Shattered Union
Shattered Union is a Turn-based Tactics and Strategy video game published by 2K Games and developed by PopTop Software. The game takes place in the alternative history of the United States of America, where the presidential candidate named as David Jefferson Adams has been elected the president of USA. Due to the disputed election, David Jefferson becomes the most hated and unpopular president in the history of USA. During the campaign, the player will face tough challenges like foreign attack, civil war, poor economic condition and more. The game uses a hex grid system and introduces a variety of terrains. Before getting into the world, the player has to select his territory and start competing against economic problems. The ultimate task of the player is to make this nation secure, recruit military to defend the nation, and solve the complicated issues to grow as the strong economic power. It has different levels, and each level needs the tactics to solve the problems and progress. With the best mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, Shattered Union is the excellent game.
#1 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness is another brilliant Tactical, Strategy and RPG video game by Nippon Ichi Software. The game is a direct sequel to Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and is set in the vastness of Netherworlds where Laharl gets crowned as an Overlord after the death of his father. Your objective is to take on the character of Laharl and go against all the demons who want to throw you out of your throne. Former King’s Vassals (The Kirchevskoy Group) are trying hard to put somebody else on your place and you must ruin their plans along with their allies. Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness provides with an amazing Tactical Strategy based game-play in which you are required to use your best skills to crush the enemies and stay strong on your throne. With a very well-written story, great visuals and all the great elements together, Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness is a great game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#2 Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten by Nippon Ichi Software is a marvelous Action oriented Tactical-RPG and Strategy video game. This 4th inclusion to the series features Valvatorez as the player character. Valvatorez once was a Blood Sucking vampire but he stopped drinking blood nearly 400 years ago. Because of the unlawful and inhumane actions of the Government, Valvatorez plans a rebellion and reaches to Netherworld with his companion Fenrich to win the support of the masses, makes allies (Humans, Monsters, Angels etc.), attacks the government and defeats them after a series of huge bloody battles, destroys the source of energy for demons and ultimately save the Netherworld. With amazing combats, great weapons, special abilities, wonderful story, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten is one of the best Tactical RPG and Strategy video game to play and enjoy.
#3 Rainbow Moon
Rainbow Moon by SideQuest Studios is a Tactical RPG (Role Playing Game) and Strategy video game with similarities to Final Fantasy Tactics. With a Dungeon Crawling theme, the game allows you to explore a huge game world, use your best strategic and tactical skills in to the most epic battles with enemies. Rainbow Moon is a marvelous combination of Action oriented game-play, a unique story, superb visuals, six unique characters, and a unique urn-based Strategy combat System. As Namoris throws you away to a distant land by the use of Magical Portals and Gates, your task is to find your way back to your own world, find Namoris and kill him in a Duel. The land where you are exiled to, is packed up tightly with countless monsters, you must survive by fighting them off or you’ll perish. You must use your skills and strategize your actions in order to achieve the objectives and complete the game. With all the wonderful things, Rainbow Moon is a cool game to play and enjoy.
#4 Record of Agarest War 2
Record of Agarest War 2 is a wonderful Tactical-RPG video game by Idea Factory and Red Entertainment. The game lets you be the Protagonist Weiss who wakes up with no memory of his past and reaches to a woman named Eva, the Agent of the Divine. She tells Weiss that he has committed a grievous sin of killing an innocent and he now has to turn into a Vessel in order to resurrect the one he killed. On the other hand, the world around you is slowly being engulfed into darkness by a mysterious blinding light and destruction on a massive level is on its way to erase the whole continent. You as the vessel have to go against all the dark forces, Demons and enemies, neutralize the threat to the realm and finally resurrect the boy you killed. Record of Agarest War 2 offers a great storyline with wonderfully created visuals and an immersive game-play. Record of Agarest War 2 is one of the best games of this specific genre. You should totally try it out and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#5 Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles is a fantastic and unique Action, Tactical-RPG and Turn-based Strategy video game. The game takes you to a World War 2 type of Era in Europe where two most powerful and tactically advanced Factions are raging over the Control. Valkyria Chronicles throws you right in the middle of the conflict after your town gets destroyed and tasks you to save what’s left by simply recruiting individuals like yourself and going against the responsible of all the chaos. The game gets more exciting with the wonderful Turn-base combat and RPG elements and lets you pace further under the Command Mode. Your task is to go against the enemies as a team, destroy enemy installations and defensive structures, engage into amazingly chaotic battles and finally eliminate all the enemies. With every mission cleared, you’ll get money and experience points that you can use to buy upgrades and stuff. With a marvelous setting, well-written storyline, great visuals and an addictive game-play, Valkyria Chronicles is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#6 Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate, developed by a Japanese gaming company Tri-Ace and published by Sega is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game developed for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game takes place in an apocalyptic era in which the earth is almost destroyed by an unknown phenomena. The phenomenon created layers of poisonous gasses in the upper atmosphere of earth and the population started to vanish due to cancer caused by the gasses. With the help of “Basel” (An environment purifying System) a great number of humans survived but the others mutated and started roaming in the lands prying and killing who ever crosses the Basel controlled area. The protagonist goes on a number of adventures and quests to save humans and kill the mutant monsters and while on missions, combats with the creatures with the weapons and other techniques. Resonance of Fate is an amazingly engaging and quite addictive game that bases on a really great storyline and a number of characters with unique and new abilities. Try Resonance of Fate if you want to experience an amazing amalgamation of action-adventure and MMORPG elements. You’ll like it for sure.
