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.
#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 Ni No Kuni
Ni No Kuni is a Fantastic Anime Themed series of Action, Role-playing and Strategy games. Developed by a renowned company named as Level-5, Ni No Kuni offers four main games in the series. Because of its versatility, Ni No Kuni offers playability on multiple platforms including Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and 4, and on Mobile devices. The games in the series include Ni No Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn, Ni No Kuni: Hotroit Stories, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and Ni No Kuni: Daibouken Monsters. Another game named as Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom is in the development and will be released in near future. Every game in the series follow a similar story but offers different Artwork, Specs and Graphics as well as enhanced mechanics and stuff. Throughout the series, the games follow a Boy named as Oliver, who journeys to another world in search of his mother and to stop the beckoning Dark evil that kidnapped his mother. In the four main stories, Ni No Kuni features the same protagonist but in the upcoming game, Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom, it features a different players character. The story of Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom focuses on the character of young King Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum who struggles to regain his kingdom with the help of Roland, a man from another world. Summing it up, Ni No Kuni series offers a plethora of great stories, adventures, and characters. Try them out and enjoy a whole new experience of Role-playing and Action elements.
#8 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a cool Action-Adventure and Tactical-RPG video game that takes place in the Kingdom of Librel when the Erebonian Empire fell to the grounds. The game revolves around the character of Queen Alicia who against the continuous attacks of demised Erabonian Empire, keeps on struggling with her trusted warriors and gladiators. Your duty is to repel the attacks of Erabonian Empire, kill the enemies and defend Librel. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky lets you use amazing skills and combat techniques in a uniquely created combat system and allows you to take advantage against the enemy by controlling a number of characters. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a great Action, Adventure, RPG and Strategy video game to play and enjoy.
#9 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a great combination of Action and RPG aesthetics and offers a Legend of Mana type game-play. The game allows you to be a boy named Oliver and takes you to the beautiful world of Ni No Kuni, immerse yourself into an epic and quite charming but tragic journey and enjoy a wonderful story. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch lets you explore the game world, craft different items yourself, go on epic quests in order to defeat the enemies/monsters and bosses, loot treasures and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. The fight system in the game lets you fight off your enemies barehanded or with weapons, switch to different characters according to the enemy, tactically and defeat your enemies in epic real-time fights, be an unbeatable hero of the Ni No Kuni and free your mother from the monsters. With fantastic visuals, an immersive game-play and a great story to follow, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#10 Eternal Sonata
Eternal Sonata is an Action, Role-playing, Co-op, and Single video game created by Tri-Crescendo and published by Namco Bandai Games. The game takes place in the fictional world, and the story revolves around the composer named Chopin who died at the age of Thirty-nine. In the last hour of his life, Chopin experiences a wonderful dream where you meet with a young girl who is suffering from a terrible destiny and a boy who will fight to rescue the young girl. In his dream, the Chopin discovers a light shines in the tale of evil and good. The game lets you get into the game world where you must lead over twelve characters team to explore the fantastic world, interact with its inhabitants, purchase and sell items at the market, and fight against monsters using swords and other tools to earn experience points. Customization, New Playable Characters, Sound Effects, Battles and Events, Strategic, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you a lot.
#11 White Knight Chronicles II
White Knight Chronicles II is an Action, Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Level-5. The game takes place in the fictional city named Faria threatened by Civil War. In the story, the general of Farian named Scardinge is trying to get out the princess of Faria named Miu safety due to war. The Princess of Cisna has called a group consists of Eldore, Leonard, and Yulie and tells them that they have to go Faria to save her father named Yggdra. The team goes to the fictional city Faria where they meet with general and princess Miu and rescue them from against forces. The game is played from a third-person perspective. It is the second game in the series of White Knight Chronicles and offers new armors, combos, and weapons. Select your character to jump into the game world where you have to fight against enemies using weapons and explore exciting dungeons. Complete challenging quests and earn points to unlock further content. With a detailed environment, immersive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and superb visuals, White Knight Chronicles II is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#12 Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment combines the elements of Tactical, Role-playing, Strategy and Turn-based. Konami Digital Entertainment develops the game for those players who love playing Role-playing games. The game includes different characters and each character its unique set of weapons, powers, and playing style. Select your character and jump into the game world where you can immerse yourself in turn-based combat. The ultimate task is to fight against monsters, demons, and foes to rescue your world. The game rewards you with experience points as you complete the level or kill the monsters. It has a set of levels comprises different objectives. Use your points to unlock further magical abilities, levels, weapons and more. Explore the game world from isometric view, defeat your enemies and show your fighting style. With detailed mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant visuals, and exciting story, Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is the wonderful game to play and amuse.
