Submitted 2 days ago by isyasad@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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Looking to ask for people’s favorite tactical RPGs because I have played a bunch but never really gotten into any. XCOM, Fire Emblem, Disgaea, Advance Wars, Fallout, etc.
Looking to see what other people love so I can convince myself to try something new or try something again.
Out of what I’ve played, Into the Breach was my favorite. Very dense, and the positioning is really important. The only one I actually finished.
I was a big final fantasy tactics guy back in the day. I it was my first into to tactical. RPGs, and I was already in love with final fantasy III and VII by then, so it made sense. My buddy also had Vandal Hearts and that was awesome too! Can’t say I played much more beyond that.
There was an old one on the first sega console controlling different knights on a board. It wad the first of its kind i played but could never remember what it was.
Vandal Hearts on PS1. I think its probably not as good as I remember, but I was a small child and it said the word “Bastard” and that was the most adult media I’d been (unknowingly) allowed to consume. I played that game hard.
The only game that I’ve ever played like this is SNES’ game Ball Bullet Gun, it was like 12 yeas ago. It doesn’t have an story. You make your team, and against another player. Playing it alone is kinda boring.
Just can’t beat The Shining Force games. Can’t.
Wargroove is very good.
Not my fav by any means, but I’ve really been enjoying the Kriegsfront Tactics demo this week.
zod000@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
My favorites are probably the Disgaea series and related games (Makai Kingdom, Phantom Brave) and Tactics Ogre. I also like Tactics Ogres more popular little brother, Final Fantasy Tactics.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Disgaea was a bit too edgy and weird for me. And Too. Much. Uninteresting. Dialogue ! Fire emblem games have the same issue.
Tactics ogre looks cool ! (Does it suffer from the issue stated above ?)
zod000@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Disgaea and like are intentionally non-serious and funny. If the humor doesn’t do it for you in the slightest then it’s not for you sadly. I do have to say that once you get hooked on the series, all the other games feel like their mechanics are overly simplistic though.
And no, Tactics Ogre is all serious and very very good.