Ascendancy
Ascendancy is a Turn-based Strategy, 4X, and Single-player video game developed by The Logic Factory and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It takes place in the Sci-fi environment and offers thrilling gameplay revolves around the galactic effort to become the dominant life form. In the game, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, a leader of an alien species, and his/her ultimate task is to guide the people into huge space to find and colonize other worlds. During the gameplay, the player can build structures, craft spaceship, discover new technologies and grow stronger through war. At the beginning of the game, the player has a single colony planet, which the player has to develop at any cost to progress through the game. The player picks up several types of building to construct the surface of the planet and can construct spaceships to leave the planet. The ship travels to other solar systems along the specific paths, known as Star Lanes. With superb gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and smooth controls, Ascendancy is the best game to play and enjoy.
#1 Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike is one of the best games of this specific genre and offers an amazing Action filled gameplay experience. This brilliant game offers unique Tactical-RPG and Strategy oriented game-play in which you act as either Jake or Rachel. As the main protagonist, Advance Wars: Dual Strike lets you be the commander of your forces and go against the recently returned Black Hole Army and its commander Von Bolt. Your task is to go on amazing 28 campaign missions, use your best strategies and tactics against the army of Commander Von Bolt, defeat them and capture their land and eventually grow your reign. Advance Wars: Dual Strike lets you fight on two main fronts, deploy your troops in strategically accurate locations, repel the attacks and charge on enemy forces, use all the available weapons and tactics to overcome the enemy outbreak and enjoy a unique gaming experience. With a number of campaigns, challenging situations, and multiplayer encounters, amazing new characters, well-written story-line and an immersive game-play, Advance Wars: Dual Strike is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#2 Radiant Historia
Radiant Historia is Nintendo DS specific Fantasy-based RPG and Turn-based Strategy video game (Similar to Advance Wars series games) that offers great Time Travel elements as a plus with the core game-play. Built by the top game developer, Atlus, Radiant Historia is set on the land of Vanqueur, once prosperous and powerful empire that destroyed itself by the use of an unstable energy named as Flux. The game allows you to be the ultimate savior by simply taking responsibility of two mysterious children who are the key to reverse everything that happened to the world of Vanqueur. The game tasks you to Travel in Time backwards and stop the Cataclysmic event from happening that destroyed everything. During the jumps to Parallel universes, you’ll have to encounter the enemies in order to eliminate them (3×3 battles), engage into epic combats with bosses and finally alter the history in order to save Vanqueur from the ultimate destruction. With amazing Time Traveling elements, amazing RPG experience, fantasy-based game environment and setting, epic combats and massive character development options, Radiant Historia offers great visuals, well-written storyline and an immersive game-play.
#3 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 is a wonderful Adventure based Tactical RPG and Strategy video game by Atlus. The game is set in Japan and features a group of students who make a pact to summon demons and fight against the mystic creatures devastating the country. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 lets you be one of the students and control a demon named Tamer and lead your friends, fight against the evil forces and free Japan from their wrath. With amazing game-play, a well-written story, lot of upgrades, cool visuals and a unique combat system, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 is a brilliant game to play and enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love it.
#4 Luminous Arc
Luminous Arc is a Tactical Role-playing, Online, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Imageepoch and published by Atlus. The game takes place in the fantasy world and uses isometric perspective to navigate the environment. It includes a variety of characters and lets you select one of them to get into the game world where you have to fight against other online players or AI-controlled characters to show off your fighting abilities. Participate in turn-based combat and make your action to increase the meter of flash. You can use Flashpoints to perform strong attack known as Flash Drives and damage the enemy enough to win the match. Each character in the game offers its unique abilities and a set of weapons that can be used to dominate the match. It has a set of levels, and the game becomes challenging as you advanced. Earn points and use them to unlock special skills, upgrades, weapons and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy.