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[jerry113]

Anyone ever tried Battle of Wesnoth? It's a free and well-made turn-based game.

http://www.wesnoth.org/

 

[PokéKong]

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and A2 consumed my life, SE really needs to stop fumbling around with big overblown productions and make more simple addictive portable games.

 

[r1chard]

ADDICTIVE

Came to post this.

Spoiler

Also, XCOM owns my life.

 

[demosthenes]

the only one I'll ever need.

Mad I could never find this.

 

[Oxn]

I thought TC was talking about Tactics Ogre, cause thats what happened to me.

I really wanna get into Civ 5, but the learning curve is just too high.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and A2 consumed my life, SE really needs to stop fumbling around with big overblown productions and make more simple addictive portable games.

This.

I'm on my third play-through of A2 right now. I didn't try to use the more outlandish jobs until this run. I also didn't attempt every mission possible until this run to make it more interesting for me later. And on the first playthrough I played on "Normal" difficulty. I like to give these games even more unnecessary longevity.

 

[MYE]

Get this game people

 

[jaxword]

Final Fantasy Tactics is still one of the greatest games of all time.

That's real quality when it lasts 15 years.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Still the best

 

[GoofsterStud]

Play Shining Force 3.

Shining Force 3 Scenario 3 is the best of the genre. The whole series is good, but scenario 3 is the best! I won't give spoilers but all scenarios affect each other! Ok, make sure not to kill Spiral! She's awesome and you want her on your team.



Google search the translation project, quick easy and painless to get a good translation. This is quality stuff, not your half-arsed fan sub.

 

[Freezie KO]

aside of the addictive factor... thanks to my OCD, I can't let anyone die... it's a curse... I can't really ENJOY Fire Emblem... it's a really stressful game for me...

but I love it

I find it makes the end of the game more meaningful if I actually let go and keep playing. Because the games remind you that so-and-so died on such-and-such mission. And I always feel guilty afterward.

 

[IrrelevantNotch]

It's the leveling that's addicting. Fuck leveling!

 

[NZNova]

ADDICTIVE

I was going to say the same thing as the word "addicting" really bothers me too, but it has entered into common usage and has ended up in several dictionaries as a result. Language changes.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Turn Based for me is all about Metal Gear Acid 2.
Fucking awesome game played from nothing to everything twice.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

That's not a strategy game and only combat is turn-based... Easier to stop playing than something like Civilization or HOMM.

You are incredibly wrong.

 

[clem84]

For a moment I thought you were talking about strategy RPGs like Disgaea. Those too are addictive.

 

[RedSwirl]

Most recently Unity of Command.

 

[zoku88]

I recently started playing Victoria 2 again..


Oh man....

(though, it's not turn-based, but whatevs.)

 

[epmode]

Most recently Unity of Command.

This is an excellent game. Advance Wars-GAF needs to pay attention.

 

[Tizoc]

Might & Magic: Clash of heroes is my Civ5 ;.;

 

[Forkball]

I've been in the mood to play an SRPG but I don't want to go through the slog that is controlling FFT on the iPhone. Maybe I should finish up the Pokemon Conquest additional stories.

 

[Sentenza]

Play Shining Force 3.

Shining Force 3 Scenario 3 is the best of the genre.

Only if you have no experience whatsoever of the genre outside of the console market.

 

[Canis lupus]

Valkyria Chronicles and Advance Wars are probably my favourite in the genre. Loved XCOM demo so thats what I'll be getting next.

 

[szaromir]

And you hire mercenaries, you manage their wages, you split your teams in different squads, you buy weapons, equipment and ammo and so on.
These are all part of the strategic layer I was pointing.

Either way the strategic part was rather simple. I've always seen this game as a tactics game with strategy and RPG elements. I guess it depends classification depends on the perceived importance of each part.

Definitely great game regardless how you name it, my second most played game of 1999 (after HoM&M3, which is my most played game of all time).

 

[subversus]

I'm going to stay in Linux tonight. Endless Space is a boring spreadsheet game anyway

Spoiler

I MUST STAY STRONG NONONONONO

 

[IHaveCandy]

Civ 5 is so much fun until you hit the modern era and every Civ has jets and ships all over the place and are out for blood.

 

[Ken]

Been playing FM3 (and Disgaea 3) on my Vita and I agree.

And I still have Project X Zone and SRW Z2-2 waiting in the backlog. Ahhhhhhh!!!

