<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
(	O
now	O
Square	O
Enix	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
re-released	O
through	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
primarily	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
responsible	O
for	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Yasumi	O
Matsuno	O
serving	O
as	O
producer	O
,	O
writer	O
and	O
director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
unique	O
as	O
a	O
console	O
action-adventure	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
features	O
no	O
shops	O
and	O
no	O
player	O
interaction	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
focuses	O
on	O
weapon	O
creation	O
and	O
modification	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
elements	O
of	O
puzzle-solving	O
and	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
a	O
solo	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Ashley	O
Riot	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
while	O
exploring	O
Leá	O
Monde	O
and	O
the	O
catacombs	B-Application
underneath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
may	O
also	O
switch	O
into	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
a	O
360°	O
view	O
using	O
the	O
START	O
button	O
or	O
right	O
analog	O
stick	O
on	O
the	O
game	B-Device
controller	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Navigation	O
is	O
in	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
areas	O
accessed	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
in-game	O
map	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
field	O
map	O
,	O
players	O
may	O
engage	O
the	O
enemy	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
they	O
enter	O
Battle	O
Mode	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
pausable	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
combat	O
system	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
Square	O
's	O
Parasite	B-Application
Eve	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
pressing	O
buttons	O
in	O
timely	O
succession	O
,	O
making	O
combat	O
resemble	O
a	O
rhythm	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magic	O
in	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
learned	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
Grimoires	O
that	O
are	O
dropped	O
by	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
Grimoire	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
magic	O
spell	B-Application
associated	O
with	O
the	O
Grimoire	O
will	O
remain	O
in	O
the	O
menu	O
,	O
and	O
players	O
only	O
need	O
to	O
spend	O
magic	B-Application
points	I-Application
(	O
MP	O
)	O
to	O
cast	O
a	O
learned	O
spell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magic	O
spells	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
attack	O
,	O
heal	O
,	O
create	O
status	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
manipulate	O
Ashley	O
's	O
elemental	O
and	O
enemy	O
affinities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
magic	O
spells	B-Application
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
affect	O
multiple	O
targets	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
small	O
sphere	O
positioned	O
within	O
the	O
Battle	O
Mode	O
wire	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
attacks	O
and	O
spells	B-Application
deal	O
more	O
damage	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
high	O
Risk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
weapon	O
types	O
have	O
different	O
ranges	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
crossbow	B-Application
having	O
a	O
longer	O
range	O
than	O
melee	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
mace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
selecting	O
"	O
New	O
Game+	O
"	O
enables	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
replay	O
the	O
story	O
using	O
their	O
end-game	O
weapons	O
,	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
statistics	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
defaults	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
fictitious	O
city	O
of	O
Leá	O
Monde	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
kingdom	O
of	O
Valendia	O
is	O
engulfed	O
in	O
civil	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beneath	O
the	O
ground	O
are	O
an	O
abandoned	O
mineshaft	O
and	O
limestone	O
quarry	O
,	O
the	O
shadowy	O
labyrinths	B-Application
of	O
an	O
"	O
Undercity	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
dark	O
Iron	O
Maiden	O
dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
"	O
The	O
Phantom	O
Pain	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
presented	O
as	O
the	O
prelude	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
wanderer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
encounters	O
Guildenstern	O
and	O
his	O
lover	O
Samantha	O
,	O
and	O
learns	O
of	O
the	O
condition	O
known	O
as	O
incomplete	O
death	O
and	O
the	O
Cardinal	O
's	O
true	O
intention	O
for	O
his	O
pursuit	O
of	O
Sydney	O
:	O
immortality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
begins	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
powers	O
of	O
"	O
heart-seeing	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
telepathy	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
they	O
continue	O
their	O
escape	O
deeper	O
into	O
Leá	O
Monde	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
genres	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
contains	O
elements	O
of	O
role-playing	O
in	O
its	O
battles	O
and	O
platform	O
games	O
when	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matsuno	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
not	O
eager	O
to	O
place	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
into	O
a	O
specific	O
genre	O
,	O
preferring	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
genre	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
issues	O
was	O
considered	O
the	O
most	O
challenging	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
team	O
forced	O
to	O
adjust	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
interface	O
,	O
texture	O
mapping	O
and	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
mesh	O
in	O
maps	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
removing	O
gaming	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
AI-controlled	B-Application
supporting	O
non-player	O
characters	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
joined	O
Ashley	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
during	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
most	O
games	O
had	O
made	O
the	O
transition	O
into	O
three-dimensional	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
with	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
polygons	B-General_Concept
were	O
the	O
mainstream	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
for	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
to	O
follow	O
this	O
trend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
discrepancies	O
in	O
the	O
frame	O
rate	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
models	O
,	O
the	O
modeling	O
team	O
had	O
to	O
select	O
an	O
aspect	O
of	O
each	O
character	O
to	O
focus	O
their	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sound	O
effects	O
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
are	O
credited	O
to	O
Minoru	O
Akao	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sound	O
programmer	O
;	O
and	O
Tomohiro	O
Yajima	O
,	O
the	O
sound	O
editor	O
and	O
engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
disc	O
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
packaging	O
of	O
Seiken	B-Application
Densetsu	I-Application
:	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
Square	O
Millennium	O
Event	O
held	O
by	O
Square	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
movies	O
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
opening	O
sequence	O
and	O
the	O
weapon	O
crafting	O
system	O
were	O
presented	O
to	O
onlookers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Square	O
's	O
"	O
Summer	O
of	O
Adventure	O
"	O
that	O
lasted	O
from	O
May	O
to	O
September	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
two	O
discs	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
