A good turn based strategy/rpg game that recently (a week ago) came out is UFO: Extraterrestrials. Graphics are 2D and look like 3 years old but the gameplay is awesome. It's not like the graphics suck though. They are pretty good for 2D graphics and they give me that nostalgia feeling of playing other classic RPG games, like Fallout. The gameplay is like from the other UFO games so if you liked those games, you'll probably like this one also.
I'll explain the basics of the game. There is a huge globe of a planet. You can build multiple bases across the globe. You can build multiple structure types in the bases, which allow you to do different stuff like building weapons, research technology, create fighter/transport planes, build defenses, etc. An UFO will randomly appear across the globe, you have to send in fighters to intercept it. If you don't intercept the UFO it will usually just leave into space. If you shoot it down above land or it lands and the aliens build a base, you have to send in a transport with your soldiers. Then the surface combat will begin and that's where the turn based strategy kicks in. There are some RPG elements like leveling up your soldiers, giving them new guns, etc. So far I haven't given them a chance to build a base so I've no idea what happends when they do build one.
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