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[blazing glory]

But are there any games that use a job system like final fantasy 5? beside's final fantasy tactics,though I don't expect any games that use such a job system.

[itisnotlogical]

Tactics Advance and A2 had job systems like Tactics, although you could probably deduce that :p

[hexedmagica]

Bravely Default is pretty good if you want something FFV-esque.

[Girlinhat]

Can you describe what the job system is?  I never played, but I might know the concept...

[jocan2003]

Well dungeon villagehas a job system but you dont control the *heroes* and its an android game. Might like it might not, i know i did.

[Shadowgandor]

Can you describe what the job system is?  I never played, but I might know the concept...

The job system is a system where characters do not have a "fixed" class but can switch between jobs. A knight could become an archer, while keeping his previous stats (or, when mastered, skills even), or get an altered amount, like a knight having +80% strength from the base and 20% dex from base, while an archer has +200% dex from base. Some jobs can only be accessed if you have all the prerequisites, like knowing 5 skills from the knight and 5 skills from the white mage (healer) in order to become a paladin.


To TC:
- Tactics Ogre has a nearly exact same job mechanic as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
- Game Dev Story has a really basic version of the job system, along with a couple of other games by Kairosoft

Those are the two games that pop into my mind. I'll be sure to post more if I remember there being more


Edit: The Final Fantasy mmo's have a job system too if I remember correctly. At least the oldest one had.

[AngelXDv]

I don't know if it is your kind of game or not but I would recommend Elona along with some other roguelikes. DCSS and Nethack (Slash'EM) are my favourites. You might also want to try Dungeons of Dredmor, but there you have 7 classes which you choose and you stick with them the whole game. It's a kind of semi-job system. If you are looking only for tactical games, I'm not sure what I can recommend.

[blazing glory]

Okay thanks,it's just the job system seems like a nice feature,I wondered if any other games used it.

[aristabulus]

Okay thanks,it's just the job system seems like a nice feature,I wondered if any other games used it.

Outside of the digital realm, Dungeons and Dragons 3.x Ed. has a handful of basic classes (de facto jobs), and lots of prestige classes with widely varying prerequisites.

[PrimusRibbus]

But are there any games that use a job system like final fantasy 5? beside's final fantasy tactics,though I don't expect any games that use such a job system.

Titles in the Ogre Battle series (Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle Gaiden, Ogre Battle 64, Tactics Ogre, and Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis) use similar systems.

Also, Final Fantasy 3 and Bravely Default use the same system as FF5.

[nenjin]

Tactics Ogre isn't quite like FFT or FFT:A.

There it's just a straight class tree with a few branches. You can revert to older classes but it's not recommended. Each class has stat requirements that can change after every battle. (Mostly alignment.)

In my mind, a true job system is one like FFT, where you can switch and change at will and most of what you've done is retained. That definitely doesn't describe Tactics Ogre.

[Sinistar]

What about Disgaea series?

Truth be told, I haven't played any of them myself. And a quick search on wikipedia doesn't tell me if class system is anything like FF Tactics.
However, I do remember reading review on the first game years ago and there was a screenshot showing a large selection of different classes. It looked like you could either upgrade existing ones or switch them entirely?
More search is needed.

[Nelia Hawk]

guild wars 1 had a system of a locked primary class and a secondary that you can switch whenever you want from the other classes.
so you could have a:
warrior/monk
warrior/elementarist
warrior/necromancer
etc

(gw2 doesn't have that system anymore though and not even sure if gw1 servers are even still up)