Game Reviews7.9/10
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Review: 100 Characters, One War
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance review: Nippon Ichi's PS4 tactical RPG puts 100 characters on screen, builds a war of a million soldiers, and scores 7.9/10.
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Tag: tactical RPG
Game Reviews8.5/10
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories turns a curse into a party
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories review: Adell, Rozalin, and a party of misfits on a tactical grid. A 2006 PS2 strategy RPG that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Fire Emblem Engage Review: Twelve Rings, One Strong Hook
Fire Emblem Engage review: Nintendo's 2023 Switch tactics RPG brings back the grid, the rings, and a dragon hero waking into war. Score: 8.6/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Persona 5 Tactica trims the Phantom Thieves down to a grid, and the smaller scale suits them
Persona 5 Tactica sends the Phantom Thieves into a medieval kingdom for grid-based tactical combat. Review, release details, and an 8.3/10 score.
Game Reviews8.7/10
The Banner Saga 3 Review: Stoic’s Hand-Painted Finale Ends the Trilogy on Its Own Terms
The Banner Saga 3 review: Stoic's hand-painted Viking finale adds new heroes, battle waves and save carry-over to a series that ends on its own terms.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Masquerada’s tactical combat earns its place, even when the storytelling doesn’t
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows review: a tactical RPG of Venetian masks and elemental tags, scored 7.2 of 10 for its smart combat and dense lore.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Grand Kingdom’s squad-building holds up, but its online services don’t
Grand Kingdom review: Monochrome's tactical RPG nails its turn-based board map and battle system, but its online war mode is gone and the story never lands.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Valkyria Chronicles 4 sends Squad E into a war the Federation is losing
Valkyria Chronicles 4 review: Squad E, the Grenadier class, and a brutal early winter that turns a power fantasy into a fight to survive.
Game Reviews8.4/10
The Banner Saga 2 picks up soon after the climactic events of the first game
The Banner Saga 2 review: Stoic's sequel carries your choices forward with new Horseborn units, bigger battles, and consequences from the first game.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Mario + Rabbids Drops the Grid and Improves
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope dropped the grid and improved its tactics, yet still underperformed. A review of the 2022 Ubisoft sequel and its legacy.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Valkyria Chronicles’s watercolour battlefields and permadeath still have no real successor
Valkyria Chronicles brought painted battlefields and the BLiTZ tactical system to PS3 in 2008. A look at Squad 7, the CANVAS engine and why it still holds.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Review — A House Is a Commitment
Fire Emblem: Three Houses review: pick a house at Garreg Mach, teach students, then live with your choice through war. A tactical RPG built on commitment.