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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

A breezy grid-based tactics RPG about building a clan through hundreds of jobs, laws, and missions.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    0/10

    Fully turn-based; zero physical demand.

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Enemy AI is predictable and non-adaptive.

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    Hit rolls, law cards, and loot add modest randomness.

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    9/10

    Job combos, positioning, and clan builds decide everything.

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2007
Developer
Square Enix Product Development Division 4
Franchise
Final Fantasy
Platforms
NDS
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB critics
83/100
IGDB users
82/100
Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)TacticalFantasy