In December a strategy game called Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun landed on PC without much preview buzz or hype. What better time to give them the first, best Ivalice story? Tactics, baby! There's still a healthy strategy audience on PC A whole new generation of Final Fantasy players are discovering this setting, and tons of classic fans are getting back into it. Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, an HD remaster, just released on PS4, and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive.Īnd on top of that, Square Enix brought Matsuno back on board to help design some Final Fantasy 14 raids set in the world of Ivalice. Ivalice is the best setting in Final Fantasy history, and it's getting some serious love in 2017.
We're talking about the popularity of the fantasy world in which most of director Yasumi Matsuno's games are set: the Tactics series, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy 12. No no no, this isn't about global warming, though Ivalice does seem to be about half desert.
