Final Fantasy Tactics

Isometric height-based tactics with a deep job system defined the tactical JRPG.

Released 1997 Developer Square Platform PlayStation Genre Tactical RPG Era The 3D rupture

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Final Fantasy Tactics inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

1987

Final Fantasy ~~1987~~

1991

Final Fantasy IV ~~1991~~

1994

Final Fantasy VI ~~1994~~

1997

Final Fantasy Tactics ~~this page~~

1997

Final Fantasy VII ~~1997~~

1999

Final Fantasy VIII ~~1999~~

2001

Final Fantasy X ~~2001~~

2002

Final Fantasy XI ~~2002~~

2006

Final Fantasy XII ~~2006~~

2009

Final Fantasy XIII ~~2009~~

2013

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ~~2013~~

2023

Final Fantasy XVI ~~2023~~

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