Yasumi Matsuno's first big statement as a designer, Ogre Battle casts you as the leader of a rebellion against the Zetegenian Empire and its queen Endora. Quest released it on the Super Famicom in 1993, and an English Super NES version followed in 1995. Instead of a grid of individual soldiers, you build squads of up to five characters and send them marching across a map in real time, liberating towns and temples while enemy units advance toward your base.
Battles play out automatically once two squads meet, so the real decisions happen in formation, class changes, and timing. Behind everything sit two hidden values: each character's alignment and the army's overall reputation, called the Chaos Frame. How you treat towns, which enemies you beat, and who leads your units all push the story toward one of several very different endings. Its moral bookkeeping and political tone fed directly into the later Tactics Ogre.
Tips for Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
Liberate towns with high-alignment leaders, and avoid crushing much weaker enemy squads, because both affect your reputation.
Undead and many dark-aligned units are stronger at night, so watch the clock before committing a squad.
Tarot cards can be played during a fight to swing a close battle, so save powerful ones for boss squads.
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Save states let you save your progress at any point. Create a free account to sync saves across devices. Press F11 for fullscreen mode.
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