Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

SRPGs are nothing new to the GBA. If anything they are almost as common as the standard RPG genre. It seems the minds behind the Final Fantasy series saw some potential in this genre though as they come in with their own attempt at it. Bear in mind that this is not your normal FF game as you read on.

The story focuses on a band of kids in the wintery setting of Ivalice, all of whom are dissatisified with their lives in some way. Mewt is the eternal bully victim, Ritz is the insecure girl, Donad is stuck in a wheelchair due to his disability and the main protagonist Marche is the 'new kid' who is basically an outsider. One day Mewt finds an old book, which does nothing at first but then sucks the four kids into a new world of fantasy overnight.

This new world provides the ideal escape for the children, as the problems of reality vanish and they are free to live out their dreams. That is, escape Marche is the only one to realise that the new world is not the real...

THE GOOD:
-300 Missions
-Long game.
-Lots of Weapons
-Lots of Clan Members
-Lots of Classes and Jobs
-Different Battle Areas

THE BAD:
Not much is bad about this game.

About the only thing is that the battles get repetitive. But evenetually you will be able to kill a whole enemy clan before they get a chance to even move if you play it right.

SUMMARY:
This game is amazing. I never played Final Fantasy in my life before and then my neighbor bought this game and said he liked it so i went out and bought it. It is amazing.

The game can be played for ages because after the story missions there are plenty of extra missions to do. Then after the extra missions you can do certain missions again and you can increase your characters levels and you can even increase the levels of certain equipment. It takes a while to increase the equipment but thats the fun of it. You can play this game forever and not get...

THE GOOD:
- Great Graphics for a GBA game
- It's a very long game, keep you occupied for months!
- I'm not a Final Fantasy fan by any means, but I still think this game is great!
- More characters, weapons, items and missions than you could dream of.

THE BAD:
- Not that good a storyline I feel. 'The world has changed! OMG!', but the game is good anyway.
- Laws can get really, REALLY, annoying.

SUMMARY:
I am by no means a fan of Final Fantasy, but I saw this game in the shop and thought, Well, I've heard good things about this game... It looks pretty good.. and most importantly, I have the cash. So I took a risk and bought it. A risk well taken! You see, from the moment I put the game in, I knew this would be good.

The opening level is something like a snowball fight, and at this point I was wondering what I had gotten myself into. But the game...

THE GOOD:
-300 mission's
-Tonnes of day play
-100's of weapons and armour
-More people join your clan further you are in the game
-Can change jobs for different abilities
-The battles are always different

THE BAD:
-Can get boring with too many battles
-Too many members with the same jobs and abilities can get boring
-graphics are ok but not to die for
-It's hard to tell which weapon is better

SUMMARY:
This game is good to get
nice game play tonnes of day play ca be played over and over
This game is worth getting
good grpahics not to die for
music can hardly notice when playing the game
stratergy game dont like straterhy's then dont get this game every battle i stratergy.
u can evern change ur aperaence with ur team clan but u cant chnage your own looks

a good game to get worth it and great

THE GOOD:
music=xellent
engagements=magnificent
300 missions 2 do!!!
secret characters like babus ritz shara n even cid!!!!!!!

cool totemas
wide variety of weapons
cool races
xellent magic moves
over 30 different jobs

THE BAD:
really short
mild storyline
2 of the totemas r completly useless
mewts a friggen crybaby
queen remidy is super ez
wutss the point of making llendar invincible in the beggining if cid had that antilaw the whole time!!!!!!!!
i bit 2 ez n hard at sum places

completely unfair laws like no fighting or techniques or magic like come on u fight n u go 2 jail!?!?!?!

SUMMARY:
my friend said this game is good so i bought it. his guys r bad cuz hes lvl 4sumthing but he still doesnt have masamune100 n he kicked out babus!!!!!the game itself is pretty good.i just hate pressing A just 2 get past mewts whining.queen remidy is 2 ez even in her strongest form

THE GOOD:
I love this game to bits, it has the best graphics in a Gameboy Advance game out so far, the levels are ver detailed, and the range of characters are awesome!

THE BAD:
There isn't anything bad about this game!

Well, in one of the levels, you can't pick up a power cell, and I alway's need it

But there isn't much that could flaw this game, it is too good!

SUMMARY:
I totally love this game, I reccomend that you get it now!

Overall a great game that will get you hooked even after the game is over so you can get secret characters. This is a great game to have for long trips like vacations or summer trips. Oh, also this is a game you won't regret to get because it can have 300 hours of gameplay just to get the last secret character and build up those secret items and getting them! So finally I give this game a 5.9!

THE GOOD:
interesting storyline
good characters
impressive battle system
has a bit of replay value
over 245 missions!

THE BAD:
very short
LAWS
game is rather easy or hard

SUMMARY:
This game is one of the better games I've played. The storyline is impressive and in a wierd world you could see happen. The characters have great person alitys considering they are just sprites. The turn battle system has been done plenty of times but this game proves it has not been overdone by making it one of the most impressive battle systems yet. The replay value is there but rather hidden so after a few weeks you'll want to play it again. The number of missions is a overwhelming 300! there are a few flaws to the game however. It is short. There is no way around it. If you go though all the impotant missions only you will beatthegame in about 45 hours of playing. Laws are a bet overwhelming. If the main character disobeys one of the laws...

Intro

You know how Final Fantasy has a reputation for good RPGs? I didn't know that until recently, when I was looking for a new GBA game. I knew it had more than ten games but I hadn't looked into them. I was looking for strategy games and I found Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. As soon as I pushed the tiny cartridge into my GBA I knew how amazing it was.

Story: 7/10

If you were going to buy this for the story, I'm terribly sorry. It's another menial RPG plot, you know the kind where it's like ''Oh my goodness! The world changed, so now I have to go fight everyone!'' That sort of thing. I haven't gotten very far in the story, but the few twists and turns have made it somewhat interesting.

Graphics: 10/10

Because of my respect for the ratings system here at GameFAQs, I will not rate it with an 11. I would like to, though. This games graphics will make your jaw drop. Aside from a few things, like the inability for the sprites to face diagonally,...

THE GOOD:
Awesome character deseign. Good script!! One of the best battle engines of all time!! Great audio(the sound is mind blowing!!) Nice and long but the best thing about this game are ths exelent GRAPHICS!!!

THE BAD:
Well the only real negative is that it might be a little too hard for some early gamers. And NO real multiplayer exept for battle against another player.

SUMMARY:
Overall then I deffintly recomend this game too any who loves tuff but easy to get into games!!This is deffintly a buried treasure. But it might be a little to hard for gamers. Great everything for this game how can you not recomend this game? EH? Well,you don't. I mean even if you dont like role-playing games(like myself) you will make an exption for this one. This is Freak 2345 and im signing off!!!

*IM A PIRAHNA FROM THE AMAZON!!!*

THE GOOD:
-Many races to choose from for your clan.
-Awesome pixel graphics
-Nice gameplay
-Many items to choose to customize your characters!
-A game with a gunner!

THE BAD:
-LAWS!
-Kinda short

there is nothing really else bad about this game other than the laws that can get you really furious and if Marche gets a red law card then it is a game over >_<!

SUMMARY:
Overall a great game that will get you hooked even after the game is over so you can get secret characters. This is a great game to have for long trips like vacations or summer trips. Oh, also this is a game you won't regret to get because it can have 300 hours of gameplay just to get the last secret character and build up those secret items and getting them! So finally I give this game a 4.5/5!

Peace out my homies on the west side!