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What is your favorite TBS game series?

XCOM 11 8.59%
 
Civilization 29 22.66%
 
Heroes of Might and Magic 13 10.16%
 
Panzer General 3 2.34%
 
Ogre Battle 6 4.69%
 
Fire Emblem 31 24.22%
 
Advance Wars 7 5.47%
 
Worms 2 1.56%
 
Master of Orion 3 2.34%
 
Other 23 17.97%
 
Total:128
superchunk said:
I loved worms 2 back in the day. But the one series that keeps pulling me back with every iterations is Civilization. Such a deep and fun strategy game. Only part that makes it hard for me to play now is the time investment to do so.

I need a variation of this game on my switch.

Not a fan of Revolution (granted I only played the DS version).  I believe they could easily port Civ 6 to Switch but a mainline Civ has never graced consoles.  As for Worms I believe N64 Worms Armageddon was top notch version of Worms.  I have some of the newer ones on Steam but nothing compares to having 4 people playing worms local multiplayer.



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Cubedramirez said:
I am ashamed to admit I have never played any FE titles. The switch should change that.

Yep apparently now Nintendo loves turning out the FE titles.  I still have 3 to pick up on the 3DS.  Tis a shame that Advance Wars can't at least get one release.



sethnintendo said:
Cubedramirez said:
I am ashamed to admit I have never played any FE titles. The switch should change that.

Yep apparently now Nintendo loves turning out the FE titles.  I still have 3 to pick up on the 3DS.  Tis a shame that Advance Wars can't at least get one release.

wargroove exists at least.

 

but yes ninty GIVE US ADVANCED WARS.

I don't care if its andy and co or day's of ruin style nitty gritty. bither are great.

just don't roll back the new units in DoR.



To me no gameseries come even close to the enjoyment and playtime I've gotten from Civilization. I have loved that series ever since I first played Civilization on the Amiga in the early 90-ies (but I have somehow never played Civ II).

Yes there are some poor design decisions and the AI is crappy and only difficult when it is cheating but man I love those games. I've spent 1000:s of hours in the series (whitch is kind of sad when I think about it).

If I would make a list of most played games during my life it would probably look like this:

1. Civilization III
2. Civilization Call to Power
3. Civilization 5
4. Civilization 4
5. Civilization
6. Counter Strike (combined all versions from Beta 2 up to version 1.6)



sethnintendo said:

I've put about 12 hours into Panzer Tactics HD (Steam) so far and I can say that its a pretty decent game that mimics Panzer General type of play. Sure the interface has a few issues like when placing troops at start of mission can get a little annoying when you get to a troop that you know you don't want to place such as a Junkers dive bomber (because you know the enemy comes out with fighters in first rounds and you don't want to place them till round 4 or so) but it keeps going back to that unit making you click left or right arrows to get to a different unit to place. So basically just little things that are "holding" the game back. Some other minor things like blur on the top and bottom of screen but that can be turned off in options, and repetitive music (seems to be only one track that goes on a endless loop after going quiet for sometime, I just play with sound off and my own music).

I picked it up for 2.50 on the Summer Sale and I can say it is definitely worth that price. It's a good enough clone of Panzer General clone to not pass it up on a summer or winter sale.

If you haven't tried it yet, Panzer Corps is probably the best PG clone out there.



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sethnintendo said:
Cubedramirez said:
I am ashamed to admit I have never played any FE titles. The switch should change that.

Yep apparently now Nintendo loves turning out the FE titles.  I still have 3 to pick up on the 3DS.  Tis a shame that Advance Wars can't at least get one release.

I know right!

I felt that the console remake of advance wars had the building blocks of a really fun online squad base game. That was fun as well.

Advance Wars Delux would be nice to have.



Cubedramirez said:
sethnintendo said:

Yep apparently now Nintendo loves turning out the FE titles.  I still have 3 to pick up on the 3DS.  Tis a shame that Advance Wars can't at least get one release.

I know right!

I felt that the console remake of advance wars had the building blocks of a really fun online squad base game. That was fun as well.

Advance Wars Delux would be nice to have.

You talking about Battalion Wars?  I played the second one on Wii but never got the GC version.  It was a pretty fun RTS.  The flying of planes on Wii version was hindered a little because they tried to make use of motion controls but it didn't work as well as something like Wii Sports Resort flying mini game.  Overall it was a fun game and I even played online a few times.  What would be cool is if they did something like Total War with Advance Wars and Battalion Wars.  Merge the two games together so you have troop building and turn based moves but then when you start combat it goes into a 3D battlefield with ability to perhaps perform a little better than just the basic medium tank attacks light tank gives 6 damage and takes 3 or whatever.



HoloDust said:

If you haven't tried it yet, Panzer Corps is probably the best PG clone out there.

Yea, I saw the game mentioned in the Panzer Tactics reviews on Steam.  I'll add it to my wishlist and pick it up probably during winter sale.  Looks like a more flushed out Panzer General clone than Panzer Tactics.  I'm not disapointed with Tactics but wouldn't mind a better game.



There's always this one...

 



Ogre Battle is not turn based. It's real time, similar to Crusader Kings.

Also, if you're including Ogre Battle, Crusader Kings 2 should be on the list too, especially considering it's the top strategy game around right now.

 

Also, Disgaea.



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