History VideoGame / Brigandine

* GameplayAndStorySegregation (Noie is inflicted with fatal sickness, but she won't die until you finished the game as Norgard (or being in the 3rd scenario for Multiplayer, where she's be nonexistant from get-go))

* '''Esgares''': Regardless of which country you play as, the story starts with Esgares' ruler, Zemeckis, throwing a coup. Zemeckis first appears like a TakeOverTheWorld type of villain, but it later becomes clear that he actually did all this out of fear. Specifically, he fears a BloodKnight like him will become obsolete in a world without war. The player can play as Esgares by entering a simple cheat code - enter the Country Select Screen, press and hold R1 (keep holding it), press and hold L2 (keep holding it), then press start.

* '''Iscalio''': Mad Monarch Dryst sees the chaos stirred up by Zemeckis as an excuse to attack other countries, and no matter how much the sensible Bishop Ulster tries to reason with him, Dryst never listens. Apart from an actual clown, the rest of Dryst's crew (besides Ulster) is made up of clowns. The people suffer in this land thanks to Dryst's greed.

* '''Norgard''': Norgard is a snowy land in the north occupied by some of the game's strongest knights. It's led by the appropriately nicknamed "White Wolf" Lord Vaynard (who serves as this game's WhiteHairedPrettyBoy). Like Dryst, he sees the chaos as a chance to conquer more land. Despite the game never outright stating that the people suffer in Norgard, Lord Vaynard's warlord mentality plus his never once mentioning anything having to do with economics (a.k.a. the well-being of his people) implies he's a badguy. His most notable companions are the [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tsundere]] Princess Brangien and his ever-loyal right-hand man Guinglain. Almost all of his dudes and dudettes are named after characters from the ArthurianLegend .

* '''Norgard''': Norgard is a snowy land in the north occupied by some of the game's strongest knights. It's led by the appropriately nicknamed "White Wolf" Lord Vaynard (who serves as this game's WhiteHairedPrettyBoy). Like Dryst, he sees the chaos as a chance to conquer more land. Despite the game never outright stating that the people suffer in Norgard, Lord Vaynard's warlord mentality plus his never once mentioning anything having to do with economics (a.k.a. the well-being of his people) implies his being a badguy. His most notable companions are the [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tsundere]] Princess Brangien and his ever-loyal right-hand man Guinglain. Almost all of his dudes and dudettes are named after characters from the ArthurianLegend .

* '''Norgard''': Norgard is a snowy land in the north occupied by some of the game's strongest knights. It's led by the appropriately nicknamed "White Wolf" Lord Vaynard (who serves as this game's WhiteHairedPrettyBoy). Like Dryst, he sees the chaos as a chance to conquer more land. Despite the game never stating the people suffer in his land, Lord Vaynard's warlord mentality plus his never once mentioning anything having to do with economics (a.k.a. the well-being of his people) implies his being a badguy. His most notable companions are the [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tsundere]] Princess Brangien and his ever-loyal right-hand man Guinglain. Almost all of his dudes and dudettes are named after characters from the ArthurianLegend .

* '''Leonia''': Leonia, a religious country led by a peasant-turned-Queen (named Lyonesse), is a country of TechnicalPacifist s. However, when the two bordering countries led by warlords (Dryst and Vaynard) attack, Leonia strikes back. Most of the characters who fight for Leonia are priests, clerics, and the like. This is the hardest country with which to win the game, despite the game's manual saying otherwise.

* '''Leonia''': Leonia, a religious country led by a former-peasant-girl-turned-Queen (named Lyonesse), is a country of TechnicalPacifist s. However, when the two bordering countries led by warlords (Dryst and Vaynard) attack, Leonia strikes back. Most of the characters who fight for Leonia are priests, clerics, and the like. This is the hardest country with which to win the game, despite the game's manual saying otherwise.

* TheAce ("Knight Master Dinadan" and "Mr. Perfect" Asmit)

Brigandine was released in the U.S. and has since gained cult status (a game from '97 costing $40 now is remarkable). [[NoExportForYou As a result of its low U.S. sales, the expansion pack filled with goodies, called Brigandine Grand Edition, was never brought to the U.S.]] This game definitely NeedsMoreLove.

