Returning to Ivalice: First impressions of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

FFXII is the FF that fell between the cracks for me.  It came out my freshman year of college, a very busy time for me.  I recall it being very interesting, but maybe too weird for someone who couldn’t dedicate much time to it.  I’ve made attempts at revisiting the PS2 version every now and then, but had trouble getting back into it.  Recently a friend let me borrow the PS4 remaster, The Zodiac Age.  This posts just consists of some random thoughts and observations from playing through this remaster.