Try Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, it's easy to find and probably has one of the most engaging and satisfying turn based battle systems I've ever seen.
Where have all the Turn Based RPGs gone
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I for one like both real time and turn based rpgs. Can someone please advise if the current crop of turn based ones on the xbox 360 (lost odysy and blue planet) are worth playing. I generally found the turn based ones of old had more immersive stroy lines as theese were the selling point not the combat. I miss games such as Balders Gates Series, MorrowWind. I do find that some real time rpgs main objective ends up being looting/gaining better equipment. Whilst this can be addictive to a certain extent (particualry in mmorpgs) i guess my point is I dont really mind whether it be turn based or real time, as long as the story and characters are the main component of the game
Lost Odyssey is turn based and it only just came out this year. So Turn Based combat isn't dead, it's just extremely ancient but somehow persists in gaming with the same formula as Pokemons red and blue.
Unfortunately, Lost Odyssey is impossible to beat so I'll never be able to write my review of it.
Unfortunately, Lost Odyssey is impossible to beat so I'll never be able to write my review of it.
If you like Fire Emblem, you should definitely check out the Advance Wars games. They're developed by the same team who developed Fire Emblem and they follow the tried-and-true formula of having you and an opponent take turns moving your units around, strategically placing them in order for you to turn the fight around in your favor and presumably beat your opponent to a blood pulp. I has the same mechanics such as Fog of War, artillery cannons (replacing the archers), tanks and infantry (replacing knights and the like), terrain defense, and new sea and air units including bombers, fighters, battleships, and submarines. It's pretty fun stuff and the latest installment, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, is arguably the best in the series. The only real difference between Advance Wars and Fire Emblem - battleships and bombers aside - is that one has a more dungeons and dragons style to it whereas the other clearly takes inspiration from various modern and not-so-modern armies around the worlds, many of the units being styled after real-life things (for lack of better words ): ).TomNook said:
I support everything in this post. Do buy!PedroSteckecilo said: