I require turn-based gaming!

Echo

What's good on the TBS front? I tried GalCiv 2 for a bit when it was released, but all games pretty much started the same way - rush to expand until you bump into your neighbors, and hope you expanded in the direction of the good stuff.

Any other recommendations? I'm bored.

s3rial one

If you're not strictly looking for other PC games, give Gladius a shot. It's on all of the last-gen consoles. You can probably pick it up for $10, now. It's definitely one of the more underrated games I've ever played, and while the story isn't exactly compelling, mechanically, it's quite good, with a really cool mix of characters and classes.

Mahnmut

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

LewieP

SM:AC!!!! now!

even if you've played it to death, play it some more.

Recoil42

Everyone hates it, but it's honestly one of my favorite turn based games ever. It simply turns the base building mechanic on end.

darleysam

it's a shame your requirements are turn-based, but i'm going to take this opportunity to pimp Fragile Allegiance, which was a knock-off of something like Master of Orion (i believe, anyway, never played that), but was so awesome. Waging a space-based war across your colonised asteroids, building up a vast armada and sending them off on a genocidal campaign to purge game-space of opposing races, too much fun.

edit: also, Toribash!

Bryse Eayo

Mahnmut wrote:

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

All the Age of Wonders games are works of art.

Echo

Oh, I have Gladius for the 'cube. I should replay that some time.

Is Disciples II any good? It's on Steam, I might get it together with Jagged Alliance 2.

AlwaysAngryGuy

Echo wrote:

Oh, I have Gladius for the 'cube. I should replay that some time.

Is Disciples II any good? It's on Steam, I might get it together with Jagged Alliance 2.

Yes! Disciples II is wonderful.

Pancake

Jagged Alliance 2, any of the Heroes of Might and Magic games, and Silent Storm are all pretty great.

And Disciples II is more than wonderful. It's... It's something more than wonderful. Of course, it has quite a different feel from a lot of other turn-based games, and while it is similar to HoMM, even fans of that series might be put off of Disciples.

Heir

Civilization 4.

Thread over.

Hensler

Mahnmut wrote:

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

I've seen this in 2 packs for $20 - the best games I've seen it with are Serious Sam Gold, Project Snowblind, and Freedom Force. I'd reccomend getting the Age of Wonders / Freedom Force pack if you see it for sell anywhere.

Drez

I always liked Computer Ambush.

Of course, that's about 26 years old now, but it's a great game.

Was OGRE turn-based? I don't remember, but that was an awesome game too.

Field Of Fire was also one of my favorite wargames of yore.

warder808

I was just trying to dig reinstall Age of Wonders 2: Shadow Magic. I couldn't find it. Its at a friends house, but his girlfriend threw him out, and maybe the game too

AlwaysAngryGuy

Not traditional turn-based, but if you want a WWII strategy there is the Combat Mission series. You and the computer go at the same time and then the game plays the turns simultaneously.

Also not turn based but excellent strategy are the Close Combat games.

chaossoldier

Just out of curiosity, is this limited to PC games or are you taking any other suggestions for gaming hardware. If the latter, I could suggest some good GBA stuff.

theclam

chaossoldier wrote:

Just out of curiosity, is this limited to PC games or are you taking any other suggestions for gaming hardware. If the latter, I could suggest some good GBA stuff.

Any of the Advance Wars games, of course.

thegloaming

Do SRPGs count? Because there are tons of those, most of them quite good.

VeritasVR

Silent Storm.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or 5.

Or if you really want a classic experience, try X-COM: UFO Defense or Masters of Orion 2.

Firebrand

If you have a GBA or DS, try the Advance Wars games. Not very complex, but entertaining.

PunkBoy

Dunno if it's good or not, but I saw this game at Gamestop that seems to be the spiritual sequel to Jagged Alliance. It even had Jagged and/or Alliance in the title. Sorry I can't be more specific...

In any case, I recommend Disgaea 2 if you haven't played it.

subedii

Let's see:

- Jagged Alliance 2: Squad level strategy game. You hire mercenaries and try to raise a rebellion on a fictitious island. Tough going early on, but it requires some genuine strategy. Make good use of smoke grenades (well, just make good use of grenades altogether).

- Silent Storm: More mission based (no purchasing of equipment, and your squadies are free, no overall world map style objectives to take care of), but has destructible scenery. Trapping a door just before a group of enemies runs through is always fun, just stay very well back.

