~Beyond the Border~ > Akyu's Arcade
My fave game genre seems dead. TBS, any advice?
Ghaleon:
--- Quote from: u? on June 02, 2009, 10:47:40 PM ---By "Fire Emblem" I don't just mean the game released in 2003. Seriously. FE7, FE9, and FE10 will deliver.
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yeah I'd try a newer one first anyway... wasn't the original released back in NES days though?
SONIC BHOCOLATE STRIKER:
Not in America. <_<
(just like Nintendo Wars - we didn't get one till Advance Wars, but they were around since Famicom Wars)
?q:
Actually, the original Fire Emblem was just rereleased (with numerous improvements in game design) for the DS. But most people agree that FE7 (the first one released in America) was the best one, but FE9 and FE10 are worth your time too.
Nintendo Wars, I'm told, was also much improved by the transition to the GBA.
Ghaleon:
While I appreciate all the input, and I like "small" console strategy games like AW.. I am hoping for something larger in scale like civilization or master of orion, or homm.. That sword of the stars looks like a very likely possibility, though I honestly feel like I should try fire emblem.
helvetica:
Sword of the fucking Stars. Probably one of the best 4x games out there. It's not really "turn" based as much as it's turn based strategy with real time combat. Basically at the end of each turn, if there's any of your ships in an area with a hostile fleet or planet, then you can choose to either waive combat or fight. Colonizing, research, fleet movements, that's all turn based, but the combat itself comes at the end of each turn.
When you actually fight it's like a simplified version of Homeworld, where you get 2-3 minutes (depending on how long you set it) to slug it out with either the enemy fleets in the area, or with the planet itself.
Even if you're not particularly interested in RTS combat, give it a shot. It's a fantastic game and has easily sucked weeks out of my life playing it.