Tactics
Role-playing games and strategies in the genres labeled "Tactics" have a unique combat system where victory depends on a large number of parameters. Among them are not only the parameters of the units themselves but also their positioning, actions, timing of the attack, and much more. Tactical games are often built on a turn-based type of combat (tactical turn-based), but there are also real-time tactics (real-time tactics, RTT). Very rarely are tactical elements applied in other genres; for example, in shooters, tactical capabilities in such games are limited.
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Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2008 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Simulation, Tactics
Game released: PC → 26 February 2008
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
41/100
Brigade E5: New Alliance is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. The game includes three storylines and...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, Android, PSP, PC → 23 November 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Indie
Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 22 May 2007
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
84/100
DEFCON is a real-time strategy game simulating global nuclear war during the Cold War. From an underground bunker, a general must destroy the enemy population while...
Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction
Game released: DOS, PC → 15 July 1997
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
89/100
A tactical strategy game about combating an alien invasion in Mega Primus in 2084, where social order is collapsing and extraterrestrials terrorize the population...