Episode 748: Final Fantasy Tactics Revisited, Pt. II (Patreon)

Jeremy: Well, it was bound to happen someday. And that day is today. Yes, our Final Fantasy Tactics deep dive has returned.

We will not be going as deep into the weeds again as we do this episode. But this once, we're talking about the first chapter of Tactics, as close to perfect a tutorial as you can imagine in a video game. Every moment of the first chapter sets the stage for the game to unfold, introducing new gameplay considerations and unveiling surprising plot revelations one after the other. There's a lot to discuss! There'll be another episode or two about the game after this, but we'll be covering a lot more ground a lot faster. But sometimes, you just gotta savor a masterpiece the way we do this episode.

By "we", I mean myself, Kaye Ross, John Learned, and of course Greg Melo. It's a whole party! And party we do, like it's early 1998, and we are being laid low by those jerks in the Dorter Slums all over again.

Update: The podcast file has been corrected to remove the audio level error. D'oh!

Art by Greg Melo. All music from Final Fantasy Tactics.

13:10 - "Ovelia's Theme"

23:30 - "Brave Story"

34:50 - "Tutorial"

48:10 - "Trisection"

59:10 - "Hero's Theme"

1:12:20 - "Algus"

1:26:50 - "A Chapel"

1:47:20 - "Decisive Battle"

2:14:35 - "Delita's Theme"

2:31:30 - "Desert Land"

2:48:45 - "Team Making"