Ogre Battle 64 Review

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(More customer reviews)First... any fan of the original two games including spin-offs of either (like FF tactics) will be very happy with this game.Stop reading and order it now.I'll try to explain why in a way that someone who's never played the series can understand.
This game combines elements from many different genres with classic D&D style theme.The story is very detailed and on the level with FF tactics, much more detailed than the original OB.Of course, the most important thing to consider is gameplay.So here goes.
You are in command of a growing regiment of troops that can include everything from knights, archers and wizards to dragons, other "monsters" and even the undead.You command your troops from an "overhead" position guiding units of up to 5 troops around the battle areas to take strategic positions, liberate towns and conquer your enemy.
Battle takes place when your unit meets with an enemy.This may come as a shock, but you don't directly control any of your troops in battle, they attack the enemy according to the way you previously set up the unit.For example, as battle starts initiative is automatically deterimined by row: your first row which might contain two knights launches an attack.As the first knight is swinging his sword the next knight is already moving towards his target and the rest of the battle follows suit.Thus, the battles are much more fluid when compared to the original game and most importantly the vile balance destroying tarot cards were removed and replaced with something which can be used much less.. in fact, I havn't had a chance to use it yet.Don't be worried about the lack of direct control if you havn't played the original OB, you'll find that setting up your units to fight effectively is just as rewarding, if not more so than the tedious task of choosing individual targets yourself.The possibilities are much more detailed in battle now.The grid you set your units up on is 3x3 which adds a middle row to the original front and back.As old fans know, different classes fight differently depending on which row they are in.Sometimes the number of attacks they perform is different, sometimes the attack itself will change.Obviously, the front row provides better offense and the back defense; the front row *generally*, allows for more short range and nonmagic attacks while the back row usually allows more ranged attacks to be performed.
In a game like this it's the little details that make or break the game and OB64 is just full of great little details in all things.One thing old fans will love is the suspend features.Some of the later battles can get quite long... the suspend feature lets you pause the game in the middle of battle basically and turn the system off to pick up where you left of later.Unlike a save function, you are forced to quit when you use it and the data is eliminated when you start up again so that you can't cheat.Another little thing, if you have 2 or 3 wizards in the same row in battle, they may combine their magic to create entirely new spells.In the battle and story scenes the beautiful rendered backgrounds come alive with grass blowing in the wind, little things moving in the back ground and excellent use of light and shadows on the characters.The animation is extremely excellent with small hand gestures and such being animated very explicitly.This game really has a lot of character and no flaws that come to mind.To a new comer especially, there is a little bit of a learning curve before you can truly master the game, but what game of this type doesn't require a little.. "work".. from you.
A final word about the music.Some of the music is used from the classic games but it's been given a "64" polish and sounds great still.We know the N64 isn't a CD player and I think Quest did a great job with the N64's limited sound capability.In fact the quality sounds great, the only thing I can't vouch for yet is the quality of the compositions themselves since I havn't been all that for into the game yet.
Bottom line... buy this !now! unless you have adverse reactions to RPG's/strategies.You won't be dissappointed.

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Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber N64 game. You play Magnus Gallant who leads the revolution for the kingdom of Palatinus. The kingdoms lord Holy Lodis Empire is rumored to be planning the domination of the entire continent of Zeteginia. This creates concern among the people and it is up to Magnus to rid the Lord from the kingdom to free the people from slavoury forever.

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