Master of Monsters
Master of Monsters is a Single-player Turn-based Strategy video game developed and published by SystemSoft for Multiple Platforms. The game takes place in the grid-based map and lets the player summon powerful monsters and move them around the board to capture the towers and take down the opponents. However, moves are focused on a hexagonal map structure, such that every square on the board is adjacent to six other tiles. The notable features of the game are a set of massive monsters, upgrading units, and more. The main focus of the game is on strategic elements, despite the fantasy characters that imply the role-playing elements. The player explores the land from an isometric perspective, and his main objective is to take down enemies and be the last on the board to win. As the game advances, the difficulty level will increase, and it comes with powerful monsters. There are lots of challenging levels, and in each one, the player has a chance to polish his skills to become the master.
#1 The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga by Stoic is an amazingly engaging Tactical, Strategy, RPG and Free-to-Play MMO video game. The game allows you to get into the role of Viking who is destined to make strategic choices, make allies and travel to unknown distances in order to eliminate an epic new threat that is about to vandalize a whole civilization. You must find the ones who will accompany you in the harshest of conditions and on unforgiving landscape in a world where everything that’s not you, wants to kill you. This wonderful game provides with a Final Fantasy Tactics and game of Throne type game-play in which you can get attached to anyone emotionally in order to make the game more interesting. The Banner Saga provides with unique aesthetics, a well-written story, an action oriented game-play etc.
#2 Champs: Battlegrounds
Champs: Battlegrounds is a Free-to-Play Fantasy-based Action, Tactical Strategy and RPG video game by Quarks Games, Inc. The game allows you to control a Squad of Six Champs and lets you go against the enemies in a formation, tactically move and strategize your attacks and count your kills. In a multiplayer environment, the Champ Squad that kills 8 enemies first wins and enjoys countless great upgrades as the reward. The Champs in the squad are al capable of four unique abilities each and are free to use their abilities and skills while combating against the enemies. With a wonderful Strategy based game-play, great objective based story, a lot of skills, abilities and characters to choose between along with great visuals and an amazing open world environment, Champs: Battlegrounds is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#3 Skulls of the Shogun
Skulls of the Shogun by Microsoft Studios is an amazing Turn-based Strategy and Tactics video game that lets you set up yourself into the character of General Akamoto who gets stabbed to death on the day of becoming a Shogun. In the land of Dead he realizes that he’ll have to wait for centuries in order to go to the afterlife and becomes frustrated. He battles his way to the afterlife only to find out that his killer Lieutenant Karakawa has stolen his identity and is living in the afterlife as General Akamoto. Karakowa teams up with the protectors and a whole new series of battles starts up between the two sides. Your task is to defeat all the demonic forces, reach to the Karakowa and kill him in order to get back your identity and to enter in the afterlife. Skulls of the Shogun provides with a different touch but same mechanics and game-play as all the other games of the similar type and it’ll definitely make you enjoy and entertain yourself to the limits.
#4 Shining Force
Shining Force is a great Fantasy Turn-based Tactics, Strategy and RPG video game bu Climax Entertainment. The game is set in the Kingdom of Guardiana and allows you to be a Hero named as Max who embarks on a journey to stop the Evil Kane along with his Evil hordes of minions from resurrecting the Dark Dragon. If Kane resurrects the Dark Dragon, he’ll be able to consume the whole realm, so you must stop him before it’s too late. In order to complete the objectives, you must also recruit individuals like you and eventually create the Shining Force who then with the combined powers of all the Heroes will be able to defeat the Evil Kane. Game world Exploration, Interaction with the NPCs, Treasure Hunt, epic battles and Duels with the enemies, using upgrades to enhance your skills and abilities etc. are the most amazing and quite entertaining features of this brilliant game. With an amazing classic RPG, wonderful quests, eye-catching visuals, great story and an engaging game-play, Shining Force is one of the best games to play. Do try it out.
#5 Phantom of the Kill
Phantom of the Kill is a Role-playing, Turn-based Combat, and Single-player video game takes place in the grid-based maps, developed by Fuji&Gumi Games for Android and iOS. The game introduces an engaging gameplays similar to the Fire Emblem video games of Nintendo. It also merges the elements of Social-network games often discovered in mobile games. In the game, the player needs to control the main character from a grid, following the chess-like movement and must fight against the opposing team in the turn-based system. During the gameplay, the character will be removed upon receiving enough damage in the battlefield, while the team will remain and fight against other opposing members. There’s no permadeath element, but the characters who are taken down will lose equipped items. The story of the game takes place in another dimension and follows the protagonist named Levaetein, a girl who once lived in another land until strange monster forces attacked it, smashing the civilization itself. Now, the player must, as the protagonist form a team, jump into the land for revenge.