Tactics Ogre

by Atlus

Product Features

• more than 40 hours of gameplay

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000060NQ1
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 6, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,046 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Advance

Amazon.com Product Description

Based on the popular Ogre Battle games, Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis marks the first installment of the series on a portable platform. As Alphonse, a knight of Galicia, you're sent to investigate the intentions of the suspect governing body of the Holy Lodis Empire and solve the mystery of Ovis. Players will encounter many battles to test their wit and strength, and their experiences will determine the true nature of their characters, as well as game's possible endings. The game offers more than 40 hours of gameplay, as well as a head-to-head battle mode via the separately sold Game Boy Advance link cable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A handheld Tactics Ogre worthy of its console predecessors, May 16, 2002

By 

Joseph Rodriguez (Iowa City, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (Video Game)

OK. First off, Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis is a sidestory (the intro calls it an "excerpt") that's only tangentially related to the three games in the larger Ogre Battle Saga. It takes place 22 years before the events chronicled in those three games - Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, and Ogre Battle 64. It's not a GBA remake of the original Tactics Ogre (although that would be nice).

Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the game. Like the original Tactics Ogre, this game is a strategy/RPG much like Final Fantasy Tactics (which boasted many of the same designers, and which has been announced for GBA release). It's completely two-dimensional, and in graphics greatly resembles the original TO, though the colors are much more vivid this time around. What this means is that the graphics are about Super NES quality - not at all bad for a handheld system.

The difficulty has been reduced from the previous games. I consider this a good thing, as its predecessor especially had a tendency to be unbalanced. This doesn't, however, mean it's easy or simple - there's enough in this little cartridge to keep you playing for a couple of months, at least.

The sound is unfortunately tinny coming from the GBA speakers, but with headphones it should be better. The music is also nice, except for the aforementioned tinniness.

In this game, you play Alphonse Loeher, a young knight who has come to the island of Ovis with his commander Rictor. As in the other Ogre Battle games, eventually you fall out with your original group and must forge a new path of your own, determined by your decisions. There are two distinct routes (that I know of), each of which has its own special characters and sidequests. Two words: replay value. Lots of it.

This was the game that prompted me to get a Game Boy Advance, and I haven't regretted it one bit.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Battle strategy game that takes RPGs to a new level, June 8, 2002

By 

Jeff Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (Video Game)

This is a surprisingly entertaining turn based battle strategy / RPG with a strong story. I'm not one for story so I will tell you about the game itself. You are a commander of a band of do-gooders, who set out to save a land from an evil empire and various quests along the way. So why is this surprisingly entertaining? This has to be one of the most realistic role-playing games in existence. With a normal RPG, you wander the countryside looking for a battle, when you find it, you have a choice, fight, use magic or run. With Ogre Tactics, when you battle you see an entire landscape of a battle area, trees you can hide behind, mountains, water and so on. Where you must then control each character of your army (up to eight can be in a battle at a time). Control them to move, fight, use spells, special abilities, items, and use real battle tactics! Maneuver a character behind an enemy and have them stab the enemy in the back! Have your archers take the high ground and bombard the enemy with arrows or you can fight the enemy head on! There are dozens of weapons, spells with dazzling graphics, armor and so on to equip to characters of your army. The reason why I am calling members of your army "characters" is because there are several character classes, such as knights, soldiers, magicians, clerics, archers, ninjas, beast tamers, dragon tamers and yes even monsters like octopuses, lions, fairies, devils, griffins and dragons can be a part of your army. You can either hire the characters in shops, or on the battlefield you can convince enemies to join your army!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy a challenge??......Here it is., June 11, 2003

By 

"coremanc" (Fpo, AP United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (Video Game)

Tactics ogre for the game boy advanced is the fourth game down a long and great line of stragedy games, involved key game play elements from FFT (final fantasy tactics) and Ogre Battle( N64 & super NES). The great thing about this game is that is has the best mixure between the two. The fighing style for this game follows the same techniqe as FFT, but with a twist. Now when it's your turn to battle you can choose who moves at any time!! You can move you heavy steel weiding Knight first thing, or have your powerful wizard clear the way with his spells, choosing who moves and when is one of the key's to what make this a great game.

Graphics- The graphics are good for the Game boy advance, better than most 32 bit games out there. The toon style characters follow those from the playstation version of Tactics Ogre.

Sound- The dramatic sounds this little game puts out are good at creating the mood for whatver is happening, fighting sounds are also a plus.

Gameplay- The gameplay makes this game what it is...Wonderful!! You follow the life and times of one charcter, and make an impact to other unique characters lives. The ability to make choices adds to the fun factor. If you start over, you can never play this game exactly the same twice.

Highlights- Three battery save slots are available, plus a suspend option for those really long battles. Fun exicited and challenging.

Cons (Had to think of some)- This game is for ones seeking to use stragedy and their mind, not just simple games play. This is not for you if you just want to have some simple fun. It's too easy these days to get a quick walkthrough which takes away from the game play, and anticipation (use skill not cheats).

Overall- You MUST buy this game if have any RPG or stragedy blood in your viens!!

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