Sand Witch Review - Final Fantasy Tactics A2.

Welcome to the Sand Witch Review. I'm Mattysandwich and here is my review. People, I'm going to be blunt, I love my mother. She is a wonderful and kind person to no known ends. So since this review is probably going to be seen by her nurturing eyes I'm not going to be as profane as I would be in my earlier reviews. Now while some of you may be worried that my humor might go down if a curse isn't in every other sentence, I promise you I can still inflict massive damage onto a title I do not agree with and let me show you this clean side of me with my review of, Final Fantasy Tactics A2.

Now for all those who didn't know, I was a huge fan of the original Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for the game boy advance. Although the title sounded a little silly, there were no other games like it for satisfaction. It had great gameplay, intense storyline, and probably endless options in terms of party members. This game was so big that both my older brothers have once played this game with me. To which I kicked both of their rectums. So as you can imagine when I found out that a sequel was going to be made, you bet I jumped up and down with joy. However what began with hope and joy, soon became despair and tears.

Let me first address the title of the game, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Grimorie of the Rift. First of all, why call it A2? Were you too lazy just to add in Advance? I mean, sure Tactics Advance 2 would look stupid, but I think Tactic A2 looks even dumber. Not only does it look like something a four year old would write because they're just learning the alphabet but also it's just lazy. Also let me talk about Grimoire of the Rift. As those that played the first game would know the characters were dragged into the world of Ivalice by the power of a Grimoire. Since the word is in the title, I suppose that means the main character is going through a book again. Now isn't that even more lazy? I mean, that and the A2 it's like they just had a Chimpanzee with turrets write the name and story line. Oh well, might as well address more of the game.

Now here's where I get really annoyed, story line and character layout. For those of you who have not played Final Fantasy Tactics Advances, get off you lazy as... rear, and buy the game already. This game's story line is divine. It's probably one of the most complex hand held story line of the time. It had government cruelty, conflict of tradition and society, and simply the story of a kid that tried to make his own world so that he could feel important. Also the main character is probably still one of my favorite square Enix characters to this day. He wasn't a blood thirsty killer, he was just a boy trapped in an alternate world trying to make his way home. He was kind, polite, and generally well liked even within the game, much different from the brooding, depressing main characters you find in the other parts of the franchise.

However someone with the IQ of a paper bag decided that the character of the sequel needed to be much more killing oriented then the first one since you know, being kind doesn't set a good role model what so ever. No what really makes a role model is a personality inspired by a card board box and an attitude of shoot first, ask questions latter. That's what my kids to grow up with and I know my mother would feel the same way. That same moron then decided to take away all the gripping story line of the first one and replace it with a jealous... (Insert profane word here) who wants the power of the Grimoire. Yeah as you can imagine I was not a happy camper. In fact I was quite the opposite, I was blood boiling angry. How can they sleep at night when they know that every Final Fantasy Tactic Advance fan who bought this game can never look at the original the same way again. How can they deal with that guilt? I have only one answer, with all the money the made out of this cheap insult to our intelligence as gamers.

I will give it one thing however, at least they still had the same battle system as in the last game. In fact, they even added two new races to the mix and a whole bunch of new jobs. This made me think that the rest of the game could be bearable. However like the rest of the game, that brain dead monkey decided that you have to do certain missions which are not always available to receive the best jobs. Really? You really needed to put a cap on how long it takes to get the best jobs, let alone there best attacks? YOU REALLY NEEDED TO DESTROY EVERY GOOD AND DECENT THING THAT FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE STANDS FOR? You son of a bitc... nice, normal, person that I'm sure didn't do anything wrong...*twitch* I love you mom.

*twitch*

Overall this game fails in comparison to the original. It's lame, unimaginative, and a complete let down. This game is one of those that is so bad that I really believe that I should find a number less then one but not zero. I can't use zero since that number hold infinite possibilities. I also can't call it a negative number because I feel that would give this game more credit then it's worth. This game gets a one out of five without any questions. Now while some of you overly zealous hard core gamers might like it solely because the words 'Final Fantasy' appear on the cover, remember that I'm a critic so anything that insults my gaming pride will face my wrath. This has been a Sand Witch Review and until next time, your time is out.