Units, including the player's, are assigned zodiac signs, and opposing pairs are especially effective against each other. Spells and some other abilities also have charge times and once cast, will go off when the ability's charge time hits 100.Īn action's chance of success is best when attacking an opponent from the rear and is least likely to succeed in frontal assaults. Order of turns is determined by an 'Active-Time' like system, a unit's Charge Time filling a bar and deciding when they get to act, which is affected by the character's speed stat. Each unit is allotted one move and one action per turn.

Obstacles, terrain types, and elevation create further strategic elements.

7.2 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lionsīattles are fought on a map divided into a grid where units can move about, and actions can only be executed within a certain range.

6.2 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.

2.3.2 Chapter 2: The Manipulative and the Subservient.

Games that take place in Ivalice have later been grouped in the Ivalice Alliance series. It has also spawned spinoffs Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. Units each have a job class which provides them abilities, but they can also equip abilities from other jobs they have leveled up or mastered.įinal Fantasy Tactics is the first game set in the recurring setting of Ivalice, which was later the setting of main series installment Final Fantasy XII. The order of units' terms is determined by an 'Active-Time' like system, and actions can only be executed within a range of the units' position.

The story focuses on Ramza Beoulve, a member of the respected House Beoulve, who finds himself caught amid the war and later uncovers the truth behind a sinister plot behind it.įinal Fantasy Tactics features battles fought on a map divided into a grid in which units can move. The game is set in Ivalice, a unified kingdom of seven territories, which is caught in the middle of the War of the Lions fought between two opposing factions vying for rule of the kingdom. It was the first strategy role-playing game in the series. It was directed by Yasumi Matsuno and produced by Hironobu Sakaguchi, with Akihiko Yoshida providing the character designs and both Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto providing the score.

It was released for the PlayStation in June 1997, and has since been re-released as the updated Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions ( ファイナルファンタジータクティクス獅子戦争, Fainaru Fantajī Takutikusu Shishi Sensō ?) for the PlayStation Portable, iOS and Android platforms. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lionsįinal Fantasy Tactics is a strategy role-playing game in the Final Fantasy series.

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