Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

A tactical RPG hybrid where you command units across real-time battlefields, then watch turn-based skirmishes resolve automatically. You're Magnus Gallant, a fresh Palatinean Army officer caught in escalating civil war between nobility and the underclass. Deploy squads of up to five characters across large maps, positioning them to intercept enemies or capture strongholds. The class system lets you promote units through branching trees—archers become rangers or beast tamers, knights split into paladins or dark knights—with alignment shifting based on your battlefield conduct. Choices during story scenes and which towns you liberate or ignore determine your chaos frame, steering you toward one of multiple endings. Battles unfold in day-night cycles affecting undead and certain spells. Permadeath isn't enforced, but fallen units need revival items. Expect 40+ hours for one route.