Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
LumiScore
Growth
45/100
Growth Value
- Problem Solving
- Spatial Awareness
- Strategic Thinking
Risk
LOW
Engagement Patterns
Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.
Heads up
Parent Pro-Tip
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis offers a rich and rewarding strategic experience that can significantly boost your child's critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Encourage your child to articulate their strategies before battles and discuss their decisions afterward. This can help them verbalize their thought processes and deepen their understanding of tactical gameplay.
Top Skills Developed
Development Areas
Representation?How diverse the game's characters are in gender and ethnicity. Higher = more authentic representation. Display only — does not affect time recommendation.
Bechdel Test?The Bechdel Test checks whether a game has at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. A simple measure of representation.— N/A — no named characters
Not applicable for this type of game.
Parent Pro-Tip
Developing problem-solving skills, enhancing strategic and critical thinking, improving spatial awareness, fostering learning transfer, and encouraging memory and attention.
What your child develops
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis is a deeply strategic tactical role-playing game that significantly engages players' cognitive abilities. Its core gameplay loop revolves around problem-solving, spatial awareness in unit positioning, and complex strategic and critical thinking to overcome challenging battles. Players must carefully manage their units, classes, equipment, and spells, fostering strong learning transfer as they adapt to new tactical situations. The adaptive challenge of increasingly difficult encounters and diverse enemy types keeps players engaged and continuously developing their skills. Memory and attention are crucial for remembering unit strengths, weaknesses, and spell effects, while the customization of units allows for a degree of creative expression in party building.
Regulatory Compliance
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About this game
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (タクティクスオウガ外伝 The Knight of Lodis, Takutikusu Ōga Gaiden Za Naito obu Rōdhisu, Lancelot: Somebody To Love) is a tactical role-playing game developed by Quest. It was released by Nintendo in Japan in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance, then later released by Atlus in North America in 2002.