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Ogre Battle 64

5 star:		(42)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

If you are thinking about buying this game, one thing you need to consider above all else. Ogre Battle series is 70% strategy and 30% Role Playing. With that in mind, here is my review...

Since this is a strategy game more than RP, I gave it 4 Stars for one reason alone. It is not as challenging as the first Ogre Battle (March of the Black Queen). Do not get me wrong, it can be challenging at times and even frustrating at times but the 1st OB was much harder. Example: the bosses in this game are far easier. The first OB for the SNES still stands out in my mind w/ bosses like the Gemini Twins, Diablo, etc.

Another thing to consider... if you are someone who HAS TO have complete control during a fight, than it is a good bet you will *not* enjoy this game. You are basically a general of a battilion giving orders and watching them carry out those orders. The best part of the game is designing your army. You can create a battle unit to emplore all your favorite classes (e.g. Princess which provides extra attack, Lich for brute dark magic, Dragoon for sheer strength, Paladin for his holy attacks, Black Knight for evil attacks, etc.) Combine these characters to make an army you want! And you have plenty of choices, I could waste a lot time just spewing all the characters in this game. You can pair up wizards to make spells combine for a different spell (e.g. Earth and Fire combine for Lava Shot) and more damage. That is the attraction and the strategy part.

The other attraction is the storyline, which is better than the 1st OB. It is not the best storyline across all games, but it is also modifable. Sometimes a small decision you make costs the life of someone dear. There are 3 MAIN endings to the game. There can be small differences in those endings depending on the storyline characters you recruit. This is what gives the game a replay value ...to try different routes in the game and see different endings and different story points and try for other storyline characters ...in my next game I am going for Biske (a werewolf boss).

There are A LOT of nuisances to this game. More than you can imagine. Stuff like removing a character from a unit will lower the morale of the unit ...but you can not see the morale of a unit (i.e. hidden from you). So, read the Internet, DO NOT buy the Prima Strategy Guide unless you really want it. It has some incorrect information and not enough of the good information. Visit OB64 websites, not prima guide! Personal websites, not business websites. I don't know if I can legally post mine here so I am not going to chance it. Also, read the manual and Hugo's Report (in the game). The game has a nice feature of letting you view past movies and good advice - take advantage of that.

It is a GREAT game, but mostly for people who love strategy games like Romance of the III Kingdoms and even RP gamers. I play all types (action, racing, rpg, strategy, fighting), but I will say this... I enjoy strategy and RP games more than fighting (got silly after the 2nd Street Fighter). Someone who loves 1st person shooters and fighting games above all else may be irritated more than enthralled. Then again I probably couldn't count all the hours I have wasted playing Bond in the dorm rooms!

Your decision, not mine but I provided my inputs ...make up your own mind.

My wife bought this game for me, and although I probably wouldn't have picked it for myself, I gave it a chance. It turned out to be one of those games that is kind of tough to get into at first, but once you do, impossible to put down. This game ate up a big chunk of my time the first weekend I had it, and I play for a little while every night after work. The storyline is just amazing; It's like a good fantasy novel. I find myself playing to find out what's going to happen next. The ability to choose and answer questions that alter the story and your character's alignment really gets you involved. The battle system is really simple, and everything is explained within the game. At first, I thought I was going to get bored because you don't have a lot of control over the actual battle, but it turns out that choosing classes, formation and equipment is just as much fun. Also, there are many missions where you must dispatch other units, which adds to the strategy.

All, in all, hightly reccomended. There aren't many N64 games that have real long-term single-player value. This one does.

Finally, another RPG on the N64, unfortunately games are scarce enough on the N64, RPG are even less, only a handful. Thanks to Atlus (who does a great translation job by the way) RPG gamers can cheer now!!! Ogre Battle started on the SNES, its a great strategy games involving organizing your troops, it is also considered an RPG because your characters level up, can change classes and gain special abilities. It is a very deep and involving game, finish it once can take up to 50 hours, depending on how thorough you are. Many secrets, characters, branching story and multiple ending, I played the original game over 5 times.

Ogre Battle 64 is the sixth chapter in the series, most of the music and sounds are the same, so fans of the first one would be happy. Story is also excellent, great plot but mostly involving war and revolution, although nothing special, but the characters really draws you in, You even encounter many familiar people you've met in the first game. Well, I liked most everything about this game, but the gameplay was a little different, the maps are small and really ugly, I guess to compensate for the tiny maps your troops moves extrememly slow. Liberating castles really doesn't do anything, at least in the first one you can draw tarot cards radomly, which can add to your stat, and you can also use as special items during battle. There is also this interrupt bar you have to wait until it fills to change the troop tactics, to retreat and to use your special magic...and battles are usually not long enough for the meter to fill up so you can use the magic. Lastly the classes are mostly the same, with a few additions, and also a few missing. Overall its a good game, should satisfy those N64 owners hunger for a good strategy game, its also a good distraction for those waiting for the next Zelda later this month. My recommendation is to pick one up and enjoy it! Score: 85/100.

First off, I agree that this game is more strategy than Role Playing. You go into a battle screen where you advance your armies onto the map, liberating towns and pushing back enemy units, until you get to the main boss of the map, beat him, and you win that area. This is definitely just the abstract, however.

If you like character customization, you will literally fall head over heels for this game. You have units of characters in your total party - each consisting of 5 characters or 4 if you have a large monster in that particular unit. You can change their classes, train them outside of regular battles, level them up, re-equip them, etc. Also, where you put the character changes what they do in battle. And it also changes the attack and defense of the entire unit. You can change everything about your characters and units that if you love having control of everything, you won't be disappointed.

