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I played this back on the PS1 back in the old days and was hoping that this would have an update.

Unfortunately, the graphics are still archaic and fuzzy, and the random battles moving back-and-forth are still so painstakingly difficult and long that it is worthwhile to reload the game hoping that you won't run into another one, which was the same problem I had many years ago. Furthermore, the spells and skill effects slow the framerate to a crawl. They look pathetic (graphically) and there is absolutely no reason that this should be happening. This only serves to antagonize and test one's patience to the limit.

Even the problem of telling you a half-tutorial with each action still persists, such as the game telling you to select a square to move to when you select 'Move'. Again, there is no reason that this should be there and personally I feel my intelligence is being insulted because every time that stupid window pops up, "I KNOW WHAT MOVE DOES!!!" goes through my already frustrated brain.

Even the AI seems to be worse than in the original. In the third story mission on Mandalia Plains, the hostage got himself killed in the second move rushing into the enemy despite receiving heavy damage all three times I played it. Placing a healer as close to him in the beginning didn't help because it was impossible to reach him in one move with the chemist's slow and limited movement. This rendered the second dialogue choice an impossibility without getting a Game Over, and not only does this shatter the playability of the game but it takes along any fun that could be had with it.

All of this coming after playing Jeanne D' Arc is nothing short of a complete letdown. If you have the free time of a grade or middle school child and enduring patience, by all means play this game because there is a decent combat system and a great story to be had. But if you are someone like me who, after getting used to good and responsive game design and controls and recognizing what good or bad game design is, playing the PSP version of FFT will seem so slow that it will seem like a waste of precious hours.Get more detail about Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.