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I'd like to buy this game but I must ask is there any language or using God s name in vain I try to avoid such things swearing not really worried about
for me it was the story of the game, what could be a generic setup, really shines when you see the plot unfolds with the character motivations and how all unfolds by the end
My dad (RIP) bought Ogre Battle on SNES along with the strategy guide while I was a teen in the mid 90's, and I still have them. It was so much fun and we spent many hours playing and planning different strategies for different maps! A few years later, and after my dad passed away, I saw Ogre Battle 64 at a local Target and picked it up. Somehow, I never got around to playing it. It currently sits in my closet, complete in box, next to my quasi complete copy for the SNES (I had to get a repro box but have everything else original). I really need to get around to playing Ogre Battle 64 though.
well first of all according to your story... if you have the original game it may be more of a collectors item than something to play., If you want to play it, have it burned onto the Wii U if you can find one. I had EVERY SNES and NES game copied into an A-Z list without ever owning the actual game cartridges. But ogre battle is a collector game at this point if you have the actual copy.
@@vmac8200 Yes it's an expensive game nowadays, and I still have the exact same cartridge my dad bought brand new back in 1995. It's a complete copy with the original manual and the other 2 inserts (showing items, classes, etc.) that came with it. But I had to purchase a reproduction box for it (I threw away the original box many years ago....ugggghhh!). As far as actually playing it, I have 3 bootleg discs for my Dreamcast that have almost every SNES game on them and some imports that never came out here in the US too. So my original SNES copy can rest. It's mighty convenient having everything on those 3 discs. I played a lot of Sim City and Civilization on it recently, but I will definitely play Ogre Battle again soon too. It's been many years since I've played it. Ogre Battle is amazing once you get past the learning curve. The game is very deep and very rewarding. As far as my N64 copy, I don't have any other way of playing it ATM other than playing my N64 cart.
Don’t open that cart if you haven’t yet. If it’s still sealed Get it graded, and back in the closet. If you aren’t up for selling it yet. An n64 emu can run on anything from the last 20 years
For me, the best part of Ogre Battle 64 was the character building. You could take characters from your pre-made units or promote them from Soldiers and, once they'd reached the stat and/or alignment requirements, provided they weren't of a unique class, you could change their class, possibly changing what weapons and armor they use and, depending on which class, possibly later change them to a more powerful version, such as Paladin, Cataphract, Archmage, Diana, Freya, or Siren. And then there were the special classes which you had to do sidequests to get, I always have two characters marked from the start to become a Dragoon and a Princess, but there are two special undead classes as well, Vampire and Lich. I replay every now and again just for the character and unit building.
@@JoshuaRWorkman well you should have listed it, getting black knights is an awesome part of this game you know you wanted some black knights after seeing Yumil's party lol
@@rockk9753 While that's true, I also didn't mention Ninja Masters or Dragon Masters or go into detail about the special characters like Dio, Leia, or the Zenobians. I could talk about Ogre Battle 64 all day and if so, would definitely talk about as much as possible then.
@@JoshuaRWorkman I was just saying if youre gonna mention unique classes like vampire and lich you should have also included the black knight thats all bro
Ogre battle 64 was and is my favorite game of all time.. I still play it to this day its cool cause depending on what u do early decides what happens later..
Yeah thats the best part especially raising the dragons they turn very powerful if you raise them from baby dragons and making a baby dragon evolve into a platinum or a black dragon was awesome
There's a lot more to the endings, and a lot more than 3. It's crazy how many different ways you can make things play out. Hell, you can even betray and kill the resistance leaders. There's hidden stuff everywhere.
There are 5 endings: 3 different chaotic ones, 1 neutral and 1 lawful. With characters having endings depending on scenarios. Also, the game changes based on routes and alignment, ie if your Lawful you fight a Lich in one mission, but if your chaotic you might Count Silvis.
I really wish there were more games like this, where you can control whole armies with semi-RTS elements. Tactics-style strategy just doesn’t hit the same as this game does.
Know this this is a 2 year old comment lol, but look up Unicorn Overlord which comes out in March. It's pretty much looking like an Ogre Battle 64 spiritual successor.
Yeah, but getting an Ogre to spawn for a wild encounter was like pulling teeth, at least as far as my experiences with the game go. Only one map to my knowledge had them, and I once spent 50 in-game days with all my deployed units wandering around and did not encounter one.
This was actually my first Quest game. And quite possibly the first strategy game I ever played (followed by me getting into the RTS genre via, of all things, starcraft 64). I remember specifically trying to get an early birthday to get a good sword to make early game a little easier.
LOL Yes!! I remember starcraft 64, the only difference then the pc minus the multiplayer is that u had to find the cheat codes as little minerals on the field then they unlocked in your options. Good times my friend, but ogre battle 64 still holds my favorite n64 game!
