Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for Game Boy Adv Reviews by Gamers

I was a big fan of the original Final Fantasy Tactics on the PlayStation so this review will tend to have some of the nostalgic bias from that. It will be a Comparison between the two. First off a little intro for those not familiar with FF tactics.

Final Fantasy Tactics is a turn based game where you battle a opposing set of enemies by using strategic unit placement, flanking and abilities. Your character can move a set amount per turn and can attack or use an ability once. Victory usually requires you to defeat all enemies on the board.

Ok with that out of the way here are my Pros to FFT Advance.
- All of the great parts of the battle system has remained intact.
- New combo system allows for even more strategic options
- A new storyline to conquer that is fairly decent. I particularly like the imaginative feel of it, being lost in a fantasy world.
- The controls are great and the battle view is as it should be with no view problems at all considering its a handheld.

Its not a perfect game, here are my cons.
- The new law system is more often then not just a frustrating add on. When you can't use "fight" you will see what I mean (Though to it's defense it does add tactical diversity)
- The new storyline while not bad, just doesn't have that feel that the old tactics had.
- The Storyline can get lost from time to time between clan wars and non story specific missions.
- Sometimes the miss rate can make you wanna pull out your hair. While flanking is very important, sometimes you just can't and your enemies from the front feel as if they could dodge bullets.

Overall I say give this game a try, both new players to FF tactics and old can enjoy it. It definitely is one of a kind.

This is a very fun immersive game that you can spend hours in and still keep coming back for more. The graphics are good for the time period it was created in and the music is the typical repetitive rpg music that occasionally shines. What really stands out is the interesting game play. I loved having the freedom to equip characters with different weapons to increase abilities. also the choices of jobs was big enough to keep interested and wanting to try them all. There are some menu issues and and short cut issue as well. Looking at items and comparing their abilities with another item is very difficult. The most glaring problem with the game is the total lack of story. I look forward to square soft games because I enjoy the worlds and stories they create. The story in this game is non-exsistent and when it does show up it drags on for twenty minutes and isn't all that interesting. The original tactics for ps1 was a master piece. Great battles, stories, innovative game play, good music and graphics. Compared to the original the New tactics falls short.