Oh well.Īlphonse Loeher is the main character, of course. In my usually thoughtlessness, I spoiled all of the endings. So there's no problem with writing a review. That ultimately makes for a great little video game.Ĭurrently I'm about 2/3rds of the way through "Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis", but I really don't think this game has many more surprises. Something evil is afoot in Ovis, and its up to you to stop it.
Though the mission seems like a simple mission to stop a local civil war, its actually much deeper. Alphonse travels to the war-torn island of Ovis, a client state of Lodis, along with his best friend and commander officer, Rictor, in a secret mission. This game takes place when Lancelot was young enough to qualify as a hero of a JRPG, had both of his eyes, and went by the name of "Alphonse". Tataros wasn't actually fully evil in that game, but he was pretty much the central villain. The plot essentially is the story of Lancelot Tartaros, the one-eyed leader of the Lodis Dark Knights in "Tactics Ogre", and by far the coolest character in that game. And it plays just as well as any of its big brothers.
Since its a handheld game, its basically a microsized adaptation of of the Tactics Ogre/FFT gameplay that I would usually enjoy on my PSP remakes. "Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis" came on the GBA some ten years ago, making this my least timely review yet. By the way, this game was made entirely without input from Yaizmat, so its existence is hope - for me at least - that some new Ogre Battle games can be made. What I'm reviewing tonight is actually the last Ogre Battle game ever released, a prequel to "Tactics Ogre" called "Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis". Unfortunately, SE, in their usual wisdom, has let Ogre Battle lie fallow for years. Matsuno built not just Ivalice franchise within the larger Final Fantasy label, but also the Ogre Battle franchise, which is probably the second most illustrious SRPG name behind Fire Emblem.
"Tactics Ogre"'s PSP remake, by the way, was the best game I played last year, by some margin. Yasumi Matsuno is the incomparable genius who created such games as "Final Fantasy Tactics", "Final Fantasy XII", "Vagrant Story", and "Tactics Ogre". And I also desperately love Yasumi Matsuno, one of the few men on Earth whom I would willingly give up my freedom for in exchange for a life of pretty sexual slavery if he so desired. Have I ever mentioned that I love strategy RPGs? Because I feel it needs repeating every so often.