Yes!!!! It had some many secrets too. The story itself was insane, it allowed you to name anything, the graphics were amazing for its time, awesome weapons, and character connection. It needs a remake and in order to do that, we need to petition Nintendo for it
What I really enjoyed were the tactics you could use for encounters. You know the enemies leader is a Wizard, flank them from the side or from behind. This then changed the enemies formation on their 3x3. The Wizard gets put upfront, is more vulnerable, and doesn't get as many attacks. This game was so much fun!
While disappointing when it happened, I liked the risk of permanently losing party members if you didn't heal them after being ko'd. But then being able to still level them up afterwards as undead warriors.
This is my favorite Ogre Battle game BY FAR. I loved the different paths you could take such as the good path of getting your father Ankiseth (my favorite character) along with other awesome heroes like Destin and Debonair or you could take the rebel route and get awesome rebels like Biske The Beast or Carth the Black Knight. Also nice to be able to create/recruit powerful creatures like Sphynx, Gorgons, and Angel Knights/Seraphs.
I completely agree with you in OB64 being my favorite N64 game. It's an epic game. A little too easy once you understand it and upgrade a full army, but hey we were kids/teens back then after all. They didn't want it to be too challenging, but also reward us for building and managing that army.
I absolutely love this game. From the story to the combat to the music to the graphics. You disliked the graphics but I loved them. They felt claymation/stop motion to me and the graphics of this game were incredibly appealing to me. Bright and smooth and just....I don't know, my brain likes them.
I'm really love both ogre battle on SNES (ps1) and N64, great art works and great conceptual. Btw only one thing I think it is a weak point of N64 version is a monster "Gorgon". You can win every maps a lot easier if you have some Gorgons in your army.
Definitely my fav RPG of all times. it was so long and had tons of hidden units/secrets, alternative paths that changed the whole story and what characters would unlock to you.. soo much depth for a N64 game. Sad they never continued the series... Would LOVE a remake of the game (not tactics ogre....)
One of my top 3 favorite games of all time. Wish they would remake this and buff the graphics of this like the remake FF games. Even keep the pixal style is fine.
One of the most memorable moments among many for me was how your beloved characters you fostered over time could become mummies (even more sad is I seem to recall they could return to you this way if they had a strong bond with you) but what’s even more impressive is that there was also ways to restore their humanity(original forms) too. Which is very satisfactory. ❤
Man I still have my copy even though I don't have a 64 anymore, I remember how hard it was to get some of the secret classes like the dragoon on certain characters because of the alignment system, but still hands down my favorite game of my childhood hands down
Ankiseth, Magnus Gallant, Prince Yummil, the whole storyline was amazing. My favorite part was making the consequential decisions and getting new characters. Plus the end game setups where you could combine your teams powers in certain ways. So many beautiful themes impeccably woven.
I've never played Ogre Battle 64, but its one of those games I keep looking at and saying, "someday." Maybe now that the N64 core for the MiSTer is pretty much done, I'll launch it up and finally give it a go.
I really appreciate you giving this game that was such a big part of my childhood the spotlight it deserves. I think what's really interesting about this game is that it's one of the only ones I can think of that's "hard to learn but easy to master" just because it has a pretty steep learning curve but once you understand the mechanics you can pretty much breeze through the game. In case someone comes by this comment I should probably let you know that there's an Ogre Battle 64 discord. What's great about it besides the comradery is that it hosts two great mods that completely overhaul the game "Hammer To Fall" and "Shanezell". Both are amazing and breathe some much needed life into this game to the point that it feels like a brand new one but in a good way. I think the most important thing I can say about them is that they're not some 'super hard difficulty mode' but they ultimately change the mechanics within the game. Just for a quick example, the Fencer is no longer this super OP unit you get early on and his attacks are reduced from 3 to 2 per round and magic casters will do 1 AoE spell per round if they're put in the back row but if they're in the middle they'll do 2 single target spells. The changes go on forever and I could talk about this game and it's mods for hours and say pretty much nothing but good things. I think I'll stop here and say I highly recommend both mods if you're a fan big or small and/or you tried the game out and thought it got a bit too easy once you understood the mechanics. I think Hammer To Fall would be the better game to start of with, imo
Thanks for doing this! This is the only game that could possibly dethrone Chrono Trigger as the greatest game of all time in my mind. It never gets love and it makes me 😥
I am so happy that I had this absolute gem of a game as a kid. I loved it so much and have beaten the game at least a dozen times over the year. It's absolutely one of my favorite games of all time. It's just a shame how unknown it is. Truly an underappeciated gem
I played this games multiple times. Oddly enough I never understood the difference between liberating and capturing......I missed out on the Zenobians. ☹️
you have to look at the towns allegiance before entering the town. if its a chaotic town use a chaos unit. if its a lawful town us a lawful unit. if you use the wrong unit it is captured instead of liberated.
this is my favorite game on the n64. the depth of each unit to level up and change classes was so addicting to me. the only games to come close to this is Soul Nomad and Symphony of War.
