Upgrade with lots of differences from the PS version

User Rating: 9 | Final Fantasy Tactics: Shishi Sensou PSP
The cinematics on this highly anticipated upgrade of the original Final Fantasy Tactics for PS is amazing. Turning on the new PSP Slim I purchased with the War of the Lion's release made me stare in awe as I watched the amazing cel-shaded scenes progress hitting me with a lartge wave of nostalgia. I couldn't wait for the battle to begin. I knew that Squeenix had changed the language of the game to something resembling "Old English", but to my dismay (I'm quite a picky person) the language of the game had also altered the names of different abilities, important characters, and probably some items further down the line. For example: The Knights under Prince Larg that were called the Hokuten are now called "The Order of the Northern Sky". Personally, I prefered Hokuten because it's shorter and sounds cooler. Somthing else I'm annoyed with, though it should've happened with the original PS version as well, is the configuration of the yes (X) and no (O) buttons. The original PS version never changed this configuration from the Japanese version so that's why I'm used to it being yes (O) and no (X) instead. BUT, that's just me and probably some other veteran Tactics players. Another thing, they changed the sound file on those who die. Whenever someone dies be it male or female, they just sound way too puny especially compared to the original sound file in the first game. One major difference that's most likely due to the PSP itself is the lag that occurs when attacking. A simple weapon based attack significantly shows an immense amount of lag and no option in the game will help decrease it. All in all, the game's added new bonuses like the two new classes; Dark Knight (probably called something else like Fell Knight or something) and Onion Knight will indefinitely increase playability and overall fun of the game, not to mention new characters such as Balthier from Final Fantasy XII and supposedly Luso from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, which has yet to be released. If you're a new player to this installment in the Final Fantasy line-up, then believe you me I was COMPLETELY bored with this game the first time I got it and constantly wondered "Why does everybody love Final Fantasy so much?" That was until I got past the better of maybe say 1/3 of the game before the storyline really gripped me. From my experience playing with Final Fantasy games, that's about how much of the games you need to play before you get hooked and realize what amazing games Squeenix produces.