One of the best Fire Emblem titles with something for everybody. Fire Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow (FE:HLS) is Intelligent Systems' (IS) latest title in the flagship turn based tactical Fire Emblem series. It's a remake of the third...

2008/09/09 [iPhone/iPod Touch/PC] [1] Reign of Swords Version Reviewed: 1.2.42 Reign of Swords is a wargame lite for iPhone and PC. It's got a fairly basic selection of generic units, a few special abilities, and a beginner level campai...

Wargame: Wargames were the first type of tactical game to be developed, sometimes based on even older tabletop games back before personal computers. Wargames attempt to be as historically accurate as possible, with many combat variables, hu...

2010/07/15 [DS] [1] [2] [3] Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu The next entry in the Fire Emblem series is a remake of the new content in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, also known as Fire Emblem 3 for SNES. The...

2010/08/31 [PSP] [1] [2] Valkyria Chronicles II Valkyria Chronicles II is the direct sequel to Valkyria Chronicles for PS3. While the BLITZ combat system remains intact, the developers have made some significant changes elsewhere to s...

There were three big pieces of SRPG news to come out of E3 2010. Atlus has announced a NA port of Knights in the Nightmare for PSP with a release date of October 19, 2010. This SRPG is a little unusual with some realtime elements like bul...

2010/02/08 [iphone] [1] Military Madness: Neo Nectaris Nectaris is a venerable series almost as old as Nintendo's Wars series. It's another wargame-lite style game that isn't as complex as a full blown wargame, but makes up for it with ...

It seems Advance Wars has inspired a whole generation of western game developers, as games inspired by the venerable Wars series continue to be revealed. This preview is based on info at the official site and a 1up.com interview. Skulls...

2009/07/13 [iphone] [1] [2] Mecho Wars Version Reviewed: 1.53 Mecho Wars is a straight up Advance Wars clone with only a few minor changes and simplifications to the formula. The only twist is that every 20 turns or so, the water freez...

Dawn of Heroes for the Nintendo DS is a fantasy strategy/tactical RPG being developed by Wicked Studios based in Montreal and published by Majesco. This preview is based on video and screenshots on the official site and developer interviews...

After spending time writing and revising my SRPG 101 article and working on the list, I've come to a more useful and organized methodology of writing my reviews that will be appearing on this site. The first part of the review will be a fa...

Nintendo has added some new details on the upcoming DS title Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu.  It's a remake of Book II in FE: Monshou no Nazo, or FE3.  The translated name of this new DS title is Fire E...

I've been seeing a lot of wrong statements regarding Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon's added combat systems with the recent announcement of the new FE 3 DS remake. First, a game is a test of skill with game mechanics that exist independent of pl...

New Fire Emblem DS announced, remake of FE3 Monshou no Nazo. It's a remake for Fire Emblem Monshou no Nazo, or Fire Emblem 3. Trailer here. This is a direct sequel to Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon in plot terms. I was made aware of this ...

I've nearly finished writing a guide for Elven Legacy and its expansion packs. I wrote a review of Elven Legacy earlier this month. It's not the most complex SRPG but it's the best fantasy SRPG I've played since Fire Emblem DS, and there'...

Battle Dex is a microtransaction based online multiplayer PvP TBS game currently in beta. Battle Dex follows the well trodden wargame-lite TBS format, much like Advance Wars and Military Madness. What makes Battle Dex most different from ...

The Most Strategically Difficult and Legitimate SRPG/TBS Challenges This is a list of SRPG and TBS games with a high level of strategic depth, variety, and difficulty. This is not a comprehensive list but it's a good start. If all you've...

List of tactical level Turn Based Strategy (TBS) and Strategy Role Playing (SRPG/TRPG) games. Compiled by mjemirzian at www.tbstactics.com. http://www.tbstactics.com/2010/04/list-of-turn-based-tactics-and-srpg.html

Agarest War (PS3 downloadable NA version) is developed by Compile Heart, which is a subsidiary of Idea Factory. Idea Factory specializes in low budget fanservice games, and Agarest War is no different. It's a game for anime fans with a ta...

Elven Legacy is a solid, strategic, challenging hex based SRPG that doesn't stray too far from the fundamentals of the genre. It's developed by 1c company, the largest Russian developer/publisher, and it's a PC game, which might explain th...

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God of War 3 is a graphical showcase and a decent action game. Even if you dislike judging games based on graphics, GoW3 has an epic cinematic scale that is worth experiencing at least once. As good as the game is as an interactive movie,...

Resonance of Fate is a traditional RPG with a unique combat system. The combat is mostly turn based, with a few real time elements mixed in. Being a traditional RPG, there's exploration, tedious travel times and elevator riding, boring side...

Final Fantasy XIII is a conflicted RPG. On one hand it wants to be a linear action game with stat caps, fast retries, a scoring system and limited character customization. On the other hand it wants to keep RPG staples like optional grind...