This is the animated video trailer of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, remade for the PSP.

This video is well-made. The animation is smooth, and its presentation perfect. The use of “moving drawings” instead of conventional animation is fitting for the art style used in the video game. It’s thrilling to see moving, animated in-game concept art instead of those mini-avatars you see when you play the game.

This is called Shinpuu Trailer on the official TO: LUCT website.

Having been exiled(supposedly) from their own land, the party of the knights of Xenobia led by Lanselot Hamilton travels to Valeria to find some work. Then we see the hero (default name is Denam Pavel) launching a sneak attack on the party, only to be fended off by the winged man (Vartan) Canopus Wolph. This scene is of course the opening scenario in the game. I think Canopus’ animation is smooth and great, showing the grace and finesse of the Vartans.

After a close-up on Mirdyn Walhorn and Gildas W. Byrne, the party of knights lends their swords to the hero to lay siege to the Almorica Castle in order to rescue Duke Ronwey. These scenes make up almost half of the trailer but cover only the first few quests in the game including the tutorial.

We see the Dark Knight Lanselot Tartaros for the first time leading a large army of cavaliers. Then a flashback shows Brantyn Morne (I think) giving orders to the Dark Knights to set the town of Golyat on fire (on their search for Abuna Prancet Pavel, the hero’s father I think). A short scene gives us a close-up on some of the Dark Knights’ faces: (from right to left) Barbas Dahd Geuse, Lanselot Tartaros, Martym Noumous and Balxephon V. Rahms.

Now to the battlefield… The “Hero of Golyat” fights side by side with the Paladin, Lanselot Hamilton against the army of the Dark Knight, Lanselot Tartaros. We see familiar faces here. First is the necromancer Nybeth Obdilor summoning his army of undead. Then Dark Knight Oz Moh Glacius attacking Myrdin. We see a fighter (dunno who) dodging two dragons before the final showdown between the two Lanselots.

*I’m more than 100 hours into Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together but I haven’t finished it yet. I think I’m just halfway through it. Even so, I’m already planning my second run. Its branching storylines tell you that you’re missing out on a lot of subplots. And this is what makes a good, addictive RPG. This game is what revived my interest in “Tactics” games.

*Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was first released in 1995 for the SNES. The PSP version is a remake with updated graphics, new features and new subplots. The subtitle “Let Us Cling Together” is a reference to the Queen(a British rock band) song “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)” from their album A Day at the Races.

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