Like many Strategy RPGs, you control a large number of characters and can create new ones pretty much at will - but in the original game every enemy in the game scaled to the level of the strongest character in your team. One of the most annoying and pain-inducing gameplay elements in the original was the way the levelling system works. Past the overhauls to the presentation of the game, the biggest chances to Tactics Ogre actually come to the gameplay. There's enough changes and new content here to please even someone who obsessed over the original - and that's in addition to the fact that this version of the game looks better and runs just as well as the SNES original.

The music has been remastered, new characters have been added, and there are new story scenarios to help flesh out certain aspects that were lacking in the original. It's a pretty game, and those good looks aren't the only thing that's great about the presentation of this remake. If you've seen what Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions looks like on PSP you'll have a good rough idea of what this game will look like when you boot it up - except Tactics Ogre lacks many of the problems that plagued that port. The result is a game that runs as silky smooth as the cartridge-based original but in glorious widescreen and at a juicy-looking resolution where all the sprites and animations are crisp and clear. It's hard to believe that the original came out in 1995 - but now, over 15 years later, it's been remastered for PSP.įor US fans Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is going to be the definitive version of the game from the moment it's booted, as it is base doff the original SNES version of the game rather than the shoddy, slowdown-plagued Playstation version that made it West in 1998. Some might say they do it too often, even - the upcoming PSP release Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will be eighth time that game has been released - but few Square Enix remakes have been met with the enthusiastic response from fans as the announcement of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.Ī cult classic, Tactics Ogre was the Matsuno written and directed Tactical RPG darling that led to the birth of the Final Fantasy Tactics series and, in a way, Final Fantasy XII. Square Enix are pretty big on remaking games.

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