This game is a planning rpg game where u basically wait and attack. not very many bad thing theres "whoreson", "bastard", and "damn" but nothing else. commercialism is okay not bad u can unlock characters from other final fantasy's and no romantic relationships are forged here.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions was written by Andrew Bub
Parents need to know that combat is a crucial component of this game, but that it's turn-based so that while you plan it, you don't directly participate in it. The battle animations are not overly graphic. The game offers a compelling fantasy world with loads of depth and replayability. The characters are squat, noseless, and very ... cute.
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What’s the Story?
The Final Fantasy series of video games is very popular, but only older fans remember the game's brief foray into the smaller "tactics" genre. Now new fans can explore the "tactics" version with FINAL FANTASY: THE WAR OF THE LIONS. It's the original 10-year-old game with new stuff added, everything updated, and the gameplay intact -- now presented in a portable form for the Sony PSP handheld. For those new to the genre, a tactics game, particularly one like this one with role-playing elements, demands a lot of strategic brain power. You must read a lot, constantly fiddle with your characters' stats and equipment, and pay close attention to the weaknesses of your enemy.
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The game is beautiful, with lovingly rendered battlefields and well-defined characters. The turn-based combat found in War of the Lions is tactical war-gaming at its best. The game offers challenging battle after challenging battle. This is the type of game where party composition and how characters are moved and positioned matters above all else. Side attacks, back attacks, making extra sure to maximize the power of a certain spell -- all these matter a great deal, and these battles and your progress in the epic story hinge on learning them.
The only problems with this game are the substandard manual and the shallow and tedious tutorial. It's almost like the designers figured that only fans of the 1998 version were going to buy this game, so they didn't really need to spend much time explaining how to play it. Players must be willing to learn mostly by trial and error. Fortunately, for those willing to put in the time to learn the complexities, the game rewards the players' efforts with a deep, rich, and challenging game.
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Released on 10/10/2007, price $30.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: T (for Blood, drug reference, fantasy violence, mild suggestive themes)
ESRB rating: T (for Blood, drug reference, fantasy violence, mild suggestive themes)
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This is one of the best games for the PSP and is VERY hard. Not overly violent, or anything bad. I think it should have been rated E or E10+. Really good, but if you aren't up for complicated gameplay and a challenge, you probably won't like it.
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