The Wheel of Fortune lets you turn back time for the entire story as well: certain points in the story, typically when something significantly crazy goes down, are saved as “anchor points”. On a smaller scale, the Wheel of Fortune lets you turn back time in a particular battle, even as far as 50 turns, so you can fix a mistake or try a different strategy without restarting from the beginning.īut that wheel in the sky keeps on turning in bigger ways (whoops, wrong '80s band… the Ogre series is based on Queen, not Journey!). The most significant change is a brand new feature called the Wheel of Fortune (Vanna White not included), which influences the game in multiple ways. But some new extra touches streamline the experience, like a bar that essentially acts as a “news ticker”, scrolling important information like the recent actions taken (way more informative than CNN). The core mechanics are still the same and as solid as ever: You take turns with the enemy marching your army around a chessboard-like battlefield, maneuvering onto favorable terrain and dispatching foes with a wide variety of different classes. Then you’ve got some handy additions to the gameplay. Right off the bat, you’ll notice that the graphics have been updated for the PSP, and the plot and dialogue have been rewritten and retranslated to higher standards than we used to have in the ancient days of decrepit 16-bit. The original plot, characters, and gameplay have been retained, but a slew of new features have been introduced to bring Tactics Ogre into the modern era.

If it weren’t for Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics wouldn’t even exist, so if you enjoyed the latter you ought to pay your respects to the former.Īnd this fresh PSP remake is a great opportunity to do just that. Well, folks, it’s just about that time again.įans might notice that, having the same subtitle as the original Tactics Ogre, this new entry in the series is actually a remake of the granddaddy of the tactics RPG genre. If you’re an old fart of an RPG player like me, you might remember the Ogre Battle series rearing its head once in a while, then quietly slipping into the background of the gaming landscape, biding its time until the next release. (Disclaimer: Game Revolution is not responsible for any unmet expectations of actually seeing ogres during this game.) It can only mean one thing: an Ogre Battle is afoot. Little soldiers moonwalking in place as they wait for their turn.

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