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Which brings me to my first major point about the game: the new script is, in short, wonderfully written.

It also includes some lines of story which, while slightly pretentious in that "should-be-read-by-a-man-with-a-deep-voice movie trailer" sort of way, does give an indication of the sort of writing the new translation entails. This sets the tone for the game and, while the style is different from the in-game cutscenes, is still an impressive piece of animation. The first thing you notice when you load up the UMD (so long as you aren't one of those weird intro-skippers) is the beautiful introduction sequence. Does it still stand up as a great title a decade on? But even with all that, the game is still a 10 year old tactical RPG. While it's easy to view Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions as a mere re-release, the game has retained most of the same gameplay elements as its PS1 counterpart, as well as added a completely new translation, gorgeously animated cutscenes, extra classes, characters and even a multiplayer feature.

Shame on you Americans! (Though because of this, Europeans never even saw the game released on our shelves.) Fast forward to 2007 and, almost by means of apology, Square Enix has allowed Europe access to the PSP version of this game, and a full week before the US at that! That'll teach you. And while Final Fantasy VII has enjoyed the sort of commercial success normally attributed to rockstars, sadly Tactics was hideously overshadowed by its prettier brother and so this gem was never received by the consumers as it should've done. These titles, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy Tactics have since become critically regarded as two of the best games on Sony's fledgling console.

I'm going to take you back ten years to 1997 when, in Japan, two games were released by Square on an underdog system called the PS1.