Holy CRAP! FFT and FF12 share the same world?!

[CaesarCV]

Yeah, the Ivalice Alliance games are all connected! The "War of the Roses" version of FF Tactics even has a time displaced Balthier as a playable character! The FF12 Era titles are usually thought to have taken place in the first age, where there was still a lot of magic, technology, and other races. The FF Tactics games are thought to take place far later in time, they unearth relics of the more technologically and magically advanced ages before them. However, notably, the world of FF Tactics seems to have lost most of the other races, and their society has regressed to more properly medieval standards. The reasons for this are unclear, although many fans theorize a horrific calamity or something like that.

[WilhelmWhite]

FF12 is my all-time favorite out of every game in the series, and part of what hooked me on to FF14. (Some of the combat mechanics and UI elements are very similar to FF12's.). Vaan was alright, but indeed a poor protagonist. I was SUPER bummed when I found out that FF14's idea to add Veira as playable race was scrapped for Au Ra. The male Veira concept art looked awesome ;-;. I love playing a Roe, but if I had the opportunity to be Veira, I'd fantasia in a heartbeat.

[CaesarCV]

Amusingly Vaan is much more interesting when he shows up in any Ivalice Alliance Game that's not FFXII. In Revenant Wings and FF Tactics A2 he's a lot more of a fun character, and in the former much more of a protagonist. Part of the problem is that the story went through extensive rewrites, with Basch, Balthier, and Ashe all having been the protagonist at various points. Initially Vaan was going to be revealed as the prince you played in the intro (hence their similar appearances) but this got cut leaving him just kind of ...there.

[WilhelmWhite]

Initially Vaan was going to be revealed as the prince you played in the intro (hence their similar appearances) but this got cut leaving him just kind of ...there.

Oh man.... that would have been a much more compelling storyline... Also, Vaan's combat in Dissidia felt pretty..."meh". Though, my feelings about Vaan in general are "meh".