Thanks for the review! This is my overall favorite game and I've always pined for another entry in the series. I always loved the class system in this game, the sense of progression is very satisfying. Perhaps because of the way the characters "evolved" appealed to me because I like Pokemon so much lol
I remember watching my older brother play this game when I was a kid and I had no idea how to play or what exactly was going on, but I was still captivated by it nonetheless. The music alone is enough to warrant high praises, especially the fortune teller theme, but there is something else about the game that is just absolutely beautiful and captivating. I cannot put it into clear words. Great video, and anyone that loves any of the Ogre series is a real one, Subscribed.
Man Ogre battle 64, I still have my copy I got when I was a kid. I never completed my second play through. I should go back pop that baby back in and finish it off. I recall getting some Dark knights and Lichs on my second run. You just become so strong after knowing the game. The 3 paladin front line double cleric back is just so strong.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who loved this game. Still ranks among my favorites RPGs off all time, right next to Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.
Re playing it now, I played it multiple times in the past and always got the sad ending. really trying to get the good ending this time. My favorite parts was getting the special items for the characters like the princes and vampire.
I was (am) a huge Tactics Ogre/Final Fantasy Tactics fan. I never liked the Snes Ogre Battle games and I don't think I would get into this one either. I do know this is one of the most rare games for the N64 and I don't believe it's ever been released on anything else. If you want to play a rare tactics styled game that's really off the wall crazy...check out Dragon Force for the Sega Saturn. It has the best sprite work I have ever seen in a game and its battles are ridiculous in size.
This game is the primary reason I’ll still keep a CRT tv around. Played on a modern tv it looks too pixelated, the bluriness of the CRT rounds out the corners like a kind of low-tech anti-aliasing and makes it look better
I’m playing through the game for the first time right now and am at Chapter 3 Scene 25. Debonaire is not part of my battalion and every unit except my main unit is lawful. I don’t know how it’s going to end but I plan to replay it to experience the different endings. I’m used to the menu system but still haven’t learned how to manage squads or how to keep the alignment in a certain area. I’m learning now that some strongholds shouldn’t be visited because it affects your alignment. The depth of gameplay is more complex than expected which is another thing I wish to understand better the next time through. Overall I like its darker, more mature nature and really don’t mind the anti-aliasing combined with pixel art; it looks like a well drawn ancient story book.
5:16 the blur you're talking about here is (cranked up) anti-aliasing. This is done in order to bring down the harshness of the jagged "pixelization" on the edges of their geometry. If I had to guess why it's so extreme on character models and cutscene backgrounds is because these are not true 3D models in the engine but rather sprite renders to lower performance costs
"Average playthrough of around 40 hours" *coughs* my first playthrough was around 125 hours or so, not including the times I game over'ed xD Subsequent one was around 80? I did spend a lot of time trying to find items and random encounters on maps, so there is that. I actually liked the character designs and how smooth they looked, personally. Kinda wish we'd have had tarot cards again as opposed to those elemental crests, though. The story was great too, always made me sad that there wasn't a way to recruit everyone in a single playthrough. Always thought Destin, for how hard he is to get, was actually kinda lame, though. I miss this game. I listen to the OST often, but I haven't dusted off my N64 in years now. One of the very few games I actually finished more than once (or even just once, lol. You should see my "never finished and would have no clue what I was doing if I picked it up today" game collection!)
you have to look at the towns allegiance before entering the town. if its a chaotic town use a chaos unit. if its a lawful town us a lawful unit. if you use the wrong unit it is captured instead of liberated.
This game blew my mind as a young teen. Although at the time I was heavily invested in the plot and the world (was my first ogre battle game), Ultimately it was the depth of the game that kept me coming back. So many cool secrets, and alternate paths/choices you could make. The battle system had enough depth to make it so each play-though could feel new and different. If there's one thing I disliked about the game however, it would be legions. They are basically just a useless waist of units. I don't feel like the mechanic added anything beneficial to the game... but hey, maybe I'm just playing wrong or w/e. Still though, fantastic game, easily my favourite N64 game.
I started this hours ago but I think I'll drop it. It reminds me of games that do what it does better. Heroes of Might & Magic V, and Dynasty Tactics 2
I wonder if theres a game genie code that would disable the tri-point texture filturing that it does for everything on every game. I remeber Quake 1 had an option to turn it off, it might be possible with this one. Whats crazy is every "sprite" is actually a 3d object and a texture instead of a sprite so it gets the same blending as the background textures sadly... I don't know why only as far as I know ONE game could turn it off. Mischif Makers also is another casulty of this being 2d. I'm not sure why the text box is unaffected though, I have a theory that the n64 must have a display mode for hud/ui elements that is unprocessed and first in the graphic pipeline to streamline it but I am probablly wrong.
If that was true it would be a jewel. Then you couldn't play with it even if you did find it.... You mean to say, it is the definition of hidden gem when it comes to Nintendo 64 titles. You don't put "literal" in a description like this. people use that word WAY too much. That said, I completely agree with you, this game is unparalleled.