#13 Enchanted Arms
Enchanted Arms is a wonderful game by FromSoftware, in which you can enjoy the mixture of different genres such as Science-fiction, Role-playing, Fantasy, and Action. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes. It offers an exciting story and gameplay where the protagonist named Atsuma who studies in a University to become an enchanter with his buddy named Makoto and Toya. One day, the protagonist skip the class to join a festival, an earthquake happens and awaken the golems who attack citizens. After returning to the University, they discover everything is in chaos and the Sealed Ward is opened. The game embarks you on an epic adventure where you have to fight against evil enemies and defeat them to restore peace. It has a set of levels and each level as challenging as compared to last one. It offers action-packed and fast-paced gameplay and lets you navigate the game world and traverse through exotic locations to accomplish objectives. With advanced mechanics, superb visuals, excellent controls, experience points system and prominent features, Enchanted Arms is the best game to play and enjoy.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 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.
#17 Syndicate Wars
Syndicate Wars is a Real-time Tactics, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. The game centers on the events in Syndicate takes place ninety-five years later. In the beginning, the player can assume the role of the protagonist who is a Syndicate with unique powers and his ultimate task is to control the world through a combination of economic strength and military. It uses an isometric view to manipulate the environment, and the primary mission of the player is to command a group with the simple instruction to assume their positions, attack NPCs, gather valuables, and progress through the game. The player has to lead his team on the battlefield and compete against enemies to expand his units further and further. The game rewards with points as he accomplishes an objective. It has over thirty-eight missions that the player has to complete at any cost. With prominent features, brilliant mechanics, attractive visuals, Syndicate Wars is the best game to play and enjoy.
#18 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.
#19 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.
#20 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II focuses on Role-playing genre developed and published by Nihon Falcom. The game supports Single-player mode only and it takes place in the fantasy-based setting. It offers the similar gameplay to the original game Trails of Cold Steel, revolving around traditional Japanese Role-playing (JRPG) elements with Turn-based rules. It acts as the title in the series of The Legend of Heroes, and introducing enhanced mechanics, gameplay, and graphics. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Rean, who escapes with Valimar and Divine Knight. As the story advances, the princess Alfin Reise has been abducted along with the sister of the protagonist named as Elise, who is the member of Noble Alliance. Now, the player as the protagonist must explore the land from a third-person perspective, battle against enemies in turn-based system, and take down them to save the princess and his sister. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is the best game to play and enjoy for those, who love playing JRPGs.
#21 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.
#22 Record of Agarest War
Record of Agarest War is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Idea Factory and published by Compile Heart. The storyline of the game advances through different points plotted on the huge map. By exploring each point, the player has to fight against the creatures, accomplish a variety of quests, explore the town or interact with non-player characters to advance through the plot and unlock more storylines. The game introduces the fighting style similar to Strategy Role-playing games where each character has a set of the move, but by moving each character to the grid-based map, the player can chain characters simultaneously and pull off combos. The game mixes the Tactical RPG and Dating Simulation elements using the Soul Breed system, in which the player is capable of creating a new character by pursuing the relationship with a female avatar. There are a number of levels, and each level has a set of quests that the player needs to complete at any cost. Record of Agarest War includes prominent features such as Isometric Perspective, Exploration, Interaction, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#23 Record of Agarest War Zero
Record of Agarest War Zero is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game, serving as the prequel to the 2007’s game Record of Agarest War. The game comes with new content, modes, and improved gameplay. There is an extra mode available for both versions of the game where the player can return to the worlds from the previous installments and can unlock characters via the Xbox Live Marketplace or PlayStation Store. Like the previous games, the game contains the same battles, maps, and the Soul Breed System. Two new systems are also included such as the Free Intention and the Feel Link System. In the Feel Link System, the dialogue and costume of the character depending on the relationship level and in Free Intention system, the player can create a relationship with heroines, resulting in new costumes, items, and CGs. There are over fifteen playable characters available, nine of which are from the first generation and six from the second. Characters from the first installment can be unlocked via the Extra mode and Downloadable Content Pack.