![]() ![]() Each general commands a Battalion of generic soldiers, and the two share an important symbiotic relationship with each other. The main characters are extremely powerful units dubbed “generals”. ![]() ![]() By comparison, in Langrisser it’s not uncommon to control over thirty units at one time, fighting against scores of enemies on a single map. Most similar games have you controlling between five and ten single units. What sets Langrisser apart from others of its kind is its tremendous scale. While the series essentially died off with the Saturn (not technically – more on that later), Langrisser has remained one of the greatest strategy games in video gaming. While the first game was brought out in America way back in the Genesis era (retitled Warsong), the rest of the games never left Japan, mostly due to the low-tech quality of the graphics and general unpopularity RPGs at the time. One of the most popular out of all of these was Masaya’s Langrisser series. While most Westerners were introduced to it through Sega’s Shining Force (in the 16-bit era) or Final Fantasy Tactics (in the 32-bit era), it’s been a mainstay in Japanese video gaming since Nintendo’s Fire Emblem was introduced for the Famicom in the late 80s. The strategy RPG genre has been gaining steam slowly in America. ![]()
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