* NoExportForYou (Grand Edition)

* PetTheDog (Zemeckis treatment to Esmeree. Also, Vaynard does what an aloof pragmatic ruler does with war, but he held a soft spot on [[IllGirl Noie]] and lamented on her death, thinking he didn't unify Forsena faster)
* RebelliousPrincess (Merriot, and Brangien. The latter's ''very bitter'' on the apparent rule of...)
** StayInTheKitchen (apparently this is why Vaynard succeeds the throne of Norgard, not Brangien)
* RedBaron ('Mad Monarch' for Dryst, 'White Wolf of Norgard' for Vaynard, also 'Silent Wise King' for Cai)

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism (Mostly averted with who you control in Story Mode, but the game seems to treat New Almekia as the eventual victor what with the extended endings in Grand Editon. In Multiplayer Mode, however, it goes for Cynicism mostly, as in the second scenario, both New Almekia and Leonia start out beaten (by Esgares and Norgard respectively), leaving only Caerleon as the 'good' country)
* SmallNameBigEgo (Langueborg of Leonia. Oh God, Langueborg)
* SmugSnake (Camden of Iscalio, subverted that despite being a brown-nosing guy, he's actually COMPETENT enough when time calls)

* ThrowTheBookAtThem (How the Silent Wise King managed to have a weaker physical atttack than the WhiteMagicianGirl)
* TookALevelInBadass (Promote Lance into King and see for yourself)

** Meleagant of New Almekia is a male example. He's not very welcoming and accepting to Lance, until you conquer 20 castles and he mellows down.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl (Caerleon's Wild Knights (Eloute-Gush-Lecarra), and the Rand family team (Miguel-Castor-Liguel))
* WiseBeyondTheirYears (Elaine of Norgard. Girl's only Level 1 Enchantress and one of the most novice and youngest Norgard knights, but managed to sucker her father Roadbull into more accepting with Vaynard's policies)
* WithUsOrAgainstUs (Vaynard pulls this off to Lyonesse. She chose the latter)

* YouKilledMyFather (Both Lance and Brangien get to say this to Zemeckis)

* TheAce (Knight Master Dinadan, also 'Mr. Perfect' Asmit of Leonia)
* AnIcePerson (Most female spellcaster, also Vaynard, who came from an icy region and all)
* ArrogantKungFuGuy (Or Arrogant Samurai Guy. Exemplified in Gereint's master Esclados)
* AxCrazy (Dryst, Dryst, Dryst)

* BodyguardCrush (Cierra of Caerleon certainly feels this way towards Cai)
* BoisterousBruiser (Bagdemagus of Iscalio, maybe Dryst too)
* BrainwashedAndCrazy ([[spoiler:Cador. Also, exclusively in Grand Edition, TWO Esgares minor characters Eniede and [=MelTorefas=] eventually get killed and then Bulnoil resurrected them as Death Knight-like characters.]])
* ButtMonkey (Ulster of Iscalio)
* CaptainErsatz (Retroactive. Looking back at Brangien right now, you can't help but be reminded of [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Landvaldear]], a fellow Archer [[BadassPrincess Princess]] who can get haughty, blonde and voiced by MichikoNeya. Except Brangien came first)

* ChewingTheScenery (Vaynard is usually cold and aloof, but there is a reason why some people call him 'A man who loves his own voice very much'. See, if you beat him for the first time, he goes on a RANT on how he'll prepare himself for the next one. He drops it if you beat him the second time and further)
* ChivalrousPervert (Gilsus of New Almekia)
* CoolBigSis (Carlota of New Almekia acts like this to Lance)
* CrutchCharacter: Halley looks like a lifesaver for the weak Almekia. However, you need to be careful not to overuse her since she leaves after a year. Cador of Esgares kind of qualifies too since he'll leave if Esgares gets down to only 2 bases (so you can easily keep him the entire game... but you can lose him).
* FaceHeelTurn (Morholt, if you see New Almekia as the 'hero' country, joins Norgard. And of course, Zemeckis pulls a big one at the beginning of the game)
** In Grand Edition Multiplayer, if you choose the second and third scenario, Carlota is implied to pull one whereas rather than following Lance to Caerleon, she ends up in Norgard

* FourIsDeath (The Four Almekian generals: Esclados, Gish, Shred and Cador)

