Editing Final Fantasy Tactics (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 83/100<ref name="Final Fantasy Tactics PSX: 1997">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-tactics/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation |title=Final Fantasy Tactics for PlayStation Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 21, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125025902/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation/final-fantasy-tactics |archive-date=November 25, 2010}}</ref>
| Edge = 9/10<ref name="Edge Review" />
| EGM = 8.875/10<ref name=EGMr>{{cite magazine |title=Review Crew: Final Fantasy Tactics |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=104 |date=March 1998 |page=121}}</ref>
| Fam = 34/40<ref>{{cite web | author = Chinn, Marty | title =Famitsu Top 120 PlayStation games | url=http://gaming-age.com/news/2000/6/23-151 | publisher = Gaming Age | access-date=December 7, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605221312/http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2000/6/23-151 | archive-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref>
| GameFan = 267/300<ref>''GameFan'', volume 6, issue 2 (February 1998), pp. 16, 56–57</ref>
| GamePro = 4.5/5<ref name="GPror"/>
| GSpot = 8.9/10<ref name="GSReview" />
| IGN = 8.5/10<ref name=IGNR>{{cite web|first=Jay |last=Boor |date=January 27, 1998 |title=Final Fantasy Tactics |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150026p1.html |website=IGN |access-date=April 24, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206145931/http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150026p1.html |archive-date=February 6, 2007}}</ref>
| JXV = 19/20<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00013136-final-fantasy-tactics-test.htm |title=Test du jeu Final Fantasy Tactics sur PS1 |website=Jeuxvideo.com |date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309212402/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00013136-final-fantasy-tactics-test.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2016}}</ref>
| NGen = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=NGenr>{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=40|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=April 1998|pages=96, 98}}</ref>
| RPG = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/fft/reviews/fftrdrev1.html |title=Final Fantasy Tactics – Reader Review |website=Rpgamer.com |access-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312073316/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/fft/reviews/fftrdrev1.html |archive-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref>
| RPGFan = 84% (PS1)<ref name="RPGFan1" /><ref name="RPGFan2" /><br>86% (PSN)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/fftactics-psn/index.html |title=RPGFan Reviews – Final Fantasy Tactics |publisher=Rpgfan.com |access-date=August 15, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623134158/http://rpgfan.com/reviews/fftactics-psn/index.html |archive-date=June 23, 2011}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Bartholow |first=Peter |title=Great addition for PlayStation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/168679522/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=January 29, 1998 |page=60}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''PSX Extreme''
| rev2Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Final Fantasy Tactics |magazine=PSX Extreme |issue=7 |date=March 1998 |page=31 |url=https://archive.org/stream/PSX_Extreme_007#page/n27/mode/2up}}</ref>
}}

''Final Fantasy Tactics'' sold nearly 825,000 copies in Japan in the first half of 1997, and ended the year at almost 1.24 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite news|author=Famitsu staff |title=Weekly Famitsu 9/12 |url=http://edstorm.tripod.com/sales.html |work=Weekly Famitsu |access-date=December 16, 2007 |language=ja |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222094357/http://edstorm.tripod.com/sales.html |archive-date=February 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 1998 |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |year=1998 |location=Tokyo |language=ja |script-title=ja:ファミ通ゲーム白書1998 |trans-title=Famitsu Game Whitebook 1998 |script-chapter=ja:1997年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP100 |trans-chapter=1997 Game Software Annual Sales Top 100 |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/1997_ne_fa/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628204000/http://geimin.net/da/db/1997_ne_fa/index.php |archive-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> By 2007 the game had sold approximately 1.35 million copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Platinum Game Chart |publisher=Magic Box |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm |access-date=December 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213230402/http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm |archive-date=December 13, 2007}}</ref> As of August 2011, the game had sold over 2.4 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://release.square-enix.com/na/2011/08/04_01.html |title=Final Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions Now Available on iPhone/iPod touch! |publisher=Square Enix |access-date=August 28, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331063713/http://release.square-enix.com/na/2011/08/04_01.html |archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref>