Unlocking the hidden classes. Funny enough when I unlocked the Dragoon I had an interesting bug, for some reason when I switched one of my knights(named him after one of my buddies) He bugged out and was able to retain his knight weapon, so I basically had a Dragoon with the purple Ogre sword, guy was unstoppable.
Ever ogre battle/tactics ogre game save for march of the black queen has lodis involved My favourites were the knight of lodis and person of lordly calibre I do have a soft spot for let us cling together but it's not in the top 2 But the fact that the other two games actually leads to luct with this game left out
I only wanted to play ogre64 because of the graphics for the dragons. Then I saw the gameplay. That's when I decided against playing it. It's too bad. I would pay money for a t-shirt with those dragons on it.
I’m seconds away from doing the same thing! I know nothing about Ogre Battle 64, but it seems to be highly regarded (and a very valuable cartridge) so I may as well throw it on the pile and give it a shot, I figure
I couldn't get into OB64, even though I LOVE MotBQ. The SNES game sucks me in, a very picky gamer in long enough to learn all stuff that I need to play successfully. OB64 has a cripplingly long unskippable introduction. It may not have been play-tested as thoroughly as MotBQ. I, too, remember the animation as rather jerky. Not what I was hoping for 😢
i remember beating the game and getting a terrible ending. i cant remember what the exact ending was, but it was dark and depressing and i was in disbelief like 'is that it? is that the end??' it left a sour taste in my mouth and i never re-played it
😂😂 I would have absolutely loved this game as a kid as I was a big fan of the final fantasy games on the snes. However, at that time games weren't mainstream as they are today so you had to just buy it or rent it from block buster and hoped the game was good (superman 64 took an entire week of lawn mowing for that trash) but I saw that game and I wasnt enthused because i thought it was about orcs and ogres and I never gave it a shot.
Love the game, but you left out by far it's biggest flaw. The lack of explanation/communication about the morality system. And pretty much the whole chaos frame mechanic. Not saying they needed to explain everything, but something more than nothing would have been nice. Still love the game though
What was the most memorable part of Ogre Battle 64 to you?
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The first time i decided to play Low Chaos Frame, i feel so bad for all the characters i killed 🙁
Definitely forming a squad with a dragoon + 2 dragons (since the formation size would only allow for one human + 2 large monsters max).
I'd like to buy this game but I must ask is there any language or using God s name in vain I try to avoid such things swearing not really worried about
for me it was the story of the game, what could be a generic setup, really shines when you see the plot unfolds with the character motivations and how all unfolds by the end
The story
My dad (RIP) bought Ogre Battle on SNES along with the strategy guide while I was a teen in the mid 90's, and I still have them. It was so much fun and we spent many hours playing and planning different strategies for different maps! A few years later, and after my dad passed away, I saw Ogre Battle 64 at a local Target and picked it up. Somehow, I never got around to playing it. It currently sits in my closet, complete in box, next to my quasi complete copy for the SNES (I had to get a repro box but have everything else original). I really need to get around to playing Ogre Battle 64 though.
well first of all according to your story... if you have the original game it may be more of a collectors item than something to play., If you want to play it, have it burned onto the Wii U if you can find one. I had EVERY SNES and NES game copied into an A-Z list without ever owning the actual game cartridges. But ogre battle is a collector game at this point if you have the actual copy.
@@vmac8200 Yes it's an expensive game nowadays, and I still have the exact same cartridge my dad bought brand new back in 1995. It's a complete copy with the original manual and the other 2 inserts (showing items, classes, etc.) that came with it. But I had to purchase a reproduction box for it (I threw away the original box many years ago....ugggghhh!). As far as actually playing it, I have 3 bootleg discs for my Dreamcast that have almost every SNES game on them and some imports that never came out here in the US too. So my original SNES copy can rest. It's mighty convenient having everything on those 3 discs. I played a lot of Sim City and Civilization on it recently, but I will definitely play Ogre Battle again soon too. It's been many years since I've played it. Ogre Battle is amazing once you get past the learning curve. The game is very deep and very rewarding.
As far as my N64 copy, I don't have any other way of playing it ATM other than playing my N64 cart.
Don’t open that cart if you haven’t yet. If it’s still sealed Get it graded, and back in the closet. If you aren’t up for selling it yet. An n64 emu can run on anything from the last 20 years
For me, the best part of Ogre Battle 64 was the character building. You could take characters from your pre-made units or promote them from Soldiers and, once they'd reached the stat and/or alignment requirements, provided they weren't of a unique class, you could change their class, possibly changing what weapons and armor they use and, depending on which class, possibly later change them to a more powerful version, such as Paladin, Cataphract, Archmage, Diana, Freya, or Siren. And then there were the special classes which you had to do sidequests to get, I always have two characters marked from the start to become a Dragoon and a Princess, but there are two special undead classes as well, Vampire and Lich. I replay every now and again just for the character and unit building.
