3. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
While Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is set in the same world as the first Tactics, Ivalice, it’s a much different place this time around. The game focuses on four young children, Marche, Ritz, Mewt and Doned, who all live in a town called St. Ivalice in the real world. The four end up getting pulled into the fantasy world of Ivalice through a mysterious tome, and this time it’s filled with various other races besides just humans.
This is the version of Ivalice closest to what we’d see in the mainline game Final Fantasy XII. Even though it doesn’t feature the same locations, you’ll see the same races like Bangaa, Viera, and Moogles. The Tactics Advance version of the world is created by the imagination of a child, while Final Fantasy XII could be seen as a more mature take on the world. At the same time the land is governed by laws and Judges, and you’ll even see one of the major characters from Tactics Advance pop up in XII, with the clan leader Montblanc.One of the most fascinating parts of Tactics Advance is seeing things from the real world represented in Ivalice, like Mewt’s father Cid being a Judge, or noticing certain bullies being turned into other creatures. All this easily makes Tactics Advance one of the most intriguing version of Ivalice, as well as the basis for other versions we’d see for years to come.
