Ogre Battle is one of my favorite series' in the history of the universe. The second I saw the Wii and the Wii Remote I though "Ogre Battle, it is PERFECT!" We did never get it, but we were teased with the prospects as they released both Ogre Battle and the superior Ogre Battle 64 pretty darn close to each other. While we don't have a new game, we do have this first game in the series, and a cult following who can't get enough of the SNES Strategy / Sim-RPG.

Do you have any experiences with Ogre Battle, or questions with the series? If so, did you have a favorite Class of character?


We just completed Ogre Battle as our first Epic Center game, so you'll notice our "leaderboards" below. If you missed it, and you'd like to play on your own as if it were being done LIVE! for you, simply click on WEEK 1, WEEK 2, etc. and follow along that way. This, of course, is also the destination for the continuation of Ogre Battle in the Epic Center, for those who did not finish immediately as they hoped they would.

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Ogre Battle is one of my favorite series' of all-time in all aspects, and it just paved a way for me where I would look for the same types of things that I experienced in this game, in other games. I wasn't a fan of RPGs on the NES until I had already dealt with SNES games (as far as I can tell; I know that I returned Faxanadu one time..I'm fine with it now, haha), and this one certainly did its job. I first met with it on a rental from Wegman's way back when, my mom double checking to make sure I actually wanted 'that' game since it didn't look like something I'd enjoy. But it spoke to me. We used to go weekly to grab a new game, and I never really said anything about it after. I do remember with that one though (and later with Final Fantasy III), I specifically went and sat on the couch next to her (after playing for a lengthy time) and told her just how much I appreciated the rental. I wasn't an unappreciative kid by any means, but I remember going out of my way to say thank you again. A game that special, striking the heart of a young boy and capturing his attention, should be experienced by a wide array of folks. Sadly, it has not.

At press time, Negative World has but 4 (FOUR) ratings for Ogre Battle in the NW Database, and just 6 (SIX) owners. I went over to howlongtobeat.com last night so I could give an accurate time to some of our Ogre Battle combatants..and nobody over there has beaten it. I'd ask people about Ogre Battle Club, and they'd tell me "nah, not really into Tactics games" or "I don't have time for Ogre Battle 64," and then I realized that some people might have no idea what I'm talking about at all. This is NOT a Tactics game. This is NOT Ogre Battle 64. This is OGRE BATTLE: MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN, the game that started it all.


We disembark on the the first Sunday of January (you don't have to start ON Sunday), the 6th at the stroke of midnight on the 5th. This will be run in the fashion of Okami Club / Fire Emblem Club with a series of checkpoints to hit through the course of your week. Burn through it in one night night, nibble away at it through the week, whatever you want to do, really. Just be sure (if you fall behind, its fine..and we can slow down if you need it) to have your stuff done by Saturday at the end of the week. I can promise you that it will NOT overwhelm you, and it is certainly not as time-consuming as either of the previous Clubs, and it won't be nearly as unforgiving as Fire Emblem. If you have to repeat a course for some reason, something definitely went wrong somewhere, haha.

A brief overview of Ogre Battle. It is a Strategy RPG where you control an army of characters. Within this army is groups, formed by you, consisting of 5 (or less) characters. Large characters count as 2. The game consists of your stereotypical Fantasy classes; knights, wizards, dragons, wyms, griffons, imps, giants, etc. They gain experience points, and levels, and can change class at a certain point. The battles are automated, but depending on where you set them up in their group, they perform a certain attack, a certain number of times. You'll encounter enemy groups on each map similar to your army, and whoever deals the most damage wins the battle. The loser is bounced back, but will return until they are obliterated.

You Liberate / Capture towns through your adventure, earning money along the way. Liberation will raise your reputation, a meter that is paramount to receiving one of THIRTEEN possible endings. You can't really mess up this game, so don't worry about that. If a character dies, you can simply revive them at a Temple, or just wait until the chapter ends. No permadeath here.

We'll get into the meat and potatoes of it as we progress, I expect this first game to take about EIGHT WEEKS before we move onto our next game, but that could change on the speed at which we're completing stages, for better or worse. I would be overjoyed with a great turnout in this one, but after the 3-man sprint to the finish in Fire Emblem, morale is not high (Morale! Another important Ogre Battle feature!).

We've got a few set for this initially, when you toss your hat into the ring, we'll get you on there, too.


Please post any and all questions, you have, and YES, this will be THE place for future RPG Club stuff.

See ya soon!!




(A game so awesome, Queen made TWO songs about it)



OGRE BATTLE

WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8


Completed Ogre Battle! - Scene 25
Mr_Mustache {α, β, γ, δ}
Mrs_Mustache {α, β, γ, δ}

Completed 8.2 - Scene 24

Completed 8.1 - Scene 23


Completed Week 7! - Scene 22

Completed 7.3 - Scene 21
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Completed 7.2 - Scene 20

Completed 7.1 - Scene 19


Completed Week 6! - Scene 18

Completed 6.1 - Scene 17


Completed Week 5! - Scene 16

Completed 5.2 - Scene 15

Completed 5.1 - Scene 14


Completed Week 4! - Scene 13

Completed 4.2 - Scene 12

Completed 4.1 - Scene 11
Dark Weres {α}


Completed Week 3! - Scene 10

Completed 3.2 - Scene 9
Koovaps

Completed 3.1 - Scene 8


Completed Week 2! - Scene 7
Zero
Anand

Completed 2.3 - Scene 6
viscountalpha
Renjaku

Completed 2.2 - Scene 5
chrisbg99

Completed 2.1 - Scene 4


Completed Week 1 - Scene 3!
Stephen
GameDadGrant

Completed 1.3 - Scene 2
HammerLord
Pokefreak911


α - Completed Muspelm
β - Completed Organa
γ - Completed Antanjyl
δ - Completed Shiguld / Ruined City


A Little Help: (links below!)
Maintaining Reputation and a high Alignment (ALI)
Some Tarot Card stuff(More)
Building Your Own Units


Originally from Negative World Epic Center

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