One of the greatest games ever, from the franchise that has brought us so many amazing games.
Though the gameplay of Final Fantasy Tactics differs the gamplay from any other game in series, the plot is much like something you're bound to see in Final Fantasy 1 - 11. The King of Igros has died, and two different princes claim title to the throne. This begins a great war known as the Lion War. You are Ramza Beouvle, the son of an aristocrat who tragicly dies at the beginning of the Lion Wars. You are a trained knight who goes into the Lion War and begins to see it's more than just a power struggle between to princes.
Gamplay: 10 / 10
The primary gameplay of Final Fantasy Tactics is something like a game of Chess. You choose your pieces, or players, from your party, and put them in an order of your liking. Each unit gets a special set of skills based on their job, and can do things that are vital to your victory. Each unit can move, then do an act in one turn. After their turn, the other units on the battlefield get their turns. If you plan your attack correctly, you can get the enemy to run right into your traps, and finnish them off with not a lot of trouble. Though this formula has been done before, FF Tactics takes it to a whole new level by setting up a large job skill tree which has many different classes you can choose from. You pick the job for each character, and in Battle by earning Job Points, they can learn new skills to help progress that job. After the job has leveled up to a certin point, you can unlock other jobs with complete other sets of skills. Some of these jobs can require up to 5-6 prerequiset jobs to even unlock it. This is where Final Fantasy Tactics really shines. There is such a wide varity of things you can do that one could seemingly play this game 100 times, and have no two games be alike.
Graphics: 9 / 10
This game is for the Orignial Playstation, but I had no problem with the Old-School PS1 Graphics on my PS2. The graphics, though not up to any modern day graphics, fit the gothich and dramatic style of the game better than any of today's graphics could. The in game graphics reflect how you modify your characters in more than one way. The job of the character can change how they look, and also the gear you equip them with. So this aspect really helps the graphical department overall. There's not a whole lot to say about the graphics of this game, execpt they do exactly what was needed.
Sound: 8 / 10
Final Fantasy games have a tradition of good sound and soundtracks. This game is no exeception to the rule. The sound in the game reflects all of the things you want. Footsteps on different surfaces, the sound of a drawing sword, screams, the sound of a Fire Spell. All of these things one would expect from the Final Fantasy series are of course here. The sound track is very good right off the back, but at times can become rather annoying. When going around in random battles, the battle theme gets pretty repetative, but that doesn't diminish the quality of the sound overall.
Value: 10 / 10
As stated before, simply, You could play this game 100 times and have no two games be alike. The difficulty varies from low to very high, and could even give veterans of the game a challange every time through. Also, things like the Cloud sidquest (yes, Cloud from FFVII) and the Deep Dungeon help add play time to the game. My frist play through ended at 44 hours.
Tilt: 10 / 10
If you have a Playstation of Playstation two, and haven't played this game, it is a must have for anyone who needs an RPG with some new flavor.