What may turn many away from this game, however, is the battling. The strategy is almost entirely how you make the formation of the battle unit. You dictate one of four strategies and they fight on their own. You can intervene and change the strategy in the battle, but that's it. You can retreat from a battle too, and then a little later in the game you can cast "Pedra" spells on the enemy, which are spells you get to use if you have taken a lot of damage in a particular battle. Once each character has performed every action, the winner is the side which dealt the most damage, or of course the surviving side. There's more strategy than it seems however, in that you need to push units around the map with each other, and stopping in towns to restore each characters HP before they die.

The story is a little cliche', but it is still a good story. Full of corruption, deceit, and backstabbing within lines. There are alternate paths and multiple endings too, and even if there weren't you'd probably want to play the game again once you beat it.

The N64 has been known for its children-oriented games. Parents beware: this game has some bad language and the scenes are full of all kinds of animated violence. I'm not a parent, nor a young kid, but I know there are plenty of parents who watch what their kids play.

For RPG-starved N64 owners this is a great game to buy. It's worth every cent.

This is my favorite game of all time. Period. Other games have made bold and valiant attempts, such as Final Fantasy X and Harvest Moon. But none can compare the the masterpiece that is Ogre Battle 64. I have always been a fan of the RPG, and I picked this game up with mild expectations. I hold high standards for my games, you see. And lots of games just dont cut it. They are good, but not great. And thats what I expected from Ogre Battle. But what I got was the most fufilling game adventure of my life. An army, groups in the army, 5 characters to a group, males, females, clases, upgrades of classes, beasts, dragons, undeads, angles, And thats not even including the special people such as Carth, Destin, and Meridia! Then you could go into the customizable weapons and armor. All wraped up into an easly managable batallion at your command. If this isn't gaming bliss, I don't know what is

OGREBATTLE 64

First off I would not Recomend this game for those gamers who do not have patience because this games take a very LONG!! time to play. You start in the Beginning at an acadamy and your name is Magnus Gallant (this is changable of Course). In the start you are asked questions when you answer them they determine what types of units you will have and also what ELEM PEDRA you will have. There is a total of 6 Pedras for you to obtain throughout the course of the game. You pick one and can get the rest throughout the rest of the game. Units are arranged by having a nine square grid that and you can have a maximum of 5 characters. There is world of Classes to choose from in OB64. You start off with your basic classes and when you gain experience and you have the proper alignment an other class becomes avialable. Alignment is an other very important factor. This affects everything alignment changes after every battle. It determines whether you can obtain certain classes. You will soon learn that in OB64 that in battle you can't control a single character. In fact you control the whole unit by Issuing commands on who to attack. During the course of the game you can come acrosse things that are known as Neutral encounters. These are wild animals or Demi-humans that you can get to join your party. There are also special Characters that ask to join your batalion throughout the Story. In the start of the Game there is Diomedes Rangue who is was Magnus' friend in the acadamy. You then meet a warrior name Leia Silvis. In the first mission you meet Hugo Miller he will prep you on every mission before it starts that is why he is known Hugo the tactitian. A novice player will be confused in the start because of a thing called the organize screen. This can be very confusing but after a while mastering this task is noi problem. The Organize screen allows you to change certain things in your batalion from adding and removing Characters and equip a certain character with new equipment. You can also form new units with with extra characters you have obtained. In short don't worry in the beginning this game might seem a little boring and confusing but after a while you will be begging to play it more and more. and with many combinations of endings once you finish one game you will want to start another.

This game, when I had the pleasure to play it, was one of the greatest RPG's ever. I am what you may call an RPG freak... but I'm not all weird as you presume. Anywho, with its immersive story line and sub plots, multiple endings, and excellent cast of characters, I have found that this is a game worth the price you will pay to buy it. As I do recall, Magnus is one of the greatest RPG main characters to live. Long Live Magnus. Well, take my advice and do yourself a huge favor and give this game the chance it deserved.(And never got, due to the reputation of RPG's on the Nintendo 64)

One Word: Excellent.

I've heard a lot of complaints about this game on Amazon.com, and I disagree with most of them. The complaints on graphics, and the length of the game is based entirely on your likings, but I will post my opinion also.

The graphics are not the best, as the PS2, Gamecube, and X-Box all have great graphics. Ogre Battle is not on this system, therefore should not be compared with it, but.. Hey. It's hard not to. The characters should have mouths though, that's all I'm saying..

As for the length of the game. I enjoyed how long it was. The story kept me anticipating what was coming next. Making another great aspect of the game.

The only con for me is it's rarity. I cannot find it anywhere. I have been searching for over three months, and I have only found it on EBay, and Half.com. I'd like for my local video store to sell it to me, but they are being.. Well, yeah, You get the picture.

That's all for my two cents. I know not all of you will agree with my rating, and the such, but.. That's my opinion.

In an age where graphics flare and gameplay suffers, this is a true gem. Graphics are definately below today's standards....but i like that. I like an emphasis on Story and Gameplay, and if you like customization, then this is the game for you. With a set up quite similar to the original ogre battle, and a story continuing the Holy Lodis Empire's reign, this game shines.

This is Chapter 6 in the ogre battle series. The game has a well thought out story line that takes you through Magnus Gallant's adventures. The thing is that you are Magnus Gallant and in the game you have many choices to make that deside you ending in small different ways. Also during the game you can get many special characters that will join you if you are good or evil depending on who they are. Also the choices you make effect which characters join you and which don't.

I liked this game because it uses a good battle system and has a great story line in fact of the best if seen on a Nintendo 64 game. The game takes quite a while to beat but when you reach the end it is defenatly worth it. Also since thier are 3 different endings you just have to play it again and again to get the other endings.