For the game that was called Final Fantasy Tactics during development, seeSword in hand, a warrior clutches stone to breast. In sword etched he his fading memories. In stone, his tempered skill. By sword attested, by stone revealed.
Their tale can now be told. SQUARE ENIX PRESENTS The 'Zodiac Brave Story' Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the LionsFinal Fantasy Tactics is a strategy role-playing game in the. It was released for the in June 1997, and has since been re-released as the updated Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions ( ファイナルファンタジータクティクス 獅子戦争, Fainaru Fantajī Takutikusu Shishi Sensō ) for the, and platforms. It was directed by and produced by, with providing the character designs and both and providing the score.
Prodigy Tactics (originally titled Prodigy) is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Hanakai Studio. The game features figurines representing characters in the game and uses cards to control their behaviors, such as attacking. Exiled Kingdoms is a single player Action-RPG that allows you to roam freely through a unique world. It is an isometric game, inspired by some of the best role-playing games from the past decades; it brings back the old spirit of the classics in many ways: a challenging environment, choices with consequences, and a solid game system, with different paths to develop your character.
It was the first strategy role-playing game in the series.The game is set in, a unified kingdom of seven territories, which is caught in the middle of the fought between two opposing factions vying for rule of the kingdom. The story focuses on, a member of the respected, who finds himself caught amid the war and later uncovers the truth behind a sinister plot behind it.Final Fantasy Tactics features battles fought on a map divided into a grid in which units can move. The order of units' terms is determined by an 'Active-Time' like system, and actions can only be executed within a range of the units' position. Units each have a which provides them abilities, but they can also equip abilities from other jobs they have up or mastered.Final Fantasy Tactics is the first game set in the recurring setting of, which was later the setting of main series installment. It has also spawned spinoffs. Games that take place in Ivalice have later been grouped in the series.
Contents GameplayA battle in Final Fantasy Tactics.Battles are fought on a map divided into a grid where units can move about, and actions can only be executed within a certain range. Obstacles, terrain types, and elevation create further strategic elements. Each unit is allotted one move and one action per turn. Order of turns is determined by an 'Active-Time' like system, a unit's filling a bar and deciding when they get to act. Spells and some other abilities also have charge times and once cast, will go off when the ability's charge time hits 100.An action's chance of success is best when attacking an opponent from the rear and is least likely to succeed in frontal assaults. Units, including the player's, are assigned, and opposing pairs are especially effective against each other. For instance a male and a female (such as ) can inflict massive damage to each other, where as a male Pisces and a male Virgo (such as ) will deal much less.Job systemJob changing screen from War of the Lions version.
Main article:Final Fantasy Tactics uses many classic from previous Final Fantasy games, although the localization of the game's original PlayStation version caused some of this to be lost in the translation. The job was translated as Priest, and the job as Wizard, for instance, but this was changed for the re-release version.The job advancing chartAs each human character develops, they gain to improve their overall. Characters also gain (JP), which level up jobs. As a character gains more experience in various jobs, they gain access to other, more advanced or specialized jobs.
Some jobs, like and, require invested time and experience in several jobs, and require mastery of others to be truly effective. Once learned, skills and job-specific commands can be used even after a character switches jobs, though a penalty may be applied. The party can also recruit creatures like and various monsters, and although they also level up, they do not gain jobs or skills.Two new generic jobs, and, were added to War of the Lions version.Job names in parentheses are the original names from the PlayStation version.
Special jobs. (Ramza, Delita, Algus). (Differences between the default class and this class are in equipment and abilities ).
(Dark Knight). (Engineer). (Astrologist).
(Holy Swordsman). (Arc Knight).
(Temple Knight). (Dragoner).War of the Lions jobs.MultiplayerA battle in a Rendezvous.Multiplayer is a new feature added to The War of the Lions, in which two players can choose to play together using Ad Hoc Mode. The two modes of play available to the player are. Multiplayer is the only way players can obtain exclusive equipment like the. The mobile version has no multiplayer option.Melee features two players facing off against each other and can be accessed by selecting 'Melee' at a. The player can then choose to host or join a battle. If the player hosts a battle they will be prompted to choose rules for it.