 

[Nyx]

I agree.

TBS games have been one of my fav genres since I was a little kid.

 

[Dinskugga]

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Mmmm!

 

[Cyrano]

I'm yet to try Civ V, it's installed on my hard drive but now I'm afraid...

It's an evil, beautiful, evil game. So many hours of life... just one more turn... must conquer random world leaders...

 

[Nyx]

Was wondering what the first TBS game was I ever played, think it's this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_&_South_(video_game)

1989, I'm so old.....

 

[dragonlife]

I'm a big fan of the genre, but I'm sad to say that I buy more of them than I actually play.

I started with the original FFT back on PS1 as a kid and have been hooked ever since. I'd say the Fire Emblem series is my favorite, though. Oddly enough, I could never wrap my head around Advance Wars. I should probably give it another chance... it's been years.

 

[Yasae]

Oh boy, no mention of HK's golden child.

 

[xenist]

The grognardsy old farts, myself among them but to a lesser degree, may have been having problems with Civ 5 but seeing people who haven't played anything of the sort trying it and getting hooked makes me so happy. Civ Rev too. Firaxis is a treasure.

 

[The Hermit]

Never been a fan, since I suck too much, but latelly I was getting addicted to Fire Emblem. The way each unit is unique and their death is for good makes you care about every move.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Civ IV >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Civ V

The best TBS are Heroes of Might & Magic III & X-Com: UFO Defense. Honorable mention to Galactic Civilizations II.

 

[Prax]

Fire Emblem series, Civilization series, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. @___@ They are crack to me.

 

[archnemesis]

Fire Emblem series, Civilization series, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. @___@ They are crack to me.

Which good games in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series are available in English (without fan-subs)?

 

[Jackano]

GalCiv II and Football Manager are constant reminder of how weak I'm.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Which good games in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series are available in English (without fan-subs)?

I'd recommend RotKXI for PC. Runs on the smell of an oily rag, system requirements-wise. Missing the PuK in the West, though, sadly.

 

[herod]

ADDICTIVE

Yep.

"addicting" doesn't make sense.

I was going to say the same thing as the word "addicting" really bothers me too, but it has entered into common usage and has ended up in several dictionaries as a result. Language changes.

There's nothing wrong with the word, it's how it is used. Basic English skills sorely lacking.

 

[NekoFever]

I was going to say the same thing as the word "addicting" really bothers me too, but it has entered into common usage and has ended up in several dictionaries as a result. Language changes.

It's a real word, just not an adjective. It's the present progressive tense of the verb 'to addict', as in, "This game is really addicting me."

 

[subversus]

Was wondering what the first TBS game was I ever played, think it's this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_&_South_(video_game)

1989, I'm so old.....

try to think about this game again in 2020

edit: lol, grammar discussion ITT amuses me. Especially when one person mentions the mistake and other (who wouldn't even mention it) just pile up. I'm not a native speaker anyway, so I'm not feeling guilty one bit about this but I'll use this in a proper way, thanks.

 

[RobbieH]

I just picked up HoMM 3 on GOG and I'm playing it for the first time. Such a good game, although I think that I liked the sprites for HoMM 2 better, it's been forever since I played that game though, so it might just be my memories.

I loved the sound effects in HoMM 2, especially the "bla!" when the vampires / vampire lords attacked.

 

[Zampano]

Addictive. Addictive. Addictive.

Damn colonials.

 

[archnemesis]

I'd recommend RotKXI for PC. Runs on the smell of an oily rag, system requirements-wise. Missing the PuK in the West, though, sadly.

Cool, thanks! I was eyeing RotTK8 for the PS2, but a PC version is even better.

 

[zoukka]

The Disciples series and Heroes of Might and Magic are the kings for me.

Also RTS games addict me even worse.


Looks at dese pixels!

 

[subversus]

Looks at dese pixels!

Which HOMM ranks second after HOMM3? I stopped playing after HOMM4.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I know, right?

 

[zoukka]

Which HOMM ranks second after HOMM3? I stopped playing after HOMM4.

I've only played the 2D games so I'd say HOMM2. But 3 is the peak of the series easily.

But you can try the Disciples series. It's like HOMM, but much more unforgiving, has great visuals and music and the units also level up and transform. Stay away from anything not disciples 1 & 2 tho. The first one has some of the best 2D portrait art ever created btw: