Ogre Battle 64
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Product Summary
Brand: Atlus SoftwarePlatform: Nintendo 64
Video Game Reviews of Ogre Battle 64
Customer Review: Excellent strategy game. A top pick
Summary: 5 Stars
Ogre Battle is definetly one of my favorite strategy games of all time. Very challenging, tons of secrets to unlock (characters, weapons, etc.), great game concept, and ridiculous amounts of replay value - go ahead and take the path of evil if you want, the game changes to suit your style. That being said, let's take a look at what you're getting yourself into here.
This is NOT a quickly paced game. Your button mashing skills are completely worthless here. You will not have to put in 8 move combos. In fact, you don't even directly participate in fighting. Think of yourself as a general. You assemble your troops, give them their orders, and send them out on the field. You can direct their movements, but once they engage the enemy, the battle is decided by the computer, based on how you have arranged your men and how strong they are. It's all about planning. What kind of units do you want? Where will you send them? What style of fighting should they engage in?
And that's just the basics. Night and day play a role in combat, as does terrain you're on, deployment costs, and a host of other factors that you'll have to experience for yourself. Playing this game through to the end will take you quite a while, especially if you go hunting on all the side quests (highly recommended). It's an awesome game, but don't expect an RPG. It's straight-up strategy at its best.
Description of Ogre Battle 64
Nintendo 64 gamers have been waiting a long time for a true role-playing game to come along for their system. Now that wait is over. Like a good book, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber will hold your attention until you either fall asleep on the couch or finish that last chapter.Prior adventures in the Ogre series have left gamers wanting more--much more. Very few role-playing games (both then and now) have had such expansive depth. The series has allowed players to tweak every character, create specialized forces, and command them in battles through three different story lines.
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber carries forth this formula in both creating and commanding your forces, not to mention choosing from multiple endings. The object is to face ogres, defeat them, and bring peace to the Netherworld. Each mission has a winning condition, which entails capturing an enemy position. A briefing before each mission supplies you with objectives and a map.
Unfortunately, not everything is happy in Ogre land. The music and sound effects have a lot in common with older SNES titles, which is to say they're not quite up to snuff. Graphically, some of the character animations are stiff, and the tiny icons are difficult to see.
Apart from those small gripes, patience is your biggest hurdle in this game. Like most RPGs, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is at times tedious. With more than four endings as well as three main paths to make your way through, any attempt to complete this game will greatly test your stamina. Ultimately, this is a masterpiece of sorts that only true RPG fans will be able to enjoy. --Todd Mowatt
Pros:
- Customizable characters
- Multiple endings
- Poor music and sound effects
- Tiny icons are hard to read
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