The rules include map selection (only locations the player has visited can be chosen), time limit, action limit, whether special controls should be on or off, placement, number of traps, and whether Arithmeticks should be allowed or not. After setting the rules the battle will begin and proceed like a normal battle.If special controls are enabled, there will be certain situations that differ from regular battle. The player can an opponent by pressing before landing an attack, and if the probability of hitting an opponent with the attack command is close to fifty percent, the two players will lock weapons. When this happens both players must tap as much as they can, and the player who gains the upper hand will follow with an attack. If the player lands on a trap they can disarm it by pressing a series of buttons. After the battle the player can choose treasure based on their performance and their characters will retain the JP, job levels, and items obtained during the battle.Cooperative play can be accessed by selecting 'Rendezvous' at a tavern.
The player will then select the mission, which is exclusive to cooperative play, that they want to attempt to complete with a partner. The battles in cooperative play function the same way that they do in single player mode. The players will be given an objective and will place their units on the battlefield. A Rendezvous mission can be attempted as many times as the player wants and the player's characters will retain all JP, job levels, and items obtained during their battle. If the players achieve their objective they will be rewarded with treasure based on their performance.Synopsis SettingIvalice.Ivalice is a medieval kingdom suffering the aftereffects of the.
It is divided along class lines: great noble families, such as, rule over masses of peasants, lords ruling over provinces as their personal fiefs, while the monarchy is weakened by intrigue. The real power in Ivalice is the, based around the of Saint, with its military arm being the. Using manipulation the church is pulling the strings to create disorder in Ivalice and to defeat the secular powers.Two independent armies, the led by —brother of —and the led by, are rival forces.
They fight for control of the monarchy, hoping to take control of child successor to use as a puppet to rule Ivalice. The king has two children, his teenage adopted half-sister, and the young.The princess, off in the, is targeted by forces of the Southern Sky's Order., a sellsword under the greedy, is hired to protect her, working with Ovelia's bodyguards, led. The mercenaries and the bodyguards defeat the forces sent by the Northern Sky, but the princess is captured by, Ramza's childhood friend. When Ramza spots Delita again, he reminisces of the time that led to Delita's disappearance and Ramza's casting off his family name.Characters. The Kingdom of Ivalice; forever guarded by the twin headed lions and by the sun that shines upon them.
A year after the defeat of the 50 Years War, the King had died from a terminal illness earlier and the prince who succeed him was only 2 years old. This meant his guardian would actually reign in his stead as King. The Queen's elder brother Larg was designated as guardian but, fearing an oppressive reign from the Queen, the parliament ousted the potential prince.
Appointing instead the King's cousin, Prince Goltana, as the guardian. Prince Goltanna and Prince Larg are both respected generals who proved themselves in the 50 Year War.
Prince Goltana had the support of the powerful Nobles but, disenfranchised Nobles and knights clearly supported Prince Larg. The Black Lion symbolizes Prince Goltana and the White Lion symbolizes Prince Larg. This is the beginning of what will later be known as 'The Lion War'. Prologue of the Lion War (PlayStation), a historical scholar researching the past, comes upon his ancestor's writings, the, which tell the truth about the legendary hero, Delita Heiral. The papers suggest that the true hero was a noble named Ramza Beoulve, whose role has since been lost to history.Ovelia resisting Delita's abduction.Ramza, who has cast aside his nobility and joined a mercenary group, comes to Orbonne Monastery with the rest of the group, led by Goffard Gaffgarion.
The monastery, where Princess Ovelia Atkascha is residing, is attacked by several Northern Sky knights dressed as Southern Sky knights, and Gaffgarion's group, hired to defend the princess, helps fight them off.During the attack Delita slips in and kidnaps the princess. Agrias Oaks, the princess's bodyguard, joins Ramza's group in hunting Delita down. Ramza, who has not seen Delita in years and thought him dead, is shocked, and cannot fathom his intentions. He thinks back on the times the both of them used to fight together in the Order of the Northern Sky.Chapter 1: The MeagerChocobo cavaliers head to Orbonne.A year ago Ramza and Delita were childhood friends and cadets in the Order of the Northern Sky. Ramza was the third son of the noble House Beoulve, while Delita was a commoner working in the house along with his sister,. The two studied at the Akademy in the and were best of friends.Due to Ivalice's defeat in the Fifty Years' War, the soldiers returning home could not be paid.
