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FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – Entertainment Game Review
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS is a Entertainment/Roleplaying/Simulation game from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd., first launched in 23rd February 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 224+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes FINAL FANTASY TACTICS Stand Out
[Updates from Version 2.0.0]
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iCloud Save Data Compatibility
iCloud save data from ver. 1.2.0 and older versions is incompatible with ver. 2.0.0 and later versions. Please save the game using the in-game save feature before updating to ver. 2.0.0 or later versions. Please note that iCloud save data from ver. 2.0.0 onward will be compatible with ver. 2.1.0 and later updates. -
Quick Save Warning
Due to changes to OS features, Quick Save cannot be performed in battles.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.
[Other Important Notifications]
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Quick Save (auto-save) data is erased when the game is updated. Please use the in-game save feature before updating to the latest version.
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The app requires a fair amount of memory and may not load while other apps are running. If the app does not load, please close all other apps and try again.
[Version 1.2.0]
■Refined Graphics
All of the game's unit graphics have been redrawn in high-resolution. Don't miss this chance to play the sharpest, most beautiful FINAL FANTASY TACTICS yet!
■Improved Draw Speeds
The graphic drawing processes have been optimized for mobile devices. Say goodbye to choppy motion and crash bugs, and play with the quickest, smoothest abilities effects and animations to date!
■iCloud Support
A save slot which allows game data to be saved to iCloud has been added. It is now possible to migrate game data across multiple devices.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions has arrived for iPhone/iPod touch!
Released as the Final Fantasy series' first tactical RPG in 1997, Final Fantasy Tactics on Playstation went on to sell over 2.4 million copies worldwide. The game grew in popularity upon its re-release in 2007 as Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions for the PSP with added features such as new movies, scenarios and Jobs.
Now, in 2011 the game has finally arrived for the iPhone/iPod touch! You can enjoy the game whose story gave life to the world of Ivalice, and whose high strategy battles bring tactical games to a whole new level.
■Game features
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Intuitive Touch Screen Controls
The complex tactical game can be effortlessly and intuitively controlled by simply tapping units and menus. Gone is the old method of switching fixed map views – you can now rotate, move and change the size of maps as you please by sliding and pinching. -
Improved Loading Times
Loading times have been improved to get you into the action quicker than ever. What's more, you can even skip certain cut scenes.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th March 2023
Recent improvements include:
Fixed a bug.
Download & Availability
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get FINAL FANTASY TACTICS on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 / iPad Mini 3 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 4 / iPad Mini 4 (Cellular) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Now we all have to wait until 2050 for 2025s Ivalice Chronicles that just released on consoles and switch.
Ive bought all of the FF games on iOS and only this game and FF7 dont crash often, lag, or have issues with saving/loading your progress when taking a hiatus. Fantastic story and the additional optional battles that werent on the original present a decent challenge.
We love this game so much since the first day we downloaded this Final fantasy so download this game right now or else.
People are rating this great game based off not being compatible with iPhone. This has been optimized for the iPad. It looks and feels better. If you are playing on a phone then buy the other version. Don't be a dweeb and rate one of the best games of all time less than 5 stars.
Is there music or soundtrack for this game. So far its all silent.
Still has the best music, best story, best leveling system of any Final Fantasy game. We love this game so much, and have played through it on every system that supports it. While the touch controls are pretty good, this game would be a perfect 10 if it had controller support. Please SQUARE ENIX… PLEASE. Update: its 2021 – how do we still not have something like controller support in this game, that was originally designed to be played WITH a controller? Its now 2024. Still no controller support. At this point SQUARE ENIX is going to start missing out on money, as you can just download PPSSPP and play it on there with a controller.
This game is so amazing. We love every second of the story and classes and monsters. Just one thing could help this version be the best. Please please please add controller support. That would make us so happy.
Ipad os supports controllers like DualShock 4. This game would be perfect if they updated to includeplease.
Not being able to use a Bluetooth/PS controller with this is a HUGE negative. Would be a 5* if we could use a controller with it. Come on, devs, it cant be that hard.
This game revisits the job feature of Final Fantasy 3 and 5, two previous unsuccessful titles. While Tactics is better than those games and fun in numerous ways, it is also a bit passive aggressive in design like those games. We dont think Ive ever had to grind as much on a Final Fantasy title as we did on this one. Also, you cant use items in this game without learning a job for it, which really doesnt make sense. Why cant we just buy potions and drink them like in every other Final Fantasy title Ive played? And the game compels you to keep putting the main character out in front in important battles, when there are extremely more powerful heroes you can use for that. This game consistently crashed on a stage where we had to fight a flock of chocobos. Fortunately, it wasnt a stage needed to finish the game.
