

I give some advice: Squires JP up ability is immensely useful. A lot of fun comes from combinations of different abilities and some combos are impressively efficient. You have 2 slots for usable abilities, a move ability, a support ability and a reaction ability. Some characters have unique jobs that cant be learned. There are the usual Knight, Black Mage, Priest and Summoner but also Arithmetic, Samurai, Ninja and more. This unlocks other jobs if you meet the conditions. Each action rewards you with some job points and you level up the job level too. These have abilities you can unlock with job points. Each character has a job class (that can be changed). It uses the job system that was introduced in Final Fantasy 5 but with adaptations. Luckily the gameplay works even better than before but I should warn you that the game is a bit difficult at the begining. So the characters and story are truly good but it would not matter that much if the gameplay was awful. All the antagonist work well and some are intimidating. It ends not there as Orlandu, Melladoul, Argath and others all have interesting stories and character development. Delita is one of the most interesting characters I have encountered in games. He will struggle a lot as his worldviews will be shattered. Ramza is a true hero in a world which eats heroes. For me and many others it is a masterpiece and often on the list of best plots in RPGs. It has a lot of depth, lovable characters, growth and progression. There are a lot of schemes, groups and organizations involved and twists. This is the start of the story and it works magnificent as our protagonist is drawn into this. Two factions start to gain momentum and each is supported by many nobles and their armies. So a Regent has to be picked and this draws a lot of attention by the nobles as who ever becomes regent can rule like a King without interference for a long time. This is unfold when the king of Ivalice dies and his heir is just a child (4 years old if I remember correctly). Later the event which will be called “The War of the Lions” starts (Both factions leaders have a lion in their crest). Now there is the problem that there are more soldier than needed for peace times and it is bad to have this many people who are just good at fighting. The story takes place shortly after the end of the 50 years war where the country of Ivalice has repelled an invasion in a hard and costly war. However the historian has uncovered the truth and you will see how things really happened. Your hero Ramza is actually viewed by history as a failure as the last disgraceful member of a high respected noble family while the antagonist Delita the best friend of him is one of the greatest heroes of this age. The story actually starts far in the future and is told by historian Arazlam Durai.

Atop of that the turn based RPG gameplay works really well. Machiavelli would see them as good students.


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Of cause it has the same strengths as before the remarkable deep and engaging story full of plots, opposing factions, twists, betrayals and character development. There are new characters, 2 new jobs and an expanded the rooster of 24 characters (very welcome for me) a top of more changes I wont summarize here. There are new The improved version of the best Final Fantasy spin off if not even Final Fantasy game. The improved version of the best Final Fantasy spin off if not even Final Fantasy game.
