Tactics

After two years, GatherRound Games has released their first peek at their upcoming Fire Emblem-style tactical game.

After playing through this amazing real-time tactics RPG, the only question I hadn’t answered was… were we the baddies all the time?

Okay, there’s a lot of gaming stuff going on so I’m just going to go over some of it, briefly.

Barbarian, Dwarf, Elf and Wizard are looking around nervously…

Advent of Code 2022 is just around the corner, and with it comes new challenges, new technologies, and new ways to have fun programming. Plus, Tactics Ogre: Reborn is almost finished, and Cyberpunk 2077 is waiting for me to dive in. And don’t forget about the Gotham Knight Knews update, featuring Starro for four-player coop, and the new GPT-3 language model. And exclusive Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special spoilers!

The original Tactics Ogre returns, updated and improved for a new generation. Any fan of tactical strategy games like Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics should really take a look at the game that inspired them all.

A few days, Friendly Necro was going over all the mobile games on which he’s worked. I was wondering why mobile games just didn’t stick with me, and I remembered this strategy tactical one I played a long time ago and I just couldn’t remember when, or why I stopped. I hardly ever remember why I stop playing mobile games. I just stop. And then I remembered that the Apple Store keeps a history of everything I’ve downloaded… and then I found it… Brave Nine…? ...

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 3rd: “Three Frow”. In this tactical strategy sports game, you must recruit and play the best basketball players from around the world in order to win the NBA championship. Cheering crowds will be your constant companion on your rise to the top. These aren’t your ordinary crowds, though — if you make a bad play, expect the fans to boo you mercilessly, or even throw things at you. Make a great play or a stunning assist, though, and the fans may just carry you off the court on their shoulders. ...

Anyone who has read this blog more than a day knows that I am always looking out for new strategy tactics games to play. I’ve been following the development of Those Who Rule on Twitter for awhile, and finally had a chance to play through its first chapter. “Those Who Rule” follows four (so far) recruits to their kingdom’s army as they form bonds and train with each other to take on the political forces facing them – those who think immediately of Fire Emblem: Three Houses or Dark Deity wouldn’t be far off, as the visual novel-like interludes tell the story that plays out after on the battlefield. ...

Jusssst about 51 hours, though I went back in later and finished some side quests. Is this worth picking up for your Nintendo 64? Almost every review, maybe EVERY review, of recent tactical battler Symphony of War, mentioned that it was carrying a torch first lit many, many years ago by the Ogre Battle series, and seen seldom since. Tactics battlers aren’t rare at all, but those where you build an army comprised of many separate squads which you can direct but battle on their own, are rare. ...