Ogre Battle Complete Series Retrospective 

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Ogrebattle 64 was awesome, it had so many hidden items, quests, and characters!!!

It’s hard to even articulate just how amazing the Ogre Battle games were for their time. My friend and I rented the SNES version as a joke cuz we thought the case art looked funny, then we were hooked when we actually tried it. I remember I fell asleep during a slumber party watching my friend playing SNES Ogre Battle when we were like 13. I’ll never forget waking up in the middle of the night and seeing that he passed out literally holding the controller trying to fight off sleep cuz he wanted to keep playing lmfao… that game was so damn amazing I miss those days.

The fact this series has been left by the wayside is a travesty.

Watching this while playing "Reborn" Let Us Cling Together. It's a marvelous age! After all the tactics games that came out in 2022, the future's looking bright!

Ogre Battle 64 is not only my favorite in the series but a top 5 game of all time for me. I loved it. A shame the series has seen no love.

Still holding out for this… please square let Ogre Battle live again!

I'm a die hard fan of the series and fell in love with it the second I played the March of the Black Queen when I was a kid. I still remember the entire story from all the games to date. In any case, you forgot to talk about the world lore. All of the games are inter-connected, the main character from the original game shows up and becomes a member of Magnus's army. Also Lans Hamilton was Destin Faroda (MC of first game) first ally, that shows up in Tactics Ogre alongside Warren Moon and Canopus, who were both members of Destin's army as well in the first game. And the reason for their appearances in those games are for lore reason, that they are investigating the Lodis Empire, who are responsible for all the wars and demon summonings. The GBA title, is the prequel to the whole series, and it's story is unique in that main character is actually the founder of the Lodis Empire, I find that really freaking cool.

The knights of lodis was my first tactics game ever. I remember my mom taking me to KB games and I just picked it up not knowing anything about it. I'm grateful child me had good taste for amazing games.

I was nothing short of blown away by the story of Ogre Battle 64. I was about 12 when the game came out in NA, and I'd never seen a game factor in politics. The scene that really hit home for me was when King Procus is confronted by Richard and cows to Lodis rather than asserting Palatinus' autonomy. In any other fantasy setting, the king holds absolute power, but in OB64, the king is so easily intimidated into submission and not even by another king but a knight who is just a glorified hatchet man. That amazed me at the time.

When I was about 14 I saw Ogre Battle 64 in a gaming magazine and immediately became obsessed with it. My birthday was coming up and I begged my parents for it. My mom asked someone at our local game store if they had it and he responded by laughing and saying "Good luck finding that game." My mom asked if I wanted something else and I asked for, and received, a replacement. Then about a week after my birthday my mom came into my room with a copy of the game and let me know she had never stopped looking for it. She drove an hour and a half away to find it. It will always hold me special place in my heart for that reason alone, but on top of that it ended up being one of the best games I've ever played. I've been a huge fan of the series since then, I would drop anything on a re-release or sequel of any of these games.

Tactics Ogre filled many of my summer days as a kid. Will never forget the first time I got the the Kachua option and ... yeah =( I will never forget that feeling.

Ogre Battle 64 is still one of my favorite RPG’s of all time. It has inspired me In so many ways and im desperate to see anyone even try and recreate the love and care it had put in it.

Found this video after watching the Tactics Ogre Reborn Trailer 100 times. As a huge Ivalice fan, I feel there's been a massive FOMO element to having not played any Ogre Battle games. Thanks for the video!

Small addition: There was a 5th game in the Ogre Battle series released Japan only on the Wonderswan Color which followed Prince Tristam prior to meeting him in the 1st Ogre Battle game. I'm not sure if it had an English Patch (I played using map translations back in the day), but it was also in the series as a Gaiden/Side-Story game. It played very similarly to March of the Black Queen.

Absolutely love Ogre Battle/Tactics. The best srpgs ever made, i think. And i believe we are long overdue for another masterpiece.

I played through Knight of Lodis on very long bus rides during an educational trip around Europe. It's still one of my fondest memories of the trip. Thank you for the kind words about it.

LUCT for PSP is the greatest tactics game of all time. Checks every box for me.

The many hours I ran with Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen on an emulator. That game for me, timeless. I always remember my first playthrough coming in blind then finding out several missions later that there were chances I can recruit characters.

OgreBattle 64 is one of my all time favorites, Ive beaten that game at least 3-4 times and each times like 40-70 hours, very very few games hold my attention like that

Ogre Battle is by far my favorite game on the Nintendo 64...I pray for a remake on modern consoles since that day...

ogre battle was absolutely my favorite Super Nintendo game of all time. sooooo much to that game , still to this date one of the deepest games I've ever played ,so many hidden characters ,so many choices ,such awesome auto combat. This game was something special .

Ogre Battle was an amazing game. Tactics Ogre was a complete change yet I still loved the game. I still think the original game was the best however.

I don't remember much of Tactics Ogre today, but I have some hella nostalgia for it. I was a big FF fan but somehow I ended up with TO instead of FFT. I remember my friends and I taking turns doing battles and leveling up characters together. Fun times.

I only played Ogre Battle 64, and absolutely loved it. It's one of the only cartridges that I still possess.

Man, I poured God knows how many hours into The Knight of Lodis just trying to unlock certain classes

Ogre Battle 64 was my introduction into it, as a tiny babby. Despite being so young, I still found myself enjoying it. ...I also remember setting my birthday early and save-scumming for a particular sword which gave a massive performance boost to whoever had it (it was just a generic sword, but higher tier than you could otherwise get this early). Never beat it though.

Ogre Battle 64. The storyline was mature, with divergence for replayability. The relationship between the brothers Sir Richard Glendale and Sir Baldwin Glendale was complicated and fascinating. Richard, the leader of the Calignus Order (Knights Templar, effectively) treated his younger brother Baldwin harshly, yet deeply loved him. Richard Glendale was the patriarch of a powerful political family of warriors in the Holy Lodis Empire. Their family had been humiliated by their Pope/Emperor, and wanted to attain greater mythical power in Palatinus to overthrow Lodis and gain vengeance for their father's mistreatment and death. In fact, Richard wanted Baldwin to attain the "ultimate power" they search for the entire game. This directly contradicts Richard's harsh and callous treatment of his younger brother (this includes telling Baldwin the only reason he is alive after his failures against the protagonist, is because of his lineage).The character development is brilliant, complicated, and full of realistic characters you empathize with. In addition, the political dynamics were well thought out. The Holy Lodis Empire was effectively running Palatinus as a client state, making the protagonists revolution against not just Palatinus, but the Holy Lodis Empire. The inclusion of characters from previous titles made the game incredibly fun. Destin Faroda, Quass Deboair, you find yourself doing whatever it takes to attain them in your army. Thank you for posting this, Ogre Battle is an incredible series, with the 64 version being a true piece of art in graphics, game play, soundtack and story.

I love this game. So many secret characters, the 12 stones, trading the stones for crowns, making princesses, Brunhild, Princess + Lich = too OP.

Loved Ogre Battle 64. Thanks for explaining the link between FFT and the Ogre Battle series. Always thought those games were way too similar to be coincidence.

the original tactics ogre is my favorite video game of all time, but i honestly love the entire series so much, i have physical copies of the original ogre battle limited esition and the knight of lodis, and i am actually currently playing let us cling together on my adroid phone on an emulator. I honestly am not a fan of the psp version, but im glad it exists. Love them all so much. My favorite game series of all time. Matsuno is a creative genius and the entire quest team has blessed us all with their masterful works of art.

Played Tactics Ogre LUCT during a very difficult time of my life. Its one those games that I can go back to and still feel the magic of experiencing a great game for the first time.

The music may be repetitive because there's a limited selection of them, but tracks such as the one that begins at 5:50 are burnt into my mind as vgm classics.

I remember renting Ogre Battle 64 as a kid, and it went wayyyyyy over my head. Wish I'd known how badly they needed the sales, and how I was sitting on a gem, I might have tried to get my folks to pick it up.

Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite game of all time. They need to make a new iteration in the series based on the overworld map system.

The first one was my favourite. I remember making the leader hit three times and then the other teams just destroyed the other army while the leader beat the boss. Worked til the last stage when enemies kept re spawning… Still remember the “LIBERATION” and “FIGHT IT OUT” voice lines.

The original ogre battle on SNES is what got me into strategy RPGs. I was also amazed when you were able to recruit Deneb or Debonair, cuz there are few games I know of where you can recruit the boss you just fought

Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite game of all time. I'm pretty sure I spent more than 350 hours in the game. Choosing different strategies, different paths, different characters, different classes in each campaign. Even like 20 years after the game was released, I discovered new characters lines and cutscenes that I never got when I played the game when I read the forums on Gamefaqs. It's an amazing game. It's a shame that the franchise was dead for many decades. But now when Squarenix announced Tactics Ogre Reborn, I became excited again. My hope they someday bring a new Ogre Battle game to the Switch after the success of the Fire Emblem franchise.

Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite game of all time. Thanks for the video

Great video on a series that absolutely does not get enough coverage! I really need to give Knights of Lodis a try, but thankfully several of these games have been rereleased digitally! Ogre Battle 64 is available on the Wii U eShop for a mere $10, and the PSP version of Let Us Cling Together is available for the same price for PSP and Vita!

I remember playing Ogre Battle 64 so much and the story has always stuck with me. I would even say, I'm a different person today because I played Ogre Battle 64. It is definitely not a game everyone gets or enjoys, but the fans of it always rate it in their top games of all time.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together on the PSP. My only gripe with that game was the weapons crafting system. Other than that, best story and best soundtrack.

The thing I miss most from the first game is just how BIG the maps were. There was so much to explore. Neither of the other two games replicated that. Even Ogre Battle 64 had smaller maps. Give me big complicated maps full of stuff. That's why even after almost 30 years I keep coming back to the first one over and over again. I still haven't found everything.

I love the Ogre Battle series, great video! Ogre Battle 64 is also one of my favorite games for the N64. As far the graphics go I always thought the sprites looked like claymation a little and I liked it. I think that's the "blurry" and "laggy" effect you mentioned. I always found it oddly appealing.

I remember being introduced to the series in the 2000s on an emulator. I fell in love with March of the Black queen and I eventually bought it on ps1, to play on my ps3. Cost me $100. I still have it.

Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen changed the game. It was very rare to find in North America and even more rare to find the official strategy guide.

Tactics Ogre the Knight of Lodis is *the* game that got me into rpgs. Since I never got to play anything prior to Gameboy Advance games I never really got the opportunity to play all the rest of ogre battle games. Eventually I moved on but TOTKOL left such an amazing impression on me that every once in a while I go back and play the game over and over again. I was really hoping they would make a new or continuation of tactics ogre in ds or 3ds but I guess they took their time and we finally have reborn. I havent played it yet but ik what I will be playing soon. Thank you for the video! It really reminded me of the beauty of this series!

I remember this game. It's a gem. I remember getting lucky on the 2nd stage and found an item that allowed an Amazon to turn into the Princess class. This was quite early in the game, so this class was extremely powerful because it gave an extra attack to all units in that group. The Princess' back row attack was also great to have early game because no other class at this level, except your spellcaster main, have powerful AOE spells. This group became one of my best once I added Liches among the ranks. The party was nearly unstoppable.

I remember knight of lodis being my most favorite tactics game and one of the first that made me enjoy the genre. I've been on a huge tactics kick again lately after triangle strategy and am sad to see they just never did more tactics ogre games.

tKoL was my first tactics genre game, instantly loved it despite the fact of not being able to travel/explore deeply (i was used to FF and DQ games back in the mid 2000s) then i played LUCT for PSP and i found the glory. The soundtrack, the artwork, the plot and the lore, everything from LUCT is sublime and once i found out about the best ending of tKoL it was like OMG I'd definetly love a tKoL remake ala PSP LUCT

Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite 64 game as well!!! I always loved the class system even when characters die you can upgrade and level people (Angel knights!!!) plus the special items and characters/classes that you get based off of the chaos frame system made this game so fun, with so much to aim for each playthrough. I always hope for some kind of news that a new one based off of the ogre battle 64 system will come out. There has not been anything like it since.

