This game needs more love! (Final Fantasy: Tactics (PS))

Member Name: raeny

Product:	Final Fantasy: Tactics (PS)
Date:	26/11/08 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Everything - graphics, sound, story, characters are flawless

Disadvantages: The final boss battle gets too easy with powered-up characters that join you later in the game

The most underrated game of the series, and my hands-down favourite. It's everything you want from a game - an interesting, complex story, a huge host of colourful characters, incredibly customizable party, and a battle system that is easy to learn but challenging to perfect.

The main character, Ramza, is immensely likeable, and the other NPCs in the game are equally intriguing - because of the political undertones of the game, you start to see some of the 'bad guys' as just being at the wrong place at the wrong time, and that everyone is fighting for what they believe in.

Probably the best thing about this game is the job system - a step up from the previous FF games, each race is allowed a whole multitude of classes which allows you to mix and match abilities to create a perfect fighting machine. Besides the standard fighter and mage classes, there are the more complex Calculators, Bards, Dancers and Mediators (to get monsters on your side). The range of characters you get to play as is endless, and your party can comprise humans, chocobos, monsters, Cloud from FF7 and you can charm enemy units to your side.

Immensely enjoyable and worth playing over and over again with different parties and exploring sidequests to discover new characters and the dungeon.

Summary: A fantastic game that has been sorely overlooked.