The official adaptation of Steve Jackson Games’ legendary and award-winning war game, Ogre, is now available on PlayStation. Brimming with mechanized warfare, this turn-based strategy game requires plenty of tactical choices and even more calculated thinking. Based on the original board game created in 1977, this game will transport you to another era.
Here are five explosive reasons why we think you’ll love it.
Refine your strategy
Strategy begins when you decide which units you want to be in your dream faction, where you want to position them, and what attacks are best suited to the fight you’re in. Then you leave aside the success of these strategic choices. dice roll, and all you can do is sit back and watch your plans unfold before you.
Set in the not so distant future
In a timeline not so different from ours, Ogre is set in the near future. There is an armed conflict where a specific type of unit, the Ogre, instills so much fear even in its allies. Ogres are AI-driven cybernetic tanks that are so powerful that they equal the same firepower as a battalion of tanks and infantry. Get ready to fully immerse yourself in this award-winning classic that has been revived for PlayStation.
As a player, you’ll take command of hovercraft, tanks, marines, infantry, and even the Ogres themselves, as you take part in an endless global war. Fight for dominance on the irradiated battlefields of the (not so distant) future.
Create your dream faction
With two different factions to choose from; you can play as a North American Cartel or as a Pan-European Federation, then build your dream faction from there. You will be able to choose from light, super heavy and missile tanks, GEVs (ground effect vehicles), infantry, marines, howitzers and ogres (Mark I – Mark VI) to create a different team to every time you play.
If you want to keep improving, you can keep perfecting the factions you build until you feel like you understand the lay of the land. And then once you find the perfect sweet spot, you can keep using the same team, keep using the same unbeatable faction every time. Create your ultimate unit and use trains and command posts as you wish.
Super replayable campaign
There are so many different ways to play Ogre, with multiple options for creating your factions, different factions to choose from, and plenty of scenarios to try out. Ogre’s AI will constantly surprise you, to the point that no two games will be the same. There are also many different types of terrain, including bodies of water, on which you can fight your battles. Incorporate terrain into your battle strategy, use defensive zones to protect your units from attack or bodies of water to block the enemy.
And of course, without forgetting all those trophies to grab too! Add all of this to the ability to perfect your dream unit over and over again, and you’ll be able to find exciting new ways to play Ogre every time.
Gameplay that has stood the test of time
For over forty years, the tabletop game has stood the test of time, delighting gamers on tabletop and then PC, and now we’ve brought it to life on PlayStation. This version is the ultimate PlayStation version of Ogre, including the extended GEV rules, which come from the original Ogre sequel, for even more variety.
When the PC version was released in 2017, it was the very first digital adaptation of Ogre since the game’s original creation in 1986, and since then Auroch Digital has been hard at work bringing it to PlayStation, and also to make it the best it can be. be.
Discover the vast world of Ogre for yourself, it’s now available on PS4 and PS5!
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