Good strategy/RPG games people might have missed

[Tradesonred]

Ive been playing tales of Maj Eyal recently and got a craving for old turned based tactical RPGs like final fantasy tactics and X-com

Looking for stuff thats light on story with good customization and tactical depth, but something without the empire building of games like say, civilization. Best would be some sort of open world, RPGish crew you can manage that you go around exploring and having tactical fights, not even sure if that kind of game has been made yet. HOMM III is similar to that but you start over after each campain run.

Post-2003 or so games would be best

Ive liked: KOTOR, X-com, Faster than light (they can be roguelike suggestions), Dungeons of dredmor, Heroes of Might and magic III, Dragon age origins (though cheesy storylines as usual which is why i prefer light on story), dungeon of the endless, starflight (for crusty old gamers who might know what the fuck is that game), sword of the stars: The pit, Salvation prophecy (which sucked that it had shoestring budget and something better couldnt come out of a concept like that, that i know of anyway) etc

[Rec]

wizardry oops 8 not 7

[Byrjun]

Bahamut Lagoon was essentially the predecessor to Final Fantasy Tactics, it was only released in Japan since it came out right as Nintendo was switching from the SNES to the N64, but there are translated ROMs available.

Kind of a cheesy generic storyline but the mechanics were cool.

Strangely enough, Quest 64 kinda fits your description although you probably played it and hated it. I think I was the only person who liked that game.

[Cecily]

Hmm. You're playing ToME so you like tough roguelikes...

I'd say check out Elona. Get the Elona+ latest version from link on wiki off the JP site.
It has a twisted sense of humor, and IMO more content than EQ. I probably dropped 100 hours into it last year. Just know it's super grindy and punishing.

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[radditsu]

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Hmm. You're playing ToME so you like tough roguelikes...

I'd say check out Elona. Get the Elona+ latest version from link on wiki off the JP site.
It has a twisted sense of humor, and IMO more content than EQ. I probably dropped 100 hours into it last year. Just know it's super grindy and punishing.

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I like Elona but it gets pretty aimless. Like i would just to quests over and over for cash to buy museums and shit. I liked TOME when it was the Middle earth game. I still have it and i cant find it on the net anymore. The old TOME was wonderful. I played a few early versions of the new TOME and couldnt get into it.

But no roguelike beats ADOM. I love roguelikes so much. I tried Dreadmoor but its easy.... I bought a few games for "roguelike elements" but they arent as fleshed out. Most take the diablo approach to loot which is...meh.


I played star ocean 2 again last year...but i ruined it by maxxing my levels before the 2nd world. That game is super short without a grind. Replayability is good on it.


i have always heard the best wizardry is 8.

I got that might and magic x as well. But it runs like shit on my I7 with 16gb ram....


all you nerds should play the SSI goldbox games. Krynn series, the pools series, everything. Wonderful Ad&d games.


Oh also Ultima underworld 1...and just throw in all the ultimas except the last one. I never played online but i hear good things.

Also Neverwinter Nights. The campaigns suck but i lobe character builders as in depth as that.

[Tradesonred]

Thx for suggestions

To be clear, im not partcularly looking for old games, in fact newer games with fun, deep mechanics is what id be more interested about, since i probably played most games people are going to suggest (Like Phantasy star 4)

Still some stuff i havent played with, thx for suggestions!

I picked up these 10 games yesterday in the dark dungeons of the interwebs:

Crusader Kings 2
Sunless sea
Fantasy wars
Darkest Dungeon
Age of wonders 3
Dragonshard
Endless Legend
Frozen Cortex
Hand of fate

Well see where that goes

[FoxxHound]

Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thx for suggestions

To be clear, im not partcularly looking for old games, in fact newer games with fun, deep mechanics is what id be more interested about, since i probably played most games people are going to suggest (Like Phantasy star 4)

Still some stuff i havent played with, thx for suggestions!

I picked up these 10 games yesterday in the dark dungeons of the interwebs:

Crusader Kings 2
Sunless sea
Fantasy wars
Darkest Dungeon
Age of wonders 3
Dragonshard
Endless Legend
Frozen Cortex
Hand of fate

Well see where that goes

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[Videri]

1Quest! I'd call it a Roguelike version of EverQuest + Diablo. Pretty deep gameplay for what appears so simple - and it's VERY challenging! A bit of a tough learning curve since, like Everquest, there isn't a complete manual. Link: http://www.kongregate.com/games/ratzngodz/1quest. The closest thing to a wiki or manual is this forum thread.

[Arclyte]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9453

you're welcome

[Laugher]

The Ogre Battle games were pretty cool, snes/n64 Ed. You command an army, ps1/gba versions were tactics games like fft