Tactics Ogre

Several years ago, Quest released Tactics Ogre in Japan on the Super Famicom. Unfortunately, Enix's US office closed before it had a chance to bring it out in the States, and thus America went without. Once again, strategy/RPG fans are lucky to have Atlus on their side - Tactics Ogre is a classic game, better in many ways than its more recent cousin, Final Fantasy Tactics.

It's a shame that Quest managed to massacre this potential masterpiece the way it did, as Let Us Cling Together could have been among the best Strategy RPGs ever. As it stands, it's a magnificent game rendered somewhat mediocre by its painfully time-consuming gameplay and cheap AI. I would still get it, if only for the rarity of the game, however (it is quite a collectable). There is some good news in all of this, though: the GBA sequel, Knight of Lodis, improves on all of the flaws in Let Us Cling Together. At least Quest isn't like 3D0 - they learn from their mistakes. It's just a shame that THIS is the game that had to be learnt from.