FINAL FANTASY TACTICS' NEW VOICE WORK BRINGS ITS TRAGEDY INTO FOCUS

DELITA FINDS HIS VOICE AT LAST

- Words By: Hayes Madsen

Bringing voice to a 28-year-old classic, Gregg Lowe steps into Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles as Delita Heiral, a character as complex and morally gray as ever.

Final Fantasy has built a pedigree of good acting over the years, from the melodramatic Game of Thrones-esque drama of Final Fantasy XVI to the grimdark goofiness of Stranger of Paradise. But Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles presents a truly unique opportunity - a chance for Square Enix to further refine one of the most beloved RPGs of all time. That's a daunting task on its own, but an actor stepping into the shoes of 28-year-old characters, fully voiced for the first time, can be especially challenging.

"I'm not sure it's difficult, but having seen that Delita was such a loved character, and obviously, the franchise is huge. I felt a real responsibility to do the character justice," says Gregg Lowe, the voice actor behind Delita Heiral, "The other challenge is his moral ambiguity. He's a very complicated character, and it's something I haven't played before. I've played a lot of villains, some of them are very on the nose but Delita isn't."

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Final Fantasy Tactics.

Lowe is one of a gaggle of talented actors brought on board to breathe new life into Final Fantasy Tactics, and he's behind arguably the most important characters in the entire game.

The British-Canadian actor has worked in numerous games before now, including Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Lies of P. But Tactics was a drastically "new" experience for him, largely, he says, because of how complex and ambitious its story is.