Final Fantasy Tactics: No War But Class War - Long Live Ivalice

Final Fantasy Tactics is renowned for its engaging narrative and intricate plot, which revolves around two Aristocratic Houses vying for control of the Throne of Ivalice.
This video will examine the nature of this Machiavellian struggle, and what the game has to say about nobility, knighthood, and chivalry.
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Medieval Soviet Anthem by LeninLover 1917 - / doctortr. .
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Passing Time by Kevin McLeod
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[@dksu]

"The justifying ideology of the ruling class, as seen from below" - that is a *great* line. I'm currently reading Outlaws of the Marsh, and the tragedy is the same - the rebels believed in the ruling ideology more than the rulers themselves. And, as a result, they're ultimately betrayed, scattered, and defeated.

[@griffinjones6491]

This is some of my favorite KZbin content. Thanks for putting these out, comrade!

[@StudyofSwords]

Thanks for the support!

[@yokothespacewhale]

17:38 the music in this game sticks in my head more than anything else. I would hate to have to debate out the top video game soundtracks but this one has got to be up there, at least for a 90s game. Now that I think of it, why hasnt there been orchestra nerdout sessions for this like there was with sonic and donkey kong? It's already scored for orchestra, and is beautiful, and was just as awesome coming out of those crappy tube tvs I first played this on. edit: after thinking on that bit, I realize this kind of nostalgia is not as "innocent" as DK or Sonic. There is far less "novelty" in doing that for this game.

[@StudyofSwords]

Yeah the music is pretty great, and while it isn't a full orchestral treatment, I would highly recommend checking out the channel of Jacob Shrum (I actually feature some of his work in the next video) he's been working through remastering the entire OST, and it's some good stuff.

[@Miraihi]

When I was a teenager I knew that there's more to FF Tactics than just a generic medieval fantasy setting, but I had only a bootleg copy with a horrible Russian translation (We didn't have anything fancier than bootleg copies here at the time :D), so I had no chance of uncovering anything :D Your video essays on FFT are truly precious works of science. At the same time, that's really impressive how much research the developers have done to create the setting that believable as in FFT.

[@StudyofSwords]

The original English translation is renowned for it's many bizarre linguistic tics and often poor translation of segments, so experiencing the game by playing a poorly translated version in Russian might be par for the course.

[@normtrooper4392]

I love these!

[@StudyofSwords]

Im happy you enjoy it. Two more in the production chute before I make a hard pivot to weeb content.

[@normtrooper4392]

@@StudyofSwords hey, I am here for it!

[@thisWinglessAngel]

Thank you for putting these out. I really hope you do more on this game.

[@StudyofSwords]

Hey, thanks for the support! I have two more videos in the series in the production chute.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I feel like Delita himself can also be considered a bit of an allegory for the rise of the bourgeoisie in the same I view Griffith in Berserk's Golden Age Arc. Both are not of Nobel ancestry to rise to through the ranks of society via their "Merit". Proper Marxists however focus on the bourgeoise who rose purely by economic means, but there were also people like Napoleon.

[@StudyofSwords]

It's funny, I think there's a brief nod to the bourgeois through Barrington, but that gets foreclosed on pretty definitively. Yes, he is also a noble, but because he exists apart from the main houses, as well as the church, he seems to put more emphasis in wealth than status, so to speak, so he remains somewhat of an outlier.

[@simonm223]

Read Foucault's Society Must Be Defended Lecture 6. It adds an interesting twist to historicism and nation building.

[@StudyofSwords]

Thanks for the source recommendation.

[@locotelocot]

No, thank you compadre!

[@StudyofSwords]

Glad you enjoyed it!