Reviewers were pleased with graphics and visuals of "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance"; GameSpot adding that the battles are "clear and colorful", and character jobs are easily identified, though gameplay becomes slow when too many character sprites are in one screen. The gameplay is also lauded for retaining the elements of "Tactics Ogre" yet offers freedom to players to develop characters as they wish. "GameNOW" said that the game "lives up to its legacy—and then some", and called it "easily one of the best GBA games around". Criticism was thrown to the game's menu, which was cluttered with complicated options in organizing the clan members, and did not detail out statistics for characters and equipment. Some reviewers thought there are too many character jobs since some jobs overlap one another and certain abilities are redundant.