Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2029 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Square Enix
• Released on: 2007-10-04
• Platform: Sony PSP
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
From the creative minds behind Final Fantasy XII comes an epic combat adventure set in the hugely successful Final Fantasy universe. Imaginative artistic design sets a beautiful backdrop for a gritty, politically charged tale, in which two young men endeavor to reshape the course of history. When the Lions clash, the land of Ivalice trembles. Have you the strength to wrest a kingdom from the clutches of war â€" or will this dark act of Ivalice's history be her last?

Customer Reviews

Fun!
got this game on monday and i havent been able to put this game down yet (abeit after work etc... and writing this review) this game is fun,

the sound and gameplay does lag a tiny wee bit when casting (mainly) and attacking (rarely) but it is hardly noticable, another annoyance of the game for me is the camera angles...granted it is fun to twirl the camera 360 degrees in the battlefield it does get annoying when your in a tense battle and you dont know where the black mages spell is going to hit you, (maybe its just me).

the fun aspects of the game is firstly the graphics, the "cell" shaded FMVs arent really a typical cell shaded sequence its more like "the snowmane" if any of you seen that, personally i think it works well with the story as a whole (wont ruin promise) and the class system is pretty much perfect, and with the addition of the dark knight the game feel more like you have a aiming point with your characters. the gameplay is simple to complex depending which items you want to take in; for all those old FF tactic players out there, there is still that zodiac system, the thing about it, is that you dont really need to take into account to complete the game or do whatever, (thats the simple part) the hard part is actually learning the compatibilty of all the zodiacs and this will all boil down to what (wo)men you send out into the battlefield.

personally i will reccomend it to any of the following;
1) turn-based rpg fans
2) rpg fans
3) final fantasy fans
4) people who own a psp
5) people who loved advance wars or field commander
6) people who love challenges
7) who generally love games

Update of an old game
Ha, just goes to show how much some people actually know about this game (M.Clark).

This is an updated version of the game Final Fantasy Tactics, which never came out here in the UK. This was the first game I ever saw where you had to move on a type of grid (I was only a kid, and have found since then that this idea is not new), so it came out years before Disgaea was ever even a twinkle in a game designers eye.

Like I have said, this never came out in the UK, but this will give the chance for people here to find out why this game has become a collectable. FFT is a story of two friends, Delita and Ramza, and how a war and their different classes affects their lives (Ramza is from nobility and Delita is from a farming family), how different people try to use them for their own agendas and how they try to mature and try to make their own decisions about their lives and how that affects the people and world they live in.

In the game you can choose from a large range of jobs, each job having different abilities. To gain each job you have to have the pre-requisites, so you have to have a basic job up to a certain level before another job class is included and you get to learn lots of different abilities within each job. It is really satisfying when you complete a job (learn all the abilities in a job), trying to complete your jobs makes your characters stronger, which gives you an advantage in the battlefield, which gives you more job points, which helps you complete a job, and so on, and so on. The jobs you start off with are really basic, like a chemist, squire, etc. and once you level these up more become available, you get a whole range like ninjas, samurais, summoners, dancers (!) and bards.

The thing that carries this game is the story and the job system, and now they've added cool animated cutscenes. I don't believe this game is trying to muscle in on the market as it has been around before, the fact that it has been brought out here in the UK after so many years just shows how popular it was and should be taken advantage of, too often are bad quality games brought to the UK and the better games kept to Japanese and American market.

SRPG players will enjoy this. To those who have not tried this genre before, this is a good game to start with.

You may wonder why I gave this four stars, it's only because you can't throw people, if only some of the stronger job classes were allowed this ability, but hey, maybe if they make a sequel they'll work this in?

Ignore the fanboys
There are a few reviews on here that cover this game well, see the one below for example. However, and I have found this to be quite an issue when I was first deciding on a new handheld system, there are an awful lot of lies about the PSP by DS fanboys.

What you need to know is that this is a remake of the PSOne classic that never made it to Europe and had many people either importing or using other means to get hold of the game. I personally hold this as the best tactical RPG ever, even above the mighty Disgaea, Shining Force 2 and Front Mission 3. The story is rich and dark and heavily revolves around the theme of class systems, what makes the story so good is that it is a Japanese take on European culture and history which makes for something both unique yet at the same time familiar. The graphics look very crisp on the PSP screen although there are issues with slowdown on some of the more grand attacks, perhaps owing to a very complex game system that is difficult to understand fully even with a strategy guide (although you only need the basics to get the maximum out of the game). It is very difficult in places and very unforgiving, your characters can and will die! If you can't handle this kind of thing then look elsewhere but for those looking for a definitive title I'd strongly recommend you pick up this great homage to a classic game, and don't worry if you played the Tactics Advance and was mortified by its lameness (I rushed out for that title on day of release and was left feeling a tad unhappy), this is an excellent and mature title.

For those who loved the original, there are some changes, mostly in the changes of the names. They have also modified the script which in the most part is an improvement but they seem to have butchered some of the more memorable scenes. There are also lots of animated movies with speech now and the characters look and sound great! They've also added Gafgarion's job class as a usable job and added Balthier from FF XII, basically he is Mustadio with more skills and seems out of place but you don't have to use him. All the rest of the secrets remain however. I was sceptical at first but this seems to be a good homage to the classic title we know and love!