An answer to the question that spawned this thread. Yes. Its not as bad as X-2 but its more of a disgrace to its predecessor (I never liked X to begin with). I am a diehard Tactics fan and that makes it hurt even more. Gone is the deep story, akin to an ancient war epic, now we have a shallow childish narrative best suited for a second rate Disney tv movie then as a sucessor for the saga of the Zodiac braves. The class system is a whole lot of general mishmash and the ability system which worked fine in IX is terribly misused.