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| Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions | 
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| From: Square Enix
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (48 reviews)
Sales Rank: 845
Platform: Sony Psp
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 90711
Model: 90711
UPC: 662248907116
EAN: 0662248907116
ASIN: B000SSPH3E
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Animated sequences combine hand-drawn style visuals with computer graphics | | • | Enhanced widescreen presentation, new jobs and new characters | | • | Challenge friends in head-to-head battles with the multiplayer function | | • | team up in the co-operative mode and try to outwit the game's computer opponents |
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Product Description
In days now long past, the War of the Lions rent the land of Ivalice in two. And it is here that two young men of note first stepped onto history's stage. The first is a man named Delita Heiral, the hero who would draw the curtain on the War of the Lions, this dark act of Ivalice's history. The other, whose role is now forgotten, is a man by the name of Ramza Beoulve. Peer through the eyes of these two young men, and uncover the secrets that lie hidden within history's darkened folds. Originally released in 1997, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a portable update on the classic turn-based strategy game that gave birth to the world of Ivalice. New features include all-new CG sequences, all-new jobs, new 16:9 widescreen presentation, new head-to-head multiplayer and new storyline elements that refine the genesis of the Ivalice Alliance.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
A Greek Tragedy... November 20, 2008
Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: T.R.C.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
By: Square-Enix
Format: PlayStation Portable - PSP
The story intro (As taken from the instruction book):
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions:
Sustained by the Lord and Light, the twin headed lion reigns over the kingdom of Ivalice. A year has passed since the loss of the Fifty Years' War. The prince, thought two years of age, has ascended the throne, his father having been claimed by sudden malady. Too young to rule, the prince requites a regent, who would be king in all but name. The queen's brother, Duke Larg, had seemed the obvious choice for the regency. However, fearing the influence such an appointment would give the queen, the council refused to back him. Instead, they appointed the kings younger cousin, Duke Goltanna, as regent.
Duke Goltanna and Duke Larg were both generals who had distinguished themselves during the Fifty Years' War. Duke Goltanna counts as ally the greater part of the aristocracy loyal to the crown. However, the fallen nobility and free knights left in the aftermath of the Fifty Years' War have aligned themselves with Duke Larg.
With Duke Goltanna under the banner of the Black Lion, and Duke Larg under that of the White, the stage is set for what history would record as the War of the Lions.
Story: 5/5
You start out as a young boy named Rama. You must make some tough choices and witness some horrible events, while saving the world from the Zodiac Stones.
Sound: 3.5/5
The musical score of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is typical fantasy; it sets the mood and tone of this great tale. The new voice acting adds a great touch!
Graphics: 4.5/5
The in-game graphics have not been updated from the original game on the
PlayStation One. What made this edition of the game shine is the addition of some great-animated cut scenes with lots of voice acting placed at the right moments, when the drama and excitement are high. This was a great way to add more depth to the story and keep the same old game that we all love.
Game play: 3.5/5
The game play for this game is Strategy RPG. You move your pieces and attack, then the bad guys move and attack. The battle system for Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is very deep with being able to change your job class like Squire, Chemist, Knight, Archer, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Thief, Orator, Mystic, Geomancer, Dragoon, Samurai, Ninja, Arithmetician, Bard, Dancer or Mime. Just for this edition, two new job classes were added, a Dark Knight and the Onion Knight. The dark knight is my personal favorite because they start out strong. The Onion Knight is the strongest overall; you just need to build them in layers. (Oh, tons of work!) With mixing and matching job skills you could make tons of combinations like a Summoner that can cast Black magic and wield a sword, or a Ninja with white magic. Have fun with all the different possible combinations you can make. I like the jobs system in the taverns, in town you can gain much need Exp. points by taking on those extra jobs.
Replay Value: ?/5
With the story mode 1.5/5, with the addition of multiplayer this game is given new life. 3.5/5. You and your friend must have a copy of Final Fantasy Tactics for the PSP. You can then choose between 2 modes. Melee = you vs. your friend or Co-Op you both vs. the computer.
Overall: 4.5/5
This game is a must have for any Final Fantasy fan or someone who enjoys mystery, political intrigue or Shakespearean tragedy. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions for the PSP is one of the gems that I've decided to hold onto and add to my very selective collection.
 Great!! October 21, 2008
What a GREAT remake for the PSP. You are a final fantasy saga fan or a strategy/tactical gamer? you MUST play this game. The PSOne version was good, but with the new cinematics and voice acting the game rocks even more than ever. You will never get tired of playing over and over again!
 Fun but loooooooooooooong game October 4, 2008
The game is fun, has some nice bonuses like FMV, voice acting, new jobs, new items, a better translated script. It does however, suffer from the same fundamental flaw as its predecessor, length of time. To build up job points and classes you basically have to spend hours upon hours beating your own people up and healing them and having someone sit there with the squire class and use "Focus" every turn to earn job points. It takes an insane amount of time to get job points without some kind of cheat. Without that, be prepared to spend a very long, long, LONG time on this game. Even being portable and being able to pick it up and set it down at whim while great, I still found myself frequently getting sleepy from boredom due to lack of necessity for interactivity. If you could program the character to do a set move every single turn every single time and just automate the task, the game would do a lot better.
A Fun Challenge September 23, 2008
This was a fantastic PSP game but I couldn't honestly reccommend it for everyone. There are certain jobs that you have to use early in the game or you'll die almost every time, and they don't make sense. The monk is by far one of the best classes for the first several hours of the game, but how do fists outhit a sword to the face? But anyway, once you get into the rythym of the game, it's a lot of fun, and I couldn't put it down until after 30 hours into it, and that was only because my PSP took a crap. As soon as I get it replaced, I intend to pick up right where I left off with this game, and I would suggest any hardcore RPG fans out there to pick this up to. It's well worth it's $20 price tag, and despite the challenge, it's a great buy.
So Awesome but just so lacking September 10, 2008
THis game is an amazing instalment in the final fantasy series. The characters are amazing, the graphics, the story, the gameplay, the character classes etc. were all near flawless. The only real problem is the replay ability. The game ends in a way that prevents you from continuing past its completion. Once you beat it, you just keep starting over at the halfway point of the last mission, so you can never leave it or ever go on to further develop your characters. That puts you at a complete standstill in the game with the only remedy being to have had the presence of mind to have made a separate save file before the last mission. Otherwise, once you beat it, that's it, you cant continue, you just have to restart the game all the way from the beginning, all that progress lost. Which sucks with a game like this. Thats why i can't give it 5 stars, im sorry FFT, but the end is just a let down.
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