#tactics ogre: let us cling together

[adalheidis]

You called her sister, and you murdered her

[musicmakesyousmart]

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

Quest Corporation

1995

[violasgamingpalace]

Lol Selye really said:

[forzamentis]

A recreation of the cover of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together in pixel art, by Japanese pixel artist ta2nb.

ta2nb: Tumblr | Twitter

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn Is The Best Version Of An All-Time Classic Strategy RPG

Tactics Ogre: Reborn Is The Best Version Of An All-Time Classic Strategy RPG

Image: Square Enix The original Tactics Ogre proved that RPG chess was not only fun, it could also be morally ambiguous, beautifully written, and deeply compelling. Nearly 30 years later, Tactics Ogre: Reborn has managed to safely transport a masterpiece into the modern era while sprucing it up enough so that it’s still a joy to play. I was worried the remaster, with its smoothed-over pixel art…

[catiuapavel]

I commissioned this beautiful Catiua from @mintaii whose art is simply stunning! 🖤

[kelbunny]

Denam speaking to most people vs Denam speaking to Catiua.

Love these siblings

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Requested by anon

[resetmyfeelings]

[bombontheevilcat]

Tactics Ogre Reborn: My Little Anecdotes Turned Accidental Character Rant?

(wall of text warning)

Recently finished my first playthrough of Tactics Ogre Reborn and I feel the need to gush so enjoy this as I throw it into the darkest depths that is my tumblr. I (kinda surprisingly) really enjoyed this game (honestly I love tactics games and story-heavy games so I really don't know why I was so surprised in the first place ^^''), I wouldn't call it perfect by any means, I do have quite a few issues I'd like to touch on (Palace of the Dead say hi) but like it is really good, def recommend (also out of context spoilers?)

Having just completed the main story’s chaos route with the princess ending (I think it was called that), it’s a lot to take in. I think the story and characters really shined in chapter 2 and chapter 3 but I was a little bit disappointed in the resolution in the final chapter (4), A lot kinda happens but there is a lack of character drama since protag-boy Denam is mostly alone and it being my first time through a lot of the bigger plot points felt a little lost on me (kind of my fault though cuz I got burned out in chapter 4 because of the amount of side-content and especially *The Palace of the Dead*, I’m getting to you). One really nice detail I think is the character notes you get after every battle or cutscene, it doesn’t just add details about your characters but villains, antagonist and just generic units you have to kill (say Yay!). It really gives you the sense that everyone has their own life and it makes it that much more painful when you have to take others.

Character-wise I enjoyed the cast a lot, I both like and dislike the fact that you have to go out of your way to learn about the side characters though. It did make every detail more rewarding and memorable but at the same time I would have liked *some* indication as to how I was suppose to know beforehand? Like, take Arcylle’s backstory with Leonar being locked to in-battle dialogoue which can be missed or just accidentally cut short if you finish the battle too early, and that’s just one of many. This is not the game for people who need a perfect playthrough cuz you will lose your mind. 

My personal favorite characters were the Four Phorena Sisters (especially Cistina and Sherri), Arycelle, Hobyrim, Cressida and Catiua. I kinda desperately wish we had a proper resolution to the Sisters since they are kinda built up in chapter 2 and 3 but nothing ever happens, they never get to talk with each other once they’re finally together again, that would have been a great ending scene instead of just three silent characters and one pursuing the main character, which didn’t really add anything (other than sequel-teasing I guess? Whoops). I wish more time could have been dedicated to those kinds of interactions, I would have loved a support-like system, or just more optional scenes thet aren’t obscured, to flesh out the characters even more. Still I think it’s impressive how they manage to make you think so much about the characters and want to learn more about them despite the lack of dialogue or story around them. Also not saying I want more dialogue for dialogue’s sake but I want to see proper resolutions to character arcs that were teased throughout the story.

Similarly I think Catiua deserved better. She’s a really interesting character being led astray by insecurities and being kind of selfish, only really caring about herself and her family, but I think that makes her a very human character. I think the moment with Denam where she realizes just how strong their bond is, “blood be damned” is really sweet but 4 her character development does a 180* way too quickly. It feels a little unearned having her “queen persona” yap on about duty and people when she herself didn’t learn anything about that in the story we see. It would have added more to her character if she was allowed some agency when she joined the dark knights, kind of like Vyce’s pathetic walk to doom.

