With the Duke imprisoned, and the Resistance in tatters, the war finally drew to a tentative standstill. A Walister Resistance was led by Duke Juda Ronwey, but they were soon overwhelmed. Galgastan was the largest military force on the isles, and Balbatos soon set his sights on the violent submission of the Walister race. In the southwest of the Isles, the Kingdom of Galgastan was forged under the control of Hierophant Leundar Balbatos. He bolstered the might of his country with an alliance to the Holy Lodissian Empire, a foreign superpower. The Bakram exarch Brantyn Morne established the Bakram-Valerian Kingdom, installing himself as Regent. The northeast of the isles were the seat of power for the Bakram, much of Valeria's aristocracy and ruling class. However, when the King suddenly died without a clear successor, Valeria was plunged into civil war once again. 50 years ago, the isles were finally united under King Dorgalua Oberyth, who reigned over an era of relative peace and prosperity. The Valerian Isles are a small cluster of islands with a long history of internal strife between its three ethnic groups - The Bakram, the Galgastani, and the Walister. Long a center of naval commerce, the people here have struggled throughout history for dominion over these shores." - Prologue " Behold the Valerian Isles, jewels of the Obero Sea. It takes place after the events of Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, and around the same time as Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is Episode VII of the Ogre Battle Saga. Most often, however, the game will progress even if guest characters are not saved, but with slight differences to the story. Occasionally, a guest character (CPU controlled ally) must also be kept alive. The battle is forfeit when Denam is killed. Other times, the objective to to defeat all enemies. In most story battles, the enemy leader must be defeated. The conditions for winning a battle can vary. The remake also introduces the CHARIOT System, allowing the state of the battle to be rewound.
During a character turn, they can move, perform an action (attack, magic, item, wait), and (in the PSP version) perform a Skill. Turns are allocated to one character at a time depending on their individual Recovery Time, rather than being split between a "player phase" and "enemy phase". Some areas, like castles or dungeons, can be multiple battles long, and cannot be left until all are completed.īattle takes place on an isometric grid, similar to other tactical RPGs such as Front Mission or Final Fantasy Tactics. In the PSP remake, random encounters can be retreated from. The PSP version of the game also added a Crafting system for items and equipment.īattle can occur from random encounters when moving on the map, or story encounters that advance the game. In the World View, the player can manage their units via the party screen, access the Warren Report, use the shop, save and load, and move between locations on the World Map. Gameplay is divided between two modes World View and Battle. While Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen was more akin to a grand strategy RPG, Let Us Cling Together was a more intimate squad-based isometric tactical RPG. Though Let Us Cling Together is the second entry released in the Ogre Battle franchise, it featured dramatically different gameplay than its predecessor. This is one of many references to Queen songs in the series, including Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, which references " Ogre Battle" and " The March of the Black Queen". The subtitle of Let Us Cling Together is a reference to the Queen song " Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" from their album A Day at the Races. A remake of the game developed by the original team was released on Februfor the PSP, with development and publishing credit by Square Enix. The game was originally released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan and then re-released on the Sega Saturn in 1996 and the PlayStation in 1997. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together ( タクティクスオウガ, Takutikusu Ōga ?) is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest.