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#73 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Game Boy Advance, 2003)


The isometric gameplay of Final Fantasy Tactics was a natural fit for an iteration on the GBA. The gameplay all translates well to the handheld screen and although it was not capable of the same graphical effects, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance managed to look great and play smoothly.

When I first played it though, I wished it had just been a port of the Playstation game. The silly story and judge system took a lot of getting used to. I don't think I ever had a good time when I had to play a battle where "Fight" was banned. But for all the other laws, I think it added an extra element of strategy and consideration, mostly for the better. As for the story, at the very least it has produced a lot of memes, and I think it's probably more entertaining if you see Marche as an antihero. I grew to like it after playing for a while.



And I think the game is much better if you divorce it from the Playstation game, and just view it as something else altogether. Sure they both share the world name "Ivalice," but FFTA is a much more fanciful world with silly creatures and stupid Mewt and so on. The gameplay is similar, but simplified without the charge times and all that, and it ends up moving a lot faster. I also really like Sakimoto's soundtrack. I know a lot of people prefer Uematsu, but I think Sakimoto is really just as good, despite his different style.

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