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It was probably inevitable that I'd do this sooner or later.
Since the port of Final Fantasy Tactics to the PSP, one cannot throw a stone into GameFAQs withoutcreating a small ripple running into another argument over which version of the game is better. A number of points factor into these arguments, but one of the big ones is, of course, the script.
I didn't start this write-up with the intention of proving one to be better than the other, although the more I look at, the more frankly I wonder how the hell anyone could defend the original over the new script. My commentary is pretty obviously opinionated. Don't like, don't read; I'm sure there are plenty of dudes over on other corners of the internet who would be happy for you to join them in writing plot summaries where every i is replaced with a y and laughing over how hilarious they are.
Mostly, I just wanted to put things next to each other and look at the differences in nuance, and what kinds of interpretative changes those can make. This is the first chapter of the script; the rest (and the Brave Story/Chronicle) will be forthcoming as I have the time and energy for them.
I'm not quoting the entire thing, because that would be excessively dull. I'm simply putting down the things that I think stand out the most when placed side by side. In my notes, I use the PSP spellings and terminology; I also label scenes by the titles they're given in the PSP version's event viewer. This effort would be -- not impossible, but certainly much more of a labor -- if not for the efforts of Tsogtsaihan Baatar (PS1 script) and Revenant Things (PSP script), who transcribed the assloads of text that is FFT and put it on GameFAQs for all and sundry.
Let's rock and roll.
( 'tis my meager lot in this life. )
Since the port of Final Fantasy Tactics to the PSP, one cannot throw a stone into GameFAQs without
I didn't start this write-up with the intention of proving one to be better than the other, although the more I look at, the more frankly I wonder how the hell anyone could defend the original over the new script. My commentary is pretty obviously opinionated. Don't like, don't read; I'm sure there are plenty of dudes over on other corners of the internet who would be happy for you to join them in writing plot summaries where every i is replaced with a y and laughing over how hilarious they are.
Mostly, I just wanted to put things next to each other and look at the differences in nuance, and what kinds of interpretative changes those can make. This is the first chapter of the script; the rest (and the Brave Story/Chronicle) will be forthcoming as I have the time and energy for them.
I'm not quoting the entire thing, because that would be excessively dull. I'm simply putting down the things that I think stand out the most when placed side by side. In my notes, I use the PSP spellings and terminology; I also label scenes by the titles they're given in the PSP version's event viewer. This effort would be -- not impossible, but certainly much more of a labor -- if not for the efforts of Tsogtsaihan Baatar (PS1 script) and Revenant Things (PSP script), who transcribed the assloads of text that is FFT and put it on GameFAQs for all and sundry.
Let's rock and roll.
( 'tis my meager lot in this life. )