I do wonder though if some of my complaints will be rectified in other story routes cuz it could definitely be possible that they split up some story events or things change so much that some characters become more relevant in the main story? (but in that case just take it as a complaint about the Chaos route specifically idk)

I almost forgot to rant about the palace of the dead which is a 100 floor dungeon (which is ridicolulsly long, 24 hours, I’m no christian but jesus christ) that I walked into blind, proceeded to lose my mind cuz it was never ending, only to find out I was 50% through it and got to stubborn to quit so then I dropped the game for like months (only really doing a few battles every now and then) but I finally freed myself this week, it is no more, never attempt this. Your one reward for beating the boss is one 30 second ending scene being alterted (anything for you Cressida <33 //but not really) and an item that skips the dungeon which…thanks would have liked that beforehand but I will take it for the postgame dungeons.

Also slight note but having looked up some character details I found out the naming of the characters is based in goetia mythology (specifically the names of demons) but not all characters match their derived demon. Arycelle starts out as air-based in the game but her name is derived from Alloces who is associated with fire? smhsmh

[adalheidis]

A small Catiua for you to hold

[pathofsephirot]

Tactics Ogre: best version of each track

Because I have too much time on my hands.

Versions considered:

MIDI

SNES

Saturn

PSX

PSP

Reborn

Overture: PSX

Unit March: Reborn

Chaotic Island: PSP

Fortune Teller 2: MIDI

Catastrophe: MIDI

Island Atlas: Reborn

Prepare to take the Field: PSP

Avilla Henya: SNES

Glory: Reborn

War Situation: PSP

Harvest Dance: Reborn

Restriction: PSX

Blasphemous Experiment: PSP

A Cygnet: PSX

Vendetta: PSP

Theme of WLO: SNES

Fog of Phantom: PSP

Footsteps from Darkness: MIDI

Song of Tundra: SNES

Religious Precepts: Reborn

Fight it Out: Saturn

Retreat: Reborn

A Colour of Chaos: MIDI

Blessed Memory: SNES

Warren Report: MIDI

Three Kings: PSP

Insincerity: MIDI

Breath of the Earth: SNES

Agitation: SNES

Air Land: Reborn

Theme of the Priest: PSP

Fact of Shock: MIDI

Chivalry and Savagery: Reborn

Notice of Death: MIDI

Limitation: Reborn

Prayer: SNES

Theme of Black Knight: MIDI

Box of Sentiment: PSX

Emotion and Absence of Mind: PSP/Reborn (it was never remixed)

Deathrattle: Saturn

Unsealed: Reborn

Reminiscence: PSP

Awakening: SNES

Coronation: Reborn

Passing Moment: SNES

Krypton: MIDI

Impregnable Defence: SNES

Autumnal Sky: PSP

White Storm: SNES

Accretion Disk: SNES

Revolt: Reborn

Viking Spirit: PSP

Looking Back: Reborn

Piercing Truths: Reborn

Light Everlasting: PSP

Prayer (reprise): Reborn

Time Forever Lost: Reborn

A Clash of Giants: PSP

Deeds Writ in Stone: Reborn

Showdown: Reborn

Faraway Heights: Reborn

Notice of Death (reprise): Reborn

A Meet with Destiny: Reborn

True Knight: Reborn

[violasgamingpalace]

Oh man, he's thinking about Vice and how he tragically died because Vice couldn't get over his abuse from his father and realize he still was loved by his childhood friend. And Denim is trying, now that Vice is dead, to stop that same dynamic playing out again.

Oh or not.

[mr-legoman]

Still one of my favorite exchanges

[space-spring]

Like I heard that the tactics ogre series was like this but dang!!! It's very much actually making me sit down and stare off into the distance contemplating the concept of violence for a cause!!!! I do my little attacks and spells and meanwhile I'm inwardly wrestling with the horror of my little team of well-meaning heroes (who have repeatedly made a point of not stooping so low as to kill innocents) go through battles and by necessity kill innocents again and again and again. As everyone I meet tries to save the lives of the ones they love, as I try to keep myself alive, more and more people are thrown into the crossfire until there's no one left but the ones who were willing to do as I asked. No one can accept the thought of living in a world rife with violence and injustice and neither can I, so I'm forced to ask myself: how much will I, personally, excuse in the name of "peace"? How much will I do, how much blood will I spill in the name of that peace? How many parents do I have to hear crying over their children before I admit that the loss is too terrible to justify? Will any number of corpses ever be enough to stop me from moving on to the next battle?

Anyways, all that to say that tactics ogre is a lot of fun! And I think everyone should play it :) :)

Playing more LUCT and I just fought battles against 1) a pregnant woman whose husband I had killed in a previous battle, and 2) a man who wanted the bounty on my head so he could afford treatment for his ill daughter. And boy!!!!

[catiuapavel]

A little Catiua I commissioned from Risadraws 🖤🖤