Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - The Bear and Badger

Vela

I picked up the re-re-remake on Switch last week and good heavens is this a change from my usual tactical experiences.

So far I have learnt that there is
- No auto equip
- No auto character optimisation
- No team based turn mechanic

This puts it in a very different category of play style to those I am used to, such as into the breach and fire emblem.

Impressions are very good however.
The music is excellent.
The character portraits are drawn in a fantastic style not unlike my faint memory of Vagrant Story
The boobs are normal
So far there are no children who are really 1000 year old dragons and everyone has normal hair.

I've just had my arse kicked by a necromancer which is about five levels in, so it's definitely going to be a challenge and a new experience.

Anyone else getting stuck into it?

Bob

Hello there

Vela

Moot_Geeza

He doesn't post much these days but @Dogfingers seems to be enjoying it.

Vela

This game is kicking my arse. Getting into missions finding some of my characters haven't got good gear and hit for 1hp. 4/9 dead before the end and getting stuck in a cycle of revive, heal, die again.

There's a lot of things to equip so I assume I'm missing something simple here

b0r1s

Still got this on my OG Vita. Didn’t get very far tbh.

Vela

Not likely to either.

Feel like I'm getting punked here. Four or five maps in and my squad hits for regularly less than half of what the enemies do. Even have some archers who do 1hp damage.

What a waste of time.

mrsmr2

Are you crafting new gear? Ages since I played the psp version but I seem to remember that as something to be on top of.

Vela

No, and a search of modern guides tells me I need to do training as well.

I might just cool my jets here and see if I've missed more obvious things. Probably.

Definitely something that presentation wise is absolutely wonderful but dear me is there a steep learning curve I might struggle with. Something to come back to when I'm clearer in the noggin.

Bob

Hello there

Vela

Hi Bob. What's up?

Vela

Training battles and a bit better equipment seems to have set me in the general right direction. Getting some noticeable improvement now.

Vela

Just kicked the necromancer. My rune fencer who was doing 1hp damage is now doing 100+ and sometimes 150+

Nice to see that the equipping of skills and matching appropriate weapons is what was missing with my prior understanding, so I think I will be able to keep going now.

A good example of the benefit of taking the time to reset.

Dogfingers

Hey, I’m very deep in this and it gets quite solid. It’s real good, totally appeases my permadeath strategy rpq appetite. There’s plenty to sink your teeth into and multiple paths through the game.

I didn’t manage to save any of the npcs in the first two chapters, and one battle I restarted about 8 or 9 times.

Vela

I'm finally done with chapter 1 and it's starting to make much more sense.

Now I only have a couple of characters I haven't managed to get very strong/useful and I'm not sure what to do about low cash reserves. In any case it's starting to get it's hooks in now.

Bob

Hello there

Raiziel

Hi Bob. What’s up?

Vela

Is bob ok?

Dogfingers

Vela wrote:

I'm finally done with chapter 1 and it's starting to make much more sense.

Now I only have a couple of characters I haven't managed to get very strong/useful and I'm not sure what to do about low cash reserves. In any case it's starting to get it's hooks in now.

I’m on chapter 4 and feel like there’s so much I’m missing. Multiple paths and side quests I’ve missed, recruitable characters are not joining me because apparently I’ve made some questionable decisions. What’s refreshing is there’s so little information on the internet available for this specific version. Still, really enjoying it.

Paul the sparky

Vela wrote:

Is bob ok?

I think it's just his "sense" of "humour"

Bob

Paul the sparky wrote:

Vela wrote:

Is bob ok?

I think it's just his "sense" of "humour"

The force is strong in this one

Vela

Hi Bob. I have dragons now.

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