Square Enix has put out an interview with Kazutoyo Maehiro, the director of the upcoming
Vibes based video game development.
Final Fantasy Tactics remaster. The interview focused on why the beloved game is coming out now and the challenges that comes with working on one of the greatest video games of all time.
One such challenge was the fact that Square Enix had lost the game's original source code. When asked how the team overcame that issue, Maehiro said it was a combination of reverse engineering and, 'there were also times where we played the original game and worked it out by feel alone.'
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