You forgot the black knight, you can only get 3 of those in the whole game
@@rockk9753 Didn't forget, just didn't list it.
@@JoshuaRWorkman well you should have listed it, getting black knights is an awesome part of this game you know you wanted some black knights after seeing Yumil's party lol
@@rockk9753 While that's true, I also didn't mention Ninja Masters or Dragon Masters or go into detail about the special characters like Dio, Leia, or the Zenobians. I could talk about Ogre Battle 64 all day and if so, would definitely talk about as much as possible then.
@@JoshuaRWorkman I was just saying if youre gonna mention unique classes like vampire and lich you should have also included the black knight thats all bro
Ogre battle 64 was and is my favorite game of all time.. I still play it to this day its cool cause depending on what u do early decides what happens later..
Discovering combo magic attacks was one of my favorite parts of this game.
Loved seeing the characters evolve and unlocking special classes!
That was so great!
Yeah thats the best part especially raising the dragons they turn very powerful if you raise them from baby dragons and making a baby dragon evolve into a platinum or a black dragon was awesome
There's a lot more to the endings, and a lot more than 3. It's crazy how many different ways you can make things play out. Hell, you can even betray and kill the resistance leaders. There's hidden stuff everywhere.
There are 5 endings: 3 different chaotic ones, 1 neutral and 1 lawful. With characters having endings depending on scenarios. Also, the game changes based on routes and alignment, ie if your Lawful you fight a Lich in one mission, but if your chaotic you might Count Silvis.
I really wish there were more games like this, where you can control whole armies with semi-RTS elements. Tactics-style strategy just doesn’t hit the same as this game does.
They don’t play the same, but have you checked out Dragon Force 1 and 2 on the Saturn? They’re great games!
@@michaeloffgrid was coming here to say this
Age of empires
yu-gi-oh falsebound kingdom had a gameplay style like this that's how i found ogre battle because i was looking for more games like it
Know this this is a 2 year old comment lol, but look up Unicorn Overlord which comes out in March. It's pretty much looking like an Ogre Battle 64 spiritual successor.
Some of the random encounters made me laugh. Meridia: "How cute, a wild Ogre"
Yeah, but getting an Ogre to spawn for a wild encounter was like pulling teeth, at least as far as my experiences with the game go. Only one map to my knowledge had them, and I once spent 50 in-game days with all my deployed units wandering around and did not encounter one.
This was actually my first Quest game. And quite possibly the first strategy game I ever played (followed by me getting into the RTS genre via, of all things, starcraft 64). I remember specifically trying to get an early birthday to get a good sword to make early game a little easier.
LOL Yes!! I remember starcraft 64, the only difference then the pc minus the multiplayer is that u had to find the cheat codes as little minerals on the field then they unlocked in your options. Good times my friend, but ogre battle 64 still holds my favorite n64 game!
Yes!!!! It had some many secrets too. The story itself was insane, it allowed you to name anything, the graphics were amazing for its time, awesome weapons, and character connection. It needs a remake and in order to do that, we need to petition Nintendo for it
What I really enjoyed were the tactics you could use for encounters. You know the enemies leader is a Wizard, flank them from the side or from behind. This then changed the enemies formation on their 3x3. The Wizard gets put upfront, is more vulnerable, and doesn't get as many attacks. This game was so much fun!
While disappointing when it happened, I liked the risk of permanently losing party members if you didn't heal them after being ko'd. But then being able to still level them up afterwards as undead warriors.
I had no idea what the Chaos Frame was when I played it and plowed thru the game killing every enemy so I got the crappy ending.
This is my favorite Ogre Battle game BY FAR. I loved the different paths you could take such as the good path of getting your father Ankiseth (my favorite character) along with other awesome heroes like Destin and Debonair or you could take the rebel route and get awesome rebels like Biske The Beast or Carth the Black Knight. Also nice to be able to create/recruit powerful creatures like Sphynx, Gorgons, and Angel Knights/Seraphs.
I completely agree with you in OB64 being my favorite N64 game. It's an epic game.
A little too easy once you understand it and upgrade a full army, but hey we were kids/teens back then after all. They didn't want it to be too challenging, but also reward us for building and managing that army.
So true. Very different from virtually everything that ever came out on the Nintendo 64!
I still own this game in my N64, loved it but never beat it.
I absolutely love this game. From the story to the combat to the music to the graphics. You disliked the graphics but I loved them. They felt claymation/stop motion to me and the graphics of this game were incredibly appealing to me. Bright and smooth and just....I don't know, my brain likes them.
The graphic blur wasn’t as noticeable back on older TVs back in 1999. I never noticed it until I got my first flatscreen almost 10 years later.
True!
Would be so great to get a PC remaster of this game~
My biggest gaming dream ever
That may happen, seeing how Let Us Cling Together is being remade.
@@JoshuaRWorkman \o/
I'm really love both ogre battle on SNES (ps1) and N64, great art works and great conceptual. Btw only one thing I think it is a weak point of N64 version is a monster "Gorgon". You can win every maps a lot easier if you have some Gorgons in your army.
