There are now only a few mainline Final Fantasy games missing from Steam: the original I and II, and last year's Final Fantasy XV. The PC can be the platform that can play every Final Fantasy game But there's clearly still a big audience for serious-minded, top-down combat, and a game as well-loved as Final Fantasy Tactics could easily sell well to old fans while tapping into that PC strategy audience. Not every new strategy game is this successful, and the RTS genre isn't as big as it once was. The new Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 has sold nearly 200,000 copies, according to SteamSpy. It was fantastic, and has racked up more than 2000 positive reviews and sold more than 100,000 copies, according to SteamSpy. In December a strategy game called Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun landed on PC without much preview buzz or hype. What better time to give them the first, best Ivalice story? Tactics, baby! There's still a healthy strategy audience on PC A whole new generation of Final Fantasy players are discovering this setting, and tons of classic fans are getting back into it. Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, an HD remaster, just released on PS4, and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive.Īnd on top of that, Square Enix brought Matsuno back on board to help design some Final Fantasy 14 raids set in the world of Ivalice. Ivalice is the best setting in Final Fantasy history, and it's getting some serious love in 2017.

We're talking about the popularity of the fantasy world in which most of director Yasumi Matsuno's games are set: the Tactics series, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy 12. No no no, this isn't about global warming, though Ivalice does seem to be about half desert.

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