Final Fantasy Hacktics

The Lion War has a very simple premise: it would allow you to play the PSP War of the Lions content on the original PSX release, but the team behind this project decided to go beyond and actually provide the best experience for those who enjoy classic Final Fantasy Tactics.

By being able to play with the best features added by the War of the Lions release such as Balthier, Dark Knight, new events and removing the less interesting ones such as Luso (who gets replaced by the awesome Ashley Riot),they even made a way for us who never played the Rendezvous, originally a multiplayer-only content, to finally experience it as a unique single player challenge with interesting rewards.

That would be enough, but surely not for this team. We also got most of the original Sound Novels added to the game, something no other version had and a unique post-game content that allows you to keep playing this mod for years and years if your heart desire. There are even two brand new Rendezvous for those itching for more content and for some challenge.

This mod is not only a love letter to this game that we still love to this day, but also to this community. No one had to do this but these madlads decided to do it. And by doing it they made the quintessential Final Fantasy Tactics experience.

If you ever loved this game, you must play this mod. If you have a friend who wished to play FFT, make them play this mod. Share with your friends, your neighbors, your pets. This is truly a masterpiece and we are all greatful for the team behind this project to finally be able to deliver us this gift.

And after this mod you still have friends who insist on playing the PSP release, well... Tough. Blame yourself or God.

Since I played recently the CCP2, someone suggested for me to take a look at the first version of Celdia's patch, and boy that was a fun and weird experience!  Some classes feel a bit more fun to play on this version (Tactician, Gunslinger, Demagogue) while others still have a flavor similar to what ended on CCP2. Malak and Rafa once again are a lot better on CCP patches and Malak once again became one of my strongest DPS and on this version had also some good utility using Loremaster skills. Rad is not a unique unit on this version and Meliadoul doubles down as Divine Knight/Blue Mage, but now you can learn all spells available!

This patch shows exactly why Celdia's wanted to balance things a bit more on CCP2, because a lot of things can feel overtuned and there are a few abilities that are not as useful in comparison to others but it still reaches a satisfactory point of not being frustratingly hard nor a cakewalk. 

Lucavi bosses are a bit of HP sponges and some fights takes a loooong time even if you nailed down a solid strategy (Zalera and Hashmalum being the worst in this aspect). Queklain can be a bit frustrating due to Death Sentence and Sleep and since he takes so long to die it requires some solid strategy (and exploiting his weakness). 

The itemization is as good as in CCP2, with as much flavor as in the latest version. Move-find item is quite useful to find rare and even unique items in common battles and it was basically a must have most of the game. 

In terms of QoL hacks there aren't many if any at all. So item find is still based on low Brave, Random encounters are still random and so on. 

There are almost no bugs so far I've played. Some very minor visual glitches may happen in a few skills but way less than on CCP2. CCP1 feels more complete than 2 in that aspect and that includes some fun easter eggs and crazy enemy encounters on Deep Dungeon.

So, if you are still in the FFT craze and want some fun hijinks and a lot of new jobs and items to play around this is a great mod that it is still a lot of fun despite been made so many years ago. It is impressive how even after so many years few mods feel as fun and creative as this one.

"Job change done right for the sake of fun" is the first word that comes to my mind when I think about this mod. It is crazy to see such an old mod that is still in beta to be such an amazing gameplay experience. 

Job tree is easily accessible so you are able to experience most abilities and see all the different gameplay styles Celdia planned with this release. And many of these changes impact a lot on how you will play the game, from the Cannoneer to the Tactician, and also including amazing changes to unique jobs like Engineer who becomes a very useful support class to Rafa and Malak Chaos job that actually made Malak one of my most powerful DPS from any other playthrough I ever done. Also includes the quite fun unique Blue Mage job for Rad, making him a pretty fun character to bring with you.

New itemization is the icing of the cake, with many combos and interesting accessories that change a lot of the game. Difficulty is average with some notable difficult spikes during Germinas Peak and Lake Poeskas. Hashmalum and Altima where also pretty challenging and there is a quite fun surprise during the Queklain fight. 

Since the mod is in beta (and is no longer been worked actively by the creator) it has some bugs, but rarely game breaking ones. Some weird weapon animations, and most Beowulf/Reis Quest can be completed albeit graphical glitches. That also seems to cause a recruitment but on Cloud so you will not be able to recruit him. Some Blue Mage spells are not possible to learned (Zalera's Flare2 and Bad Breath) and the only game breaking one I found was using Mustadio's Sentry skill without targets available. 

That said is one of the most fun mods I had experience to play that allows you to enjoy once again character building and made me feel sometimes like when I found the game at first time. 

Absolutely recommended to anyone still feeling that itch to play FFT but with a twist