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Best Newish Tacticool Games

Monkeyfinger

Cipher
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Troubleshooter is slow AF with way too big maps. It's a big pile of slog to go through for some cool leveling mechanics.
 

Nutria

Arcane
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Strap Yourselves In
Some of the maps are too big but it offers a hell of a lot more than "some cool leveling mechanics". It's got really interesting choices to make in combat where you're rewarded for employing your units in the right way and penalized for being dumb. It's not a matter of luck or trial and error like is so common in the genre.
 

ValeVelKal

Arcane
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Aug 24, 2011
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Out of all the games mention, I recommand you do NOT play :
- Pathways : It is Renowned Explorer with Nazis and Zombies. It has none of the charm of Renowned Explorers, and tactical battles are all the same.
- Broken Lines : Unbalanced, buggy, frustrating. At least original concept, not a copy.
 

ValeVelKal

Arcane
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Broken Lines : Unbalanced, buggy, frustrating.
Git Gud
I finished it in hard mode (the one where people die forever if they are knocked down twice in the whole campaign, sometimes less if you are unlucky with the random events), though I failed my Ironman run due to the bullshit logic of the game. It was not fun. In your list, Phantom Doctrine is much better.
 

Strange Fellow

Peculiar
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Jun 21, 2018
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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
I'm gonna disagree there, I thought Broken Lines was pretty good. Never noticed any bugs, bullshit logic or unbalanced stuff.
 

Monolith

Prophet
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Mar 7, 2006
Messages
1,290
Location
München
Out of all the games mention, I recommand you do NOT play :
- Pathways : It is Renowned Explorer with Nazis and Zombies. It has none of the charm of Renowned Explorers, and tactical battles are all the same.
Cannot agree. Had quite a bit of fun with Pathways, and I keep returning to it periodically. It does get repetetive after some time, but hits you with new situations every once in a while and the base game is fun enough and tough (resource management, risk taking, different characters). Also, it does manage quite well at giving you an Indiana Jones vibe.

Had quite some memorable moments while failing horribly, or making it out alive after some catastrophies.
 

ValeVelKal

Arcane
Joined
Aug 24, 2011
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Out of all the games mention, I recommand you do NOT play :
- Pathways : It is Renowned Explorer with Nazis and Zombies. It has none of the charm of Renowned Explorers, and tactical battles are all the same.
Cannot agree. Had quite a bit of fun with Pathways, and I keep returning to it periodically. It does get repetetive after some time, but hits you with new situations every once in a while and the base game is fun enough and tough (resource management, risk taking, different characters). Also, it does manage quite well at giving you an Indiana Jones vibe.

Had quite some memorable moments while failing horribly, or making it out alive after some catastrophies.
Did you try Renowned Explorers ? Maybe playing it AFTER RE ruined it for me. At least I finished Broken Lines at it was clunky but original, I dropped out of Pathways before the end.
 

TwinkieGorilla

does a good job.
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Oct 19, 2007
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Serpent in the Staglands Divinity: Original Sin Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 BattleTech Pathfinder: Wrath
Cheers to the folks who recommended 'Troubleshooter'! I'm positive I never would have given this a chance based on aesthetics alone, but it seems pretty rules-crunchy and I fuckin' love that. Digging it so far. More story than I anticipated as well. Good shit!
 

Crane

Arcane
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Serpent in the Staglands Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Wrath
Here are some other one's I've run across.




 

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