disc	O
is	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
second	O
disc	O
is	O
a	O
demo	O
disc	O
released	O
by	O
Square	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
seven	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seven	O
titles	O
include	O
three	O
interactive	O
demos	O
and	O
four	O
non-interactive	O
demos	O
;	O
the	O
former	O
being	O
Chocobo	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
,	O
Front	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Threads	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
,	O
SaGa	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Chocobo	B-Device
's	I-Device
Dungeon	I-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
DigiCube	O
published	O
the	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
Ultimania	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
496-page	O
strategy	O
guide	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
score	O
for	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
,	O
arranged	O
,	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Hitoshi	O
Sakimoto	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
video	O
game	O
works	O
included	O
the	O
soundtracks	O
to	O
Radiant	B-Application
Silvergun	I-Application
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
,	O
with	O
additional	O
arrangement	O
by	O
Takeharu	O
Ishimoto	O
for	O
Track	O
2	O
–	O
30	O
and	O
Hirosato	O
Noda	O
for	O
Track	O
2	O
–	O
31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
synthesizing	O
operations	O
are	O
led	O
by	O
Takeharu	O
Ishimoto	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
Hidenori	B-Application
Iwasaki	I-Application
for	O
Track	O
1	O
–	O
1	O
and	O
Hirosato	O
Noda	O
for	O
Track	O
2	O
–	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakimoto	O
noted	O
that	O
during	O
the	O
initial	O
phase	O
,	O
he	O
composed	O
"	O
bright	O
and	O
cheerful	O
"	O
tunes	O
similar	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
,	O
but	O
Matsuno	O
emphasized	O
music	O
that	O
was	O
"	O
more	O
deep	O
and	O
heavy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
remains	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
Sakimoto	O
's	O
favorite	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
subsequently	O
re-released	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2006	O
with	O
the	O
catalog	O
number	O
SQEX-10068/9	O
;	O
the	O
re-release	O
removed	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
synth	O
reverb	O
,	O
yielding	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
best-selling	O
PlayStation	B-Device
title	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
100,000	O
units	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
20	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
overshadowed	O
by	O
other	O
Square	O
titles	O
like	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IX	I-Application
and	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third	O
of	O
twenty-seven	O
games	O
to	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
to	O
receive	O
a	O
perfect	O
score	O
of	O
40	O
from	O
Famitsu	O
magazine.プレイステーション	O
-	O
ベイグラントストーリー	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexander	O
O	O
.	O
Smith	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
English	O
localization	B-General_Concept
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
using	O
archaic	O
English	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
straightforward	O
Japanese	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
effort	O
on	O
translating	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
described	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Vestal	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
unparalleled	O
—	O
and	O
unprecedented	O
—	O
work	O
"	O
of	O
Japanese	O
to	O
English	O
video	O
game	O
translation	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
occasional	O
typo	O
or	O
grammatical	O
hiccup	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
quoted	O
by	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
"	O
Best	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Game	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
E3	O
2000	O
IGN	O
Awards	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
Best	O
Console	O
Action/Adventure	O
in	O
the	O
4th	O
Annual	O
Interactive	O
Achievements	O
Awards	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
2000	O
release	O
,	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
selected	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
Sony	O
's	O
Greatest	B-Device
Hits	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
released	O
as	O
Greatest	B-Device
Hits	I-Device
were	O
sold	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
price	O
,	O
often	O
increasing	O
units	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
Ultimate	O
Hits	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
main	O
budget	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
made	O
playable	O
on	O
Sony	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
consoles	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Stores	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2006	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
contains	O
several	O
references	O
to	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Joypad	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
,	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Yasumi	O
Matsuno	O
claimed	O
during	O
its	O
development	O
that	O
Ivalice	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
he	O
created	O
when	O
he	O
joined	O
Square	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
complex	O
world	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
long	O
history	O
and	O
the	O
stories	O
of	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
are	O
said	O
to	O
unfold	O
quite	O
close	O
on	O
the	O
Ivalice	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
plan	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
to	O
place	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Ivalice	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matsuno	O
commented	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
the	O
plot	O
elements	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
found	O
in	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
were	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
intertextual	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
Ivalice	O
title	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
"	O
fan	O
service	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Protocol
Fantasy	I-Protocol
XIV	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Stormblood	I-Protocol
referenced	O
the	O
game	O
further	O
in	O
2017	O
through	O
the	O
Return	O
to	O
Ivalice	O
raid	O
series	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
by	O
including	O
an	O
alternate	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Valnain	O
and	O
Leá	O
Monde	O
as	O
existing	O
locations	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
follow-up	O
story	O
in	O
Shadowbringers	B-Application
titled	O
Save	O
the	O
Queen	O
further	O
referenced	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
using	O
concepts	O
from	O
an	O
unused	O
sequel.Vagrant	O
Story	O
is	O
acknowledged	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
extreme	O
popularity	O
"	O
outside	O
Japan	O
eight	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
during	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
enhanced	O
port	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
War	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lions	I-Application
,	O
executive	O
producer	O
Akitoshi	O
Kawazu	O
was	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
a	O
remake	O
or	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kawazu	O
mentioned	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
the	O
next	O
natural	O
candidate	O
for	O
such	O
an	O
update	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
difficulty	O
in	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
title	O
that	O
already	O
pushed	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
to	O
its	O
technical	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
