""Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine" stated that the gameplay "works when it's not broken", but was hindered by "boring" story sequences and "awful" graphics.Eurogamer found the game to be lackluster when compared to other tactical-based role-playing games, particularly those developed by Nippon Ichi Software, declaring that "Suikoden Tactics"s "[b]attles are fun and fairly compulsive but this is a game we've played many times over, usually presented better, executed more beautifully and intertwined with a far superior story."