The Temple of Elemental Evil
The Temple of Elemental Evil is a Turn-based Tactics, Role-playing, and Single-player video game developed by Troika Games and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows. The game acts as the remake of the Dungeon and Dragons Adventure, and this is an only video game to set in the Greyhawk campaign setting. The gameplay mainly deals with a party of up to five characters, controlled by the player. During the gameplay, these characters can be created by the player or can be one of the already existed characters that come with the game. Using the 13-step process, the player can create the character of his style. In the story, thirteen years before the beginning of the game, Hommlet was a peaceful town where the game takes place. Due to low taxes and roads, the town became prosperous, and the village flourished. After that, the prosperity attracted the attention of evil forces, started trickling into the town. The game is played from an isometric perspective, and the player can command his party throughout a set of levels and battle against enemies in turn-based combat system to restore the peace in the town.
#1 Wild Arms XF
Wild Arms XF offers Tactical Role-playing gameplay developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it takes place in the fantasy environment and available to play on PSP (PlayStation Portable). The storyline revolves around the group of knights known as Chevalet Blanc and the struggle of the protagonist and knights take back the kingdom to restore the peace, controlled by the council of Elder Statesmen. The game deals with Turn-based Tactical RPG game, offering a gameplay experience somewhere between chess and Dungeon and Dragons. At the beginning of the game, the player is given command of a small group of characters and the player must place them strategically on a grid-based map and battle against enemies to advance through the game. The player with the highest points will win the match. He can battle against AI-controlled Characters in the turn-based combat system and can collect experience points to become the master. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics and wonderful graphics, Wild Arms XF is the best game to play and enjoy.
#2 Alundra
Alundra is an Action Role-playing, and Single-player video game created by Matrix Software and published by SCEI. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as Alundra, who is a young boy. According to the story, the player has an ability to enter the dreams of the people. The player finds himself on a strange Island due a shipwrecked, near the beautiful village known as Inoa, where the people are suffering from nightmares, causing death. With the dream walking ability, the player must struggle to assist the people and save them. The story becomes darker and twisted as the game proceeds, during the gameplay, the player will deal with mature themes such as clinical depression, death, religion and fate. The gameplay mixes the exploration and different dungeons element, with the emphasis of real-time action combat, puzzle solving, and platforming. The player can interact with non-player characters to progress in the story. Alundra offers brilliant features such as NPCs, Compelling Characters, Dungeon Crawler, Nightmares, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#3 Field Commander
Field Commander is a Single-player, and Multiplayer video game focuses on Turn-based Tactics elements developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment for PlayStation. The game puts the player in the role of the persona of a new tactical region for ATLAS (Advanced Tactical Legion for Allied Security). During the gameplay, the player fights against Shadow Nation, trying to take over the world. The Multiplayer campaign of the game offers Ad Hoc, Infrastructure, Hot Swap, and a unique element known as Transmission mode. In the beginning, the player can select a commanding officer from available to act as an avatar of him. Divisions determine the allegiance of the player, as well as Bonuses that can be activated. In the game, each division has a unique weakness and strength. Fighting mechanics of the game works like other games of this genre but include many unique elements, including the ability to smash terrain, destroy cities, and more. Field Commander offers many challenging levels, and each offers a set of objectives that the player has to complete to become the best commander. Field Commander includes prominent features such as Airstrikes, Stealth Units, different Terrain Types, Destroy Cities, and more.
#4 Jeanne d ‘Arc
Jeanne d’Arc is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was launched first in Japan and was localized for a release in NA on 21 August 2007. The narrative of the game makes use of different fantasy element and is loosely focused on the story of Joan of Arc and her efforts against the English Occupation of France during the war of hundred years in the early of the fifteenth century. In the game, the player can control the main character named Jeanne and her party, who needs to move her team between all major cities and introduces on a semi-historical map, situated in France. There are new locations that will lead to battles and cut-scenes. During the gameplay, the player must select points on the map, enabling her party members to shop for improved skills, armor, and weapons. Each character in the game has its unique skills, as well as one of three phases such as Stella, Luna, and Sol, each offers its unique weaknesses and strengths. The game introduces the turn-based combat system, and before the fight, the player needs to manage his character abilities and equipment, and then go to choose which character needs to bring into the fight. Jeanne d’Arc includes core features such as 3D Graphics, Turn-based Combat, Several Playable Characters, and more.