08-03-2024, 11:11 AM
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
The game has opened up more. I do enjoy it even if the UI is a bit convoluted at times. However the gameplay tweaks to modernize it are somewhat strange. I never played the original but I do remember people thought it was grindy. In Reborn they added a level cap per battle and Random buff cards that you or enemy units can pick up to boost stats like attack or refill MP. Apparently they greatly reduced the number of skill slots as well.
The story and the fact that your decisions alter the story must've been ground breaking back in the day. The story is still good in terms of complexity and presents an interesting tale about warring factions, rebellion, politics and the characters but it is not as mind blowing today as it would've been in 1995.
Overall though it plays nothing like Fire Emblem, where you simply move your chess pieces across the map to take out the enemy in one or two 'rock, paper, scissors' skirmishes. It's more about blocking the path of enemy units and slowly grinding away at health bars and using various skills to counter their buffs and advantages.
It does make the battles feel epic but some take a long time to conclude.
The game has opened up more. I do enjoy it even if the UI is a bit convoluted at times. However the gameplay tweaks to modernize it are somewhat strange. I never played the original but I do remember people thought it was grindy. In Reborn they added a level cap per battle and Random buff cards that you or enemy units can pick up to boost stats like attack or refill MP. Apparently they greatly reduced the number of skill slots as well.
The story and the fact that your decisions alter the story must've been ground breaking back in the day. The story is still good in terms of complexity and presents an interesting tale about warring factions, rebellion, politics and the characters but it is not as mind blowing today as it would've been in 1995.
Overall though it plays nothing like Fire Emblem, where you simply move your chess pieces across the map to take out the enemy in one or two 'rock, paper, scissors' skirmishes. It's more about blocking the path of enemy units and slowly grinding away at health bars and using various skills to counter their buffs and advantages.
It does make the battles feel epic but some take a long time to conclude.