''Final Fantasy Tactics'' received critical acclaim upon its release.<ref name=GSReview /><ref name=EGMr/><ref>{{cite book |editor= McNamara, Andy |title=Game Informer Magazine |year=1997 |publisher=Sunrise Publications |issue=9}}</ref> Some reviews lauded the battle sequences as challenging, requiring more strategic planning than ordinary RPGs and utilising many gameplay mechanics in later battle sequences.<ref name=GSReview /><ref name=EGMr/><ref name=NGenr/><ref name=GPror/> The visuals were also lauded, particularly the spell effects, 3D battlegrounds, and camera that can be rotated and zoomed.<ref name=GSReview /><ref name=EGMr/><ref name=IGNR /> Other reviewers disagreed and considered these elements a problem because it necessitated that the battles consist of fewer characters.<ref name=EGMr/><ref name="RPGFan2">{{cite web|author=Esque |date=January 27, 1998 |title=Final Fantasy Tactics |url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/finalfantasytactics/Final_Fantasy_Tactics.html |publisher=RPGFan |access-date=December 8, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011151159/http://rpgfan.com/reviews/finalfantasytactics/Final_Fantasy_Tactics.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref><ref name="GPror">{{cite magazine |author=Nob Ogasawara |title=Final Fantasy Tactics |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=113 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=February 1998 |page=118}}</ref> John Ricciardi, in his review for ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'', argued that the game should have been done in 2D style so that the PlayStation's processors could handle larger battlefields.<ref name=EGMr/> Nob Ogasawara, when writing for ''[[GamePro]]'', was also concerned with the small scale of the battles, saying that as a result the game "isn't so much ''[[Tactics Ogre]]'' with a ''Final Fantasy'' flavor as it is FF with a TO flavor".<ref name="GPror"/> A reviewer at ''RPGFan'' criticized the game's difficulty as inconsistent, in part due to abilities unique to certain characters which unfairly sway the tide of battle either in favor of or against the player.<ref name=RPGFan1>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/finalfantasytactics/Final_Fantasy_Tactics-4.html |title=RPGFan Reviews |author=Tortolia |website=RPGFan |access-date=December 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011143120/http://rpgfan.com/reviews/finalfantasytactics/Final_Fantasy_Tactics-4.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

Critics praised the story's depth and plot twists<ref name=GSReview /><ref name=EGMr/><ref name=IGNR /><ref name=NGenr/> but some remarked that the large number of similar-looking characters made it hard to distinguish between characters to develop an emotional attachment.<ref name=IGNR /><ref name=NGenr/> ''RPGFan'' criticized the English localization as rife with grammatical mistakes.<ref name=RPGFan1 /> The game's soundtrack was also praised.<ref name=GSReview /><ref name=EGMr/><ref name=GPror/>

''[[IGN]]'' awarded the game the Editor's Choice Award in 1998, praising the in-game graphics as "amazing" and the battle environments with its extra details as being "extremely well designed".<ref name=IGNR /> ''[[GameSpot]]'' named ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' as one of "the greatest games of all time" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | author=Kasavin, Greg | year=1997 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-16.html | title=GameSpot: The Greatest Games of All Time: Final Fantasy Tactics | website = [[GameSpot]] | access-date=April 14, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103183917/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-16.html | archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> The game placed 84th in the "Top 100 Favorite Games of All Time" poll by Japanese magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'' in March 2006,<ref>{{cite web | author=Campbell, Colin | year=2006 | title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 | url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100 | publisher=Next Generation | access-date=March 12, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110224117/http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100 | archive-date=January 10, 2012}}</ref> 45th in ''Game Informer''{{'s}} list of top 100 games,<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Top 100 Games of All Time | magazine=Game Informer | issue=100 | date=August 2001 | page=34}}</ref> 43rd in ''Electronic Gaming Monthly''{{'s}} list,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://gamers.com/feature/egmtop100/index.jsp | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100 Best Games of All Time | author=''EGM'' staff | year=2001 | publisher = Gamers.com | magazine = [[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | access-date=November 17, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030611191341/http://gamers.com/feature/egmtop100/index.jsp | archive-date =June 11, 2003}}</ref> and 38th in ''IGN''{{'}}s rankings of greatest games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_38.html |title=IGN Top 100 Games 2007&#124; 38 Final Fantasy Tactics |website=IGN |access-date=December 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129211145/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_38.html |archive-date=November 29, 2007}}</ref>