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Hi all, looking for my next sRPG as it's slowly becoming my favorite genre and need recommendations.

So far I've completed:

- Final Fantasy Tactics (original PSX and The Ivalice Chronicles)

- Tactics Ogre Reborn

- Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis

- FE 3 Houses and Sacred Stones

Games I've started but never finished:

- Ogre Battle

- Ogre Battle 64

- FFTA

- Vandal Hearts

- Shining Force III

I think I've covered all the obvious greats, what would be next on your list? I've been looking into Arc the Lad collection on PSX. I love retro games and would prefer to complete most of the retro hits before indies or modern releases, but I'm not married to that rule. I have a steam deck and access to most retro systems. My top priorities in sRPGs are story and character customization. I also greatly prefer initiative based systems instead of player phase/enemy phase systems. Thanks in advance!

Hey, im currenty 6,8 hoursn into Daemonhunters and 52 Minutes into XCom 2 and dont really see why the seocnd one is so popular (Of course i didnt play it much but i dont want toi excess the 2 hour mark in case i want to give it back.
I have absolute no interest in making the characters name and look like friends of me (id rather like it lore acurate). The Upgrading/Skill system in the beginning weas really boring as well. I also read a lot about the frustating chances not to hit even with high percentages.
So do you recommend me to keep playing? If so, why? What makes Xcom 2 so good?

I got all these SRPGs just chillen in my library and I'm wondering if I should just play 2 or 3 simultaneously.

Today I finished Fire Emblem Awakening and I liked it. For me it was the most easier experience in the franchiese, but still that I really enjoyed the game. Very similar to Fire Emblem Engage in some mechanics and possibly the best way to start in Fire Emblem games. it has two themes of the bso really cool and some variety of maps that force you to think where to move your units.

Hey, which of these games (or maybe another) is the best for those kind of games to also hunt Steam achievements?
xcom2, jagged alliance, gaers tactics, WH daemonhunters?
I started daemonhunters around a month ago but it had DLL start ptoblems so i gave it back less than an hour in. Also tried mechanicus but didnt like it that much.
What do you recommend?

Anyone been following this? Randomly came up on my YouTube and I do love XCOM this has my attention.

I honestly have had next to zero interest in star wars since Disney take over but this looks good.

Steam summer sale is on! What games with small grids/small scale/small party do you find best and why?

I've really enjoyed Inkbound, Marvel Midnight Suns, our adventurer guild, metal slug tactics, steamworld heist and Xcom Chimera squad. All games with manageable strategy layers and bite-sized encounters. That really makes it possible to get some game time when the kids are sleeping, and put the game down and pick it back up when needed.

Hey all, first time posting here. I'm developing a tactics RPG right now, and I'm currently building a system for combos / follow-up attacks.

I've been thinking about what makes combat fun in a tactics RPG, and that line of thought is what led me to build the follow-up system. So I got curious mid-implementation: for you, what's the most fun part of tactics combat?

I love tactical games like XCOM and fire emblem. I’m looking for a phone game with similar turn based tactical elements to scratch that itch.

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Expeditions: Rome is a turn based, combat heavy RPG set in ancient Rome. Apparently it's the third game of the expeditions series, but I never heard of that series. Same as probably the majority of you.

I finished the game recently, and was so impressed that I feel compelled to write my brief review here.

The game plays at the time of Julius Caesar, you will even meet him, but it doesn't strictly follow actual events. Never played a historical RPG before, but I have to say it worked quite well. Rome is just kind of cool, right? Apart from Caesar, you meet Cleopatra, Cicero, Lucullus.. many famous names. Also somewhat educational..

The main character is a young Roman (male or female), who's father, a influential politician, recently was murdered. You are fleeing the city since you fear your life might also be in danger. Eventually you end up as leader in one of the Roman legions, fighting in Asia Minor to restore the power of the empire.

The highlight of the game is the turn based combat (for reference: I love Xcom1&2). You command up to 6 elite warriors of 4 different classes. Each class allows for plenty customization with a lot of impact on combat synergies. It really invited you to try multiple combinations. This is especially true since the game forces you to switch your fighters between battles, so you cannot always use your "a-team". I played this game on "hard" and it was nice challenge without being unfair.. at least once you understand the basic rules).

2nd aspect to the game is a strategic map where you command up to two legions, conquering enemy cities or defending your own. The battles are more like a simple card game, but I found it interesting enough.

In the campaign, or I rather should say in each of the three campaigns, there are plenty of decisions to be taken. Many of them have no immediate impact, but in the end the developers manage to make you feel the consequences of each one of them. This was a nice surprise.

I picked this game up on gog heavily discounted, but in retrospect it's totally worth full price. It's unique, it's deep, and it managed to keep me motivated for many many hours.

Curious to hear other's opinions.. and for everyone who doesn't know it yet: this is a real hidden gem.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot while building my own square-grid tactics game.

For me, the best battles are not always the biggest ones. They’re the ones where I remember the decision that changed everything. Probably, I would also remember those played with friends.
I’m curious what other think.

When you remember a great tactics battle, what do you remember: the units, the map, the objective, the mistake, or something else?

Not sure if it was the same in other Fire Emblem games but in Engage I feel like I spend 50% of the map just trying to inch away towards enemies that sometimes just stand around until I get in range. Even the flying units are barely getting anywhere. I was replaying Sacred Stones and there having Tana meant I could almost instantly get to where I needed to be and cross the map in 3 turns max. As a result the only units that actually fight in Engage are the fastest ones that have Canto. It becomes even worse with reenforcements because I get no experience for killing them but also have a hard time actually getting away from them. I feel like universal +1 or +2 move speed to everyone (even enemies) would make the game so much better

I love the autobattle/tactics. It reminds me of Unicorn Overlord.

I'm looking to get into the genre and I'm torn between which of these two to play first. I really want to play Tactics bc I love Final Fantasy but the whole job system seems pretty overwhelming and confusing for me, so I'm leaning towards Triangle Strategy bc I've heard that it's more noob friendly with less character customization and no permadeath (also I really like Team Asano's Octopath games). Any advice on which to play first? Or perhaps any other suggestions? I have a Switch and PS5 so I'm open to any options on those.