Square Enix has just pumped out a surprise patch for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles — and it's a pretty significant one.

An enhanced (and slightly expanded) remaster of the stone cold classic strategy RPG, The Ivalice Chronicles released for PS5 and PS4 back in September of last year. It's barely been mentioned by the publisher since then.

Square Enix is calling this the 'Enhanced' update, because it introduces a full New Game+ mode, makes a range of gameplay adjustments, and even adds new settings. Not bad for a title that's fast approaching its first birthday.

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We've pasted the patch notes below.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Enhanced Update Patch Notes

New Features

  • New Game + has been added. This feature allows you to start a new game with unit levels, item data, and more carried over from a previously completed playthrough.
  • The Zodiac Compatibility function has been added. You may now check a unit’s zodiac sign and compatibility from its status screen.

Adjustments

  • When selecting a tile to move to or target with an ability, you may now check the status of a unit under the selection cursor.
  • “Remove All Equipment” has been added to the Equipment & Abilities section of the unit status screen.
  • Job unlock conditions are now displayed more clearly for those currently locked, via the Job section of the unit status screen.
  • During battle, the camera angle and zoom settings are now retained for the entirety of that battle.

New Settings

  • The “Maintain Auto-proceed” setting for cutscenes has been added. To activate it, go to the main menu’s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the “Maintain Auto-proceed” toggle.
  • The “Ability Incantations Guaranteed” setting has been added, which ensures that dialogue spoken when using certain abilities is always performed. To activate it, go to the main menu’s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the “Ability Incantations Guaranteed” toggle.
  • The “Ability Cursor Memory” setting has been added, which retains the cursor position in the Abilities section of the battle menu. To activate it, go to the main menu’s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the “Ability Cursor Memory” toggle.
  • Minor text changes have been made in all languages.
  • Certain sound effects have been adjusted.
  • Overall stability has been improved.
  • Other minor issues have been resolved.

New Languages

  • The enhanced version now includes text support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.
    • To change the enhanced version text language, go to the General Settings menu’s Language tab and select a language from “Text Language (Enhanced).”

Might this update tempt you back to Final Fantasy Tactics? Or perhaps you plan on playing it for the first time? Gather a small army and move around some tiles in the comments section below.

[source gematsu.com]