Tactics Ogre: Reborn Officially Announced, Coming to PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC

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Square Enix announced Tactics Ogre: Reborn, a remaster of the 2010 version of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together and it’s coming to PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC on November 11.

This version of the game will feature a redesigned battle system called the Named the Unit-by-Level System. This is how it was described in the Tactics Ogre: Reborn page from Square Enix. 

“Building on what worked in previous versions of Tactics Ogre, this new game incorporates new elements as part of an overall redesign of the battle system. Here’s a brief introduction to some of the new features that await.

“The class-wide level management system found in Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune has been replaced by a unit-by-unit level system.”

“Each unit advances differently depending on its class, making for an elegant system that lets players plot their way through endless combinations of equipment, skills, and magic for each unit.”

“This means that the player is able to consider the bigger picture, and decide on the overall composition of units to bring into each battle.”

This new version of the game will also feature an enemy AI overhaul, and typical quality life improvements such as auto save, faster combat, and an overhaul of the game’s controls. It also comes with fully voiced English and Japanese dialogues as well as all original music of the game was re-recorded. 

Here are the key features of the game provided by Square Enix.

Key Features

  • A tactical role-playing game depicting the struggle for control of the Valerian Isles.

  • Your choices affect how the story unfolds, and even how it ends, with a game system that allows for multiple paths through the game and multiple endings. The story takes place through the eyes of a young man named Denam. The decisions he makes will alter the fate of those around him, and shift the course of Valeria’s history.

  • Fight pitched tactical battles on three-dimensional battlefields. The completely revamped AI enables enemies to adapt their tactics to the situation, providing a battle system that always keeps you thinking and never grows old.

  • The class-wide level management system used in Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (2010) has changed to a unit-by-unit level system. Theorycraft your way through endless combinations of classes, equipment, skills, and magic.

  • Enjoy numerous playability improvements, such as a quicker pace of battle, auto save, and a complete overhaul to the controls and UI to make it easier to get into the game than ever.

  • The unparalleled details of the characters and backgrounds from the original Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (1995) have been painstakingly recreated in high definition.

  • The cutscenes are fully voiced in English and Japanese, and all of the music has been rerecorded with live performances! The voices bring new life to the complex motivations of the characters that make up the factions and shifting political alliances of this epic story.

  • When you advance far enough in the game you’ll unlock the World Tarot, enabling you to travel back in the story with the power of your forces intact; an incredibly useful feature in a game where your choices have such a huge impact on how the story unfolds. If you wonder what a different choice would have led to, now you can find out!

  • Traveling back isn’t limited to the story; the Chariot Tarot lets you rewind up to a certain number of moves during battle. In a game of tactical battles where a single mistake can mean the difference between victory and defeat, you can play without worrying that you’ll back yourself into a corner.

  • Enjoy a wealth of endgame content such as the 100-level Palace of the Dead.

The game will be available as a physical and digital standard edition on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch, and as a digital-only standard edition on PC. A Digital Premium Edition will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC. It will contain the Tactics Ogre: Reborn Soundtrack and new pieces composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, as well as rerecorded live versions of Tactics Ogre favorites like Fight It Out! and Limitation. Those who opt for to pre-order the game will be given the Tactics Ogre (1995) Digital Mini Soundtrack.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn is one of those worst kept secrets of 2022 as the game was leaked numerous times throughout the year, with the latest suggesting its now November release.