Thread 725186475

/v/, I'm itching for some good turn-based combat.
I'm on my third playthrough of Pathfinder: WotR now just because I can't find any other game that scratch that same itch, Slay the Spire and Monster Train works as a quick fix but I've played them to death as well.

Gimme some recommendations please.

more like turn cringe

>>725186514
Damn, you got me.

>>725186475 (OP)
Pathfinder Scat of the Terrible is an awful game

>>725186914
Name a better game then.

>>725187001
Any game? Streets of Rage 2

>>725187001
XCOM:Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within. Some people like XCOM 2, but I don't like all the timers everywhere. I'd also recommend Battletech 2018, which has both a campaign mode and a career mode, and a lot of variability to both with how you either have to buy or salvage the mechs and equipment for them. Pilots are at first very expendable before they become incredibly deadly monsters that can insta head chop enemies from half the map away or do repeat knock downs and leg removals. Fun game, still to this day has a memory leak because the devs are mildly retarded. Also has a lot of mods if you want even more customization.

>>725187167
Yeah that is a good game.
Now name a better turn-based game, I dare you.

>>725186475 (OP)
have you tried into the breach?

>>725186475 (OP)
Dunno, what are you looking form exactly? The 'tism building of wotr or something else?

>>725186475 (OP)
>I'm on my third playthrough of Pathfinder: WotR
you have a mental illness.
stop playing these games

>>725186475 (OP)
I can recommend turn based STRATEGY games

>Gears Tactics
>all strategy X-COM/XCOM games
>Silent Storm
>Age of Wonders, all of em
>Front Mission 3
>Troubleshooter
>Jagged Alliance 2
>Valkyria Chronicles games
>Into the Breach
>Metal Slug Tactics
>Invisible Inc
>Battletech
>Warhammer 40k Mechanicus
>Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
>Steamworld Heist
>Shining Force games
>Advance Wars games

>>725187178
Played XCOM Enemy Unknown, good game, I feel the same about XCOM2, Never tried Battletech, looks pretty good actually, will have to check that out, thanks anon.

>>725187237
Yeah, its alright.

>>725187297
I enjoy turn-based combat in general, but I do really love the build tism of Pathfinder, though that is not limited to Turn-Based games, its why I like stuff like PoE too.

>>725187234
>Now name a better turn-based game, I dare you.
Deadfire, Hard West, Desperados 3, Expeditions series to name a few
Seriously, Sharfinder is not a good game

>>725187371
But I haven't done a Lich playthrough yet.
Or Legend, or Aeon, or devil.

>>725187405
>Age of Wonders
>All of em

I would recommend against AoW4. Not because it's bad, but because Triumph got hit hard with the Paradox curse of too much fucking DLC. The base game is still fine on its own, but there are now something like 13 different expansions to the game, and the cheapest are 10 bucks with others costing as much as the base game itself. You want it all? That's 120+ additional greenbacks for a game that starts at $50. In a few more years it might end up as fantasy Stellaris. I don't even like Stellaris and that shits ridiculous.

Baldur's gate 3 is a large step up from swotr

>>725187541
>Pillars
>Better than Pathfinder
What?

>>725187697
BG3 is fine, but it lacks a lot of depth. The interactivity if fun, but Divinity Original Sin 2 did that just as well with better combat.
5th edition did it no favors.

>>725187561
you're gonna spend 40 hours to see less than one book chapter of new dialogue?
what are you doing, bro.

>>725187703
did I stutter?

>>725187405
>Gears Tactics
Never hear of it, the Gears franchise do not inspire confidence in me.
>all strategy X-COM/XCOM games
XCOM is great
>Silent Storm
Great game from what I remember
>Age of Wonders, all of em
2 was great, 3 was very different but fun, tried 4 for a bit and it was alright
>Troubleshooter
Never heard of it, looks interesting, not my aesthetic but I should maybe give it a chance
>Jagged Alliance 2
Vague recollection of playing this back in the day, is 3 worth it?
>Valkyria Chronicles games
Played the first one, it was pretty fun for what it was.
>Into the Breach
Fun little puzzle game, but didn't spend too much time on it.
>Metal Slug Tactics
I've heard good things, I should probably check it out
>Invisible Inc
I remember playing it around when it came out, neat but not really my thing.
>Battletech
I'm going to have to play this for sure, looks great
>Warhammer 40k Mechanicus
I liked this for a bit, but I dropped it for some reason after a while
>Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
I think I confused this with 40K Inquisitor, which is not a good game, should probably look into
>Steamworld Heist
Fun game from what I remember.
>Shining Force games
>Advance Wars games
GBA emulation nessicary right? Maybe one day when I'm less lazy

>>725186475 (OP)
Jagged alliance 3 is the first xcom-like game that I really enjoy

>>725186475 (OP)
>turn-based combat
Street Fighter 6
>good
oh nevermind

>>725186475 (OP)
>Isometric
Puke

>>725186475 (OP)
Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall
Final Fantasy Tactics
Fire Emblem

>>725188940
Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall are great but I never hear anyone talk about Hon Kong.
Is it just not as good?

