There is no direct mention of ivalice in vagrant story. Vagrant story is strongly hinted to be an ivalice game, both by ingame lore. Many other final fantasy worlds have been unique to one game, and ivalice has been the setting of more games than any other, albeit ivalice at different periods in time. Question the only one ive caught so far is lea monde wine. The ivalice alliance is a games project by square enix, originally created by akitoshi kawazu, akin to the compilation of final fantasy vii and fabula nova crystallis. Matsuno wanted to expand ivalice across a number of different titles so that it. Interestingly, another squareenix rpg vagrant story also features glowing.
Final fantasy xii releases after the release of vagrant story began to add incrementally firmer links between the world of ivalice and the ivalice of the final fantasy universe. Anyway, i tried vagrant story but couldnt get into it many years ago. Me, im expecting another world of darkness, or at least mhach, thanks to the encyclopedia eorzea. Vagrant story works as standalone, the connection with the ivalice of tactics is tenous at best. Vagrant story is the tale of ashley riot, a knight who works for the kingdom of valendia during the dark ages of ivalice. Vagrant story has probably the best story in a square game apart from the ff series.
Finally, nojima officially confirms that the final fantasy x2 timeline is set around a. In addition, theres a couple of tactics advance spinoffs. Crystal defenders, tactics s, and the obscure flash game dive 2 hunt. Vagrant story, beiguranto sutori is an action roleplaying game developed and published by square now square enix for the playstation video game console. Final fantasy xii and vagrant story gnoggin youtube. Theres a timeline printed there, comparing in parallel ffxii events and fft events and the ajora connection. Ffta ivalice is a product of the gran grimorie and is based on mewts dreams, so i would put it in some other timeline or something. Vagrant story fits in the ivalice timeline, as it is set after the events of final fantasy tactics. As for xii, it is definitely the fft ivalice in the past.
Lets rank the final fantasy series versions of ivalice. For many years, fans had to fill in the blanks, until square enix released a timeline for ffxii and ff tactics. The ivalice alliance games are notable for several things an almost complete lack of romance richly textured blockbased graphics which along with ico were at the start of the real is brown trend in video games the detailed visibility of inconsequential items during cut scenes such as ropes, wine glasses and water skins, which most video games tend to avoid. Vagrant story is an easy starting place because it has the. So this prompt was for a crossover with vagrant story which turned out to be the main challenge. The last video game i played was mario kart, and i was at a party at the time.
Also, some rather obvious names are easy to recognize like leamonde from the entite in ffxii, the riskbreaker title, and some other things that make it obvious that they are in the same world. Matsuno insere cet episode dans le cadre dun projet plus large. Several games in the series were localized by alexander o smith, whose outstanding work on vagrant story made him internationally known as a video game translator. Created by director yasumi matsuno, ivalice has been the setting of several games, including the nonfinal fantasy title, vagrant story. Ff14 ivalice gear return to ivalice is a 24man raid. The ivalice alliance games are notable for several things. Still, it includes references to other final fantasy tactic characters, such as agrias. At the time of vagrant story s release, i dont even recall this being raised as a question. Squaresofts vagrant story is a playstation rpg by video game auteur yasumi matsuno. In 2011, matsuno stated that he never originally intended for vagrant story to take place in ivalice. Revenant wings and the main part of final fantasy tactics a2 both contain characters from final fantasy xii, so they can easily be placed shortly after the end of that game. Ivalice, ivarisu is a fictional universe setting primarily appearing in the final. Yasumi matsunos world of ivalice has been kicking around in one form or.
The artifact text in vagrant story refers to several characters in tactics as legendary figures haeralis the brave delita, beowulf the great beowulf cadmus, orlandu cidolfus orlandeau, agrias agrias oaks. Perhaps the setting is in ivalice just like spiderman lives in new york city. Return to ivalice quests are quests related to the return to ivalice storyline. I think there are a few old fans of that cult classic vagrant story holding out for ashley riot. This comes after quest announced the handover of its software development. Vagrant story being set in ivalice is actually a retcon, as originally nothing. I think vagrant story is related to the ivalice alliance. The numerous peasant families who gave their lives to the war were also never paid rightful dues from ivalice, creating a massive power vacuum of. The timeline of ivalice as presented in the games was left quite vague, and. With all the actual plot, story and history links the raids established with their plot, to throw ffxiv entirely outside the timeline would be at the same level as tossing out xii, aa2 or vagrant story. Matsunos next game, vagrant story, featured several allusions to final. Is vagrant story part of the final fantasy universe.
Then you have fft which is way into the future of ffxii events valendian calendar, vagrant story being an ivalice game is a retcon at best but it fits the myth as well. The game had a few minor shoutouts to final fantasy tactics, but otherwise is so disconnected from even the other socalled ivalice games that it is hard to consider them part. The world map up there is pretty awesome, ive never considered playing a. I had never heard of vagrant story before, but helpfully, wikipedia, the final fantasy wiki, and youtube exist. Vagrant story was not originally supposed to be part of ivalice, but square enix retroactively made it part of the ivalice timeline, placing it in the distant future after final fantasy tactics. With the announcement of the return to ivalice, all of us old ivalice geeks are talking about meeting ramza or vaan and ashe ingame. If anyone bought the ffxii ultimania omega, theres a section called the study of ivalice mentioning the ivalice connection between the games ffta, fft and ffxii, and a little vagrant story. Now that we have an overall timeframe, the next step is to look at the history of each game and start filling in the larger timeline with it. Titres independants, final fantasy tactics vagrant story final fantasy tactics advance final fantasy xii crystal defenders vanguard storm. Ivalice is the world which comprises the settings of ff tactics, ffta, ff12, and vagrant story. Ivalice unfolded far east map n other spec spoiler not sure if this is the right thread to post it but i guess a world map could go either to general or lore its been a week since hte newest 24 man raid arrived and i have always hoped for somebody to post the missing bit of far eastern map.
Tactics can work as standalone or as a postapocalyptic ivalice. I have heard rumors of it being 500,700, or 2000 years before fft. Im very interested in seeing a good solid source material for ivalice. The ivalice alliance line of games that square is making is very interesting, but only continues individual. Instead, its an illusion created by the gran grimoire that predates ffxii. Although the connections are tenuous, there is much evidence that the four games really are meant to take place in the same world. Tactics tactics advance tactics advance a2 final fantasy xii final fantasy xii, reverant wings vagrant story. Lindzei was a deity created by the maker, and was responsible for. Sure, it takes place in ivalice, but its about as final fantasy as kingdom hearts. There has been much speculation on the timeline of the games set in ivalice. Players must first complete the main scenario quest stormblood before gaining access to these quests ivalice, ivarisu.
In this retelling of roman holiday, ashe sneaks away from her keepers while staying at the archadian embassy and meets ivalice s most charming sky pirate. The game was released in 2000, and has been rereleased through the playstation network for the playstation 3, playstation portable and playstation vita consoles. The fantasy world that the cast get transported to is not the real ivalice. Did the encyclopedia eorzea reveal ivalices fate and. Vagrant story is not a part of the final fantasy series. There just arent all that many if almost any jrpgs with storieswriting, characters and settings like vagrant story. The ivalice connection in the final fantasy universe is no secret, but its. The official timeline, however, was eventually given in the final fantasy xii ultimania omega, and placed the events of final fantasy xii before those of final fantasy tactics. Ivalice is the world which comprises the settings of ff tactics, ffta, ff12ff12rw, and vagrant story. With all this ivalice everywhere, how much of it references vagrant story. Vagrant story was not specifically named, but there are several key locations from that game also mentioned. From final fantasy wikipedia gah i swear i got to stop relying on that site, it did state probably along with the proof of it having a connection from that diagram that they showed us of the ivalice timeline. Created by yasumi matsuno, ivalice has been the setting of several games, one, vagrant story, not even of the series. There is a timeline linking the two games and i believe it is strongly implied that the advanced ancient civilization mentioned in fft is the world of xii.
Building a gameable setting out of ivalice final fantasy. With the release of ffxii, vagrant story was explicitly made part of the ivalice universe. The tactics games so far have only had the first game be updated beyond being available on the. It states that the story was before final fantasy tactics, so it is connected in that sense. It is available as a downloadable psone classic on the playstation network. Vagrant story was not specifically named, but there. Blue logically makes sense and is agreed upon by the majority. We live in the worst timeline where all the loli pedo animu jrpgs and otherwise juvenile crap won over more mature approaches to the genre, and i dont know why considering how numerous incredible storytellers are in japan in. If vagrant story is part of the ivalice world, then it is probably a retcon. Here is a look at final fantasy xii and its connection to vagrant story. Revenant wings grimoire of the rift main game time, final fantasy tactics vagrant story final fantasy tactics advance real world grimoire of the rift origin.
The games in this project are all set in the fictional world of ivalice, the world in which the stories in final. Repost of a fic on that i abandoned eight years ago, but finally started working on again. It is, however, set in the world as ivalice the same world as final fantasy tactics and final fantasy xii. With the ivalice raids, its deliberately integrated into the story, history, and world of ffxiv. Vagrant story ps1 final fantasy tactics advance gbathe timeline green officially stated by a square source. Ffxii ffxii rw ffta2 fft vagrant story ffta for the record, only the modern day setting of ffta is canon ivalice. Final fantasy tactics, ff tactics advance, ff tactics a2, final fantasy xii. Vagrant story is strongly hinted to be an ivalice game, both by ingame lore and subsequent games. Time to wrap up the ivalice chronicles trilogy with vagrant story, a unique strategy rpg for the playstation 1. Ivalice is a world returend to many times throughout the final fantasy series, and its come in different forms, even being featured in an upcoming patch for final fantasy xiv. A few sources have made their own conclusion on the timeline of ivalice. Ffta i wouldnt dare put in any point of the timeline as it seems more of a spinoffgaiden than a ivalice main game. The world of ivalice has had many games come out of it, all falling in with each other.
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