This created widespread dissatisfaction with the nobility and ignited revolts across Ivalice, like the 's uprising in Ramza's home duchy of. When Corpse Brigade forces attack Gariland, the students of the Akademy are sent to fight them, and Ramza and Delita lead their group to victory. Afterward they return to House Beoulve's seat of power,.Ramza's party comes upon a lone squire surrounded by Corpse Brigade forces.
They rescue him and learn his name:. Argath is a noble servant of the, who has been kidnapped by the Corpse Brigade, a rebel group that seeks to usurp the aristocracy. Argath states his case to Ramza's elder true-born brother, the cold, co-ruler of the house with his brother since the death of their father. Despite Argath's impudent manner, Dycedarg says he'll do what he can, though he orders Ramza to stay in the castle. While Ramza visits his younger sister, Zalbaag drops a hint to Ramza about the whereabouts of the Marquis, suggesting that he rescue him.Ramza's group goes to the where they spot the Corpse Brigade's leader, but Brigade forces halt their pursuit. Argath captures the enemy leader and beats him until he reveals the marquis's location. They travel to the, where they find Wiegraf killing his own officer,.
Wiegraf says he objects to the dishonorable tactic of kidnapping, and offers to trade the marquis's life for his own, and Ramza agrees. With Elmdore safe, Ramza returns to Eagrose to find an angry Dycedarg. Elmdore was a supporter of the Order of the Southern Sky, and Dycedarg was pulling Gustav's strings to knock off a political foe.
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Prodigy Ben Lederman's career was almost ruined at BarcelonaGENT, Belgium - It's a sleepy, sun-splashed Sunday morning. In and around St. Bavo's Cathedral, there is little traffic, either by car or by foot. But a 10-minute cab ride away, the training center for local side KAA Gent is buzzing with activity.
The club's youth teams are playing their weekly league fixtures, with parents, siblings and friends watching. Some of the spectators cheer while others contort their bodies in a futile attempt to influence the action.Amid the buzz, the club's U-21 team strolls onto the one field that remains empty for a scheduled practice. With a chunk of the side away on international duty, it's a skeleton crew of roughly a dozen players. It is here that Ben Lederman, who's been on and off the U.S. Soccer radar since the tender age of 11, will take the next steps in his bid to scale the professional soccer ladder.There was a time that Lederman, now 18, invited considerable attention - and hope - from a U.S. Fan base eager to see the country produce its first transformative, globally impactful star.
Seven years ago, he was invited to play at La Masia, Barcelona's famous academy that helped develop Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, Lederman's idol. Yet the workout on this slow Sunday feels miles away from such star-studded company.Gent's reserve team manager, Bart van Renterghem, is putting his players through their paces; Lederman's quality on the ball is evident. While he is the slightest player on the field, he has little difficulty dealing with the technical aspects of the session and shows off a potent left foot.Afterward, in the team cafeteria, Lederman cuts a quiet, shy figure, somewhat reminiscent of another U.S. Playmaker, Christian Pulisic.
Lederman has the same sense of determination, too.' It's my dream to become a professional, and I'm not going to stop until I achieve it,' he says.Yet while Pulisic recently signed a record-breaking deal for a U.S. Player in agreeing to join Chelsea, and while the U.S.-based players are gathering for their first January camp under new coach Gregg Berhalter, Lederman is still out there, working through drills and trying to finish what he started at Barcelona.
'We sacrificed our lives for this'Lederman was invited to attend La Masia in 2011 after impressing scouts at a friendly between his club team in California and a Barca youth side. Following a week-long trial, he became the first American to be enrolled in the club academy's history.
