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Let's Play FFT: Celdia's Complete Patch



Celdia's Complete Patch is a full gameplay overhaul of Final Fantasy Tactics, with new jobs, equipment, abilities, and enemy layouts. There's no changes to the story (which given the standard for romhack story changes, is a good thing), so the focus here will be entirely on the gameplay.


So what's this then?

Well, I'm going to be playing this.

Blind.

Yes, really. I've heard decent things about the hack, and the general overview seems interesting. As of this writing, I've played through the Orbonne and Gariland fights just to make sure nothing was broken and to see if I'd like to proceed with this. Since you're reading this, I'll leave it to you to figure out what my decision was. I was inspired by, in part, cosmicPostman's ongoing blind LP of Advance Wars showing me that a blind SSLP can in fact work and be entertaining.

So what does blind mean?

I know nothing about this hack going in, other than a couple of snippets I read in the download link's post (most of which I've forgotten) and what I've seen thus far. (which is just)

I am, however, really experienced when it comes to the base game of Final Fantasy Tactics. That big guide on GameFAQs with all of the mechanics down to precise numbers and formulae? I have way too much of that memorized. Not all of it, but too much.

So what does this mean for me, the poor reader subjecting myself to your words?

That means NO SPOILERS for anything in Celdia's Complete Patch, whether it's the current version or an older one. Not even under spoiler tags. This should not be difficult, but we'll see. One can only undergo the process of new discovery once.

Also, not knowing things going in stops me from over analyzing and planning as opposed to playing, which would result in slower updates. Spoilers just mean you're hurting your own free entertainment, is what I'm saying.

Conversely, it is open season for spoilers on the original Final Fantasy Tactics. I'm going to be assuming familiarity with the game. If you haven't played it, do so! FFT is one of the all time greats. I'd personally say it's to strategy RPGs what Chrono Trigger is to the classic JRPG. If you haven't played and and can't, don't want to, or just need a refresher, I recommend Orange Fluffy Sheep's LP.

So are you going to stop beginning these hypothetical reader questions with "so"?

No.


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Update 1: Orbonne Monastery