Walican132 21 points 2 years ago

Just saw a copy for 100 dollars at a GameStop in the Portland area yesterday. Crazy how expensive this game is now.

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The_Picard_Maneuver 17 points 2 years ago

That's so much. It seems to be getting a small spike in attention these days with some recent games inspired by it (like Unicorn Overlord, or a popular indie game called Symphony of War).

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FunnyUsername 18 points 2 years 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.

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The_Picard_Maneuver 19 points 2 years 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.

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cmbabul 3 points 2 years 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

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QuantumSparkles 3 points 2 years 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

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The_Picard_Maneuver 2 points 2 years 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.

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TachyonTele 7 points 2 years ago

The snes and PS1 versions are great too.

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FunnyUsername 3 points 2 years ago

oh snap, turns out I have all these versions! which would be good to start with? I know nothing about the entire franchise

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TachyonTele 3 points 2 years ago

The PS1 port has some QoL improvements

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Nemo 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'd only played the SNES version.

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criitz 8 points 2 years ago

I love this game! One of the best in the genre. I've still got my cartidge

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Alexstarfire 7 points 2 years ago

My biggest regret is selling this game when I was done with it. Every now and then I look to see if can be properly emulated yet.

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thermal_shock 5 points 2 years ago

Can it not be emulated?

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Alexstarfire 3 points 2 years ago

Ehh, sorta. Technically it ran, but it was not a great experience. The background and other stuff didn't render. I'm not really sure why this is a game that's difficult to emulate.

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captain_aggravated 4 points 2 years ago

N64 be like that. There's a track in Mario Kart 64 that has a big display board that shows a picture of the race, and in emulators it's blank because they used a unique feature of the N64's hardware to achieve that effect.

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h0rnman 3 points 2 years ago

If you still have the original hardware, a flash cart might be worth looking into

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Vegasvator 7 points 2 years ago

I'm sad that there has never been a successor. Still waiting for Ogrebattle 65.

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Hobbes_Dent 5 points 2 years ago

Space Station Silicone Valley.

That was life changing too.

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QuantumSparkles 4 points 2 years ago

I regret not buying this game for $50 a few years ago

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Jarix 3 points 2 years ago

I'm just really happy to see love for this franchise. It and snes version are some of the best games I've ever played.

I still dont know how they managed to pack so much into them for the era they were created in

Thanks everyone

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njm1314 3 points 2 years ago

Man I love that game so much. I remember printing out just dozens of pages of guides from GameFAQs trying to do all the secrets you need to get the super special characters and everything.

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The_Picard_Maneuver 1 point 2 years ago

I had no idea what I was doing as a kid, and figuring out through trial and error which combinations and placements of units would cause them to do cool combo attacks was maddening.

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