Definitely my fav RPG of all times. it was so long and had tons of hidden units/secrets, alternative paths that changed the whole story and what characters would unlock to you.. soo much depth for a N64 game. Sad they never continued the series... Would LOVE a remake of the game (not tactics ogre....)
One of my top 3 favorite games of all time. Wish they would remake this and buff the graphics of this like the remake FF games. Even keep the pixal style is fine.
One of the most memorable moments among many for me was how your beloved characters you fostered over time could become mummies (even more sad is I seem to recall they could return to you this way if they had a strong bond with you) but what’s even more impressive is that there was also ways to restore their humanity(original forms) too. Which is very satisfactory. ❤
I remember playing this game when it came out as a Wii Virtual Console game, I still listen to the soundtrack now
With Tactics Ogre Reborn having happened, I am praying that Ogre Battle 64 gets a remaster.
That would be amazing!
This is my most prized cartridge to this day. Loved it growing up and still do.
Man I still have my copy even though I don't have a 64 anymore, I remember how hard it was to get some of the secret classes like the dragoon on certain characters because of the alignment system, but still hands down my favorite game of my childhood hands down
Ankiseth, Magnus Gallant, Prince Yummil, the whole storyline was amazing. My favorite part was making the consequential decisions and getting new characters. Plus the end game setups where you could combine your teams powers in certain ways. So many beautiful themes impeccably woven.
I've never played Ogre Battle 64, but its one of those games I keep looking at and saying, "someday."
Maybe now that the N64 core for the MiSTer is pretty much done, I'll launch it up and finally give it a go.
I still don't understand why no one remakes this game or create a game like Ogre Battle SNES or Ogre Battle 64. Hope someday fan voice will be heard
I really appreciate you giving this game that was such a big part of my childhood the spotlight it deserves. I think what's really interesting about this game is that it's one of the only ones I can think of that's "hard to learn but easy to master" just because it has a pretty steep learning curve but once you understand the mechanics you can pretty much breeze through the game. In case someone comes by this comment I should probably let you know that there's an Ogre Battle 64 discord. What's great about it besides the comradery is that it hosts two great mods that completely overhaul the game "Hammer To Fall" and "Shanezell". Both are amazing and breathe some much needed life into this game to the point that it feels like a brand new one but in a good way. I think the most important thing I can say about them is that they're not some 'super hard difficulty mode' but they ultimately change the mechanics within the game. Just for a quick example, the Fencer is no longer this super OP unit you get early on and his attacks are reduced from 3 to 2 per round and magic casters will do 1 AoE spell per round if they're put in the back row but if they're in the middle they'll do 2 single target spells. The changes go on forever and I could talk about this game and it's mods for hours and say pretty much nothing but good things. I think I'll stop here and say I highly recommend both mods if you're a fan big or small and/or you tried the game out and thought it got a bit too easy once you understood the mechanics. I think Hammer To Fall would be the better game to start of with, imo
Glad you liked the review - such a memorable game indeed!
Thanks for doing this! This is the only game that could possibly dethrone Chrono Trigger as the greatest game of all time in my mind. It never gets love and it makes me 😥
Deneb is still my #1 witch waifu
I am so happy that I had this absolute gem of a game as a kid. I loved it so much and have beaten the game at least a dozen times over the year. It's absolutely one of my favorite games of all time. It's just a shame how unknown it is. Truly an underappeciated gem
I played this games multiple times. Oddly enough I never understood the difference between liberating and capturing......I missed out on the Zenobians. ☹️
you have to look at the towns allegiance before entering the town. if its a chaotic town use a chaos unit. if its a lawful town us a lawful unit. if you use the wrong unit it is captured instead of liberated.
Ahhh now I see where Unicorn Overlord has its roots. Very unique and incredible breath of fresh air, amidst all the grid based rpgs
I'm not sure, but I think your visual issues with the text box and sprites are because of the emulation. This game is weird to emulate.
i love the claymation art style personally and love games like this where i spend more time in the party Management
I loved this game. One of my favorite of all time.
Keep doing what you are doing. You are the man
Thanks man!
this is my favorite game on the n64. the depth of each unit to level up and change classes was so addicting to me. the only games to come close to this is Soul Nomad and Symphony of War.
Thanks for the review! This is my overall favorite game and I've always pined for another entry in the series. I always loved the class system in this game, the sense of progression is very satisfying. Perhaps because of the way the characters "evolved" appealed to me because I like Pokemon so much lol
I remember watching my older brother play this game when I was a kid and I had no idea how to play or what exactly was going on, but I was still captivated by it nonetheless. The music alone is enough to warrant high praises, especially the fortune teller theme, but there is something else about the game that is just absolutely beautiful and captivating. I cannot put it into clear words. Great video, and anyone that loves any of the Ogre series is a real one, Subscribed.
