Rather than farm out FFXII's HD remaster to some external developer, the company has decided to take no chances production planning and supervisions are happening in-house. Square Enix has been working actively to further refine and improve on the game beyond its Japan-only remake-and I do mean Square Enix. While an up-rezzed version of the International Zodiac Job System Version likely would have been more than sufficient to catch American Final Fantasy fans, The Zodiac Age goes a step or two beyond even that. A heavily revamped version of FFXII called International Zodiac Job System Version followed a short while later, massively retuning the game's mechanics and systems, but due to the waning fortunes of the PlayStation 2 at that point (2007), the revamp never saw an American release. The game experienced numerous delays as a result of its turbulent development process, which included a massive personnel change as its original visionary Yasumi Matsuno left the company midway through, forcing quirky SaGa creator Akitoshi Kawazu to step in and see the game through to its conclusion. Much about the original release of FFXII brimmed over with greatness, but it also had its rough patches. Thankfully, the latter's creative integrity looks to be the guiding directive for the next major Final Fantasy update, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, due out early in 2017. For every eye-destroyingly hideous Final Fantasy VI for iOS, you get a comprehensive overhaul like the Final Fantasy X and X-2 remaster.

Thankfully, when it comes to Square Enix's remakes of its mainline Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games, quality tends to be a primary concern more often than not. Will it be one of those excellent BluePoint jobs, where everything feels better than ever? Or will it turn out like the Silent Hill HD Collection, which fell far short of expectations? You never know what you're going to get when it comes to an HD remake of a beloved game.

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