FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles: Game Freezes (Workarounds)

The problem

In the third battle, I'm supposed to send four people, and then the choice comes up: kill the enemies or rescue the prisoner. No matter what I say, the prisoner speaks, the battle is about to start— he starts running in place, and the game freezes. I've tried a few things, but no matter what settings I use, it happens every time.

What players suggest

Hmmm ... is it the transition where it says the battle objective causing an issue? I forget if that's there on the initial battle at the church, but could try starting a new game, skipping through the first few cutscenes** and seeing if it also freezes when the battle starts there. No idea on what you could really do about it, but I feel like having that information handy might be useful for…

I had loaded an old save file and even tried it on another PC, but it didn't work. I've started a new game since then and it's working now—no idea what the issue was.