Tactics Ogre

by Atlus

Product Features

• Strategic RPG set in fantasy world
• Non-linear storyline
• 8 possible endings
• 3-D isometric battlefields
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000009QCW
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,986 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation

From the Manufacturer

Tactics Ogre, the highly anticipated sequel to Ogre Battle Limited Edition, is now available to US gamers. The story takes place in a land called Valeria, it consists of 15 islands and several different ethnic groups. As a result, many wars have been fought over who would control Valeria.

The purpose of the game is to end the war in Valeria. You, the player, will play the role of Denim, a 16 year old Walstanian boy from the port town of Goliath. The Walstanians are an ethnic group, who were given a chance to gain independence under the leadership of Duke Ronway. But now, they are forced to live on an island just south of the continent called Gurdohki. The outcome of the game will differ depending on the choices you make. Features:

• 100 plus hours of game play
• 8 different possible endings
• Non-linear storyline
• 3-D isometric battlefields

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tactics Ogre, the pinnacle of strategy/RPGs, 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 (Video Game)

I must confess, I bought this game only because I had played Final Fantasy Tactics and loved it. Desperate for a strategy/RPG fix, I got TO because many of FFT's creators had worked on it. But just because it preceded FFT does not mean it's not as good...on the contrary, it actually is more fun and absorbing than its slickly polished descendant.

Let's start with the bad news. Tactics Ogre was originally released for the Super NES, and it shows. With small, blocky sprites and the inability to rotate a camera (because the background is also 2D), TO won't be winning any graphics awards anytime soon. The in-game speech portraits are nice, though.

Tactics Ogre can also occasionally get monotonous - the most common culprit being the constant need for training. There's also a special 100-floor (!) dungeon that is not for the faint of heart.

Now the good news: The story is absorbing. TO takes place in the island nations of Valeria; you play Denim Powell, a young member of the Walstanian ethnic group. He, his sister Kachua, and his friend Vice are determined to lead Walsta out from under the oppressive hand of the ruling Gargastan. They're helped in this aim by a group of exiled warriors from Zenobia: the heroes of the first game in the Ogre Battle Saga. Eventually the scope of the conflict widens to include the rest of Valeria, and culminates in a bitter struggle for the High King's throne and for the power of an incredibly powerful magical artifact. TO's story would be its strongest point...except for one thing.

The gameplay.

Dear God, the gameplay. It's like a sundae smothered in hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles, whipped cream, and with a cherry on top: wonderful, but occasionally overkill. TO's gameplay is definitely deep; while it doesn't have the huge list of jobs and abilities that its descendant, Final Fantasy Tactics, does, I can't help but feel it's without a doubt more complex in terms of strategy. With over a dozen sidequests, not to mention three distinct paths through the game (each of which has its own special characters to get), there's no question that TO has even more replay value than FFT. And that's really saying something!

Tactics Ogre is definitely a game not to be missed. While Atlus is no longer making the game, if you can buy a used copy, do!

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the longest games i've ever played!!, June 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tactics Ogre (Video Game)

I've been an Ogre Battle fan for around 4 years. It took a while, but i got Ogre Battle 64 on clearance in '98. I loved it! Then, just a year ago, i got FFT. (GREAT GAME) While on the internet
looking for help on FFT, i saw many references to a game called Tactics Ogre. After many months, I got this of Ebay for 50 bucks. (Which is actually a VERY good price for this game w/ all inserts.)
Now, on to the review. This game (In terms of plot and class amounts) Is TONS better than FFT. The plot revolves around government, betrayel, and war. There are 3 different paths to take, and it took me around 50 hours to go through one of them. Sure, the graphics are fairly bad, but i figure if you can tell what everything is, your fine.
If you are lucky enough to find this game and you like it, I suggest you get Final Fantasy Tactics, which has a great job system and is now only 20 bucks. Thanks for taking your time to read this.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great storyline far outweighs poor presentation, March 26, 2006

By 

Lokinus (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tactics Ogre (Video Game)

I bought this game when it first came out, and I've kept all these years, and for good reason, this is one of if not the best SRPG ever made, although you probably wouldn't think that just looking at it.

