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Aside from fighting games one of the only things I miss from my console days is Turn-based strategy game.

Everything seems to be about RTS on ye olde PC but I'm sure there have been more games out there than Alpha Centauri. Got any favorites?

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Yes but they are all console titles.

I have to agree with Volourn.  Bioware is pretty much dead now.  Deals like this kills development studios.

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UFO: Enemy Unknown.

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Good old school turn-based strategy games:

 

Stronghold (PC game set in Mystara)

Warsong (Genesis)

 

You can find the above titles through careful searching of the web :shifty:

 

There are also a lot of good turn-based strategy RPGS on the Genesis if you are interested. SNES was sadly lacking in these.

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Civ 2

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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is well worth the zots, with expansions that is.

Silent Storm is more of an rpg, but the strategic element is there.

 

Try Disciples 2 and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic too.

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I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

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In terms of good console TBS RPGs:

 

Buck Rogers(Genesis)

Warriors of the Eternal Sun(Genesis)

Shining Force series(Genesis)

 

Order of the Griffon(TG16 and the best one on this list)

 

 

For the PC:

The Gold Box games of course

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Silent Storm.

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All of the above plus Jagged Allliance 2 and MOO2.

And Civ, of course.

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All of the above, and if we're going to throw in titles like Shining Force, then I have to mention Final Fantasy Tactics.

UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Win.

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Heroes III and Jagged Alliance are good examples I didn't think of!

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Civ 1

Civ 2

Disciples 2

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Warriors of the Eternal Sun is the best 'old skool' D&D game. Totally awesome. Totally sweet. Totally fun. It CRUSHES the Gb games.

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The Total War series are turn based strategy games with a real time tactical engine. Does that count?

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The Total War series are turn based strategy games with a real time tactical engine. Does that count?

 

I think it should. But I think the turn based part of the game doesn't stand very well by itself. What would be cool would be Civ with real time battles like in Total War.

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Maybe I was unclear, I'm only looking for PC games.

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You can find each and every game mentioned here to be playable on PC. Be it through emulation or out of the box.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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I'm over my emulation phase. Zsnes is king.

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Play Rome:Total War. That is a proper noun in the vocative case, i.e. a command!

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Another vote here for Disciples II.

 

And one for the old school...

 

:: Warlords III : Darklords Rising. ::

 

-- may require a bit of finesse getting it to run on current systems.

http://www.warlorders.com/howto.html

Lords of Midnight, Doomdarks revenge, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 & Disciples 2 for sheer entertainment value.

 

If you want more "serious" turn based strategy (i.e. simulation), I haven't found anything that beats Pacific War & War in Russia, both available as freeware downloads from the publishers homepage (Matrix games).

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Warriors of the Eternal Sun is the best 'old skool' D&D game. Totally awesome. Totally sweet. Totally fun. It CRUSHES the Gb games.

 

Warriors of the Eternal Sun was arguably better than the Gold Box games, yes.

 

As good as Warriors of the Eternal Sun was, Order of the Griffon (a similarly styled game) was so much better still.

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