We cant turn off the tips – the game shows an extra screen every click that says it can be turned off in the options. The option doesnt exist.
This game is so amazing. We love every second of the story and classes and monsters. Just one thing could help this version be the best. Please please please add controller support. That would make us so happy.
This version worked perfectly on iPad. Played the whole game without any crashes. Auto save also worked well enough.
Easily our favorite game of all time. This is a great port.
Good port. Beat it twice already and havent run into a single problem.
This game is our life! Great story, great characters and very very very fun.
Quite possibly the greatest game ever created, music, storyline, gameplay. The strategy involved was unlike any other game, and has yet to be matched even by modern games. With its legendary cult classic status, wed all love to see a modernized version for console and PC.
Amazing game but we cant play for very long on touch screen. With controller this would be amazing.
Still has the best music, best story, best leveling system of any Final Fantasy game. We love this game so much, and have played through it on every system that supports it. While the touch controls are pretty good, this game would be a perfect 10 if it had controller support. Please SQUARE ENIX… PLEASE. Update: its 2021 – how do we still not have something like controller support in this game, that was originally designed to be played WITH a controller.
This game will be a perfect five stars if they had controller support. Its still getting updated so why not add controller support.
Perfect version of a perfect game, the clunky touch controls slow the battles and navigation a LOT though, controller support MUST be added.
The game is great so far. The only issue keeping us from giving 5 stars is there is a graphical glitch when purchasing items from the store where the screen in areas will flicker. This happens sometimes when using the best fit option. Additionally, we would love to have controller support for this game. Not being able to use it is a disappointment. Developers, if you are reading this, please fix the glitch and add controller support and we will change our rating to 5. Thanks.
Navigating menus with touch can be frustrating. Using continue from the main menu doesnt load the latest save if you have multiple. We were expecting better.
How do you get the sound to work on iOS 14.5.
This game is great, Ive loved it for years, every since it first came out on the PlayStation. Like the title says, this game should have controller support. We dont understand why it doesnt, it doesnt make any sense, since its roots are from the PlayStation which used a controller to play it. Come Square Enix, put it in all of your app games that were once PlayStation games, and those that are just app games as well. It shouldnt be that hard for yall to dedicate a team to perfecting and enhancing your app games.
FFT is one of our favorite games of all time and the translation, cutscenes, and other tweaks brought about in War of the Lions significantly improve the experience. Having played the game extensively on PSP, we appreciate the bug and slowdown fixes on iOS, as well as the ability to play a legal and official version of the game on a device with a larger screen and much-improved battery life. That being said, one major flaw really dampens the experience. The lack of controller support makes this game unnecessarily cumbersome. The extra taps to select and confirm selections in menus clearly designed with a traditional game controller in mind make this game feel a little bit slower, and a lot more clumsy. If controller support were added, or if the user interface were better optimized for touch screen controls, this would easily be the definitive version of the game. As it stands, the PSP version is is a more enjoyable way to experience this game, even given the slowdown and hardware limitations of that version.
Amazing classic, would rate 5/5 but it doesnt work with a Bluetooth controller.
Pls consider add controller support.
Cant turn on cloud saves and other options please fix ios 16 ipad 12.9 inch pro options menu.
Its Final Fantasy Tactics. FFT is a great game, and the War of the Lions version from the PSP is the best way to experience it. Not being able to save mid battle and not being able to play with a controller are not great. If Square would patch those issues, this would be phenomenal. Otherwise, the games a lot more frustrating to play than it needs to be.
Frustrating to play on the ipad. Please update the controls for ios or refund our money. Nearly unplayable.
We originally played this for ps1. Purchased on our iPad only to find you need to purchase it again to play on iPhone.
IOS 16.3 IPad Pro 3rd gen Get a black screen and after a while it says there is a problem with iCloud. Think this is due to app not being updated for 2 years and Apple changing iCloud settings. App needs to be updated or removed from sale from the App Store and a refund issued.
Unable to load any save files. There is only the option to continue, with no iCloud backup. Selecting Options opens a black screen that forces you to close the app if youd like to continue.
