Tactics Ogre

"Wow!"

Well first off let me say that when I first played this, I figured that hey, this is gonna be another "Shining Force" rip off..hah, was I wrong.

Well this game is developed by the same guys who created "Final Fantasy Tactics" and can be respectivly named the prequel to it.

Even though the game doesn't have the same 3D battle field camera, you can still get along great with it. The controls are quite smooth and not complicated at all.

The story, well that's the best part of this 16-bit game, the story plot is just amazing, and very few grammatical flaws.

The graphics have been pretty much the same as this was just a carry-over from the SNES to the PSX, but the sound has been rendered so it sounds more life like.

What I did was I rented it first, being such a fan of FFT, got hooked on it quite as fast as FFT. However, the only downfall of this game is all the training, which really isn't that necessary unless you are a few levels down. This game boasts of multiple endings, which I have yet to see, because I lost my mem card...(sux..really sux)

Anyways, I give this game a 9/10 because the only thing that was lacking was the fact that I never got to see the ending, but this is such a kewl game, if you are into RPG/SIMS this is the game for you!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99