* EmotionlessGirl (Iria, Dryst's right-hand woman)
* EvilMentor (Esclados of Esgares is this to Gereint)
* GameplayAndStorySegregation (Noie is inflicted with fatal sickness, but she won't die EVER until you finished the game as Norgard (or being in the 3rd scenario for Multiplayer, where she'd be nonexistant from get-go))

* IllGirl, IncurableCoughOfDeath (Noie of Norgard)
* LadyOfWar (Most Lancer girls, but Halley is a prime example)
* TheLancer (Kiloph, Lyonesse's VictoriousChildhoodFriend)

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (Five countries, each about nearly twenty characters with their own history and personality quirks. Not to mention Quest Knights)
* MagikarpPower (Lance may be a Level 1 Prince, but when he becomes Level 30 King, he's one of the most powerful units in the game. In regards, this can also apply with low-level Rune Knights with high Rune Power (200+). Also Ghouls look REALLY WEAK, but it levels up easy and can be upgraded into Vampire Lord)

* MoralityPet (Esmeree, Vaynard's sister, for Zemeckis)

* NoExportForYou (Grand Edition. DAMN IT!)

* CrutchCharacter: Halley looks like a lifesaver for the weak Almekia. However, you need to be careful not to overuse her since she leaves after a year. Also Cador of Esgares is only one level away from maximum level, but eventually leaves.

Brigandine is a unique game that best fits into the StrategyRPG genre, but (even then) it's quite different from the usual StrategyRPG fare.

When playing the game, you fight battle after battle with 12-15 Rune Knights (people who can summon and control monsters) until you conquer/unite the land of Forsena. The replay value comes both from choosing which of the six countries to play as and which 12-15 Rune Knights to use.

Brigandine was released in the U.S. shores and has since gained cult status (a game from '97 costing $40 now is remarkable). [[NoExportForYou As a result of its low U.S. sales, the expansion pack filled with goodies, called Brigandine Grand Edition, was never brought to the U.S.]] [[NoExportForYou So, like many great games, it got stuck in Japan.]] This game definitely NeedsMoreLove.

Brigandine was released in the U.S. shores and has since gained cult status (a game from '97 costing $40 now is remarkable). As a result of its low U.S. sales, the expansion pack filled with goodies, called Brigandine Grand Edition, was never brought to the U.S. [[NoExportForYou gets stuck in Japan.]] This game definitely NeedsMoreLove.

* '''Esgares''': Regardless of which country you play as, the story starts with Esgares' ruler, Zemeckis, throwing a coup. Zemeckis first appears like a TakeOverTheWorld type of villain, but it later becomes clear that he actually did all this out of fears. Specifically, he fears a BloodKnight like him will become obsolete in a world without war. The player can play as Esgares by entering a simple cheat code - enter the Country Select Screen, press and hold R1 (keep holding it), press and hold L2 (keep holding it), then press start.

With that being said, Brigandine's story revolves around the mystical land of Forsena and the six countries' attempts to unite/conquer it:

Its most-praised qualities tend to be its music, gameplay, and replay value. It's graphics were considered good when when it came out in '97, but (needless to say) pale in comparison to modern games' graphics. Its main drawback is its minimal amount of story, which has resulted in many fans of story-heavy strategy RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre being disappointed with Brigandine's minimal amount of story. So, in short, it's a game.

Its most-praised qualities tend to be its music, gameplay, and replay value. It's graphics were considered good when when it came out in '97, but (needless to say) pale in comparison to modern games' graphics. Its main drawback is its minimal amount of story, which has resulted in many fans of story-heavy StrategyRPG s like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre being disappointed with Brigandine's minimal amount of story. So, in short, it's a game.

Its most-praised qualities tend to be its music, gameplay, and replay value. It's graphics were considered good when when it came out in '97, but (needless to say) pale in comparison to modern games' graphics. Its main drawback is its minimal amount of story, which has resulted in many fans of story-heavy StrategyRPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre being disappointed with Brigandine's minimal amount of story. So, in short, it's a game.

* '''Leonia''': Leonia, a religious country led by a former-peasant-girl-turned-Queen (named Lyonesse), is a country of TechnicalPacifists. However, when the two bordering countries led by warlords (Dryst and Vaynard) attack, Leonia strikes back. Most of the characters who fight for Leonia are priests, clerics, and the like. This is the hardest country with which to win the game, despite the game's manual saying otherwise.

