Best Strategy RPGs Of All Time Rated

Thanks to eToychest for its round-up of the favorite console strategy RPGs of all time. The piece argues: "a strategy RPG is (generally) a console game in which battles take place over a grid", and highlights include Vandal Hearts ("This is where everyone interested in the genre should start"), the Tactics Ogre series ("the replay value here is unmatched, due to multiple endings in each game"), and Disgaea/La Pucelle Tactics both on the top spot ("If you don't know why these two titles are sharing number 1, go play them.")

Fire Emblem... 4

[Leffe]

Seems as if they only played games released in America, that could explain why they didn't put FE4 in #1.

Oh well, I'll bring out my super-proof that it's teh bestest gaem evar11!~

Yarr [gamefaqs.com]

Hehe, I hate the guy that gave it 9, how can you give a game such a bad score just because you can't understand japanese is beyond me. There are even translations available.

Re:Advance Wars

[Chris Mattern]

A great, great game, and a great, great strategy game, but it's not a strategy RPG (where's the levelling?)

Chris Mattern

Re:PC strategy?

[necrognome]

You should give Temple of Elemental Evil a try. It was developed by Troika, the developers of Arcanum and Fallout (when some of the team members were working at Interplay). It's a little thin on story, but peerless in hardcore, tactical combat. It's one of the few turn-based CRPGs you can find on the shelves today and is probably the most complete implementation of the DnD combat rules ever.

Shining force on GBA?

[bigdady92]

<blockquote>Espically considering the recent re-release of the first one on the GBA</blockquote>

And here she is!

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid =1 60481

I had no idea that it was out! There goes hours of sleep for this badboy! God I hope I can flee the battles like I did before and level up like a crazy man like I did in 1 and 2.

Re:Shining force on GBA?

[Chris_Jefferson]

On this one you have to :) Every time you play throug the game gets harder. Once you start getting to 7 or 8 playthroughs, it gets REALLY hard. Also the AI gets much, much better (it seems like a shame that the good AI doesn't appear until you have played through many times, which most people would never see)

Re:Advance Wars

[Zangief]

The title that started it all was Fire Emblem (for the NES!, famicon, in fact), by the same group.

This genre was invented by Nintendo. Who could have imagined that?

FE fot the GBA is a great game too.

XCOM XCOM XCOM!

[wikthemighty]

Don't forget XCOM ;)

Re:Console Only? Too bad...

[Seraphim_72]

So good I wish I could find my copy

Ask and ye shall recieve [the-underdogs.org] Man I love that game

Re:Tactics Schmactics --- I want my BATTLE

[Lord Omlette]

The guy who had the most detailed Ogre Battle fansite on the net has moved on to other things. Almost all of the Quest folk (including the guy who masterminded the series) involved in OB64 were picked up by Square halfway through development, which is why "stuff happened".

Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite game of all time, and the music is a staple in my MP3 player. It is a goddamned shame that we may never see a game of this caliber.