Current Events > What is the best/your favorite turn based strategy RPG? Best series of them?

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Out of all of them, I still think I like Final Fantasy Tactics the MOST.

Out of the series however, I might have to go with Fire Emblem.
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I'd probably have to go FFT for both
I love FFTA and FFTA2 too
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Disgaea for both.
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Fire Emblem, then Final Fantasy Tactics. If I had to pick a single game, then FE7.
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Best/Favorite: Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

https://store.steampowered.com/app/699170/

I guarantee you'll love it if you're a fan of the genre.
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FE6 and 7
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Maybe fans of this genre can help me remember a game I played for PSX or PS2 back in the day and have never been able to find again. You play like monster people, one of whom is a purple chick and another is a big lad who can throw an explosive axe. It's a series, but I only played the 1. It's a grid based tactics game, and it's easy AF until you get to the final boss, who has an attack that hits everybody at once and fucking wrecks you. It's like dark or evil elemental, or something like that. I never beat it because I was able to get to the final boss at a lower level where his attack OHKOs most of my units, and I really want to go back and play it again.

I realize that isn't a lot to go on, but I was doing a lot of illicit substances at the time so that's all I've got. Ooh, when an enemy hit the purple chick she'd growl and say "Hit Harder" which always struck me as odd, like maybe she was getting off on it?
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MasterGakke posted...

Maybe fans of this genre can help me remember a game I played for PSX or PS2 back in the day and have never been able to find again. You play like monster people, one of whom is a purple chick and another is a big lad who can throw an explosive axe. It's a series, but I only played the 1. It's a grid based tactics game, and it's easy AF until you get to the final boss, who has an attack that hits everybody at once and fucking wrecks you. It's like dark or evil elemental, or something like that. I never beat it because I was able to get to the final boss at a lower level where his attack OHKOs most of my units, and I really want to go back and play it again.

I realize that isn't a lot to go on, but I was doing a lot of illicit substances at the time so that's all I've got. Ooh, when an enemy hit the purple chick she'd growl and say "Hit Harder" which always struck me as odd, like maybe she was getting off on it?

I don't really recall. I know there was a Tactics Ogre game on the PS1, but I've never played the series.
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You were monsters, but you were like rebel monsters. I know I played it on a PS2 but it could have been a PSX game because backwards compatibility used to be a thing. I think you only had 4 party members, the main character who was like super anime badass, a purple tsundere chick, the big axe lad who was like a soldier or something, and another mage/healer monster (?). The game had the main battles but also like a challenge mode that it made a big deal about but was easy as hell if you knew how to play strategy games.
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The RPG elements are light, but XCOM 2

Fire Emblem is my favorite series
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Lord magna
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Out of the ones I've played: SMT Devil Survivor 2
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Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
the game were something is either completely useless or completely OP
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Shining Force will always hold a special place

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FFT

Fave series is Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2.
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
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Gold Box for both.

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I like the X-Com games, but I am less than thrilled at it's RNG.
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008Zulu posted...

I like the X-Com games, but I am less than thrilled at it's RNG.

There's a hidden cool down variable that ignores RNG which is why it seems wonky. Basically after x number of consecutive misses the enemy is guaranteed to hit. There's the reverse as well. After x number of consecutive hits, you're guaranteed to miss.

Apparently it's because the game is too easy otherwise.

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Favorite game: Final Fantasy Tactics
Favorite series: SMT Devil Survivor

Tyranthraxus posted...

008Zulu posted...

I like the X-Com games, but I am less than thrilled at it's RNG.

There's a hidden cool down variable that ignores RNG which is why it seems wonky. Basically after x number of consecutive misses the enemy is guaranteed to hit. There's the reverse as well. After x number of consecutive hits, you're guaranteed to miss.

Apparently it's because the game is too easy otherwise.

Then that is just poor game design.
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Disgaea is a GOAT strategy series. Everything about it is good. It's a grind game that is actually fun

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SMT hands down. As for which specific title? It's tough deciding between Strange Journey and Nocturne. Fuck, Apocalypse is great too.

I'm stupid and can't read. Those aren't strategy RPGs. I skipped a word reading too fast. I guess FF Tactics is my answer though. FE overall is good even if I don't really care for any of the 3DS titles.
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Dragon Quest series.

Either 3, 5, or 7 is my favorite in the series.
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industrializeit posted...

Dragon Quest series.

Either 3, 5, or 7 is my favorite in the series.

The series isn't a turn based strategy series. >_>
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I hate all SRPGs tbh.

The genre is brutally hard for someone with attention problems.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

industrializeit posted...

Dragon Quest series.

Either 3, 5, or 7 is my favorite in the series.

The series isn't a turn based strategy series. >_>

Ahh my bad, totally just took it as turn based in this topic
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