Ogres
Creatures entity
88
games
25platforms
A large humanoid monster.
Notable people involved: Louis Hsu Saekow, David Boudreau, George MacDonald, David Warhol and Zeh Hurlburt
Alternate name: Oni
9801 1989-12-21
WIN 2013-07-25
WIN 1996-08
ST 1988
LIN 2012
IIE 1983
WIN 1999-12-15
WIN 2012-04-11
IIE 1981
IIE 1988-06
PS1 2003-04-08
NES 1988-07-22
In some cases they may be large enough to be giant humanoids. In the west ogres tend to be obese and quite dimwitted natural "monsters" while in the east they're about equal to humans in terms of intelligence and often magical in nature.
Some thing that set European ogres apart from giants:
The tend to have very large heads. Non-human proportions.
The may have hair in places humans tend not to have it. Including parts of their hands and face.
A taste for human babies as well as ogre babies and perhaps children or adults. Whereas giants usually target adults and perhaps children of other species than their own.
They have an in-human skin tone. Green, Blue, Red, Orange to name a few.
The name Ogre (and f. Ogress) is French. The French word originates with Orcus, a god of the underworld. The name may also be related to biblical Og (the last pure giant, Goliath was only part giant) or the Greek river god Oiagros.
The name is not related to the Greek word orge (vengeful anger).
Japanese Oni are essentially ogres but much more magically inclined, closer to the other spirits (Yōkai) there.
Some thing that set European ogres apart from giants:
The tend to have very large heads. Non-human proportions.
The may have hair in places humans tend not to have it. Including parts of their hands and face.
A taste for human babies as well as ogre babies and perhaps children or adults. Whereas giants usually target adults and perhaps children of other species than their own.
They have an in-human skin tone. Green, Blue, Red, Orange to name a few.
The name Ogre (and f. Ogress) is French. The French word originates with Orcus, a god of the underworld. The name may also be related to biblical Og (the last pure giant, Goliath was only part giant) or the Greek river god Oiagros.
The name is not related to the Greek word orge (vengeful anger).
Japanese Oni are essentially ogres but much more magically inclined, closer to the other spirits (Yōkai) there.
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Anglo-Saxon mythology, Humanoids, Japanese mythology, Legendary creatures
Games by year
The first Ogres video game was released in 1975.
Blizzard, Robot Entertainment, Almost Human Games and SSI published most of these games.