Gameplay

[dq_177]

The store page prominently has Turn-Based Strategy as a tag and in terms of games I've played Steam claims it is similar to "Super Robot Wars 30" of all things.

So how is the gameplay content outside of the sexual content?

[jbni]

It's a turn-based RPG. Not 'strategy'. Think Dragon Quest style, select commands then a round of combat commences.

There are no random encounters - it has a map that's used for travel between cities, and each city is menu-based with story events and shops for equipment and whatnot, and battles are triggered by story events.

Some of the combat quests are repeatable, if you want to grind for XP or make time pass in game.

[dq_177]

Originally posted by jbni:

Some of the combat quests are repeatable, if you want to grind for XP or make time pass in game.

Is there an overall time limit in the game? Or is the passing of time more like 'some events happen on certain days of the week' that endlessly repeats.

[jbni]

Originally posted by dq_177:

Is there an overall time limit in the game? Or is the passing of time more like 'some events happen on certain days of the week' that endlessly repeats.

There are resources that are generated once a day, and you need those resources to build upgrades. So it can be useful to make a couple days pass so you can get 20 carrots or whatever.,

[TheGame]

Originally posted by jbni:

It's a turn-based RPG. Not 'strategy'. Think Dragon Quest style, select commands then a round of combat commences.

There are no random encounters - it has a map that's used for travel between cities, and each city is menu-based with story events and shops for equipment and whatnot, and battles are triggered by story events.

Some of the combat quests are repeatable, if you want to grind for XP or make time pass in game.

lol turned based is strategy. So there is no strategy planning your attacks and using the right attacks and skills? Go back to PoE or wherever you came from.

[jbni]

Originally posted by TheGame:

lol turned based is strategy. So there is no strategy planning your attacks and using the right attacks and skills? Go back to PoE or wherever you came from.

Er. By that standard, real-time combat like God of War is strategy, becuase you're planning and using your right attacks and cooldowns.

An RPG with turn-based combat is not 'turn based strategy'. It's just combat that happens to be turn based.

Heroes of Might and Magic is turn-based strategy, You have armies with multiple units, have to control the battlefield, use position and environmental factors to your advantage.

Civilization, Battle for Wesnoth, Advance Wars, and BattleTech are turn-based strategy. Monster Girl 1,000, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy 1, Ultima, The Bard's Tale, and Wizardry are RPGs with turn-based combat.

Most RPGs don't have you controlling enough units to be a 'strategy' game. At most they're tactical - like Disgaea, for instance, or Fire Emblem.

I'm sure there are 'strategic' RPGs, but the only one I can think of offhand is Divinity: Dragon Commander, which is - I kid you not - a real-time, turn-based, strategic tactical RPG dating game flight simulator.

[Clail]

I'm thinking of buying but also curious about the gameplay. It looks like it plays like the original MGQ trilogy? A visual novel with turn based combat at specific story moments?

[Twisted]

Originally posted by Clail:

I'm thinking of buying but also curious about the gameplay. It looks like it plays like the original MGQ trilogy? A visual novel with turn based combat at specific story moments?

Yeah, it's very similar to that. Although the combat is a bit more similar to Monster Girl Quest Paradox, the format and presentation is more like MGQ.

[Clail]

Originally posted by Twisted:

Originally posted by Clail:

I'm thinking of buying but also curious about the gameplay. It looks like it plays like the original MGQ trilogy? A visual novel with turn based combat at specific story moments?

Yeah, it's very similar to that. Although the combat is a bit more similar to Monster Girl Quest Paradox, the format and presentation is more like MGQ.

Awesome I can't really speak to paradox yet since I haven't played it, but I surprisingly enjoyed MGQ's combat so I think i'll like this