Brigandine is a unique game that best fits into the Strategy RPG genre, but (even then) it's quite different from the usual Strategy RPG fare.

Its most-praised qualities tend to be its music, gameplay, and replay value. It's graphics were considered good when when it came out in '97, but (needless to say) pale in comparison to modern games' graphics. Its main drawback is its minimal amount of story, which has resulted in many fans of story-heavy Strategy RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre being disappointed with Brigandine's minimal amount of story. So, in short, it's a game.

Brigandine is a unique game that best fits into the Strategy RPG genre, but even then it is quite different from usual Strategy RPG fare.

Brigandine is a unique game that best fits into the Strategy RPG genre, but even then it is quite different.

Its most-praised qualities tend to be its music, gameplay, and replay value. It's graphics were considered good when when it came out in '97, but (needless to say) pale in comparison to modern games' graphics. It's main drawback is its minimal amount of story, which has resulted in many fans of story-heavy Strategy RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre being disappointed with Brigandine's minimal amount of story. So, in short, it's a game.

Brigandine is a unique game of the Strategy RPG genre. Do note that it's much more gameplay-focused than its story-heavy counterparts like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. With that being said, Brigandine's story revolves around the mystical land of Forsena and the six countries' attempts to unite/conquer it:
* '''Esgares''': Regardless of which country you play as, the story starts with Esgares' ruler, Zemeckis, throwing a coup. Zemeckis first appears like a TakeOverTheWorld type of villain, but it becomes clear later that he actually did all this because he fears a BloodKnight like him will become obsolete in a world without war. The player can play as Esgares by entering a simple cheat code - enter the Country Select Screen, press and hold R1 (keep holding it), press and hold L2 (keep holding it), then press start.
* '''New Almekia''': Prince Lance manages to escape Zemeckis's coup, flees to the western country of Padstow, and asks the wise King Coel to help him avenge his father. King Coel quickly shows his wisdom by giving the teenage Prince Lance control of his entire country for the best of reasons: Lance's eyes are special. King Coel also changes his country's name from Padstow to New Almekia.
* '''Caerleon''': Cearleon's King Cai, realizing his own land is at stake thanks to the three ambitious warlords (Zemeckis, Dryst, and Vaynard), quickly forms an alliance with the bordering New Almekia. His team primarily consists of mages.

* '''Leonia''': Leonia, led by a former-peasant-girl-turned-Queen named Lyonesse, is a country of TechnicalPacifists. However, when the two bordering countries led by warlords (Dryst and Vaynard) attack, Leonia strikes back. Most of the characters who fight for Leonia are priests, clerics, and the like. This is the hardest country with which to win the game, despite the game's manual saying otherwise.
* '''Norgard''': Norgard is an icy land in the north occupied by some of the game's strongest knights. It's led by the appropriately nicknamed "White Wolf" Lord Vaynard (who serves as this game's WhiteHairedPrettyBoy). Like Dryst, he sees the chaos as a chance to advance his own land and power. Despite the game never stating the people suffer in his land, Lord Vaynard's warlord mentality plus his never once mentioning anything having to do with economics (a.k.a. the well-being of his people) implies his being a badguy. His most notable companions are the [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tsundere]] Princess Brangien and his ever-loyal right-hand man Guinglain. Almost all of his team are named after characters from the ArthurianLegend .



which runs on Mana, and used to summon Monsters, do magic and all. It is a mostly safe region after the big war between the Almekia Kingdom and the Norgard Kingdom, won by Almekia under King Henguist, unbeknownst of the magical power at work behind the scenes. Then, suddenly, Death Knight Cador, one of Almekia's generals, persuades another general Zemeckis to eventually rebel. He did, out of fear that he would lose his purpose if there is peace (he's a BloodKnight to the max), and successfully pulled a coup, killing Henguist, but failed to kill Henguist's son Lance due to an interference of a mysterious LadyOfWar (later known as Halley). Soon, Zemeckis changed Almekia's name into Esgares and declared his intention to, you guessed it, [[TakeOverTheWorld Take Over Forsena]].

--> '''[[StreetFighter M. Bison]]''': ''OF COURSE!!''

Of course, no kingdoms would like to stay silent on this case. They prepared to defend their home and some saw this as an opportunity to take the land for their own.