- Alpha Centauri: Successor to Civ in a lot of ways, and still regarded as one of the best games in its genre.

- Advance Wars series: "One more turn" Is something you're likely to be saying a lot.

- Final Fantasy Tactics: Assuming you can find it. Aged surprisingly well thanks to the 2D sprite based graphics, and the gameplay is solid. Having the standard Final Fantasy style epic storyline doesn't help either (although the translation might not be as good as say, Vagrant Story).

thorpe

Civilization 4.

And if you want real, high caliber turn-based strategy quality, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

minigunwielder

Echo wrote:

What's good on the TBS front? I tried GalCiv 2 for a bit when it was released, but all games pretty much started the same way - rush to expand until you bump into your neighbors, and hope you expanded in the direction of the good stuff.

Any other recommendations? I'm bored.

Silent Storm, Jagged Alliance, Space Rangers, annnd, I dont remember anything else.

Doronron

You might want to check out Matrix Games for some of their stuff. Just about everything is turn based, and it ranges from classical warfare to modern.

Of course, it's pretty much all grodnard style strategy.

GoodOmens

Mahnmut wrote:

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

Word. Just....word. Nothing has brought back the feeling of Master of Magic quite like the Age of Wonders series

A duck!

GoodOmens wrote:

Mahnmut wrote:

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

Word. Just....word. Nothing has brought back the feeling of Master of Magic quite like the Age of Wonders series

The only problem I have with AoW is the imbalance towards flying, ranged units, other than that it's golden.

METAzraeL

Fire Emblem love needed in here. Grab the first one for the GBA, or the GC one.

core tactic

Recoil42 wrote:

Everyone hates it, but it's honestly one of my favorite turn based games ever. It simply turns the base building mechanic on end.

God damn you, I can't find MAX anywhere. Not in stores, and it's not even freeware, though it's been out for 12 years.

Captain K

I've played about an hour's worth of Medieval 2: TW and it seems fun so far.

The battles aren't turn based, but you can pause them whenever you want, so they're never hectic. And everything else is turn based.

Freezie KO

METAzraeL wrote:

Fire Emblem love needed in here. Grab the first one for the GBA, or the GC one.

Okay, this is what I was going to say before I even knew this thread existed.

august

Disiples 2 is pretty damn good.

Heir

Captain K wrote:

I've played about an hour's worth of Medieval 2: TW and it seems fun so far.

The battles aren't turn based, but you can pause them whenever you want, so they're never hectic. And everything else is turn based.

I'd call M2:Tw more of a weird hybrid of a RTS and a Turn Based Strategy game.

Of course, if the OP wants to keep it strictly turn based he could just autoresolve battles.

s3rial one

Well, if you're willing to dig a bit further back, you may want to try out any of the Shining Force games (except the PS2 one, which I understand is unplayable trash). Not terribly different from the Fire Emblem series, except that it actually has interesting units.

Merovingi

Speaking of turn-based strategy games.. I've been playing a lot of Advance Wars: Dual Strike and I'm enjoying it very much. I've never really been a fan of turn-based strat. games.

Trichome

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

Should be deep bargain bin by now, and it's really good.

-SPI-

Pretty much what has already been said is the best you're gonna find. Jagged Alliance 2, MOO2, Alpha Centauri and Civ 4.

I'd also put Warlords in there. Try and grab a copy of Warlords 3 or the stand alone expansion Darklords Rising. Or even warlords 2 really, it's still great. Just stay away from Warlords 4, it's shit on a disc.

Warlords is one that really shines when you play it with a couple of other people.

Zombiemambo

Free is always good.

Derrick

Well I'm strictly a newb to the purely turn based genre, but Heroes of Might and Magic 5 seems entertaining in small doses. The units are atleast well animated and fun to look at. I'm playing through the campaign (which so far is woefully easy) but I'm sure multiplayer is much more challenging.

Pancake

Derrick wrote:

Well I'm strictly a newb to the purely turn based genre, but Heroes of Might and Magic 5 seems entertaining in small doses. The units are atleast well animated and fun to look at. I'm playing through the campaign (which so far is woefully easy) but I'm sure multiplayer is much more challenging.

Woefully easy? Not once you get to the last two missions of the demon campaign.

FreddyD

Front Mission 3 (PS) or 4 (PS2) (I hear 3 is better)

X-Com is a classic but I'm sure everyone here has already heard of it.