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I'm looking to put together a timeline/hieracrchy of strategy and tactical rpgs. I've got the usual suspects like Ogre Battle series, FFT, Shining Force and so on. I'm looking for alot of the pre-32 bit and import only obscure titles. I think there was as thread about this a good long time ago but I can't seem to find it (sorry about this being a repitive thread, by the way). Any help you can give would be great.
In the NES era, we have Koei making Romance of the 3 Kingdoms series, Nobunaga's Ambition series, Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Ghengis Khan, etc... Also on NES, we have Desert Commander, Shingen, and I am sure there are many more.
Some of these have continued onto the 16bit era, again, Koei makes ALOT of them.
Nectaris/Military Madness was very good, for Turbografx 16. There is a sequel called Neo Nectaris that's Japanese only, and it is on Super CD.
On the Sega CD front, we have Dark Wizard (which was unbelievable).
Falling somewhere in the RTS category, there is Herzog Zwei for the Genesis! There are many too for Genesis like Master of Monsters, Warzong (Langrisser 1 i believe it is called in japan), Centurion, etc.
This is just a very short list of what I remembered or have played. I am missing many.
Nectaris is also available on PlayStation.
You could also import the earlier Front Mission games on SNES and PSX.
One of my PSX imports, perhaps the one that mocks my lack of Japanese skills the most, is a hex-based SRPG called Riot Stars. It mocks me because it knows I want to play it, but I can't, because I don't understand a god damn thing that's going on. It sure looks neat, though.
Check out Faselei for NGPC. :)
Yeah if he can find it, and if he does he's only gonna spend a mere $150 on it.Quote:
From what I remember, Fire Emblem was the first (or one of the first) console Strategy rpgs. On nes, in addition to the ones mentioned above, there's the Fire Emblem series, Famicom Wars, 100 World Story, Hanjuuku Hero, Little Magic, Venus Wars, Godzilla 2(no joke!), and Gemfire.
On Snes, there's Bahamut Lagoon, Dragon's Earth, Feda, Fire Emblem 3-5, Front Mission, Feda, Gemfire, Genghis Khan 2, Metal Marines, Monstania, Nobunaga's Ambition, Der Langrisser, Albert Odyssey, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 2-4, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Bounty Sword, Beasts & Blades, and some more I can't remember.
Genesis, there's 1607, Advanced Military Commander, Bahamut Senki, Master of Monsters, Buraiden, Dyna Brothers 2, Lord Monarch, Warsong, Langrisser 2, Genghis Khan 2, Nobunaga's Ambition 2, Gemfire, Panzer, Shogun, Taiheki, The Hybrid Front, and Vixen 357.
For Playstation, there's Brigandine, Final Fantasy Tactics, Eternal Eyes, Hoshigami, Saiyuki, Front Mission 2, Front Mission 3, Kartia, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Master of Monsters, Vandal Hearts 1 and 2, Vanguard Bandits, Growlanser, Tear Ring Saga, Volfoss, and Arc the Lad Collection.
I think I've done enough.
NES - Just Breed, gunhed, super robot taisen 2, Daisenryaku as well I believe.
super famicom - Majin Tensei series,MAsou Kishin: Lord of Elemental,Bounty Sword,First Queen,Hiou Den, Little Master , Energy Breaker, Gemfire, Earth Light series, Pingan.
playstation - Black Matrix series, Rayblade, Brave Saga, Langrisser series, Assault Suit Valken 2, various Gundam/super robot games. . .
x_X I suppose you can grab the dates they were made at gamefaqs.
I am not sure if amerlop realizes what he/she is in for.... ;)
Wachenroder on Saturn. May not be pre-32 bit, but it is a fairly obscure import. Been meaning to get that ever since I saw it in an issue of Saturn Magazine.
Ooo, I have Wachenroder. I should learn Japanese and then play it. Yes. That's what I should do.
It all started pretty much with Archon for the Apple II I think, and I cant list the number of strategy wargame type things on the PC in the 1980s. Like so many other genres, it was created on the PC.
Ah, the creators of Archon and Star Control teamed up to make Unholy War, an overlooked PSX game that was loads of fun in vs. mode. You have a sort of hex-based chessboard overview and then realtime 3D battles, with a sort of rock/paper/scissors approach to balance between units. Lots of fun.
I actually still have Unholy War. I should definitely put some time into it, as its just been sitting there.
Has anyone else played Freedom Force on PC? I just started that and am really enjoying it thus far. It is a tactical RPG with a super hero theme.
Played a few hours into it. I was really surprised with how good it was.Quote:
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Has anyone else played Freedom Force on PC? I just started that and am really enjoying it thus far. It is a tactical RPG with a super hero theme.
Too bad I've got the ole voodoo 3500 in the peesee...so if stuff gets to hectic the game goes into bullet time.
When I get around to getting a new video card, this will be one of the first things I play fo'sheazy.
The demo of Unholy War wasn't great but since everyone tells me the full game is better, I plan on buying it eventually.
Freedom Force looks good but I haven't played it yet. I wish Irrational Games' other team would finish up making The Lost and then hopefully make a System Shock 3.
If you play PC games, XCOM is the one to get. Then Jagged Alliance 2 if you're more into real world settings.
Yeah, it's got the Silver Age hyperbolic style down to a pat, but it can get kind of easy if you use your own heroes.Quote:
Originally posted by Yoshi
Has anyone else played Freedom Force on PC? I just started that and am really enjoying it thus far. It is a tactical RPG with a super hero theme.
Fire Emblem III, IV and V - Super Famicom, a great series... that we never got :(
Der Langrisser - Super Famicom, One of the best Langrisser games out :)
Front Mission - Super Famicom
Feda: The Emblem of Justice - Super Famicom, one of my personal favs :D
Ogre Battle - NGPC
Langrisser I and II - Mega Drive