I have enjoyed various strategy RPGs very much in the years in between-for example, I thought Wasteland 2 and Fire Emblem: Three Houses were outstanding.īut when I picked up Final Fantasy Tactics again after all these years, I was pleased to discover it hadn’t lost a beat. When I began preparing to write this article, it had been a long time since I played the game, and I was a little worried it wouldn’t hold up to those standards. But that is far from the case.įor years, I had considered Final Fantasy Tactics to be my favorite RPG-if not my favorite overall video game-of all time. On the surface, it would appear that Final Fantasy Tactics is a step back from Final Fantasy VII, given its more cartoonish and sprite-like graphics and radically changed gameplay style. Final Fantasy VII blew our minds, expanding the scope of what an RPG could be. Early Final Fantasy titles such as Final Fantasy IV and VI pushed the boundaries for what was possible for role-playing games in terms of storytelling and character development.