Also Glory a cute

>>725186475 (OP)
Normie rec: Battle Brothers
Hipster indiejank rec: Dead Hand

>>725189392
I didn't like the writing in Hong Kong, and there was a lot more of it than in the other two games. There was also a lot less action.

>>725187178
>still to this day has a memory leak because the devs are mildly retarded.
God fucking damn it I was just about to reinstall hoping it had been fixed.

>>725187541
>Desperados 3
>turn based

>>725188461
>Vague recollection of playing this back in the day, is 3 worth it?
2 is amazing modded, 3 is amazing period, and it's important for you to know that there were no Jagged Alliance games released between 2 and 3. If you live in a timeline where people claim, or you find games purporting to be Jagged Alliance games released in that period, ignore them and continue playing JA2/JA3.

>>725189660
I got 64gb of RAM and all it does is just extend the time you have before the game slows to a crawl with the menu and loading screens.

>>725189936
Well, just get more.

>>725187626
Yeah AoW4 is at the "pirate it now, buy a complete pack later" price point.

I'm not not typically and advocate of piracy, you should support good devs, good games, but at a certain point it's just fucking ridiculous. What's even more disgusting is a lot of these devs with insane amounts of DLC are now starting to shift to "subscription" models to get access to the DLC on a monthly basis.

Support good games, good devs, but don't support shit DLC practices. Buy ten good different games, not one game and nine overpriced DLC's.

>>725189848
But what about this?

>>725190098
But Cap'n, she cannae take any more RAM! She's at RAM capacity.

>>725189936
>I got 64gb of RAM and all it does is just extend the time you have before the game slows to a crawl with the menu and loading screens.
Yeah I just restart the game after every map, I also get this dogshit micro stutters that I was never able to fix either that just become increasingly irritating and jarring.

>>725190218
Not sure what that is, image doesn't load in my timeline.

>>725187405
if only valkyria didn't have the shit anime aesthetic it would be an all timer

>>725186475 (OP)
Stoneshard

>>725186475 (OP)
For the King.

I prefer the first game not the sequel. The sequel added movement mechanics to the playfield and it just didn't mesh well for me, but the first game was super clean. Little more board game feeling with the hex map but for turn based combat the system is really polished I think. There's a dungeon mode where you just kind of do fight after fight that really tests how well you know the game.

>>725190809
The combat in Stoneshard does not look super interesting.

>>725190809
is it still a treadmill or do you no longer feel like you're just tirespinning after you start progressing

the only turn based game i enjoy

>>725191163
It's not, neat game (if they ever finish it), but it mostly turns into ambushing and funneling enemies through doorways so you don't get surrounded and can just 1v1 shit.

HoMM3
King's Bounty Crossworlds
Master of Magic (the DOS one, not the remake)

>>725192078
Everyone and their mom has played HoMM3.
King's Bounty is a decent time-waster.
I ain't loading up dosbox.

>>725194337
>Everyone and their mom has played HoMM3.
Play more of it, install the HoTA mod
>I ain't loading up dosbox.
Get the Caster of Magic patch then

>>725186475 (OP)
>good turn-based combat
>Pathfinder: WotR
LOL

mechanicus

>>725195287
>Heh, only Nip Nong Ching Chong developers can make good turn based games

>>725195535
Who are you quoting?

>>725187918
>5th edition did it no favors
https://mod.io/g/baldursgate3/m/pathfinder2ndedition#description

>>725189392
I liked the chinese demons and the secret ending
The midget hacker was too annoying for me
I might remember incorrectly, but I think Dragonfall got updated cybernetics and HK didn't

>>725192078
based MoM enjoyer
what's this caster of magic thing about?
last time I checked, you have to pay for it or something and it introduces some balances that I don't know if I would enjoy or not, so I didn't dig any deeper

>>725195654
I knew the autists would save me. I tried the extended 5e spell list but it didn't change enough to warrant a new playthrough. This might.

>>725195779
>what's this caster of magic thing about?
Fanmade patch that eventually got sold on Steam and GoG. It ports the game to Windows, adds mod support, and does a ton of bugfixing, rebalancing and AI improvements. Some people don't like the changes so I wouldn't say it renders the original obsolete, but it's definitely worth checking out. You can download it for free:
https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=342

>>725195654
Is it a full conversion or just changing the action economy?