What's the best strategy game you've played?

Post by **Jmustang1968** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:11 pm

And all this TO OST talk just caused me to go and buy it lol

Retro Achievements · Post by **Jagosaurus** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:33 pm

PartridgeSenpai wrote:
Jagosaurus wrote:No one ever mentions this game, but I wanted bring up Lock's Quest for the DS. Sure, it is a tower defense game at heart (before these blew up in the mobile market) but it adds light RPG elements and take a good bit of real time strategy to beat the later levels. The 16 bit look is also appealing to me . Developed by 5th Cell who went on to make Scribblenauts.

Totally sold me on Lock's Quest. They had it at my local resale shop for 4 bucks, so I picked that bad boy right on up on my time out today

Enjoy! Fun game. The later levels are tough. I finally beat the last run at 2 or 3 am on a week night when I had to be at work at 8a. That's when you're into it. Humming the battle song now...

Just looked up the 3DS Transformers title I referenced, Rise of the Dark Spark. Holy crap, it's developed by WayForward. Interesting...

Post by **Exhuminator** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:53 pm

pierrot wrote:Why does anyone ever even talk about Ogre Battle?

I think it really does boil down to how different TO and OB are. Most people are just going to prefer one or the other.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:04 pm

Pssst! Best game in the series.

Post by **pierrot** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:17 pm

Jmustang1968 wrote:And all this TO OST talk just caused me to go and buy it lol

I am so distraught that the MUSIC/ON code doesn't seem to work in Tactics Ogre. I hope I don't end up having to follow suit.

Post by **Jake Armitage** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:26 pm

Dark Wizard (Sega CD) has always been the strategy game for me - once you get the mechanics figured out it is pretty amazing. I even made maps on excel for the battlefields:

Some of my other favorites:

Iron Storm (Saturn)
Third World War (Sega CD)
Nectaris (PS1)
Vandal Hearts I (PS1)
Vandal Hearts II (PS1) (would have been amazing except for a really flawed battle system)
Shining Force CD (Sega CD) - includes an amazing museum battle featuring most of the bosses
Brigandine (PS1)
Master of Monsters (Genesis)

Rebelstar Tactical Command (GBA) is worth a look - although it doesn't hold up well under repeated plays.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:22 pm

Jake Armitage wrote:Nectaris (PS1)

Yes and yes. This game rules. Super hard, though.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:32 pm

This is one of those threads where I look back and realize that I already said my piece like 2 years ago.

Bahamut Lagoon still rules.

D R A G O N S

Post by **glowen** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:44 pm

So many i can't really recall now, i've liked mostly every strategy game as it was my first genre.

My first favorite was Dune 2: The Battle for Arrakis on Sega Mega Drive 2

On a PC: All the Warcrafts, Stronghold: Crusader, Rise of Nations, Command and Conquer series

Uff the only ones i could remember on spot, maybe these are the ones after all then

Edit: uff, Warhammer series, Heroes if they count (i remembered after looking through the topic) :lol:

Post by **marurun** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:13 pm

People often forget about Myth, which was, admittedly, a bit more of a tactical game than a strategy one. But I think it carries some of the same appeal. Myth is one of Bungie's forgotten gems.

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