Best Turn-Based Combat

[Kashrlyyk]

Fallout 1, 2, Tactics

Tactics is real time I hope you know.

No, it is not. You can choose real time, group based turns or individual based turns.

 

[Weaver]

I recommend X-Com... which is kind of sad when a DOS game is beating out any modern examples I can think of.

 

[Lenin211]

Any Pokemon game.

 

[Continuity]

I recommend X-Com... which is kind of sad when a DOS game is beating out any modern examples I can think of.

Yep, it's a damn shame but turn based gameplay went out of vogue a long time ago, these days you only see it on the odd strategy game. A real shame because I think it died before we really got to explore it's full possibilities; in fact I would say that xcom was the first and only child of a new genre, which is ironic when you consider how great it is... Just goes to show, the "money men" have been fucking up gaming for a long time now.

 

[BleedingPride]

never did much turn based stuff, but i liked KotOR's alot

 

[BanthaFodder]

HOW HAS NO ONE MENTIONED POKEMON YET?

Edit: Alright, ONE person has mentioned Pokemon... Also, Paper Mario and Mario And Luigi (Superstar Saga, Bowser's Inside Story, etc.) are all great.

Edit 2: Electric Boogaloo: Also, Civilization V

 

[General_Potatoes]

No mention of Fire Emblem? Wow, surprising.

Eh don't worry. No one has said golden sun yet so im gonna say it. Golden sun.

 

[Archangel768]

Final Fantasy X has my favourite.

 

[Tentickles]

Fallout 1, 2, Tactics

Tactics is real time I hope you know.

There is an option in the menu to switch it to turn based.

 

[Azrael the Cat]

Jagged Alliance 2. I'd say X-com as up there, but I don't think it counts as a crpg. But any list would need to at least consider JA2.

 

[Adecristo]

..wasn't Heroes of Might and Magic mentioned, or did I just miss it?
Also, Age of Wonders. How could you forget.

And if you like turn-based-combat MMORPGs, try Dofus [http://www.dofus.com/en/mmorpg-dofus-free-play].