After eight long years since the release of Knights Of Lodis on the GBA, the Tactics Ogre series is coming back. Today, Square Enix announced the development of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, a remake of the very first game in the series, developed exclusively for the PSP. 
 
Originally released back in 1995 for the Super Famicom by developer Quest, Tactics Ogre featured a blend of grid-based tactical strategy and classic RPG combat and leveling that made for a gameplay system with much greater strategic depth than other JRPGs at the time. If you still can't picture it, think of the Final Fantasy Tactics games--which is apt, since, after leaving Quest in 1995, Tactics Ogre game director Yasumi Matsuno would join Square and create the first Final Fantasy Tactics (as well as Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story). 
   

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After eight long years since the release of Knights Of Lodis on the GBA, the Tactics Ogre series is coming back. Today, Square Enix announced the development of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, a remake of the very first game in the series, developed exclusively for the PSP. 
 
Originally released back in 1995 for the Super Famicom by developer Quest, Tactics Ogre featured a blend of grid-based tactical strategy and classic RPG combat and leveling that made for a gameplay system with much greater strategic depth than other JRPGs at the time. If you still can't picture it, think of the Final Fantasy Tactics games--which is apt, since, after leaving Quest in 1995, Tactics Ogre game director Yasumi Matsuno would join Square and create the first Final Fantasy Tactics (as well as Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story). 
   

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Whoooaaa havent heard Tactics Ogre in a loooong time! Looks pretty sweet tho. Too bad I'm PSPless. :/

You had me until "PSP".

" Yay?  EDIT: GOD DAMN WHERE'S MY QUEST? "

Man, tile-based JRPGs just curry absolutely no favor from me anymore.  I played Tactics Ogre, and I played Final Fantasy Tactics, and I played Disgaea.  There is literally nothing left in the genre. 

"Get hyped for grids"? I'd like to correct this, the correct terminology is "Get hype". No "D".  
Not that I'd imagine you would know that, Kessler, just for future reference haha.

I'd rather have a console version of a new Final Fantasy Tactics.  I've been waiting on it forever.

Top left girl in that circle of people is totally not wearing any pants. I approve.

" You had me until "PSP". "

I played a ton of this game when I was a kid. The only Japanese language game I ever suffered through. Took me FOREVER to figure out what everything little thing mean't. 

You know what? On occasion, I do consider myself to be down with grids.
 
Knight of Lodis is the only game I have from the Tactics Ogre line, but I loved it back in the day. Since I have a PSP, I'll definitely be giving this a look.

What do you have against grids, Matt?

"You had me until "PSP". "

" Why the PSP? WHY?????????????? "

This news sold me on getting a PSP when I read it earlier.  I've been wanting to play this game for so long (FFT Is my favorite game of all time) but it's been hard to find and/or very expensive for a long time.

Our Lord and Savior Matsuno returns, and you vex about grids? REPENT! REPENT AND BE SAVED!

Apparently my purchase of a PSP couldn't be better timed.  The news of this broke two nights ago, and earlier that day I laid the cash for one, came home and read about the remake.  Crazy.
 
This is a really good but under-appreciated series.  Final Fantasy Tactics was pretty much the spiritual successor to Tactics Ogre, so if you liked FFT (which MANY people do), then there's a very strong chance that you will like this game.  Same designers, same artists, same almost everything, with a similar politically motivated plot.

Yep, I was interested until that acronym came up... PSP.

I wish they would make a tactic game where the exp is split between the characters so I don't have to hold back the main characters or mess around trying to level up my weakest one.  It makes most of the battles less about winning and more about stupid things.

I still do not get all the hate for the PSP I love the thing!! With all these great games the psp just keeps getting better and better for me

Nice, I have enjoyed Final Fantasy Tactics so looking forward to this even though I haven't played a Tactics Ogre game. I remember seeing it a while ago when my main system was the GBA but didn't get it or anything like that.

As much as I love the Tactics Ogre series, im bummed by the news as its a PSP exclusive. Looks like I'll just have to play through tKoL again for the 50th time.
 
 Either way, this kind of exposure is great for the series and only helps the chances of getting more new games in the TO/OB series.

Oh man, I was so excited untill i read the PSP bit. I have one but never get any games for it cos why when you can play better versions of those games on consoles. Saying that will probably still be getting this despite the PSP's crapness.
 
ps " could we be seeing the cusp of a resurgence of grids and hexes? (No.)" Screw you man, grid based games are awesome.

I may have to get a PSP one of these days. You know, when I actually have a job and money.

Man, how this story would've been lessened had someone not made some decent pages for Yasumi Matsuno and Vagrant Story. 
 
>.>    <.<    O_O 
 
Also, FUCK YES!  Too bad it's only on the PSP.  Let Us Cling Together was such a great game.

Fuck yes. I am buying this.

Never heard of it.

Day one for me.

Awesome. I'm looking forward to this and Cladun.

I like the series and the opportunity to finally play the first, but I really hope this means they're going to make some new entries in the series.

Damn it! I've actually been waiting for a remake of this game but of course it has to come out on the one platform that i don't own or have any interest in.