Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions

I finally found a copy of this little gem for my PSP last week, and am absolutely in love with it.

The gorgeous cut scenes are a welcome addition too. The game is definitely a challenge and the story and music are amazing.

What do you all think of this game?

I was very disappointed by the fact that there is no option to control a pride of lions in all out battle.

Yeah while characters like Delita are automatically set on AI, I am finding the customisation of these characters unbelievably deep.

I’m not very far into it (Fighting the leader of the Corpse Brigade)

Yeah while characters like Delita are automatically set on AI, I am finding the customisation of these characters unbelievably deep.

I’m not very far into it (Fighting the leader of the Corpse Brigade)

I think If I play this game I’ll find myself correcting the in-game script too often. I.e. Corpse Brigade vs Death Corpse., Argath vs Algus. I bought FFTA-2 so that should distract me from reality for a while…

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Anyway – I love the original FFT – I still coddle my PS1 disc like hemophilic baby. The game is RPG crack. The battle system – the customization. Here’s a top if you are still plowing through the game: Do not use Orlandu or his sword. It makes the game ridiculously easy. Hell – in one of my 100% games I had a Ramza who uses Excalibur and can 1 man any fight at the end game.

Meh. I suppose it was bumped for spam. But if a mod can delete the spam, this thread maybe has some reason to be around?

I played this ages ago, when it first came out. I really, really enjoyed it. I was skeptical at first, because it wasn’t the final fantasy i had been used to playing. But it was pretty addictive! The whole thing came together greatly.

I really enjoyed the development of the characters. Although i spent time grinding the original people you are given. Only to then end up doing it again with the "main" characters. For example, i obtained Cloud near the end. And although he was no use whatsoever when i first got him, i went through the motions of getting his sword, and teaching him his limit breaks.

Baltheir was a great addition to the fun. I didn’t do the extra Dungeons. But that was only because i ended up going onto a new game and never bothered to go back to it. I think i will do at some point.

Out of curiosity Purr, where are you up to now? I suppose you have finished it?

Out of curiosity Purr, where are you up to now? I suppose you have finished it?

To be honest, I stopped playing it a while ago…Mainly because I bought FFIV on the DS.

I didn’t get far into it at all.

🙁

I really recommend going back to it. It’s worthy of finishing for sure. But I suppose it’s your call.

Yeah I will….I did enjoy what parts I played.

Probably once I finish FFIV 😀

Do eet! Tell us how much you loved it!

Hawt.

Delita > Ramza

jftr :p

Can Delita scream repeatedly like Ramza to become stronger / rage a huge boner? I didn’t think so.

lol hilarious!

Also I’m curious as to who gave this thread 5 stars? 😮

The mere mention of T.G. Cid made this thread overpowered.

T.G. Cid is probably the most broken character in a game that I can remember. He has all the super-cool/super-useful sword techniques. He starts off with Excalibur, thus granting him Haste the entire battle. This in turn makes all your characters useless because by the time they get their turn….Orlandu has already mopped the floor with them.

Man even his son, Olan, had a ridiculous spell that could effect everyone on the battlefield.

BUT: Yeah, this game is a true strategy RPG gem. A few years from now I’ll probably be playing this game again. Much like Castlevania SOTN, this game ages well.

The game gets really easy, perhaps too easy, when you gain Orlandu. But I think the hardest fight is before that anyway.

The fight where Wiegraf turns into Belias was insanely hard. It took me many tries, and I had to use a weird tactic

Easy fix – don’t use Cid 🙂

There are also other ways to amp up the difficulty in the game. One such challenge is to play through the game using a party of the same class. I played through using only monks – that was pretty damn fun! Of course monks are pretty damn versatile – try imagining playing the game with a harder to use class like … calculators – lol. Here is a FAQ compilation of all the challenges created for the game:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/197339/15661

That would be a total bitch.

I’ll be starting a new game tonight as I already had two of my characters die after only playing it for 6 hours…

…Any hints / tips?

Tactics is tied with FF6 as being my favorite FF. I beat the original for PSone and picked up War of the Lions when it came out just to show my fanboyism for that particular game. And the new fmv is pretty awesome too. The story is fucking epic. I’m hella glad you’re enjoying it, Ngrplz.

light weight spoiler…
I thought the first chapter dragged on and was boring, but it picked up really well after that.

I love Tactics. I’d love it so much more if it wasn’t a strategy RPG though.

I’ll pick this up if I ever get a PSP.

Well I started a new game last night and am just out of Gariland. Just finished the fight where Argand is being bullied by Highwaymen (Not that far I know, but with WoW, I seldomly play my PSP at home.)

Made Ramza a Knight and one of my Squires into another chemist so I can get enough job points for black / white mage.

No characters have died thus far 😀

If I remember correctly – unless you ress someone – they died permanently? I could be wrong and am thinking of Tactics Ogre.

Best class for Ramza – Squire (only because he get’s Ramza only squire moves ) – but make sure to get skills from other classes as well, of course.

light weight spoiler…
I thought the first chapter dragged on and was boring, but it picked up really well after that.

Ditto. The end of the 1st chapter was really great tho. Y’know…

…killing Algus and the epic explosion.

If I remember correctly – unless you ress someone – they died permanently? I could be wrong and am thinking of Tactics Ogre.