Ahh Ogre Battle the seed that sprout the best strategy games. Yasumi should be more recognized.

I grew up poor in a small rural town. We didn’t have a block buster, but the local grocery store stocked a few movies and even fewer games. Ogre Battle Person of Lordly Caliber was one. I rented it because that’s all they had, and it changed the way I thought about games. I was completely addicted! I loved the deep storytelling and the decision making! I will never forget staying up past my bed time and stuffing t shirts under my door so no one would see the light coming from my tv screen and know I was still playing it! I wish they would continue the series. It is right up there with Ocarina of Time in my book. Best two 64 games out there.

I played 64 and loved it. I think it may be the only tactics type game I ever played. The initual draw was the art style, I loved it. Then the story got me. I still have fond memories of it.

I rented the snes version back in the 90's over and over, never actually bought it until later in life. Ogre Battle 64 blew me away 15 years later in college.

Ogre Battle was amazing. Wish it would come back

Ogre battle 64 is my favourite. There was so much to do and unlock. There was that story, which really made it pop and the most of the characters are memorable. And the twist in the middle caught me by surprise. I was a teen at the time but I though that was so cool.

I adore this series. Ogre Battle LE on the PS1 was the first game I bought with my own money, and I've loved them all since. Great retrospective.

Bro, like seriously...why do you only have about 50k subs? This is an amazing perspective on a very underrated series. Good stuff!

Literally my favorite series ever. Gameplay to story its,incredible and underrated

I appreciated the fact that I had spent a major part of my gaming childhood playing Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Warsong for the Genesis. Had a great time with these titles when I had all the time in the world compared to now. ⚔️

So cool! I was just looking for a summery vid of this series this week. It was definitely lacking out there. Thank you so much for making this

I've been saying for ages ogre battle 64 is the best rpg on the Nintendo 64. Also my favorite tactics games

Thx for doing this vid. I grew up on Ogre Battle 64 with it being one of my fave games, and I'm revitalized now in pursuing playing the rest. I'm playing Final Fantasy Tactics right now for the first time and loving it, so I know these games are gonna be my jam. 🍻

Ogrebattle on the snes was mind blowing. I think I've played it once a year since I discovered it as a kid. The n64 ogre battle I got 2 copies of. One to play, and one for my shelf. It's still the only game that I spent money on to never play.

Ogre battle is a majestic game that deserves more love than what it got

I wish like with some RPGs being released nowadays, the Tactical RPGs did the same. These games took up A LOT of my video game time growing up. Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, FF Tactics, Ogre Battle 64, & more. Such great stories & simple yet intuitive gameplay.

The game managed to keep rpg elements to where i know where everyone is on such a grand scale.64 is my fav. just included so many classes. loved how the weapons changed and there was a tool tip for everything. everything press select its ok not to memorize what vitality is.just so many little things make this so it will always be my favorite game series.

I remember being a kid playing tactics ogre and thinking "wow this is definitely a grown ups game!" The atmosphere of the story really got me.

Thank you for this adventure into the world of masterpieces!

I play the heck out of Ogre battle it’s one of my favorite games. Even though it’s SNES it still holds up today

I remember i got Ogre Battle as a gift from my mom when I was young. She got it with a strategy guide written by an honest to god former Army Colonel who professed that his military expertise was valid in writing the strategy guide for this game and as a kid that just blew me away. The guide was actually really good, but the game was simply beyond me as a kid. Years later I finally managed to beat the game on an emulator on PC. Such a wonderful game. I always loved that secret level you could access by entering your name a certain way and it would start you off with super advanced units on a one shot map.

