Monthly Archive for July, 2011

This is another post-Fangamer Game Club analysis post. Final Fantasy Tactics is a strategy RPG applauded for its broad and deep range of customization and Pokemon-like gameplay as you build your party to take on the game’s challenges. It’s also criticized for the convoluted story and the sporadic difficulty curve. I’d like to focus this post on the game’s balance, and how FFT struggles to find a way to achieve a balance that is satisfying to the player. This is more of a gameplay analysis so spoilers here are light.

We’ll break up the major problems with the game’s balance into a couple sections.

Continue reading ‘Final Fantasy Tactics and the search for balance in SRPGs.’