FF Tactics: The Lion War’s technical issues minimized in U.S. version

Sony PSP owners awaiting the release of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War in the U.S. will be happy to know that much of the technical issues reported from the Japanese release have been fixed in the American version due out soon.

This comes in the aftermath of much whining and moaning over the Japanese iteration’s rampant slowdown that plagued the experience, marring what would have been another masterpiece.

Hiccups and crawls were observed in the previous offering, especially during spell-casting, but Square Enix says most of it is gone now. More features were also added for a richer experience.

The pace of the action is now in acceptable levels, reports 1UP, but the sound quality of Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata’s score still doesn’t pack the same oomph that the original PlayStation version had.

Still, there’s no doubt that the voice-overs in the animated sequences are a killer addition which should add a lot more personality to an already involving cast.

Two new job classes, the Onion Knight and the Dark Knight have also been added for more gameplay depth. Whether or not some classes have been nerfed remains to be seen.

Sony PSP owners awaiting the release of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War in the U.S. will be happy to know that much of the technical issues reported from the Japanese release have been fixed in the American version due out soon.

This comes in the aftermath of much whining and moaning over the Japanese iteration’s rampant slowdown that plagued the experience, marring what would have been another masterpiece.

Hiccups and crawls were observed in the previous offering, especially during spell-casting, but Square Enix says most of it is gone now. More features were also added for a richer experience.

The pace of the action is now in acceptable levels, reports 1UP, but the sound quality of Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata’s score still doesn’t pack the same oomph that the original PlayStation version had.

Still, there’s no doubt that the voice-overs in the animated sequences are a killer addition which should add a lot more personality to an already involving cast.

Two new job classes, the Onion Knight and the Dark Knight have also been added for more gameplay depth. Whether or not some classes have been nerfed remains to be seen.