Ogre Battle Explained

Ogre Battle
Creator:Yasumi Matsuno
Genre:Tactical role-playing, real-time strategy
Platforms:EZweb, Game Boy Advance, iMode, Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn, Super NES
First Release Version:
First Release Date:March 12, 1993
Latest Release Version:
Latest Release Date:November 11, 2022

is a series of five tactical role-playing and real-time strategy video games developed by Quest Corporation and is currently owned by Square Enix through Square's acquisition of Quest. There are five main games in the series, starting with the release of in 1993.

Overview

The first video game in the series, , was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan, and two years later in North America. The title was a real-time strategy role playing game, set in a medieval fantasy world.[1] The second game in the series, , was released in 1995 in Japan. It was a turn-based tactical role-playing game making use of isometric graphics, and the title is largely considered to be "exceptionally influential" to the genre.[2] [3] Two subsequent games in the Ogre Battle series – Ogre Battle 64 and – follow the real-time strategy gameplay of the original title in the franchise, while follows the turn-based tactical role-playing gameplay elements of the second game in the series.

The Knight of Lodis, released in 2001, is the last original release in the franchise. In 2010, Tactics Ogre was remade for the PlayStation Portable as , but the characters, story and setting are identical to the 1995 release. The creator of the series, Yasumi Matsuno, directed the remake of the game. Matsuno was also responsible for another highly influential title, Final Fantasy Tactics, originally released in 1997. Though the title bears no relation to the Ogre Battle series, Final Fantasy Tactics is considered by some critics to be a spiritual successor to Tactics Ogre.[4] As of 2016, the franchise mostly remains active through re-releases of the first two games for the Nintendo's Virtual Console service in Japan, North America and Europe.

Both "Ogre Battle" and "The March of the Black Queen" were titles to Queen songs from their 1974 album Queen II. In addition, "Let Us Cling Together" is the subtitle to their song "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" from 1976's A Day at the Races.

Video games

Side stories

Related software

A prerelease demo of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was made available in early October 1995 for the Super Famicom add-on Satellaview. It consists of a battle in a preset map where the player has full control over two opposing teams, similar to the training mode in the full version of game.[5]

In 1996, Bothtec Corporation released in Japan a CD-ROM containing a collection of images and artwork used in Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. The package is titled Tactics Ogre Complete Works and also includes icons, wallpapers, databases and a screen saver. It is available for Windows 95 and Mac OS.[6] [7]

Reception

Sales

The series has sold over 2 million copies worldwide,[8] placing it among the best-selling Japanese role-playing game franchises.

Sales
Title YearConsoleJapanUSATotalRef.
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen1993SNES400,000400,000[9]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together1995SFC515,311515,311[10]
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - Limited Edition1996PS59,817 47,655107,472
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen1996SS48,449 48,449
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together1996SS78,99378,993[11]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together1997PS13,963 16,94030,903[12]
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber1999N64200,770 76,529277,299[13] [14]
Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia2000NGPC14,283 14,283 [15]
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis2001GBA282,838 100,390383,228[16] [17]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together2010PSP279,207Unknown279,207
Total sales: 2,135,145

Critical reception

Among critics, the series was acclaimed both in Japan and North America. According to the review aggregator GameRankings, the SNES release of March of the Black Queen has an average aggregate rating of 84%, while the PlayStation port of Let Us Cling Together has an average of 81%.[18] [19] Ogre Battle 64 has an average of 86% and The Knight of Lodis 84%.[20] In Japan, gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu scored the Super Famicom releases of March of the Black Queen and Let Us Cling Together 33/40 and 34/40, respectively.[21] [22] The magazine also provided high scores for Ogre Battle 64 (33/40) and The Knight of Lodis (34/40), while Prince of Zenobia received a slightly lower score, 28/40.[23] [24] The PSP remake of Let Us Cling Together is the most critically acclaimed release in the series, with an average of 88% at GameRankings and a score of 36/40 from Weekly Famitsu.[25] [26] [27]

Critical reception from publications which reviewed five or more entries in the series
ReleasePublication score
Title YearPlatformEGMFamitsuGameInformerGameProGameSpotIGN
1993SNES31.5/40[28] 33/40[29] 6.75/10[30] 15/20[31] –9/10[32]
1996PS30/40[33] 32/40[34] 6.5/1016.5/20[35] 7.8/10[36] 6/10[37]
1996SS–28/40[38] ––––
1995SNES–34/40[39] ––––
1996SS–30/40[40] ––––
1997PS33/40[41] 31/40[42] 8/104.5/5[43] 7.9/10[44] –
1999N6425/30[45] 33/40[46] 9/1013/20[47] 9.1/10[48] 8.8/10[49]
2000NGPC–28/40[50] ––––
2001GBA24.5/30[51] 34/40[52] 8/104.5/5[53] 9.1/10[54] 8.5/10[55]
2010PSP7/10[56] 36/40[57] 9/104.5/5[58] 9/10[59] 8.5/10[60]
2022Microsoft Windows––––––
2022Nintendo Switch––––8/10[61] –
2022PlayStation 4––––––
2022PlayStation 5––––––

See also

Notes and References

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  2. http://randomnpc.com/2011/04/14/tactics-ogre-let-us-cling-together-staff-review/ Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together – Staff Review
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  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20011230151033fw_/http://www.quest-kk.com/kanren-syohin/goods_others.html Quest's Official Website
  7. https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/145049455 Suruga-Ya
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