Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Europe)
Nintendo Switch
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Reviewed in 2025
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✪ Reviewed on November 16, 2025
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One of the greatest tactical RPGs in history, finally modernized and accessible. The depth of the job system and the richness of the story remain unmatched, and the added voice acting honors this masterful political epic.
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Category
Tactics1 player12+
Description
A remaster of Square's legendary tactical RPG, published in 2025. In a war-torn kingdom, young noble Ramza is drawn into a political plot where social classes and hidden interests clash. Grid-based turn-based battles, a deep job system and a Shakespearean narrative make this masterpiece one of the genre's peaks, here fully voiced and enhanced.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
The music by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata is among the most admired in the series. Its orchestral compositions, with baroque and martial accents, magnify every battle and courtly intrigue, and this version makes them resonate with a new clarity.
The scenario is among the most adult and political in the Japanese RPG: wars of succession, manipulation by the Church, class struggle, betrayals. Rewritten and fully voiced in this version, it gains even more force, revealing all the Shakespearean darkness of Ivalice.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
The job system is a peak of the genre: each unit blends two classes, inherits abilities, and is shaped over dozens of hours. The three-dimensional grid adds height and facing, and the tactical depth still outstrips the competition today.
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
The game offers an adventure of generous length, extended by the depth of its job system. Optimizing your units, unlocking every class and taking on the optional battles opens dozens of extra hours for anyone who wants to explore all its richness.
The decisive battles are true tactical puzzles, where a single bad placement dooms the whole squad. Wiegraf remains a legendary nightmare, and winning these fights through sheer command of the job system delivers immense pride.
Is Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles still worth playing in 2026?
Released in late 2025, this long-awaited remaster finally brings back one of the greatest tactical RPGs in history, now voiced and modernized — red-hot news for any fan of the genre. Its dizzying job system and Shakespearean political story have no equal, even thirty years after the original. It's the ideal moment to discover or rediscover this masterpiece in its best version. On Switch, its turn-based battles are savored perfectly in sessions, at home as much as on the go.