Man Ogre battle 64, I still have my copy I got when I was a kid. I never completed my second play through. I should go back pop that baby back in and finish it off.
I recall getting some Dark knights and Lichs on my second run. You just become so strong after knowing the game. The 3 paladin front line double cleric back is just so strong.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who loved this game. Still ranks among my favorites RPGs off all time, right next to Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.
Bro this game set the standard in strat Battle. Absolutely well made. Needs a remake too
Yes, it's such a great classic!
Nice review, maybe if Tactics Ogre: Reborn does well enough they'll rerelease the rest of the Ogre Battle Saga!
Re playing it now, I played it multiple times in the past and always got the sad ending. really trying to get the good ending this time. My favorite parts was getting the special items for the characters like the princes and vampire.
Ogre Battle always have a place in my heart any others Strategy RPG can't beat Ogre Battle no matter what
I was (am) a huge Tactics Ogre/Final Fantasy Tactics fan. I never liked the Snes Ogre Battle games and I don't think I would get into this one either. I do know this is one of the most rare games for the N64 and I don't believe it's ever been released on anything else. If you want to play a rare tactics styled game that's really off the wall crazy...check out Dragon Force for the Sega Saturn. It has the best sprite work I have ever seen in a game and its battles are ridiculous in size.
This game is the primary reason I’ll still keep a CRT tv around. Played on a modern tv it looks too pixelated, the bluriness of the CRT rounds out the corners like a kind of low-tech anti-aliasing and makes it look better
I’m playing through the game for the first time right now and am at Chapter 3 Scene 25. Debonaire is not part of my battalion and every unit except my main unit is lawful. I don’t know how it’s going to end but I plan to replay it to experience the different endings. I’m used to the menu system but still haven’t learned how to manage squads or how to keep the alignment in a certain area. I’m learning now that some strongholds shouldn’t be visited because it affects your alignment. The depth of gameplay is more complex than expected which is another thing I wish to understand better the next time through. Overall I like its darker, more mature nature and really don’t mind the anti-aliasing combined with pixel art; it looks like a well drawn ancient story book.
5:16 the blur you're talking about here is (cranked up) anti-aliasing. This is done in order to bring down the harshness of the jagged "pixelization" on the edges of their geometry. If I had to guess why it's so extreme on character models and cutscene backgrounds is because these are not true 3D models in the engine but rather sprite renders to lower performance costs
Just heard about this from a Yu-Gi-Oh Falsebound Kingdoms video. Video said it was similar, and I have to agree. I wanna play it now!
"Average playthrough of around 40 hours" *coughs* my first playthrough was around 125 hours or so, not including the times I game over'ed xD Subsequent one was around 80? I did spend a lot of time trying to find items and random encounters on maps, so there is that.
I actually liked the character designs and how smooth they looked, personally. Kinda wish we'd have had tarot cards again as opposed to those elemental crests, though.
The story was great too, always made me sad that there wasn't a way to recruit everyone in a single playthrough. Always thought Destin, for how hard he is to get, was actually kinda lame, though.
I miss this game. I listen to the OST often, but I haven't dusted off my N64 in years now. One of the very few games I actually finished more than once (or even just once, lol. You should see my "never finished and would have no clue what I was doing if I picked it up today" game collection!)
I loved the original and liked Ogre Battle 64. I remember playing both quite a bit with my brother.
It was so good!
Wish I would have seen this when I was a kid instead of quest 64
bought this game as a kid and i had no idea what i was doing, still loved it.
I would have to say Goldeneye was the most ground breaking game on the 64 but Ogre Battle was a fantastic game.
Isn't Mario 64 the most groundbreaking?I mean it almost singlehandedly created 3d gaming
@@gpl992 Goldeneye brought multiplayer shooting to the masses.
I always struggled with the morality system as a kid. Would end up capturing towns instead of liberating them. Caused alot of retries
you have to look at the towns allegiance before entering the town. if its a chaotic town use a chaos unit. if its a lawful town us a lawful unit. if you use the wrong unit it is captured instead of liberated.
I liked to make units out of classes my brother said sucked. Or just making special units based on arbitrary rules, not their actual effectiveness
This is my favorite game to date was able to buy it for 20 bucks from my video store when the N64 was slowly leave the store.
This game blew my mind as a young teen. Although at the time I was heavily invested in the plot and the world (was my first ogre battle game), Ultimately it was the depth of the game that kept me coming back. So many cool secrets, and alternate paths/choices you could make. The battle system had enough depth to make it so each play-though could feel new and different.
If there's one thing I disliked about the game however, it would be legions. They are basically just a useless waist of units. I don't feel like the mechanic added anything beneficial to the game... but hey, maybe I'm just playing wrong or w/e.
Still though, fantastic game, easily my favourite N64 game.
Subscribed! :) More Ogres! More Strategy/RPGs! Great work Xygor~
I think you will be happy this week as well! Thank you!
@@Xygor Yo buddy, where's the goods?! I've been checking and watching more :)
I keep looking for a game like this but everything falls short.
