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Ogre Battle 64 Review
User Submitted Ogre Battle 64 Reviews
Date: 2005-10-31
Excellent strategy game. A top pick
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.
Date: 2005-05-24
Ogre Battle 64 Rulez
I have played this game many, many times. Too many to count. If it is not apperant by the title of this review I think this is an excelent game. Because it is so long and has so many complexcities it has some great replay value. Gaining powerful units such as the princess and the dragoon is chalanging and fun, as well as mastering the chaos frame and creating perfect teams. The storyline is complex and includes a corrupt holy empire and demons from the other world, as well as rebels, slaves, love and much more. Awesome game, I highly recomend it.
Date: 2005-02-03
boooooooooooooorrrrrrrrriiiiingggggggggg
this game kinda stinks.you go talk to this old dude who gives you these long drawn out battle plans.then you watch these long drawn out cut scenes.then you go into these map/worlds.when you get near an enemy,you fight.well,sort of.the computer does everything.theres a lot of complicated planning involved.theres no clear cut way to figure out anything.its a real pain in the hiney.whats more is i dont belive i even saw any ogres.of course im only on like level 2 since the game is totaly screwed.i bought it used and the guy before me only got that far too.no wonder i got this so cheap.this game will use up all of your extra brain space.if you thought out how to beat it.you wouldnt have the brain sense left to eat cheerios.someone would have to run you an iv.youd almost have to be like freakin fixated on its ended.its totaly freakin ridiculous.and then ,as youre being slain by little people with sticks,even though youre sporting a dragon,you are helpless to defend yourself.it sucks.
Date: 2004-12-17
Addicting game with one fatal flaw
I had never been much of a fan of strategy or RPG games, so I didn't really expect to find Ogre Battle 64 much fun. A friend that owns the game also expressed his disappointment when he lent it to me.. He didn't like the little control you have over your troops' attack, nor did he like the traveling that you must do in the overworld. Despite all of these reasons, I figured that I should give Ogre Battle 64 a try. I checked out the tutorial first, and although it was helpful, it was unbelievably boring. The graphics weren't anything special. The only thing I liked about them were the fact that they looked like the type of people in Harvest Moon 64. Oh well. Sound effects are simple, and the music isn't entirely catchy.
However, as soon as I started my own file, I realized why this game is so popular among the critics and the gamers. This isn't your typical RPG. Sure, you can level up and change your character type, but it's not one where you keep on fighting until your enemy dies. Nope. Battles only go on for a limited amount of time, and you win if you deal more damage than the other unit. Each unit has a leader. If the enemy unit's leader dies, the unit will retreat even if they had won. If you weaken an opposing unit, then they can either heal themselves or retreat to a stronghold and recuperate. It is always desireable to slaughter the enemy unit's leader, but he or she can be protected. There are different classes to deal with, and they have different attacks. Yeah. The strategy in this game can get pretty complex. Usually I don't enjoy this type of strategy, but I found Ogre Battle 64 strangely addicting. I also loved the sheer amount of customization that is possible. You can change the names of all of the soldiers in your legion, and even tinker with their classes.
I had originally criticized this game for having a faulty save system. However, I was later informed that one can indeed save between missions like I wanted by saving in the map screen that plays between missions. Previously, I had just ignored everything and went on to the next mission, so I suppose it wasn't surprising that I was missing everything that the map screen offers. And the map screen does offer a LOT that I was missing out. For example, not only does it give you an option to save, but it also gives you an option to read more about the story and the characters, and it even lets you watch past cutscenes. (There are a lot of cutscenes, but they are all text.) There is even a hidden and quite amusing cutscene celebrating the birthday of your character. Not only that, but in the map screen you can fight enemies for training your troops in bitter battles to the death. Knowing about this save feature has completely revived my interest in the game. There had been so much that I was missing out in Ogre Battle 64, but with this newly-discovered save tactic, I can confidently roll on! And a game of such "lordly" caliber deserves it!
Date: 2004-07-08
It's awesome!
The graphics are sweet and the storyline is kickbutt! This is one of the best games of all time!
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