I know this is an old thread, but this has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

haha, I'm cool with Lublar but I have to agree; Tactics was truest in the sense of storyline, that's inarguable, but a tactical RPG, the ONLY tactical RPG in the franchise, yeah, certainly not the "truest to form."

Vouch

I wasn't considering battle systems when I made that comment, more of the mythos of what makes Final Fantasy what it is. When you think of the early games (I - V), the only games that compare to that lore since then are really Tactics, IX, XI, XII imo. VII and VIII pretty much completely broke away from the mold, and I'd say that XIII did as well. That's where my comment came from, and what it meant. Maybe not very clearly.

This post was edited by Lublar on Jan 14 2013 06:30pm

Yeah I see where you're coming from. Guess I didn't really mind when they broke away from the generic Medieval setting. VII/VIII/XIII clearly take on a more futuristic approach and I guess that fits my taste more than knights and dragons and shining armor.

I'm a bit late to the party, but I'll concur with the general consensus here--it is arguably the best final fantasy game in the series as far as story goes. I would strongly suggest actually reading the dialogue.

play it its the most underrated game of all time

Final Fantasy Tactics is the best PS game ever. It's really good

It's one of the only FF game I've completed, and i completed it less than a month ago and by the time i finished it, i was playing it for >10 years, not ever finishing, always getting stuck at the wiegraf 1v1 part, that part was hard -____- but all in all i love this game, I swear to god I almost cried at the end credits because of what happens, it was really.... really.... emotional. I love it, favorite game I've ever played. Play it, love it, cry.

FF Tactics, is by far one of the greatest FF games out there, storyline is superb, the class system is awesome. Just a tip though, make sure you keep 2 save files cause some times you can get stuck in some missions and not go back and it really sucks not being able to level/ buy other skills needed to beat said missions, also I believe if you save in the very last dungeon you can't play the secret dungeon or level to 99 etc etc just do the end credits over and over.

But I would rate this game a 10/10 for FF games, definitely give it a try