pure combatfag RPGs

[SymbolicFrank]

Fallout Tactics.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark

 

[Darth Canoli]

but I wouldn't mind replaying them if these are the best combatfag games.
oh and I'm going to buy Knights of the Chalice in 2 hours.

so Apocalypse is a good game? how would you rank the 3 X-Coms?

X-COM
Apocalypse
TFTD

Apocalypse is good, it's just not turn-based, although there's a mod i didn't try that turn it TB (not sure it's finalized and balanced)

If you're going to re-play the first UFO, you should check open x-com which is free (you add it to the game installation) and that makes the game mod friendly (in addition to some goodies and options), i'm actually re-playing with the Area 51 mod and it's great, more aliens, more maps, different missions while staying true to the original.

The only new aliens that are annoying are the Phasers but only if you don't have the right weapons or if it's a full phaser mission (those ones ... but it's quite rare)

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Paper Sorcerer

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

underrail

 

[Martyr]

update on
--> games I've played:
- all the Mount and Blades (each one for almost 100 hours on steam before switching to gog offline-versions)
- Dark Sun 1 & 2
- Divine Divinity
- Tales of Maj'Eyal
- Lords of Xulima
- Torment: Tides of Numenera (joke recommendation but still ...)
- Fallout Tactics
- NWN: Underdark
- Underrail


--> games I haven't played:
- Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
- Nahlakh
- Natuk
- Pirates of the Western Seas
- Paper Sorcerer

Darth Canoli say wut? Apocalypse is a real time tactics game? I thought I've read somewhere that you're able to switch between turn-based and real-time?!

 

[Darth Canoli]

Martyr
I'm doubting now, didn't play it for so long but there's a mod to add or re-balance the TB mode and i remember playing it on Real-Time, so, if there's a TB mode, it was probably not that good.

What about Wizardry 8 ?

There's also Wizards & Warriors but it's a last resort game, it's good but not exceptional, almost no dialog, except in shops (shops quest dialogs are annoying though )

 

[Strange Fellow]

Darth Canoli say wut? Apocalypse is a real time tactics game? I thought I've read somewhere that you're able to switch between turn-based and real-time?!

That's correct. It's also not as good as Cael makes it out to be, but it's pretty cool, especially if you value ambition.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Serpent in the Staglands, though immediately jumping into combat is very mildly hampered by having to spend some time learning a completely original system of mechanics.

 

[deama]

Another vote for Dungeon rats!

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Templar Battleforce
https://steamcommunity.com/app/370020
Not an RPG by any stretch but very TBS combat.

Another vote for Dungeon rats!

 

[Martyr]

so X-Com Apocalypse is pretty high on my to-play list right now because the general consesus seems to be that it's worth playing.

I've finished Wizardry 8 twice but almost all my memories have faded so I'm gonna replay that bad boy before the end of 2018.

I'd love to play Wizards & Warriors but I can't find that game (except on some shady abandonware websites...).

I really really like Serpent but that's rather because of the atmosphere and world building. combat was ... challenging :D

Dungeon Rats is also really good. Templar Battleforce is on my steam wishlist; I think I read about TB when I was playing the new Space Hulk and was looking for better alternatives.

that's a bummer: you need PayPal to buy Knights of the Chalice. I don't have a PayPal-account on purpose: I spend way too much money on all kinds of things and PayPal makes it easier to spend big amounts of money in a matter of seconds ...

 

[Gregz]

*snip*

KoTC and X-Com (openxcom.org) seem the be the obvious choices for you.

 

[Martyr]

KoTC and X-Com (openxcom.org) seem the be the obvious choices for you.

indeed. but I need to think about this PayPal-account-creation just for KoTC for a bit ...
Gregz what's your opinion on X-Com Apoc and in which order would you rate the 3 X-Coms?

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oh, the new X-Com by Firaxis is on sale on gog right now. is that game good or bad?
and just checked, not on sale anymore ......

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Voidspire/Alvora Tactics need more love.

Final Fantasy Tactics is also pretty sweet, there is story/cutscenes but it is easy enough to click-click-click through dialogue and go kill things.

woops, completely missed that one !
Voidspire & Alvora Tactics are on my wishlist. not sure if I like the visuals though
never played FFT on the Playstation but always played FFT Advanced on the Gameboy Advanced every time I was on vacation!

 

[someone else]

X-Com Apoc has the most explosive fun, more explosions and destruction than Silent Storm. Why kill aliens when you can kill the building they are in?

 

[Gregz]

what's your opinion on X-Com Apoc and in which order would you rate the 3 X-Coms?

If you haven't played the original you should cut to the chase and avoid anything else (but use the openxcom mod). I can't speak for X-Com Apocalypse as I never played it, the reviews pretty universally cite a decline from the original. I never bothered playing them because the reviews were so poor. I tried the nu X-coms and they're shit imo.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

read about TB when I was playing the new Space Hulk and was looking for better alternatives.

It's easily the best Space Hulk game out there

 

[Neanderthal]

Pure combat goodness thy name is Severance: Blade of Darkness, also Rune for a different approach, and Space Marine has its charms when it comes to purging Xenos.

None of these are turn based, but they skip all cinematic bits.

 

[Martyr]

Gregz I've completed X-Com and Terror from the Deep, X-Com 1 is a masterpiece. bought X-Com Apocalypse but didn't play it until now because of the reviews. good to know that the new X-Coms can be skipped !

HeatEXTEND yes, that's what I've read. good to see that opinion confirmed on this prestigious forum

Neanderthal I'm a retard because I haven't heard about Severance until it was removed from gog and it doesn't seem like it's ever going to return to gog or steam. Rune is great, never tried Space Marine. but my prefered games are turn-based tactical RPGs/strategy games.

 

[Gregz]

KoTC really is a fantastic game if you're a dyed-in-the-wool combatfag.

 

[Darth Canoli]

KoTC really is a fantastic game if you're a dyed-in-the-wool combatfag.

Martyr

Exactly, if one needed a reason to open a paypal account, KoTC would be a good one.

As you're getting out of the RPG railroad, i'll suggest two more games :

- Incubation (you can get it from GOG in a wargames pack, although it's a tactical and not a wargame), really good, a bit weird at first until you get a couple of upgrades, then, it's worse than cocaine ...

- Fantasy General, you probably already played that, i wish i didn't so i could discover it again, Fantasy tactical inspired by wargames with some research (simpler than x-com in that regard) and hidden heroes, amazingly good.

 

[Martyr]

yeah I guess I'll buy KoTC and delete my PayPal-account right afterwards :D

Darth Canoli Incubation is awesome! Fantasy General is one of my all time favorites and has to be installed all the time.

 

[Dorateen]

yeah I guess I'll buy KoTC

This is good news! It means Pierre can afford more roots to eat, and continue development of KoTC 2.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

These are more squad based tactics games than RPGs:

Templar Battleforce.
Battle Brothers.
Chaos Gate.
Warbanners.

 

[Ebonsword]

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics is easy, but very fun if you like turn-based D&D combat. It was only released on the Sony PSP, but I'm sure that there must be emulation options by now.

Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor is better than its reputation suggests, especially if you're just interested in combat.