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Final Fantasy Tactics writer says its political message is still relevant because the world hasn’t improved in 30 years
The 1997 original was released “during a time of serious economic and political turmoil”…
The writer of Final Fantasy Tactics says the game’s political messaging is “sadly” still relevant 30 years later, because the world is suffering from the same issues. “This game was made almost 30 years ago, and at that time there were many economic and political problems, such as the bursting of the bubble economy and the Gulf War,” he explained (via machine translation). “Final Fantasy Tactics was released in that climate as a work depicting class struggle, with the main theme of ‘the haves’ and ‘the have-nots’.
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