In 1995, while Playstation and Saturn started to attack the market, Tactics Ogre was released on Super Nintendo. Now after the long period of 16 years, Tactics Ogre has finally arrived on the continent but this time on PSP. Once again, Square Enix PSP bet for one of its pitches. Different from many other portable titles that released last year and those who are projected for 2011, it is not a sequel of any game or a remake of a classic game developed by Quest for SNES in 1995. Even though this title may appear under Final Fantasy Tactics, which is also having an update for PSP, Tactis Ogre has appeared on various consoles like PlayStation and Saturn, and various supplies for systems such as N64 and Game Boy Advance. In addition, we are also aware that it was a great hit in US and Japan, but was less in Europe, but hopefully with the PSP version things will be changed.
As in SNES and most similar games in the genre, it has an isometric view but now there are 3-dimensional scenes and 2D characters. You can also see the plane with a top view. Just the technical enhancement would be a great excuse to go back to Tactics Ogre in portable or discover for the first time, but Square Enix were capable to adjust some aspects of the gameplay and enlarge content to make this the best version till date. The game is packed with political issues, clashes between regions, but also strongly associated stories of personal relationships.
Game’s story is set in Valeria island where the peace is found after many years of war. The difficulty takes place when the king who had unified the country dies, and conflict re-emerging, fragmenting the kingdom and dragging out the social problems. Bakram confirmed independence in the north, while in the south , Walister and Galgastani fight among themselves. This area is Denam Pavel, we join the battle against the Bakram, Galgastani and those who have oppressed the Walister Catiua with his sister and his childhood friend Vyce, all of whom have lost parents to hand the Black Knights. Our choice will shape our personality in the different questions that we made in the argument and even from the very beginning, with a test of moral querys that will test our religious attitude or the boundary of friendship. Though it may appear unimportant, these decisions mark the peers’ responses and the fate to be crossed in the future ahead.
Like other SRPG games, general mechanics is quite common to other parts: a land separated into square portions of dissimilar height, producing a terrain that adds strategy to combat the board in which to play. Each character has its own values and one of them is the recovery time, which decides the movement speed and the turn order. The type of weapons like armor-a heavier, slower, or class affects the recovery and that makes each unit, can be up to 12 in our side-act in time, without separating Time player enemy. The attack, taking into account the direction we face, since it does not cause the same damage from the front to the back.
Tactics Ogre is a very deep and multifaceted game for genre players, I can also say that it is slow and not suitable for games with little planning. Perhaps its not the best game to play if you have not experienced some strategy game, but if you do, you'll be testing one of the best game existing today. But if you're a fan of total control, looking for a title and dense millimeter many hours calculating each parameter, the game will not disappoint. There are different kinds of units such as warriors, mages, archers or rogues that increase their power by learning spells, getting items and equipment. Of course, you need to find a good balance on our side and play with cunning, a magician or archer should stay behind to take advantage of their ranged attacks without being endangered.
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