Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber | |
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Developer(s) |
Quest Dual Corporation |
Publisher(s) |
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Designer(s) | Tatsuya Azeyagi |
Composer(s) |
Hayato Matsuo Masaharu Iwata Hitoshi Sakimoto |
Platform(s) | Nintendo 64, Virtual Console (Wii) |
Release date(s) |
Nintendo 64 Wii Virtual Console |
Genre(s) | Strategy RPG, Real-time strategy |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (オウガバトル64 Person of Lordly Caliber Ōga Batoru Rokujūyon Pāson obu rōdorī Kyaribā?), sequel to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, is a real-time strategy role-playing video game developed by Quest and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. Though conceptually similar to the original Ogre Battle, significant game play tweaks were implemented to improve the game's overall flow. Ogre Battle 64 is the third game in the series, the first two being Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, and Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. Gaidens have been released in Japan, on Game Boy Advance and Neo Geo Pocket Color. Unlike earlier Ogre Battle games, which feature Queen song titles, "Person of Lordly Caliber" is an original title. Ogre Battle 64 was released via the North American Virtual Console on Wii on March 29, 2010, and presently remains as the only third-party Nintendo 64 title available on Virtual Console.
Set as the 6th chapter in overall Ogre Saga, the story follows Magnus Gallant, a recent graduate of the Ischka Military Academy, and fledgling captain in Palatinus' Southern region, Alba. As civil war erupts in the country, Magnus eventually decides to join the revolution with its leader, Frederick Raskin, first liberating the southern region with the Zenobians' aid, then Nirdam and uniting with them, then returning the Eastern Region of Capitrium to the Orthodox church, and finally marching on the capital of Latium. However, along the way, Magnus' battalion, the Blue Knights, finds its enemies escalating, from the puppet kingdom of Palatinus, to the might of the Holy Lodis Empire, to the Dark Hordes of the Netherworld.