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General discussionGrid-based tactical RPGs on GOG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics?(47 posts)(47 posts)
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Posted July 28, 2022
Vestaria Saga II, which just released, looks like an SRPG in the style of Fire Emblem (and you might also want to look at the first Vestaria Saga as well).
Posted July 28, 2022
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blastradius: There’s XCOM and XCOM 2, complete with chances to miss at 96% hit rate.
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eric5h5: Which is correct; the only way you would never miss is if you had a 100% hit chance. They've been statistically analyzed, the game's randomization code disassembled, and they're legit and do not cheat (either for or against the player). The random algorithm is an older variety and you wouldn't want to use it in cryptography, but it's more than sufficient for a game.

If you're the type of person who sees "95% hit" and expect it to hit every time, and whine "but it's not faiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir" when you occasionally miss (no duh, it's not fair, it's random), then yeah you should skip the games. But if you don't base your entire strategy on 95% always hitting, then you'll be fine. I did ironman mode on my first playthrough, and after a few false starts, I beat the game with the loss of one soldier. (This was pre-War of the Chosen; haven't played that yet.)
Xcom 2 has a mod that turns chance to hit into a percentage of damage. That is, 50% chance to hit equals 50% damage. So don't let that be a reason to not get Xcom. If you get Xcom though, you;'ll probably want to buy it from Steam or Indiegalla when on good sale and get like Xcom 2 collections so you get the game and all the expansions in one buy and save a fair amount.

Tactics Ogre is worth mentioning, even though is for PS1 (translated , original game was for Snes) Not on Gog, but good. Also it's companion game Ogrebattle for Snes (not tactical exactly, but a real good game)
Post edited July 28, 2022 by myconv
Posted July 28, 2022
Fell Seal is a free game right now through Amazon games if you got prime (actually not sure if you need prime or not)
Post edited July 28, 2022 by myconv
Posted July 29, 2022
Fae Tactics? I've not actually played it but it looks to have drawn some inspiration from Final Fantasy Tactics. And also the Egyptian themed Warriors of the Nile seems that have drawn some inspiration from it too.
Posted July 29, 2022
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dtgreene: Vestaria Saga II, which just released, looks like an SRPG in the style of Fire Emblem (and you might also want to look at the first Vestaria Saga as well).
I wanted to note that I tried and hated the first game. The combat system just didn't work.
Posted July 29, 2022
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dtgreene: snip about borderline sub-genres
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_Auster_: Thanks for the input. I actually didn't look too in-depth at the game's mechanics, since I was in a bit of a hurry at that time. And by the way, that's the first time I heard/read about "SRPGs" and "SSI RPGs", so I need to look at what defines them.
The definition of "SSI RPG" is "a role-playing video game developed and/or published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. [commonly called "SSI"]". ;)
Posted August 05, 2022
Vanaris Tactics is looking interesting as well, seems heavily inspired by FF Tactics. Anyone here tried it?
Posted August 05, 2022
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Vargas78: Vanaris Tactics is looking interesting as well, seems heavily inspired by FF Tactics. Anyone here tried it?
Not me, but there is a demo you could try.
https://www.gog.com/game/vanaris_tactics_demo
Posted August 07, 2022
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myconv: Fell Seal is a free game right now through Amazon games if you got prime (actually not sure if you need prime or not)
Thanks! Late reply, I know, but I did get it there, although I prefer the GOG version since here we also get Mac and Linux builds. (Also nitpick, but not really free when I need to pay 15 BRL/month to get access to Prime)

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The upcoming Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy seems like a mix of tactical RPG and top-down, grid based dungeon crawler.

It also has a demo!
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Posted August 09, 2022
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myconv: Fell Seal is a free game right now through Amazon games if you got prime (actually not sure if you need prime or not)
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_Auster_: Thanks! Late reply, I know, but I did get it there, although I prefer the GOG version since here we also get Mac and Linux builds. (Also nitpick, but not really free when I need to pay 15 BRL/month to get access to Prime)

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The upcoming Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy seems like a mix of tactical RPG and top-down, grid based dungeon crawler.

It also has a demo!
Did you need prime to get it?
Posted August 09, 2022
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myconv: Did you need prime to get it?
As far as I know, to get games from Prime, you need to have an active subscription (which I had at that moment).
Posted September 02, 2022
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dtgreene: Vestaria Saga II, which just released, looks like an SRPG in the style of Fire Emblem (and you might also want to look at the first Vestaria Saga as well).
For what it's worth, those aren't just "in the style of Fire Emblem", but literally by the same guy who started the Fire Emblem series and worked on the first few games and later left Nintendo. He also made the TearRing Saga, another spiritual successor to FE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouzou_Kaga
Posted September 11, 2022
Found another one in that style:
Pendragon
Posted September 12, 2022
Not played them myself, and the reviews (at least on here, are not favourable), but the Agarest series has grid based tactics during battles...

https://www.gog.com/en/game/agarest_generations_of_war_zero

https://www.gog.com/en/game/agarest_generations_of_war

https://www.gog.com/en/game/agarest_generations_of_war_2
Post edited September 12, 2022 by Trooper1270
Posted September 20, 2022
Othercide

The trailers feel a bit too much like a supercut, but it seems the game follows a grid-based tactical RPG premise.

And it's the current title from the newsletter discounts too.
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