#7 Faery: Legends of Avalon
Faery: Legends of Avalon is a wonderful game for those players who love playing Role-playing games created by Spiders Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game combines the elements of Adventure, Role-playing, Turn-based, and Fantasy-based. It allows you create your avatar and embark a massive adventure to explore the world of Avalon. Assume the role of the protagonist named protagonist who is a fairy. The King named Oberon of the fairyland informs the protagonist that humans have stopped believing in fairies, and the power of magic has failed, the inhabitants and fairy civilization are being destroyed slowly. The ultimate task is to gather the magical creatures and try to rescue several worlds from devastation. There are two different components such as combat and non-combat exploration. You must explore the fantasy world, fight against foes using turn-based combat system in combat component and take down them to level-up. Gain experience points and use to enhance your skills and abilities. Mythical and Magical Places, Turn-based Fights, Develop your Character, lots of Quests, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.
#8 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 combines the elements of Role-playing and Social Simulation developed by Atlus and published by Ubisoft. It is the 5th entry in the series of Persona and takes place in the fictional Japan. The story revolves around the protagonist who is a high school student and comes to the town called Inaba for a year. If offers realistic environment filled with monsters called Shadows. The player can take on the role of the protagonist and his main aim is to progress through the story by completing daily challenges a set objectives. He can participates in various fun-filled activities such as join parties, navigate the dungeon to earn experience points, read books and more. The player must interact with the objectives and environment to fulfill his tasks and manipulate the world from third-person perspective. The character is loaded with a sword and he can use different items to take down enemies. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful graphics, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#9 Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is a Single and Multiplayer Tactical Role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. The game takes place on the massive split into a square grid. You can take controls of an army of monsters and humanoid units, which occurs in a single square of the grid and can battle against a group of enemies. Each character has its unique abilities and powers. Defend your unit, lead your army in the battle and compete against AI characters in turn-based combat to defeat them. It offers an exciting story, in which after the death of King named Krichevskoy, who is a Netherworld Ruler. The Kingdom is threatened by the demons and the prince named Laharl awaken after a deep sleep and unaware of the death of his father. You act as the prince and your goal is to fight against demons to regain the throne. There are up to hundred spells and mind-blowing special skills to uncover. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness includes prominent features such as Dynamic Battle System, Customization, over 150 Monsters and Characters, Open world and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#10 Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is an Action Role-playing, and Single-player video game created by Tri-Ace and published by Square Enix. It is the 4th title in the series of Star Ocean and takes place on the planet Earth in A.D 2096, where WWII broke out after many clashes and world are in danger. There are different characters and the player needs to select one of them to get into the land where he has to customize it using multiple options, and can embark on an epic adventure to fight against enemies using swords and other weapons. The game mixes the Role-playing, and Sci-fi elements to make the environment awesome. According to the story, the world is invaded by strange creatures and is near to end. The player as the protagonist, must explore the world from a third-person perspective and fight enemies to defeat them. Other areas, features and content will be unlocked as the player gain enough experience points. The game offers improved graphics, mechanics, controls, and features compared to previous title.
#11 Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess mixes the Action Role-playing and Strategy elements developed and published by Tecmo Koei. The game serves as the sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the series of Deception. It offers a thrilling story, revolving around the protagonist named as Laegrinna, who is the daughter of the devil, created fragment of his soul. After three thousand years ago, the devil was smashed by 12 warriors famous as the Saints, where they trapped the devil using the holy verses. After the imprisonment of the devil, the verses were split into twelve items and given to the warriors. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task by her father is to find the verses from the descendants of the Saints to broken the seal imprisoning her father. There are a variety of quests and each quest comes with a set of objectives that the player needs to complete at any cost. With prominent features, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#12 Frozen Synapse Prime
Frozen Synapse Prime is a Sci-fi-themed, Turn-based Strategy, Cyberpunk, Tactical, Single-player and Multiplayer Top-down Shooter video game developed and published by Double Eleven for multiple platforms. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist known as Tactics and struggle to command a rebel faction to take down a powerful corporation leading the Markov Geist’s city. During the gameplay, the player controls the strike team of soldiers, from snipers, shotgunners to machine-gunners and grenadiers. In the game, the player needs to make his strategy, lead his team, issue orders to his units, and test his strategy and effort to predict his opponent in each turn. The combat takes place on procedural, customizable, and destructible environments. The player can play online with his friends and other players all around the world to become the ultimate tactician. The game enables the players to battle against each other in multiple games simultaneously. Frozen Synapse Prime includes prominent features such as 40 Challenging Missions, Multiplayer Suite, Classic Death Match, Rescuing hostages, Global Leaderboards, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Frozen Synapse Prime is the best game to play and enjoy.
#13 Battle Hunter
Battle Hunter is an Anime-style, Tactical Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Success. The plot focuses on the player-controlled hunter, who must battle with three other hunters to conquer the relic, and struggle to makes heavy use of Role-playing conventions such as tilt-based movements and dice. It takes place in the fantasy world where the few scientists remain on the planet Earth after the massive conflict, who are struggling to develop a secret formula to defend the humanity from extinction. The main gameplay comprises hunting and retrieving elements in a dungeon offered by a procedurally generated grid map. At the beginning of the game, the player selects his playable character from available and jump into the world to battle against enemies in a turn-based system. The game rewards the player with experience points which he can use to raise up his hunter’s abilities. In the game, each hunter starts the game with five cards drawn randomly out of single deck consists of 100 cards. With immersive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Battle Hunter is the wonderful game to play.