed too short of a game for me (I wanted moar).

And then I get my hands on Tactics Advance. My mind wanted to vomit because it didn't FEEL like what I got out of the original Tactics - It felt like this dummied down child friendly version. I wanted my gritty ass dark Tactics story, dammit. I even think the graphics gave me a sort of 'feel' that didn't fit.

I had a similar reaction. I didn't mind that it was graphically cutesy, but the plot itself was pretty vapid and too focused on the petty and self-absorbed protagonists. The premise had potential, but it felt largely squandered.

The mechanics bothered me more, though. Initially I loved the idea of multiple races in addition to classes, but the way it was implemented felt very cumbersome and restrictive to me. You didn't have the options you had in FFT, and skill progression was gated behind equipment, which was gated behind plot progress, which doesn't work so well in a game that's more about side missions and team building than story progress. It's worth saying, however, that I did end up enjoying the game.

Then along came Tactics A2 where you not only had to get equipment to unlock skills, you needed to find the crafting materials to unlock weapons - and then purchase them! The original FFT had some problems with being able to outpace equipment - getting Dragoons well before having access to their spears, for instance - but at least I never spent several hours with a character who had one spell and simply couldn't learn any more, like my Nu Mou in A2.

And then came War of the Lions with its horrendous slowdown and its try hard retranslation, and I think FFT officially died for me. Especially considering their attempts to bridge the games together with their "Ivalice Alliance" stuff when the original FFT clearly has a completely different setting.

Long live FFT, the true king.