is a series of five tactical role-playing and real-time strategy video games developed by Quest Corporation and is currently owned by Square Enix through Square's acquisition of Quest. There are five main games in the series, starting with the release of Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen in 1993.

Overview The first video game in the series, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan, and two years later in North America. The title was a real-time strategy role playing game, set in a medieval fantasy world. The second game in the series, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, was released in 1995 in Japan. It was a turn-based tactical role-playing game making use of isometric graphics, and the title is largely considered to be "exceptionally influential" to the genre.Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together – Staff Review Two subsequent games in the Ogre Battle series – Ogre Battle 64 and Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia – follow the real-time strategy gameplay of the original title in the franchise, while Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis follows the turn-based tactical role-playing gameplay elements of the second game in the series.

The Knight of Lodis, released in 2001, is the last original release in the franchise. In 2010, Tactics Ogre was remade for the PlayStation Portable as Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune, but the characters, story and setting are identical to the 1995 release. The creator of the series, Yasumi Matsuno, directed the remake of the game. Matsuno was also responsible for another highly influential title, Final Fantasy Tactics, originally released in 1997. Though the title bears no relation to the Ogre Battle series, Final Fantasy Tactics is considered by some critics to be a spiritual successor to Tactics Ogre. As of 2016, the franchise mostly remains active through re-releases of the first two games for the Nintendo's Virtual Console service in Japan, North America and Europe.

Both "Ogre Battle" and "The March of the Black Queen" were titles to Queen songs from their 1974 album Queen II. In addition, "Let Us Cling Together" is the subtitle to their song "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" from 1976's A Day at the Races.

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Related software A prerelease demo of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was made available in early October 1995 for the Super Famicom add-on Satellaview. It consists of a battle in a preset map where the player has full control over two opposing teams, similar to the training mode in the full version of game.

In 1996, Bothtec Corporation released in Japan a CD-ROM containing a collection of images and artwork used in Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. The package is titled Tactics Ogre Complete Works and also includes icons, wallpapers, databases and a screen saver. It is available for Windows 95 and Mac OS.Quest's Official Website (in Japanese).Suruga-Ya (in Japanese).

Reception Sales The series has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, placing it among the best-selling Japanese role-playing game franchises.

Sales Title Year Console Japan USA Total Ref. Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1993 SNES 400,000 400,000 Shmuplations, accessed on February 23, 2019 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 SFC 515,311 515,311 Famitsu sales (in Italian and English), accessed on March 1, 2019 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - Limited Edition 1996 PS 59,817 47,655 107,472 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1996 SS 48,449 48,449 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1996 SS 78,993 78,993 Sega Saturn Magazine, issue 159, page 40 (in Japanese), accessed on February 27, 2018 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1997 PS 13,963 16,940 30,903 Gaijin Woks, accessed on February 27, 2019 Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber 1999 N64 200,770 76,529 277,299 Hokora N64, accessed on February 23, 2019The Gaming Intelligence Agency , accessed on February 20, 2019 Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia 2000 NGPC 14,283 14,283 Classic Gaming, accessed on February 20, 2019 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2001 GBA 282,838 100,390 383,228 Hokora GBA, accessed on February 20, 2019Supernova GBA (in Japanese), accessed on February 23, 2019 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 2010 PSP 279,207 Unknown 279,207 Total sales: 2,135,145

Critical reception Among critics, the series was acclaimed both in Japan and North America. According to the review aggregator GameRankings, the SNES release of March of the Black Queen has an average aggregate rating of 84%, while the PlayStation port of Let Us Cling Together has an average of 81%. Ogre Battle 64 has an average of 86% and The Knight of Lodis 84%. In Japan, gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu scored the Super Famicom releases of March of the Black Queen and Let Us Cling Together 33/40 and 34/40, respectively.Ne.jp Famitsu 1993 review scores (in Japanese), accessed on March 17, 2018Ne.jp, accessed on February 23, 2019 The magazine also provided high scores for Ogre Battle 64 (33/40) and The Knight of Lodis (34/40), while Prince of Zenobia received a slightly lower score, 28/40. The PSP remake of Let Us Cling Together is the most critically acclaimed release in the series, with an average of 88% at GameRankings and a score of 36/40 from Weekly Famitsu.Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together , GameRankings, accessed 2011-02-181up (archived from the original) November 3, 2010, accessed on March 17, 2018Geimin.net (archived from the original, in Japanese) October 24, 2016, accessed on March 17, 2018

+ Critical reception from publications which reviewed five or more entries in the series Release Publication score Title Year Platform EGM Famitsu GameInformer GamePro GameSpot IGN Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1993 SNES 31.5/40 33/40Ne.jp Famitsu 1993 review scores (in Japanese), accessed on March 17, 2018 6.75/10Game Informer Legacy Review Archive 15/20 – 9/10 1996 PS 30/40Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide, page 73 32/40Meisaku Game (in Japanese), accessed on March 17, 2018 6.5/10 16.5/20GamePro, issue 108 (September 1997), page 120 7.8/10 6/10 1996 SS – 28/40Weekly Famitsu, issue 413, page 31 – – – – Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 SNES – 34/40 – – – – 1996 SS – 30/40 – – – – 1997 PS 33/40Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 105, April 1998, page 102 31/40 8/10 4.5/5GamePro, issue 114, March 1998, page 110 7.9/10 – Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber 1999 N64 25/30 33/40ニンテンドウ64 - オウガバトル64 Person of Lordly Caliber. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.28. 30 June 2006. 9/10 13/20 9.1/10 8.8/10 Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia 2000 NGPC – 28/40 Transcript – – – – Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2001 GBA 24.5/30 34/40 8/10 4.5/5 9.1/10 8.5/10 Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fate 2010 PSP 7/10Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 245, March 2011, page 75 36/40 9/10 4.5/5Heidi Kemps, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, GamePro, February 15, 2011 9/10Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Review , GameSpot, February 12, 2011 8.5/10Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Review - Let us cling to this game , IGN, February 7, 2011 Tactics Ogre: Reborn 2022 Microsoft Windows – – – – – – 2022 Nintendo Switch – – – – 8/10 – 2022 PlayStation 4 – – – – – – 2022 PlayStation 5 – – – – – –

See also List of Square Enix video game franchises Final Fantasy Tactics

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