Give me turn-based RPGs or give me death

[Tavernking]

I don't understand why everyone doesn't make turn based RPGs? Divinity OS2 is the most popular TBRPG ever but not many people try to recreate it? Why are they making other stuff when it's been proven that games like Divnity OS2 sell the most copies? If your game doesn't have a deep tactical combat, a wide range of party members to recruit, choice & consequence and thought-provoking challenges over and over again, I won't greenlight it. Sorry for the rant I just had to put this out there

 

[laclongquan]

Thread topic is TB strategy while you mention TB RPG. The two genre is different, by the way. Please fix so thread say what you mean.

 

[Tavernking]

Thread topic is TB strategy while you mention TB RPG. The two genre is different, by the way. Please fix so thread say what you mean.

I'm not referring to a genre I'm referring to the type of game you impertinent buffoon

 

[Sacred82]

death it is then.

 

[PanteraNera]

 

[rusty_shackleford]

don't judge it by the screenshots, the game is actually pretty good with a lot of depth

 

[Tavernking]

Looks nice but I wouldn't buy because I think RPGs are best confined to the fantasy setting à la tolkein

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Looks nice but I wouldn't buy because I think RPGs are best confined to the fantasy setting à la tolkein

If you're open to actual strategy RPGs, there's Battle for Wesnoth which is free so you can just try it to see if you like it

 

[Lady_Error]

Lords of Xulima
Might & Magic X
Grimoire

 

[Infinitron]

There are a ton of turn-based games being made these days, maybe you need to pay more attention.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Thread topic is TB strategy while you mention TB RPG. The two genre is different, by the way. Please fix so thread say what you mean.

noticed this after I made my recommendations, woops.

 

[Farewell into the night]

Yes, there are many, but I'll start with the
Temple of Elemental Evil from
2003
.

 

[Talby]

Hello fellow Codexers.

 

[Fargus]

Turn based doesnt make shit game less shit.

If your game doesn't have a deep tactical combat, a wide range of party members to recruit, choice & consequence and thought-provoking challenges over and over again, I won't greenlight it

Well good luck finding a game that fits this description. Let alone turn based one.

 

[buffalo bill]

Divinity OS games are cartoonish garbage, and I'm sure plenty of devs will eventually copy the formula. Instead play AoD, Underrail or a good roguelike for a decent RPG experience from the last ten years (this is not an exhaustive list).

 

[whydoibother]

Stuff like The Banner Saga or Blackguards popped up when neo X-COM popularized turn based combat among the masses. Might want to look at them, though they aren't exactly RPGs.
Expeditions: Viking and Expeditions: Conquistador are also pretty good turn based grid games, with extra management for the party. They come recommended.

 

[Tavernking]

Stuff like The Banner Saga or Blackguards popped up when neo X-COM popularized turn based combat among the masses. Might want to look at them, though they aren't exactly RPGs.
Expeditions: Viking and Expeditions: Conquistador are also pretty good turn based grid games, with extra management for the party. They come recommended.

I took a look at Expeditions: Viking trailer and I was blown away, I think I've found a new RPG to play and my life has meaning again. Thankyou kind sir

 

[ColCol]

Are we just recommending things?


Voidspire Tactics.

 

[Projas]

Why are they making other stuff when it's been proven that games like Divnity OS2 sell the most copies?

DOS2 doesn't sell the most copies though. Witcher 3 sells the most copies. That's the type of game everyone is gonna take notes from in the forseeable future.

 

[Tavernking]

Looks nice but I wouldn't buy because I think RPGs are best confined to the fantasy setting à la tolkein

If you're open to actual strategy RPGs, there's Battle for Wesnoth which is free so you can just try it to see if you like it

Please tell me there's a zoom function

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Citizen]

Please tell me there's a zoom function

There is zoom, but why do you need it? It's a tactical wargame, you need the view of the battlefield, not the view of your figures' sprites.

 

[Mexi]

RTwP games are better.

 

[Abu Antar]

F

 

[Excommunicator]

Having the ability to strategise your group in a huge sea of units and make every single action count, overcoming vast odds and using clever tactics one after another to methodically win. That's a pretty amazing scenario to be a part of and only possible in turn based.

But it also won't ever truly feel like a war. It's not chaotic, it's not overwhelming and stressful and it doesn't force you to act under pressure and see how your actions lead to a butterfly effect in the greater scheme of that battle. That's an amazing thing only really possible in real time.

RTWP is the unholy mixture of the two, sometimes too chaotic and not strategic enough, sometimes too slow and tedious to feel exciting, and almost never as fun as either of the above.


It's no surprise at all why turn based is preferred here and it's also no surprise why RTWP is what most devs "settle" on, because they usually want to appease everyone and don't have a clear direction of what they want.