(In the years since, another American, Konrad de la Fuente, has been accepted, and de la Fuente is with Barcelona B in the Segunda Division.) Even at the age of 11, Lederman's technique and vision simply dazzled their scouts. His family - father Danny, mother Tammy and brother Dean - made the gut-wrenching decision to uproot their lives in Southern California and move to Barcelona to be with him, their futures even more tightly bound to his soccer dreams.What ensued was one part 'The Odyssey,' with a dollop of 'The Truman Show.' Lederman's progress was monitored by fans and media from afar even as he was understandably shielded by his parents and the club. The fact that he was a continent away made it easier, though Lederman was profiled (but not interviewed) by the New York Times when he was 13.' In Barcelona, everyone was treating Ben just like one of the kids,' Tammy Lederman said by telephone. 'He didn't get any special treatment so he didn't feel anything special or feel anything unique.
He's a small kid who came to play here. That's all we wanted him to concentrate on.' Even as Ben grew older and became more aware of the attention his journey was generating, he tuned out most of it.' I would always try to focus on my game and let others talk about what they want,' he says. 'I would try to just focus every day on the field and not pay attention to the media and these kind of things.
It was always kind of the same, just enjoy my game and leave the media out of it.' The intrusions came from elsewhere, namely FIFA.FIFA's Article 19 of its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players prohibits youth players from registering with a club outside their home country until they are 18. The regulation allows three exceptions: If a player lives within 50 kilometers of a country's border and his desired club is within 50 kilometers of the same border; if a player is moving from one European country to the other (or has a passport from a European Union country) and is at least 16; or if a player's family has moved to a different country for reasons not linked to soccer.Lederman didn't satisfy any of those criteria. FIFA began investigating, and Tammy recalled that the family was made aware of the problem soon after they relocated to Barcelona. But it wasn't until 2014, when Ben was 14, that FIFA dropped the hammer and ruled that the Blaugrana had violated the statute relating to 10 youth players, including Lederman. Among the penalties, the players involved were forbidden from playing games for Barcelona youth teams, though they were allowed to train.
For one year, Lederman was in limbo, consigned to practices and the occasional friendly, as the club fought FIFA's decision.' It was a very difficult situation because me and my family, we sacrificed our lives for this and to not be able to play every week, it was difficult for everyone,' Lederman says.The rules may be well-intentioned to stop youth players from being exploited, but they don't allow for flexibility or nuance. Tammy still fumes over the ruling.' I think it's very unfair,' she said. 'Somebody was telling me it was like my son being accepted to Harvard or one of the top universities in the U.S.
And them telling me, 'Okay, you cannot come and be a student here because you're not American.' If somebody is good enough and is capable and he has a talent and he's being prevented because he doesn't have the papers. I mean if they had the statute during Lionel Messi's time, they wouldn't have Messi today because Messi was 12 when he moved from Argentina and he didn't have any European passport.' We don't agree with that rule at all.
But try to fight FIFA, it's impossible. We had the best lawyers from the club and everybody lost.' In a bid to get around the regulations, Lederman decided to pursue a Polish passport through his parents, but then FIFA said Lederman couldn't even train with Barcelona. He returned to the U.S., enrolled at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., and took part in camps with the U.S. U-17 national team.
It was then that the toll taken from a lack of game action revealed itself.' At such a young age, it's important to compete every day, every week. And to not be able to do it for a year, I felt it,' he says. 'Tactically, and the way I move on the field, I didn't feel as comfortable. After a year of not playing, I felt lost a little bit at first on the field.
But I got used to it. After maybe five or six months, I was back.' He didn't make the U.S. Team for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, but his career soon received a boost, as the long-awaited Polish passport arrived. The midfielder hightailed it back to Europe and Barca welcomed him back, no questions asked.
But as much as Lederman felt like he had come home, the difficulty in making it all the way through the academy to the first team became more apparent.In Lederman's first season back, in 2016, all was well. But his playing time decreased during his second season under coach Denis Silva.
Tammy felt Silva didn't connect with Lederman, and Lederman said he could no longer see a path to the Barcelona first team. Even though he was offered the chance to continue or go on loan, he opted to leave.Lederman and his family didn't take the decision lightly. For Tammy, it has sparked some considerable reflection. She estimates that she receives about one call a month from families who are pondering taking the same path they did - leaving the United States for an international academy.