Been wanting to play this game and happy to see it go on sale. Instantly purchased it. Quickly disappointed to learn that the options screen is bugged and just shows a black screen. Unfortunately without this screen we cant turn the sound on or get rid of the beginners hints that show every time a player gets a turn. Reinstalled and restarted multiple times but same bug every time. Sadly we will have to request a refund and hope they decide to fix the bug so we can buy it in the future.
5 stars for controller support C'mon do it.
You cant progress due to a consistent crash at the Fineth River battle. Our iPad is only a couple of years old and our iOS is up to date. We are running the most recent software version of the game. This product is defective. Refund the purchase, or fix the product. This is unacceptable.
Absolutely unplayable with these touch screen controls, even on current gen ipad.
We bought this game on our iPad, turns out we bought the wrong one because the same game is available and capable of being installed on an iPhone, but this one isnt. Total bait and switch. Why have the same game posted twice? Just for the money grab? We wont be buying this again, or sadly any other square game on mobile until Im made whole. Very disappointed in Square.
Awesome game but lacks controller support. Also SE has pulled some bs and released two versions- this one is locked to only working on iPads so make sure to get the other one.
No sound on iPad Pro…. Also Now that iOS has controllers, this NEEDS CONTROLLER SUPPORT.
Please offer controller support.
This was one of our favorite games as a kid, but we never got to beat this or a few other games on PS1 because we lost our memory card and then basically gave up when the next gen of consoles came out. We recently bought this and FF9 and Im so glad we did, they are even better as an adult and work great on the iPad.
We originally played this game in 1997 on the PS1 when it was first released. Even though we were only 9 and couldnt enjoy the story, we were enthralled with the gameplay and job system. Fast forward to 2007 when War of the Lions was released on PSP. We would finally understand the story and the more complex gameplay mechanics. This quickly became one of our favorite games of all time and our favorite entry of the FF series. The tone of this game is dark and political with very cool ideas to add a level of depth that would keep us coming back for more every other year or so. To say this is the best story ever told to us is an understatement. We purchased the iPad version yesterday (3/6/20), which is the fourth or fifth time we have bought this game in the last 23 years. We were disappointed to find that the game hasnt been updated to accept controller support. While the game is still enjoyable, the clunky touch controls are tedious to a gamer that is used to whipping in and out of menus, and rolling through the combat controls effortlessly. So, Im asking you Square-Enix, please as a very long Final Fantasy fan, can we get an update for controller support? Im sure by the time it happens Ill be long done with the game, but one can always hope. Had it had this feature the game would have been a solid 5 stars.
Ever since the new graphics update back in 2013, the game randomly crashes, sometimes even making us lose progress. Even when our iPad Air was brand new during that time, the issue persisted. The latest update significantly reduced the amount of crashing, but did not totally resolve the issue.
Ive never been a fan of touch controls, but the devs have made this game very accessible. There are some parts where the controls will be clunky and may waste a turn for you, and the continue: Okay/cancel was super confusing at first so we dropped a star. Otherwise the game is fantastic and worth buying.
One level crashes every time there is a group of chocobos. Its frustrating because we would really like to catch the red chocobo there. Other than that the game is pretty great. Hard, but also easy sometimes…its all over the map. A lot of freedom to choose how you play. The controls are frustrating in a few places.
We purchased this for our iPad of which it says it is compatible for but the sound is not working for this games at all. Does anyone else have this problem? We are playing on 13 iPad Pro. Its making us rate this so we can send review/question. Outside of this we would give 4 stars but since it is asking for a rating, for now, we have to give what we gave as not having sound for a classic game like this would be unplayable.
Porting this to touch screen has made the game incredibly clumsy to play, and has even made some tactics impossible. Also, itll just crash out of the blue, which is suuuuuper frustrating when youre in the middle of a long battle, or have just finished customizing some of your characters. We love this game, and it brings back so many good memories, but this is driving us nuts, and Im regretting paying for it.
The first level is impossible. 4 on 2 with no heals and they have a healer… You can only control 1 guy, and the other one is a moron… Tried it 5 times and got game over each time… Theres no way. No matter what, you just get surrounded and beaten to death. Heard it was a fantastic game… Too bad its unplayable.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.3.0
- Size: 813.31 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: [SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.]()
Last updated: 7th March 2023 | Genre: Entertainment, Roleplaying | Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.