First off the game really doesn't look that good, especially when compared to Final Fantasy Tactics, while FFT has crisp well animated characters, Tactics Ogres characters look blocky discolored and have only a few animations which don't look that natural to begin with. The music is okay, but nothing special, of note is the absolutly absurd "death screams" that each gender makes when they die. The females sound like someone has pinched them and the males sound like they're doing a bad monkey impression. I only mention it because I thought Final Fantasy Tactics had really good screams. While the graphics are rather bland the gameplay fares much better.

Tactics Ogre battle system really doesn't add anything new to the SRPG genre, you enter a map filled with knights and wizards, and sometimes monsters, you choose your soldiers and then attempt to kill them before they kill you. Tactics Ogre utilizes a lot more "Defeat the Leader" then other Tactics games, in fact it uses "Defeat the Leader" more than it uses "Defeat al Enemies" so its important to weigh the pros and cons of defeating everyone else, since if a character is killed in battle thay are gone from the game, their are some resurrection spells in the game, but you won't be able to get them until about the last quarter of the game so for the majority of it you have to be sure that you don't get you team members killed.

The game does one thing that I don't really like, that is that it has scaleable enemy levels, the enemy's level scales up or down depending on your level, which means even if you train a lot often the enemy will still be at the same level as you, its kind of aggrivating to train for 2 hours just to have the enemy auto level itself up to your level. As for training its a tedious little venture, basically you enter training mode which can be done anytime on the world map, you split your forces into two teams then they fight each other, you can control wither team, both, or neither, and just have the computer play both sides, but the fastest way is to control both sides and had weaker characters hit the stronger ones, while the stronger ones just stand around. The whole thing is very boring, however since Tactics Ogre is a pretty difficult game you'll find yourself having to train quite a bit.

Now on to the reason that I gave this game 5 stars, the storyline. This game has an incredible storyline. It starts out simple enough, your main character is a rebel soldier trying to liberate his people from oppression. The story will eventually evolve into you trying to stop an evil being from destroying the island, but for the majority of the game it's a war story, and this is where it really excels. It excels not only because it's a great story, but also because you get to shape the story as you go. At the end of the first chapter you'll have to make an extremely difficulty choice, whether to sacrifice your ideals in order to have a chance to win and liberate your people, or to stick to you ideals even though your people might stay slaves forever. The best part about this choice and indeed all the choices is there is no wrong answer, but more importantly there is no right answer. Depending on your choice people close to your character will die, and some will die no matter what you choose. Characters that might join your party if you make one choice will become bitter enemies that you will be forced to kill in battle if you make another. For example in order for the main character to gain his ultimate class you have to have a certain character die, either by not saving them or killing them off in battle, either way they are gone for goos, and yet your main character is stronger for it.

It's slightly dissapointing that although you have a lot of choices to change the story throughout it will still end about the same. The last chapter is near identical no matter what choices you made, the only difference is what characters are still alive and which are in your party. The final boss is the same no matter what, and he seems tacked on.

The game has plenty of side quests to keep you busy, most notably hell's gate, a 100 floor dungeon. Besides for that their are a lot of secret characters and a few secret classes to unlock, that coupled with the games already long storyline means this one is gonna keep you busy for awhile. No to mention the fact you'll want to play it at least 2 or 3 times to get the full experience, their is nothing quite as heart warming as having an enemy from a former game join your party, or as sad as watching someone who fought side by side with you die in the mud because they didn't agree with your choices.

Overall I can't recommend this game enough, although it has a few faults, you'll quickly forget about them once you get sucked in to the storyline, its gritty, brutal, full of death and betrayal, has a few massacres mixed in for flavor, and it comes out as one of the most intense and well written storylines to date.

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