is a
tactical role-playing gameA tactical role-playing game is a type of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games and strategy games. In Japan these games are known as , a designation which might seem peculiar to native English speakers...
developed and published by
Squarewas a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...
(now
Square Enixis a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...
) for the
Sony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStation
video game consoleA video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
. It is the first game of the
Final Fantasy Tactics seriesThe Final Fantasy Tactics series is a series of tactical role-playing games developed by Square Co., now Square Enix. It consists of four titles, Final Fantasy Tactics, its remake Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and the sequel to Advance, Final Fantasy...
and was released in Japan in June 1997 and in the United States in January 1998. The game combines thematic elements of the
Final Fantasyis a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
video game series with a
game engineA game engine is a system designed for the creation and development of video games. There are many game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles and personal computers...
and battle system unlike those previously seen in the franchise. In contrast to other 32-bit era
Final Fantasy titles,
Final Fantasy Tactics uses a
3D3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
,
isometricIsometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings...
, rotatable playing field, with
bitmapIn computer graphics, a raster graphics image, or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium...
spriteIn computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene...
characters.
Final Fantasy Tactics is set in a fictional medieval-inspired kingdom called
Ivaliceis a fictional location in the Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Vagrant Story universe. The world was conceived by Yasumi Matsuno when he joined Square Co. in 1995, and has since been expanded upon by several games, with more yet due with the Ivalice Alliance series...
created by
Yasumi Matsunois a video game designer. He is one of a few designers to have two games receive a perfect score by Famitsu magazine. Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII were critically acclaimed by the magazine with a 40/40 score.-Early projects:...
.
