The snes and PS1 versions are great too.
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FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 6 days ago
i recently got a retro handheld and loaded it with full libraries in case i ever randomly want to play something from the past without any fuss.
put this game in my favorites list to check out! never heard even a single thing about it and would have dismissed it based on title and cover.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 6 days ago
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 5 days ago
oh snap, turns out I have all these versions! which would be good to start with? I know nothing about the entire franchise
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 days ago
The PS1 port jas some QoL improvements
Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Yeah, I’d only played the SNES version.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s an incredible game, but it feels like very few people were aware of it (at least in the US). The closest AAA game to it now would be Unicorn Overlord, if you’ve seen that.
You build squads of units and customize who’s in each party and which tile they stand on, then send them out to a battle map where you can direct them. When they run into enemies, it auto-battles sort of like Fire Emblem.
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I assumed all the games in the Ogre series were TRPG’s like FF Tactics and Fire Emblem? I have Tactics Ogre and Knight of Lodis but haven’t played any of the Ogre Battle games
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I didn’t play the original Tactics Ogre, but I played a bit of the recent remake. It’s very much like FF Tactics, where you move individual units around on a grid, take turns, and adjust the direction they’re facing, etc.
Ogre Battle 64 is more like a full battle map with free, simultaneous movement. You traverse the battle map as sort of an overworld (?), then it switches to the autobattle combat interface when units run into each other.
They have some similarities, but I personally enjoy the Ogre Battle 64 approach more.
cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This is one of my all time favorites and you’re right, very few copies were even sold in the US, my brother is the only other person I know IRL that is even aware of its existence and that’s because we played it together