Brigandine is released in the US shores and gains cult status. As a result, the expansion (which gets Esgares playable WITH A STORY, anime cutscene and voice acting, also lots more extra contents) Brigandine Grand Edition [[NoExportForYou gets stuck in Japan.]] Definitely NeedsMoreLove.

This game is not to be confused with the piece of armor worn by knights or the MechaExpansionPack from ThunderForce V that both share the same name.

* '''Esgares''': Regardless of which country you play as, the story starts with Esgares' ruler, Zemeckis, throwing a coup. Zemeckis first appears like a TakeOverTheWorld type of villain, but it becomes clear later that he actually did all this because he fears a BloodKnight like him will become obsolete in a world without war.

* '''Norgard''': Located north, covered with ice. Led by the WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Vaynard, White Wolf of Norgard, who once accepted a peace treaty to restore Norgard, but sees Esgares' rise as a chance to strike back, despite his sister being Zemeckis' wife. Tailing behind him is the [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tsundere]] Princess Brangien.
* '''Leonia''': Located in the mountainous region of the east. A very religious country, most of the people here are like TechnicalPacifist, but they strike back when disturbed. Led by Queen Lyonesse, a former peasant girl turned Queen due to an Oracle (Doesn't this sound familiar to Jeanne D' Arc or something?)
* '''Iscalio''': Located southeast. Covered with lots and lots of forest, but suffers a lot from rulers that just care about themselves and having fun. Led by Mad Monarch Dryst, the token AxCrazy ruler, who has a face of a clown, but is a real brutal guy when he's serious.

Not to be confused with that piece of armor worn by knights or the MechaExpansionPack from ThunderForce V, Brigandine is a unique breed of both Turn Based and Planning Strategy Game. The story revolves around the mystical land of Forsena and the six countries' attempts to unite/conquer it:

* '''New Almekia''': Prince Lance manages to escape Zemeckis's coup, flees to the western country of Padstow, and asks the wise King Coel to help him avenge his father. King Coel quickly shows his wisdom by giving the teenage Prince Land control of his entire country for the best of reasons: Lance's eyes are special. King Coel also changes his country's name from Padstow to New Almekia.

* '''New Almekia''': Formerly Padstow, located west. Prince Lance fled here and the wise old King Coel understood his plight, and instantly renamed his nation as New Almekia and vowed to fight against Esgares.

* '''Caerleon''': Located southwest, with lots of coasts and shores. Seems to be counted as a magical country, and led by the Silent Wise King King Cai along with his tomboyish sister Princess Merriot. Seems to be the second candidate of 'good guys' of Forsena, as it quickly forms an alliance with New Almekia.

Not to be confused with that piece of armor worn by knights or the MechaExpansionPack from ThunderForce V. Brigandine is a unique breed of both Turn Based and Planning Strategy Game. The story centers about the land of Forsena, which runs on Mana, and used to summon Monsters, do magic and all. It is a mostly safe region after the big war between the Almekia Kingdom and the Norgard Kingdom, won by Almekia under King Henguist, unbeknownst of the magical power at work behind the scenes. Then, suddenly, Death Knight Cador, one of Almekia's generals, persuades another general Zemeckis to eventually rebel. He did, out of fear that he would lose his purpose if there is peace (he's a BloodKnight to the max), and successfully pulled a coup, killing Henguist, but failed to kill Henguist's son Lance due to an interference of a mysterious LadyOfWar (later known as Halley). Soon, Zemeckis changed Almekia's name into Esgares and declared his intention to, you guessed it, [[TakeOverTheWorld Take Over Forsena]].

Of course, no kingdoms would like to stay silent on this case. They prepared to defend their home and some saw this as an opportunity to take the land for their own. These are the Kingdoms that struggles in their battle for the land of Forsena:

* '''Iscalio''': Located southeast. Covered with lots and lots of forest, but suffers a lot from rulers that just care about themselves and having fun. Led by Mad Monarch Dryst, the token AxCrazy ruler, who has a face of a clown, but is a real brutal guy when he's serious.
* '''Esgares''': The big one in the center. Obviously led by Zemeckis. Although he put on the TakeOverTheWorld persona... it seems that he fights for the war just to cement his existence as a BloodKnight.