The best console turn based video game? Game?

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#1  Edited By uninspiredcup  Online
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My friends, using the entire globe as a platform, continuing on from real-time, let us, as a cohesive whole, aspire and... hopefully, ultimately conclude on a penultimate opinion as to what is, in fact, the greatest turn based game consoles have ever witnessed.

Please though, no pc games or multiplatform games developed predominantly with pc mind.

Handheld games are acceptable.

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#2 Ant_17
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Sheesh , take your pick.

I don't know where to start from.

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#3 jg4xchamp
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Turn based strategy game or turn based game?

Strategy game I'm leaning towards Valkyria Chronicles over Advance Wars (handheld, don't give a ****), throw jrpgs in the equation and I'm leaning towards Mother 3 and Chrono Trigger.

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#4  Edited By deactivated-5d68555a05c4b
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Thats a lot of great games right there, are we judging purely on combat or just games that happen to be turn based? I'll do a little of both

Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 3, this one is kinda a happens to be turn based game that is excellent. The combat system is fun, but it gets repetitive and easy, however the writing and characters always make the Neptune games way better then they may seem at face value, and this one is the best for that, at least to me.

Judging purely on the combat I'll give it to Valkyria Chronicles, I think it counts due to being a console exclusive for such a long time, but either way this has some of the best combat in any game that I have ever played, plus it had a fairly good war story to go along with it.

Plenty other games I could pick from but I'll keep it at 2

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My all-time favorite would be Chrono Trigger.

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#6 Bigboi500
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Dragon Quest VIII or Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

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#7  Edited By PurpleMan5000
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I like Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

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Can't think of anything big in recent years.

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#9 UltimateImp
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The only correct answer would be Chrono Trigger, any other answer is simply incorrect.

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#10  Edited By TrappedInABox91
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Thats a serious open ended question. Turn based RPGS are one of my favorite genres. Here's just a few that pop into my mind atm.

  • Chrono Trigger (SNES)
  • Pokemon SoulSilver (DS)
  • The Dark Spire (DS)
  • Etrian Odyssey series DS, 3DS)
  • Finial Fantasy IV (SNES)
  • Fire Emblem Path of Radiance (GC)
  • Super Mario RPG (SNES)
  • Shining Force (Genesis)
  • Golden Sun (GBA)
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#11  Edited By deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics.

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Dragon Quest VIII or Lost Odyssey.

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#13 inggrish
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Xcom. That was easy. That is also the best pc turn based game

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Ogre Battle 64. Most depth of any console strategy game.

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#15  Edited By blueinheaven
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@_Matt_ said:

Xcom. That was easy. That is also the best pc turn based game

He said no multiplats or games developed for PC he seems to think when a PC game comes to console it suddenly becomes 'bad'.

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Lost Odyssey > All. :P

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#17 iambatman7986
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Fire Emblem, Advanced Wars, and Valkyrie Chronicles would be my picks.

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#18 napo_sp
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FRONT MISSION series

how I wish someone make a proper sequel or remake or reboot of it and make it available on PC

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#19 Litchie
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So it's OK to list a game where only combat is turn based? Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, then. Also love me some Fire Emblem and Advance Wars.

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#20  Edited By deactivated-58ce94803a170
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@Litchie said:

So it's OK to list a game where only combat is turn based? Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, then. Also love me some Fire Emblem and Advance Wars.

Nice picks. I would go with Fire Emblem Awakening.

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#21  Edited By PcGamingRig
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FFIX, if you are talking about any sort of turn based gameplay like combat.

The Pokemon games are addictive to.

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Xcom Enemy Within. Anyone answering with anything else, especially japanese crap, needs to go jump off a cliff

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#23 Suppaman100
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@jg4xchamp said:

Turn based strategy game or turn based game?

This?

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Disgaea? Never played this series but I've heard high praise about this series.

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@Heirren said:

Ogre Battle 64. Most depth of any console strategy game.

That is actually not a bad answer at all, the game was huge, deep, fun and challenging in a good way, very, very underrated game.

Aside from that, i could also add Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones and Valkyria Chronicles.

If we go for turn based game, then for me, is Chrono Trigger.

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#26  Edited By Ten_Pints
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My favourite FF style battle game is "The Last Remnant" which ended up being a broken console (poor Xbox version, no PS3 version) release but was very good on PC.

Other than that most turn based games are PC because most console people have ADHD, probably why Final Fantasy turned to shit.

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Thousand year door.

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#28 danjin44
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Persona series

SMT Nocturne

Fire Emblem series

Valkyria Chronicles.

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Turn-Based RPG - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

Semi-Turn-Based RPG - Final Fantasy VII

Turn-Based Strategy - Final Fantasy Tactics

Semi-Turn-Based Strategy - Valkyria Chronicles

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P4G -VITA

Final Fantasy Tactics - PSOne

Final Fantasy IV and VI - SNES

Fire Emblem - whatever Nintendo consol

Orgre Battle - PSOne

Pokémon - Whatever Nintendo handheld

Mario RPG and Mario&Luigi type - Nintendo handheld

Paper Mario and Super Paper Mario - GC