Post by Andrew on Mar 31, 2013 9:30:34 GMT -6
The original Final Fantasy Tactics was released for the Playstation back in 1998. Square-Enix re-released it for the Playstation Portable in 2007 as the War of the Lions port. As with all of Square-Enix's ports, new things were added into the game to try and placate the masses into purchasing games they already owned.
I played the original game when it first came out. My mom bought it for the store that she owned, my brother and I were addicted to it so much that she actually broke the only copy she had so we would quit fighting over it. She eventually got a second copy and I am now the current owner of it. But.. It had Final Fantasy in the name, it was a strategy game, I had to play it. And once I found out Cloud was in it -and- playable, BOOYAH.
Let's split this little review into some pros and some cons, because I can't honestly think of any other way of writing up this review. I'm pretty sure I got all my pros and cons together for this..
Pros:
Cons:
The pros I have listed definitely outweigh the more opinionated cons listed above. Certain cons don't really hurt the game, even. Like the multiplayer mode unlocking the items. This feature pissed me off about FFIIIDS as well, but that's simply my own opinion on that one.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is definitely not a game that you want to overlook, even if it is just a port of an older game. If you're a strategy game fan, or looking for a game that will give you a challenge, unless you power-level your ass off, which creates different challenges in itself. This is a great game that needed to be reintroduced into the next generation of gamers. Old school is still good.
This game was awesome to begin with, Square-Enix only made it better with the positive changes made. Congratulations, Square-Enix, I give Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions 4 Fanboys out of 5.
I played the original game when it first came out. My mom bought it for the store that she owned, my brother and I were addicted to it so much that she actually broke the only copy she had so we would quit fighting over it. She eventually got a second copy and I am now the current owner of it. But.. It had Final Fantasy in the name, it was a strategy game, I had to play it. And once I found out Cloud was in it -and- playable, BOOYAH.
Let's split this little review into some pros and some cons, because I can't honestly think of any other way of writing up this review. I'm pretty sure I got all my pros and cons together for this..
Pros:
- PORTABLE FINAL FANTASY TACTICS
- Introduced new playable characters, Balthier from FFXII and Luso from FFTA2, while still keeping the original set.
- Extended the party roster amount from 16 to 24.
- Fixed translation errors, which was severely needed.
- Corrected the dialogue to be more Medieval-esque.
- Added in two new classes; Dark Knight, which is Ser Gaffgarion's original class from PSX Final Fantasy Tactics, and the Onion Knight of Final Fantasy III fame.
- Included more of Delita's story by letting you play some of Delita's story stages without Ramza.
- Added in new equipment.
- Added in Multiplayer modes; Rendezvous, which is co-operation mode, and Melee, which is versus mode.
- Divine Knights are no longer useless, making a late in the game recruit useful, unlike in the original where she was useless.
- Added in more Side-Quests, during Chapter 4 of course.
- Music was left unchanged.
- Graphics were left the same.
- Level of difficulty is still higher than most strategy games.
Cons:
- Animations for spells can cause horrendous lag, but it seems to happen most during White Magic spells. (Though there are fan-made mods to correct this issue.)
- Multiplayer mode sucks if you have no one around to play with.
- The new equipment added in can only be unlocked through the multiplayer modes. (Read one above.)
- T.G. Cid still breaks the game once you get him. >.>
- Orran is still not a playable character. :(
- Calendar system was changed. Instead of real life months, it was changed to actually follow the flow of the Zodiac.
- Power-leveling = Possible = Overkill & Potentially Game Breaking.
- Music was left unchanged.
- Graphics were left the same.
- Level of difficulty is still higher than most strategy games.
The pros I have listed definitely outweigh the more opinionated cons listed above. Certain cons don't really hurt the game, even. Like the multiplayer mode unlocking the items. This feature pissed me off about FFIIIDS as well, but that's simply my own opinion on that one.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is definitely not a game that you want to overlook, even if it is just a port of an older game. If you're a strategy game fan, or looking for a game that will give you a challenge, unless you power-level your ass off, which creates different challenges in itself. This is a great game that needed to be reintroduced into the next generation of gamers. Old school is still good.
This game was awesome to begin with, Square-Enix only made it better with the positive changes made. Congratulations, Square-Enix, I give Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions 4 Fanboys out of 5.