Her advice is loaded with caution even as Lederman's father, Danny, developed a business sending Barcelona youth coaches to a school in China.' I always said I don't think I would do it again if I had to,' she said. 'But it's very hard, especially when you have an older child and he didn't want to move.
He was very happy with his life in California. He felt like he was paying a price. 'Why do I have to change my life for my younger brother?' Also it was hard for me. My parents still live in Los Angeles. I'm away from my family, I'm away from my sister and my whole side of the family.'
I cannot tell you it's for everybody. Not everybody can just get up and go. It's not easy.' 'You can't just put him in. He's not ready'With the low numbers at the Sunday practice, Van Renterghem finishes things with a 7-vs.-4 drill. Given the superior numbers on Lederman's team, it would be easy to just pile forward and overwhelm the defense, but Lederman shows patience, a sense of space and timing in terms of when to make late runs into the box.Gent isn't at the same high level as Barcelona, of course.
But they've had some success, winning the Belgian league in 2014-15, and produced top players such as Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne. This time around, Lederman is trying to navigate his way alone. He's matter-of-fact about how he landed with Gent, too. After his contract ran out at Barcelona, Lederman's agent informed him of interest in Belgium, and he chose Gent.
He quickly found a comfort level with the club.' I decided to stay because I was happy,' he says. 'Everyone was treating me nice, everyone was treating me with respect.'
Lederman secured his spot after impressing on trial over the summer and was one of two trialists to sign, beating out around 30 competitors. His skills, in particular his ability to adapt quickly, caught the eye of Van Renterghem and the club.' Lederman was on the bus in the back row between all the other Belgian players talking like, 'Okay, we played together.' It was amazing,' Van Renterghem said. 'It's also important that we have the impression that the boy feels good here and adapts very fast.
Of course he had to adapt as a very young kid in Spain. It has to be very hard for him, but if you talk with him about it, he just did it.' Lederman has fit in with his teammates so well that he serves as the unofficial team deejay. That said, challenges remain. In November, Gent had 35 players in its first-team squad, which doesn't leave much in the way of available minutes when they come down to play with the U-21s.
Then there is the matter of style. Though Belgium has produced some incredibly skilled players over the years, enabling the Red Devils to reach the semifinals of last summer's World Cup, Lederman notes that there is more of a physical element to the game in Belgium. That is the area where he has the most room to grow.' In Belgium it's much more direct, I think. Three passes, you're already in the other half,' Lederman says.
It's a different game, more tactical as well. In Spain, there's much more possession, much more build-up play and creating chances from possession. Here it's much more physical.' The first two months here, it was very difficult. I'm coping really well. I'm on a gym program, training three times a week there, also running without the ball. I'm getting used to it.
By now I can play 90 minutes easy.' There have been the usual ups and downs. Lederman played once for the U-18s and performed so poorly that the coach asked Van Renterghem not to send him down again. But Lederman recovered and was called up for a first-team friendly against St. Though he didn't play, it was at least a tangible sign that his skills are getting noticed. Van Renterghem is taking a slow-and-steady approach.' If we put Lederman on the field with the first team now, he will show some nice things but he will lose too many duels,' he said.
'The fans will start to moan a little bit, he will feel that. You can't just put him in and play now. He's not ready. His body should develop.'
As such, Van Renterghem is reluctant to place any predictions on Lederman's future at Gent.' I can't estimate if Ben will ever make a chance to develop here in our first team,' he says. 'If he does not in our first team, he will for sure make good at another team. The boys have to wait, wait, wait; they have to work hard, to prepare them for that one chance they eventually will have.' His parents, who still live in Barcelona, make occasional visits, though Lederman has put down some roots.' I have many friends on the team,' he says. 'I live in an apartment with a teammate of mine.
I'm never lonely, I'm always with someone. It's just difficult to cook sometimes.' The competition is such that Lederman's future with Gent is uncertain.
Yet for all the talk of how he needs to get stronger, he knows he adds something special to the team.' I think I brought that extra possession game here,' he says. 'I try to keep the team more with possession and not play so direct at times. I know when to play direct and know when to keep it simple.' As Lederman works through the session that quality stands out, as do others. He's working and waiting for his chance.
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