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Game entry

Final Fantasy Tactics

1997 · JRPG, Strategy · PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3 · Sony Computer Entertainment

Final Fantasy Tactics is ranked no. 118 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,826 and 69% of duels won. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Chrono Trigger: 6 duels settled, 4 to 2. In its strongest family it holds position no. 5 out of 77 (1997).

World rank

no. 118

ELO score

1,826

Wins

69%

Duels played

164

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About Final Fantasy Tactics

Lead epic battles in a new FINAL FANTASY world. Betrayal and darker dealings await in Squaresoft's game of war. Fight hundreds of battles across dangerous 3D terrain as an ancient blood feud awakens a deadlier foe.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,826 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Final Fantasy Tactics sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 115 Chrono Trigger 1,826
  2. 116 Deus Ex 1,826
  3. 117 Pokémon Silver Version 1,826
  4. 118 Final Fantasy Tactics 1,826
  5. 119 Final Fantasy III 1,825
  6. 120 Demon's Souls 1,825
  7. 121 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 1,825

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The standing

Where Final Fantasy Tactics ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Final Fantasy Tactics stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 5 out of 77 (1997).

Where Final Fantasy Tactics ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 118 5,035
JRPG 16 228
1990s 27 659
1997 5 77

The community

The debate

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  1. ComboByte

    Load times aside, the AI actually flanks properly, unlike most of its rivals here.

    CapucineHunter

    Les temps de chargement, sérieusement, c'est ça qu'on retient face à un système de flanquement qui fonctionne vraiment ? Ça me dépasse un peu.

  2. VinylOwl

    Compared to the usual turn based RPGs of its era, this one asks you to actually think about positioning and terrain, not just pick attack from a menu.

    Aaron_85

    pero al final terminas pensando más en el terreno o más en la historia, no sé si van al mismo ritmo

  3. Alfonso_1993

    alfonso still remembers borrowing a friend's copy for like two weeks straight, and I mean I barely slept, kept telling myself one more battle and then it was already morning, my sister thought I'd lost my mind honestly, I never even got that far into the story but the fights alone were worth the exhaustion

    Farrell16

    same energy here, I lost entire weekends to it and never once regretted the lack of sleep

  4. Eloisa_40

    Loved the story, the difficulty spikes were just mean sometimes.

    RetroDragon

    the difficulty spikes were rough, no argument there (my party got wiped so many times I lost count), but did the story ever really lose you or just slow down for a bit

  5. Brice_86

    honestly it does more with terrain and elevation than most tactics games even now, chrono trigger is great but it never asked you to think like this

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