The story of the Final Fantasy Tactics Advance revolves around the protagonist Marche Radiuju, as he struggles against his friends’ dreams. Those are Cid Randell, Donate Radiuju, Mewt Randell, and Ritz Malheur. In real life, they always have weaknesses and that makes themselves not really confident. Therefore, they all together dream of a better and more beautiful world called Ivalice, where there is no more unhappiness, as well as their shortcomings, are compensated. Once accidentally, Mewt goes to a bookstore and discovers an old book called Gran Grimoire. It is written in an old language and he thinks Marche can neutralize it. Immediately, Mewt goes to Marche’s house to find out. However, what he gets back is just the ignorance of his friend, because he isn’t really interested in it. The next morning, Marche wakes up and realizes he has lived in Ivalice, the dream world where his friends have a better life. But, their negative emotions also create a clone, acting as brutal villains. Besides trying to get rid of Ivalice, he must eliminate these negative emotions to protect his friends.

Gameplay

Battles in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance take place in a grid space, following the familiar turn-based strategy game. Usually, battles are fought on a large scale, between two teams, and in this game, it is called between parties. Once playing the character Marche, players will seek a guild to join, or create themselves to become the leaders. After that, look for quests and players will know exactly who their opponents are as well as where they are. Typically, NPCs will appear at any pub on the world map, they provide four types of missions, including regular, encounter, dispatch, and area. Of course, the scale and benefits they bring are completely different. With regular, players will go to designated locations to fight enemies, push the game scenario, and open up events. Meanwhile, Area missions are to fight against other guilds to free the invaded areas, while empowering and asserting their guild power.

Rules

This is a fairly new feature in turn-based strategy games, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance opened the door for this unique feature. In the war, there will be the appearance of the judges. They set some rules that forbid the use of certain weapons, such as swords, magic, or some state-changing skills. Of course, they will be warned before the actual war begins, so anyone who disobeys the law will have to pay the price by being arrested in prison. In return for the legal limitations, the system adds another feature called “Judge Points”. The judge will provide these points to the player, and it is really useful to be able to create large damage combos or summon Totema to strengthen the clan.

Character system

The class is probably the signature of any strategy game and the Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is no exception. There are 34 different classes in this game, it is the core factor that affects the combat ability of the character, from defensive properties, attacks, vitality to the effectiveness of combat skills. Players need to pay attention to the attributes of their characters and enemies in order to organize tactics more efficient because sometimes, the most powerful can be defeated under the leadership of wise masters.