FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
Lead a party through turn-based battles in Ivalice, using terrain and job combinations to shape your strategy. Learned abilities carry across job changes, linking character development to the choices you make on the battlefield.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.3 / 10
About this game
Follow Ramza and his childhood companion Delita against the backdrop of Ivalice's War of the Lions. You command a party in turn-based encounters, choosing positions on three-dimensional battlefields and combining jobs with learned abilities. As characters develop, more jobs become available; changing a character's role does not prevent them from using abilities already learned. The package includes Enhanced and Classic versions. Enhanced adds fully voiced dialogue and offers adjustable difficulty, battle fast-forward and a tactical view for surveying the field. Party development and battlefield decisions remain the focus: choose which roles to cultivate, then put those combinations to work through positioning and turn-based actions.
Collected in topics
Turn-based tactics picks
Think through turns, positioning and commands, weighing immediate advantages against the risks that your next decisions may create.
Collected in series
Final Fantasy is a role-playing series created by Square in 1987, built around fantastical journeys, memorable characters and growing stronger together. Most numbered entries introduce their own world and cast. From crystals and magic to cities where machinery meets fantasy, each adventure offers a different view.
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AI review
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A promising fit for players who enjoy developing a party and thinking through its positioning.
Keeping learned abilities across job changes gives experimentation a purpose beyond selecting a new role. For players who enjoy planning, that development system and terrain-based positioning offer complementary decisions before and during combat.
Strengths
- Abilities that survive job changes can make developing different roles feel like building a personal tactical toolkit.
- Enhanced's tactical view and fast-forward offer ways to separate surveying a situation from watching actions unfold.
Who it is for: Players drawn to turn-based positioning, flexible character roles and a story framed by political conflict.
Play notes: The voiced dialogue, tactical view, fast-forward and difficulty options discussed here belong to the Enhanced version.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Additional jobs give character development a continuing direction, while Enhanced's fast-forward lets players shorten the presentation of battles. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combining retained abilities with terrain positioning should appeal to players who like testing a party concept through individual tactical decisions. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Voiced dialogue in Enhanced may help players who prefer hearing character exchanges engage with Ramza and Delita's political setting. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Enhanced's tactical overview and difficulty options offer useful ways to inspect a battle and adjust its challenge to personal preference. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Square Enix
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Release date
- Sep 30, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Strategy & Tactics · Primary genre
- Tags
- WarClass BuildsMain Story 100 Hours or MoreStory-drivenReplayableFantasyTop-downTurn-based TacticsCommand-based Combat
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: Teen
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 30, 2025
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideSep 30, 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideSep 30, 2025
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Sources
- na.finalfantasy.comSource revision: 1
- na.finalfantasy.com