This got my sub. Been thinking about trying unity or unreal for a modern take.
I started this hours ago but I think I'll drop it. It reminds me of games that do what it does better. Heroes of Might & Magic V, and Dynasty Tactics 2
What I would give for a true sequel
I wonder if theres a game genie code that would disable the tri-point texture filturing that it does for everything on every game. I remeber Quake 1 had an option to turn it off, it might be possible with this one. Whats crazy is every "sprite" is actually a 3d object and a texture instead of a sprite so it gets the same blending as the background textures sadly... I don't know why only as far as I know ONE game could turn it off. Mischif Makers also is another casulty of this being 2d. I'm not sure why the text box is unaffected though, I have a theory that the n64 must have a display mode for hud/ui elements that is unprocessed and first in the graphic pipeline to streamline it but I am probablly wrong.
yes. ogre battle 64 was possibly the best iteration of the series and definitely the best game in the n64 era.
Everything on the N64 had a blur followed by frame rate dips constantly but still love the system.
One of the best games of all time related to the time it was released. The literal definition of a hidden gem.
If that was true it would be a jewel. Then you couldn't play with it even if you did find it.... You mean to say, it is the definition of hidden gem when it comes to Nintendo 64 titles. You don't put "literal" in a description like this. people use that word WAY too much. That said, I completely agree with you, this game is unparalleled.
We need this too come too switch this game was my favorite game of all time this and FF7 (ps1) great child hood I wanna relive
Um... Quest 64 was an awesome RPG. One of my top 10.
Hell yeah, just played through that game.
Maybe not the greatest but it certainly is one of the best and my personal favorite n64 game
Unlocking the hidden classes. Funny enough when I unlocked the Dragoon I had an interesting bug, for some reason when I switched one of my knights(named him after one of my buddies) He bugged out and was able to retain his knight weapon, so I basically had a Dragoon with the purple Ogre sword, guy was unstoppable.
I never played the game in the past, but your video convinced me to pick it up off the Wii U eshop before it shuts down. Get it while you can people.
Ever ogre battle/tactics ogre game save for march of the black queen has lodis involved
My favourites were the knight of lodis and person of lordly calibre
I do have a soft spot for let us cling together but it's not in the top 2
But the fact that the other two games actually leads to luct with this game left out
I only wanted to play ogre64 because of the graphics for the dragons. Then I saw the gameplay. That's when I decided against playing it. It's too bad. I would pay money for a t-shirt with those dragons on it.
To answer the title of the video - yes.
GoldenEye 007 and Super Mario 64 we're the best games in my opinion, but i am curious, i will play this game...
It's worth it!
Just bought this on Wii U before the e shop closed.
Excellent!
I’m seconds away from doing the same thing! I know nothing about Ogre Battle 64, but it seems to be highly regarded (and a very valuable cartridge) so I may as well throw it on the pile and give it a shot, I figure
my most memorable moment was missing Debonair and Destin every playthrough/ so annoying...
Just bought a repro of this title. Can’t wait to play it on my N64
Great video! I love your channel
Thanks Gabe, that makes my day!
Man I miss this game!
Me too!
I couldn't get into OB64, even though I LOVE MotBQ. The SNES game sucks me in, a very picky gamer in long enough to learn all stuff that I need to play successfully.
OB64 has a cripplingly long unskippable introduction. It may not have been play-tested as thoroughly as MotBQ. I, too, remember the animation as rather jerky. Not what I was hoping for 😢
Fair enough! Thanks for leaving your thoughts about it nevertheless!
One of the all time greats! What an amazing game that never got its due.
No matter how many years go by, this will always be consider the greatest game...
It's such a great one!
Unrelated* what is the song at the very end of the video. I know I know it m, but I can’t place it
i failed to recruit Dio at first somehow figured it out searching online so i restarted so i could
Are you going to review unicorn overlord?
I'm hoping for a release on the switch N64 console :)
i remember beating the game and getting a terrible ending. i cant remember what the exact ending was, but it was dark and depressing and i was in disbelief like 'is that it? is that the end??' it left a sour taste in my mouth and i never re-played it
Haha, good thing there are multiple then!
Why did you reupload?
Minor technical issue
😂😂 I would have absolutely loved this game as a kid as I was a big fan of the final fantasy games on the snes. However, at that time games weren't mainstream as they are today so you had to just buy it or rent it from block buster and hoped the game was good (superman 64 took an entire week of lawn mowing for that trash) but I saw that game and I wasnt enthused because i thought it was about orcs and ogres and I never gave it a shot.
Love the game, but you left out by far it's biggest flaw. The lack of explanation/communication about the morality system. And pretty much the whole chaos frame mechanic. Not saying they needed to explain everything, but something more than nothing would have been nice. Still love the game though
consider trying symphony of war
Is it a reupload?
Yeah it is. There was a technical issue I wanted to correct.
very pog, BASED even
So freaking based