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Chess is a seemingly simple game since it has only a few pieces and all there is is movement, yet it's the most strategically complex board game there is. Advance Wars is similar to Chess in that way. FFT has pretty simple battle strategy and although it has all of the customizable and equipable items and weapons to deal with, it's still a simpler strategy game than AW is. Adding more inventory and character management to a simple strategy game still leaves it as a simple strategy game... just one with a somewhat complex management system.

AW is like Chess while FFTA is like Star Trek Chess. ST Chess adds these extra mini-boards on legs on all sides and tries to add complexity to the game of chess, but what it gains in the confusion factor it loses in its simple strategy.