The upcoming remaster of the greatly underrated Final Fantasy XII is on track for its July release. It will be the first time for players outside Japan to try out the new job systems introduced in Final Fantasy XII International. The change to specific jobs for each character is a response to the ill-received License Board character progression that was way too open-ended resulting in players easily make not optimal character builds. The job system enables each character to have specific License Boards that is optimise for a specific character build, but also closes opportunities for hybrid builds.
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will add one more neat trick to job system by enabling you to have two jobs per character, which should produce interesting builds. A small touch, but for what is just a remaster, it is a welcome one. To coincide with that, here’s a new trailer featuring the new HD graphics, which for the most part looks faithful to the PS2 original (though Vaan’s abnormal looking abs have been changed, thank goodness). Goes to show that strong art design can stand the test of time.
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will be released on July 13 in Asia on the PS4.