Before Final Fantasy Tactics, there was Tactics Ogre. It’s hard to overstate the significance of Yasumi Matsuno’s Super Famicom epic—not just in how heavily its ideas drove the iconic FF spinoff, but in how it influenced a whole breed of tactical RPGs. Even if you set that legacy aside, Tactics …
I’ll state right upfront that I’ve never played a Heroes of Might and Magic. Maybe that’s blasphemous, but such is life—you can’t play anything, and HOMM is one of those things that passed me by. A bring this up because, if you’re hoping for a review that’ll dive deep into …
If you assumed The DioField Chronicle was another “traditional” turn-based tactical RPG, guess again—we’re going real-time, this time. I clearly haven’t been paying close enough attention, because ever since its announcement a few months ago, I’ve just assumed The DioField Chronicle would be another turn-based tactical RPG of the Final …
The mix of empire-building strategy and tactical RPG in Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia makes for a compelling hook. Like many a strategy game, the ultimate goal is to conquer the entire land—in this case, a fantasy continent called Runersia that’s home to six different kingdoms—one stronghold at a time, …
One of the more surprising things to come out of the onslaught of Gamescom announcements this week was Marvel’s Midnight Suns: a turn-based tactical RPG developed by Firaxis Games, the studio behind the acclaimed XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. Marvel’s Midnight Suns takes place “in the darker side of …
Need a fresh dose of turn-based tactics? Shores Unknown, a tactical RPG in a viking-inspired setting and taking influence from both Western and Japanese RPG classics is now available on Steam Early Access. Taking place in a world ruled by the iron fist of the Crown and plagued by perpetual …
Dragon Quest Tact will launch globally on January 27, Square Enix announced today, with pre-registration now available for both iOS and Android. English, French, Traditional Chinese, and Korean languages will all be supported for the global release. In classic Dragon Quest fashion, Dragon Quest Tact sends you on a journey …
Dragon Quest Tact, a free-to-play tactical RPG for mobile, is set for a global release in early 2021. Pre-registrations are open now for an Android-only closed beta test, which is due to begin soon. Dragon Quest Tact sees players recruiting iconic Dragon Quest monsters as allies and engaging in grid-based …
PQube has released a new gameplay trailer for Tears of Avia, a tactical RPG for Xbox One and PC that’s due out northern summer / southern winter 2020. Tears of Avia takes place in Estera, a land torn apart by war between two large city-states: the devout Tirig, and the …
I joked on Twitter recently that Fire Emblem is basically Adventure Time‘s “now kiss” moment—it may be a tactical RPG first and foremost, but for a lot of people, much of the appeal lies in the characters, their relationships, and the chance to play matchmaker. It seems Nintendo and Intelligent …