You have the option to rez or finish the fight before their spirits crystalize I think. Not sure about the second part of that answer. I do remember losing Mustadio the way of the crystal in my first playthrough. :/

No more engineer for the rest of the game. :/

idk my bff Ramza?

Indeed <3

Double post’d. Apologies.

But…

I’m up to the bit where you fight against the leader of the Corpse Brigade in Dorter, but I find the fight really hard, so I’m just grinding around the area a bit before attempting it again. I’m a bit of a tactics n00b :p

I don’t know what chapter that is, but if you’re a noob and still haven’t gotten to Velius/Belias then you better prepare yourself for a fatal encounter.

Im still in Chapter one, just finished the Sand Rat Sietch (sp?)

Ah okay. That means you still haven’t gone through the best parts. In for a treat.

If you don’t power level through the game (or use Orlandu) – you will be treated with an otherwise challenging and rewarding experience.

Not up to Orlandu yet…

Up to the second fight with Milleuda at Lenalian Plateau.

Really getting into this!

FFT Yaoi? please elaborate.

Delita and Ramza blowing each other’s………….blade of grass.

I don’t know what chapter that is, but if you’re a noob and still haven’t gotten to Velius/Belias then you better prepare yourself for a fatal encounter.

Agreeing with this. Beat: If you look at post 17 in this thread, you’ll see a said a similar thing. It is a tough fight.

Purrr: That scene is great i think. Keep playing!

My favourite quote so far…Spoken by Argath:

"Hmph. It’s as I’ve always said: Common blood, common
man. You’ll never be more than you were born, Delita! You don’t belong in our
world. You ought be licking our boots with the rest of you ilk, churl!"

The whole scene with Argath, Delita and Ramza outside the castle in Eagrose was amazing. I love the way they speak and the insults they flew at each other.

Agreeing with this. Beat: If you look at post 17 in this thread, you’ll see a said a similar thing. It is a tough fight.

Ah, I see it now. "CLOPS!" = Dead party members @ start of battle. Lol

Ngrplz, I bet you are enjoying the awesome soundtrack as well, right?
Probably one of the best…if you’re into that kind of music that is.

Ngrplz, I bet you are enjoying the awesome soundtrack as well, right?
Probably one of the best…if you’re into that kind of music that is.

Definitely. The soundtrack is easily one of the greatest FF OSTs I’ve heard.

I will definitely be downloading it over the the weekend.

For some reason this game reminds me of Vagrant Story at times, doused with the oil of political intrigue and set alight by the edge of your seat battles.

Made by the same team. That’s why 😛 Both take place in Ivalice. Albeit different times.

**edit** The man responsible: Yasumi Matsuno

Vagrant Story wasn’t set in Ivalice was it???

I thought it took place in Lea Monde.

FFXII looked good. FFT plays better.

Vagrant Story takes place furthest in the Ivalice timeline. There’s a pic floating out there somewhere of the official timeline – I’ll look for it.

**edit** Ooops Japanese lol – give me a sec haha

Go to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ivalice-time.jpg

Hmm .. doesn’t mention Vagrant Story so much. In any event – they were made by the same people! 🙂

Yeah can’t read Jap.

But Wiki is interesting.

"Back whence you came! Quick as shadows, or this one’s blood makes crimson snow!" ^
One of my favorite quotes in the game

The soundtrack is great actually. I think I’ll have a look for it over the weekend.

UPDATE:

Up to the last fight of Chapter One. Won’t say who for obvious spoileriffic reasons.

Ramza has mastered the Squire occupation and has now moved onto Knight.

Am I the only one who thinks Chemists are far more useful than White Mages?

Fighting chemists later on is kind of annoying. You’ll see why.

Also: Ramza will get more skills for the Squire class as the game goes on. Notice how it doesn’t say *MASTER* next to Squire?
(At least…I think he does.)

I really need to pick this game up again now that I’m not WoWing……got up to the execution (won’t say more) but kept dying and saved in a place where I couldn’t grind….

….Will start again soonish.

I’m recently going back to this game and starting again after losing interest the first time around because I was training up for whatshisface the hardest battle in the game with just ramza and I dunno,got bored and since then I’ve forgotten the story. Remembering how fun and bastardly hard it is.

Yeah the battles are really epic and if you lose a unit you really feel the loss.

Yeah ’cause leveling up a character’s class takes forever.

I usually end up resetting it if it happens.

I’m pissed at Square-Enix for not making a proper sequel to that awesome game. That’s all I have to say.

I agree one of the better FF games that isn’t all about a little bar that fills up until you can do anything. I enjoyed this game for many years back in the day, and I just ordered a copy of the PSP release not even 5 minutes ago, hoping to revitalize my love for this game and unique playstyle.

I’m pissed at Square-Enix for not making a proper sequel to that awesome game. That’s all I have to say.

You mean a direct sequel?
the sequel to this game storywise is Vagrant Story. But I know what you mean, anyway, a direct sequel in my opinion would have ruined the storyline.
But hey, there’s always room for a surprise, maybe someday some project of a new Ivalice title with Matsuno at the head will be the direct sequel of this awesome game.

So I started a new game of this and am quite happy grinding atm.

Have my 5 main party:

Squire (Ramza)
Chemist
Monk
Time Mage
Knight

….Seems to be wroking for now 😛