MotBQ is one of my favorite games of all time. Thank you for making this video. I wish the subgenre would make a comeback.

This series and Breath of Fire series deserves a remake, hope they happen someday.

As someone who grew up playing Knights of Lodis and Warcraft 3, these games really shaped the kind of games I would get into (xcom, fire emblem, starcraft, total war, etc). Imagine my surprise when let us cling together was released for PSP and the horror after my sibling brought MY PSP with them overseas, never to be seen again. I never did finish the game then. Thank god for emulators

Amazing analysis as always! The Ogre Battle series are my all time favorite games and most of the reason I made my channel was to show it and make it better known (currently in the middle of the gameplay of it). I absolutely love and look up to your channel.

Tactics ogre KoL had the fanstastic emblem system that was unique at that moment ,i hope they made more ogre series games

Great series - i have them all in original carts that i started collecting recently. I had such good memories from these games growing up that i had to get them again.

This might be my favourite game of all time! I remember finding it as a kid in '95 at the local 7-11. Then I read about it in the Nintendo Power edition that same year. OBSESSED. I still play it every year.

My favorite series, thanks for covering it

We seriously need a new Ogre Battle game. Square Enix is never going to do it, though

“Ninjas and knights” that’s basically easy mode on Final Fantasy Tactics as well. Must include Orlandeau’s base class though, he’s OP OP. I love Agrias Oaks as well, amazing character.

A phenomenal series that deserves way more love.

I remember the day I brought home Tactics Ogre: The knights of Lodis. That game was AMAZING !

3 Fire Emblem games came out on the NES and is credited with inventing the genre, Ogre Battle was inspired by it, not the other way around

Great retrospective, informative and well edited.

Ogre Battle is my favorite of the strat/rpg genre. Also heavily influenced my world building.

Ogre battle was one of my first experiences on snes besides ff6 and 7th saga and breath of fire growing up. All amazing games I keep going back to.

Ogre Battle 64. I was quite young when it came out and my parents gave me the options of getting either Ogre Battle 64 (which I thought looked awesome in Nintendo Power) for my birthday or a (kids) scooter. I was torn but ultimately picked the scooter so I could hang out with my friends who had them. My parents surprised me with the game as well because of my non gaming choice.

Ogre Battle is one of my fave series and LUCT on PSP is in my Top 5 games of all time. The only game missing from this video is the forgotten NGPC game. I hope a fan translation becomes available one day of that forgotten handheld edition. Nice work and glad to see someone make a video about this neglected series.

I love that Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen is a double tribute to my favorite Queen album.

I love how monk and ninja class is always good

Damn... I shouldn't have returned March of the Black Queen to Blockbuster when I rented it. XD

Favorite series ever! Can't wait to see this video! And my favorite game in the series is ogrebattle 64.

It's nice to see someone out there that remembers these games. While I hold no hope that Ogre series will ever return, it was a great, glorious series for its time, and incredibly impactful especially on the tactics side, where most Japanese tactics games have copied the systems of Tactics Ogre to one degree or another since its release.

There is one other ogre battle game "Legend of Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia". Only came out on the Neo Geo pocket and only in Japan so basically no one knows about it.

The gba game was my childhood and is why I love these sorts of games

I rented the original Ogre Battle for the SNES from Blockbuster when it was released and never returned it - not intentionally, it got lost for about ten years. I still have that copy, as well as a second copy I got at Funcoland for $100. I remember turning Lanz into a vampire early into the game, then when I beat the game he stabbed the protagonist (the player-character) in the back and became emperor himself.

My faves were Person of Lordly Caliber and The knight of Lodis growing up. Two games that really defined my ideal gaming experience for rpgs and strategy games. Dark, gritty stories, tough combat, beautiful sprites and backgrounds, character customization, even that weird biorhythm stuff that secretly influences your fighting ability. My question to you is... do you press B to guard in these games like I do? I swear it works for Magnus

Recently grabbed Tactics Ogre for the PSP via PSVITA. Super excited to get into it.