[Suzerain of Sheol]

I rank the recent remake of Tactics Ogre on the PSP above FFT, too, but granted, as it is now, that game is basically a sequel to FFT, seeing as it was made by the same team, so you'd expect it to be better.

Spectral Souls is just awesome, though. You control all three factions in the war and decide which side to fight as in each major battle, so the story shapes itself around your decisions. There are over 40 playable characters, making up for the lack of a class system (well, there is a class system, but it's like Fire Emblem's), and of course, it has IFs trademark in-depth combo and synthesis systems.

And, unlike a lot of their games, it has a *fantastic* story, in a similar vein to FFT, with a continent-wide war and lots of scheming, backstabbing, hidden plots, and ancient evils being resurrected.

The only downside is the frequent Disc Access that makes the game run really slow, but if you shut off movement and attack animations in combat, it's easily bearable. I got used to it within an hour of playing.