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Accel_R8 posted...

Anyway for my hot take, FFT has not aged well at all. Don't really enjoy it like I once did.

As someone who once considered FFT their favorite video game, this is probably my hottest take for the franchise.

There was a long time where I just thought that I hated War of the Lions, and blamed it and its script for why I wasn't feeling it at all anymore.

Then I made the depressing realization that I had not once EVER played the game without taking full advantage of the JP glitch on the PS1 version.

Playing fresh last year, and not having access to that, and really taking in the actual system....made me realize just how awful the JP system is in execution. It's worse for some jobs then others, but some are just BAD. Archer and Dragoons ability setup is baffling, everything about Chemist unlocks feels like you're wasting time, and the only way to realistically unlock some of the highest requirement jobs for use in a normal playthrough is to spend hours having your characters punch eachother in a corner barefisted while you continuously petrify the last goblin.

However, I still absolutely adore the core of this game. My love for it back when I WASN'T having to engage with the JP system attests to that. After the astounding quality of the Tactics Ogre rerelease, I can't think of a game I want to see re-released with a tuneup more than FFT...

Well, FE4 actually, but were probably actually getting that so FFT can take it's place.