Fans of the tactical RPG genre are facing a tough call this month on the PSP. Those who have not yet played Jeanne d’Arc are wondering if they should pony up the cash and take a chance on an untested franchise, or wait a week for the more widely recognized Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions to hit North American PSPs in an English localization. Here to shed some light on the topic, we have a review of Jeanne d’Arc — a competent but flawed strategy RPG from Japanese developer Level Five. Jeanne d’Arc is one of those games that showed all the signs of greatness in previews, but did not quite live up to its epic potential in final form. The good news is that Jeanne d’Arc is still a solid SRPG even if it doesn’t break new ground. True fans of the genre would be well advised to pick up BOTH of these games, but first timers might want to wait for our review of FF: Tactics to find out which one is more beginner-friendly.

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