Turn based games tended to be something I sort of stopped getting into as I got older. Despite really enjoying games that involve tons of strategy and thought like Hitman or 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, I struggled more with games that are turn based. I’ve tried to get back into them with stuff like Pokemon and the occasional board game sim that I play with my friends, but I just know there’s games out there I’d like a lot more.

I do want to give Fire Emblem, Bug Fables, and Sea of Stars a try at some point soon. Was just wondering if there’s anything else I’m missing.

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    2 months ago

    Haven’t had much time to play games, but those I played over the years, enjoyed and would recommend:

    • Bravely Default & Bravely Second (both for the 3DS)
    • Child of Light (afaik all versions are the same, aside from DRMs included)
    • Coromon (played on Steam / also on GOG, EGS, Switch 1, Google Play and ITunes for the IOS - it’s Pokemon if you don’t want to give Game Freak money)
    • Deeper Down Dungeons (Android from Google Play / Windows version on Itchio should be the same)
    • Final Fantasy II (PSP version - also most feature-complete version afaik)
    • Final Fantasy VI (SNES version but afaik most versions are mostly the same)
    • Final Fantasy VII (2013 PC version / PS1, Win98 & Android versions are mostly the same afaik)
    • Final Fantasy X (played all but the PS4 version - can be grindy and repetitive if you go for optionals, though)
    • Final Fantasy X-2 (also played most versions - also weaker than X, but still decent, me thinks)
    • Final Fantasy XII (also most versions played; does it count as turn-based though? Also while not as repetitive as X, it can be far longer)
    • LiEat (English on Steam and Japanese version on Booth as freeware - feels like what RPG Maker games often try to be, but decent instead; also not a RPG Maker game just in case someone gets confused)
    • Mary Skelter trilogy (all on Steam, first 2-ish on GOG, Mary Skelter Nightmares has an older version as a separated purchase and a remade version as an unlockable game in Mary Skelter 2, and all games are somewhere between horror, grid-based first person dungeon crawler, turn-based RPG, visual novel and on a lesser degree the further the series went, ecchi)
    • Parasite Eve (PS1 - sequel to a Japanese horror book with the same name, though what’s important is explained in-game, and if you don’t want spoilers for the book, you can find the Kindle version on Amazon JP as パラサイト・イヴ)
    • Persona 3 FES (PS2 - harder than the PSP version but more content-complete; still have to play the recent remake)
    • Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita / Steam - 2nd weakest plot-wise imo, losing only for Persona 4 Arena, but fun gameplay loop)
    • Persona 5 (PS3 / PS4 - story feels kinda juvenile but not as bad as P4G, and art/gameplay loop/game flow make up for it, me thinks)
    • Quest of Dungeons (Android & PC versions are on several places; roguelike and little to no plot though)