Game Reviews5.7/10
Natural Doctrine Review: Kadokawa’s 2014 Tactical RPG Overreaches on Every Battlefield
A fortress, mines, and ruins hold a tale of a new evil — yet Natural Doctrine cannot fully realize its own promise.
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Tag: tactical RPG
Game Reviews5.6/10
Valkyria Revolution Trades Turn-Based Battles for Real-Time Combat — and Loses Its Identity
A tale of five traitors whose vengeance sparks war upon Jutland, yet the tale never quite reaches its promised height.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Twelve Years On, Blackguards Still Proves That Outcasts Make Better Investigators Than Heroes
A tale of misfits and murderers in the Empire of Horasia, wherein a warrior, mage, and hunter must unravel a princess's murder.
Game Reviews7/10
Project X Zone 2 Packs Dozens of Franchises Into a Tactical RPG That Never Quite Justifies the Crowd
Project X Zone 2 review: Monolith Soft's 3DS crossover tactical RPG packs 58 playable characters from Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega and Nintendo. 7.0/10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Project X Zone’s Crossover Cast Does the Heavy Lifting
Project X Zone review: 60 crossover characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega on 3DS grids. Great roster, repetitive tactics — 6.8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Chroma Squad turns the making of a Power Rangers-style show into a tactical RPG
Chroma Squad, Behold Studios' tactical RPG about running a Power Rangers-style show, reviewed: 7.2/10 for its studio sim, not its battles.
Unlock These Boons of Salvation Early to Build a Stronger Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave Team
A guide reveals which Boons of Salvation to unlock first in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, saving gold on meals, gifts, and carriage fare.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Blackguards 2 Review: A Mean, Branching Tactics Game That Wants You to Wreck the Room
Blackguards 2 review: Daedalic's turn-based hexfield RPG with trap-filled battles, a 20-character party, and Cassia's march on the Shark Throne. Score: 7.4/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Children of Zodiarcs: A Tactical RPG Where the Dice Are the Game
Children of Zodiarcs review: a 2017 tactical RPG blending Final Fantasy Tactics grids with collectible cards and craftable dice, scoring 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Sunday Gold turns every fight into a countdown, and that’s the point
Sunday Gold sends three criminals into a dystopian London to rob a billionaire, where composure matters as much as health. A 7.8/10 review.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth Review
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth review — Aquaplus's tactical RPG visual novel finale nails Haku's Oshtor mask premise but never merges its two halves.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Fire Emblem Heroes Cut the Series Down to a Phone Screen and Kept the Grid
Fire Emblem Heroes brought Nintendo's tactics series to phones with an 8x6 grid and no permadeath, grossing over $1.3 billion worldwide.