#and are the mermaid-looking ladies ALSO supposed to just have crude intellect? the one in potd floor 3 I'm p sure straight up spoke English | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

space-spring · 2 months

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One thing that I keep thinking about in regards to Tactics Ogre is the presence of the vaguely humanoid reptilian guys. Like the game has straight-up dragons of varying types, but then you've also got these guys that are just. guys but reptiles. And at first I was going "okay maybe they're just supposed to be mindless monsters like the undead?" but at some point in the game Canopus gets into a fistfight with one of them when he (Canopus) interrupts some singing. So this reptile guy has clearly got the emotional wherewithal to both listen to someone sing and also to get mad when someone interrupts!

The PSP version apparently has a description for the reptiles that mentions they're a "crude race with limited intellect." But are they REALLY limited in intellect or is it just racial prejudice?? You also see them being included in various mercenary bands throughout the game, and they seem to wear human clothing and armor, which implies that at least some of them have some idea of trade and currency, and most of them have the understanding of how to dress for their own protection. For all intents and purposes there is nothing that really stands out as evidence that they're less intelligent than standard humans

#tactics ogre #ogre battle series #I am constantly spinning all the unaligned enemies around in my head like a microwave #like they've gotta be from somewhere so WHY do they consider themselves unaligned to any place in Valeria #do they have land of their own that's unrecognized by the Valerian governing parties?#or are they just legally not allowed to be considered residents of any of the different nations??#and are the mermaid-looking ladies ALSO supposed to just have crude intellect? the one in potd floor 3 I'm p sure straight up spoke English #wait hey. hold on a second #is the auction/dismissal dialogue you get with dragons and the bird monsters supposed to imply they have human intellect #I die every time that comes up #the worst is always 'yeah no it's cool man I get it you just have to sell off your friends sometimes.'#'go ahead it's fine it's not even a big deal. don't worry about it. I'll support you no matter what. I love you. remember me when I'm gone'#like never mind you can just kill me actually!!!!!!!!

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