Other good turn based strategy games?

["Hard Tack" Tom]

As someone who grew up playing Warlords 3: reign of Heroes and Warlords 4:Heroes of Etheria, i love me a good turn based strategy game. But at this point i've got 1000's of hours in TW:WH and Civ 5 and Im momentarily tired of stomping out skaven and barbarians and was wondering if anyone had any turn based strategy recommendations?

Im sure in this community there are several people with great recommendations so lay them on me :)

I dont mind if its from 2020 or 1998, i just am looking for something that can satisfy that turn based strategy craving that Warlords 3 and 4 left me with long ago

[TheDiaz]

Look for Dominions 5. Is a turn based strategy game that has you be a pretender god to be the Pantkrator, the one true god. You do this by conquerir and claiming the thrones of ascension, or by completely removing your competency entirely by making sure no one else believes on them. You can defeat a nation without conquering every province through military action by making sure their followers die or just turning them into your religion.

Is awesome, complicated and brutal. It has a ton of magic spells, items and units, and several nations through 3 ages. It can generate world maps or you can use or create custom made with beautiful graphics made by the community.

And for combat, you don't participate on it, at least not directly. You give general orders to your units. You decide the formation and on which aprt of the battlefield they should start with a general strategy of what they should do. You can order your generals. priests and mages to make certain actions for the first 5 turns of combat. And after that, everything that happens will b decided by the general strategy you placed.

Is probably one of the most complex strategy games out there you can find. Is mainly a war game, and the AI doesn't deal with diplomacy other than they are currently warring against you or not (and it will end in yes almost always). MP has more intrigue and alliances that can be broken in just 1 turn because only 1 can be the pantokrator. Now, single player still has a lot to offer, and the AI can still cause problems to experienced players.

["Hard Tack" Tom]

That's really cool looking! I like really in depth games like that, and even though its from 2016 its got that retro style going i really like.

[TheDiaz]

Annonar eredeti hozzászólása:

That's really cool looking! I like really in depth games like that, and even though its from 2016 its got that retro style going i really like.

Yeah. Is designed by 2 people and is well maintained. One of them does the graphics. I like them not because I find them to be good, but because they give the charm the game has. Is full dark fantasy with cosmic horror mixed in, so ugly graphics are a plus.

["Hard Tack" Tom]

Oh damn youre right! The devs released 2 updates just a couple days ago - thats kinda impressive on a 3 year old game like that. i definltey prefer supporting games with active devs and updates, over games that the devs just drop and abbandon

[TheDiaz]

Annonar eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh damn youre right! The devs released 2 updates just a couple days ago - thats kinda impressive on a 3 year old game like that. i definltey prefer supporting games with active devs and updates, over games that the devs just drop and abbandon

And the updates are not just balancing or bug fixing. Sometimes they add new nations or give more modding options. They sometimes updated the 4th game. I'm unsure if they continue. Great devs witha lot of love to their series.

[DerEider]

I enjoy playing Rise of Nations – Extended Edition {RoN} is a 2014 update of the "old" RTS from 2003. It won several GOTY awards for Big HUGE Games. Frequent use of <Pause> effectively may make RoN a Turn-Based Strategy game.

Despite its age RoN has held up well, especially when I am in the mood for a quick Strategic War. A full-scale 1 v 3-or-4 game typically will run 60 min. {game-time} or less. I take longer than that because I <Pause> a lot to peruse & consider new developments; effectively making RoN a TBS.

If you enjoy Strategy games RoN would be a good add to your Library; Easy to learn, Quick to play, Wide variety of play options. Build your Empire from the Stone Age up to the Information Age! RoN includes several Tutorial & Exercise style sub-games that are enjoyable to play separately for a quick RTS fix.

While RoN may not be quite as "in-depth" as Civilization, because of that RoN is a quick-to-learn game. Still, Gamer must develop & manage several types of resources & decide where & how to best build & expand your Nation.

Maps: Depending upon your preference, the RoN World can range in size from Arena {good for a 1v1 war}, through Standard {for a 4 nation conflict}, up to Huge for up to 8 nations.

About 24 map Styles are available; from “random” to Great Lakes, Rain Forest, Outback, Mediterranean, New World, etc.

Resources: Food, Wood, Metal, Oil, Wealth, & Knowledge basically are limitless & renewable. Output depends upon the number of production & enhancement facilities created, & the number of Civilians assigned to a resource.

Graphics: RoN has excellent 3D graphics for Units & Architecture. Styles differ for each Nation & vary for each change in “Age”. Units & buildings are attractively & effectively displayed in 3D.

["Hard Tack" Tom]

Oh crud i never actually looked into RoN (It looked too much like all the mobile games like Clash of Clans or forge of empires where you just build a base and pay to win) but its alot more than that and i wish i hadnt had dismissed it, thanks for tipping me off to it :D

[cuavas]

For a fantasy-themed turn-based 4X game, you can give the Age of Wonders franchise a go.

[TheDiaz]

Annonar eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh crud i never actually looked into RoN (It looked too much like all the mobile games like Clash of Clans or forge of empires where you just build a base and pay to win) but its alot more than that and i wish i hadnt had dismissed it, thanks for tipping me off to it :D

Rise of Nations? You are confusing the game with a p2w game. Look for it in the steams store. Is a nice real time strategy game that combines elements frmo Civilization and Age of Empires (I believe memebr of both game devs were involved on this). It has a turn base world map campaign.

[killeregon]

Annonar eredeti hozzászólása:

As someone who grew up playing Warlords 3: reign of Heroes and Warlords 4:Heroes of Etheria, i love me a good turn based strategy game. But at this point i've got 1000's of hours in TW:WH and Civ 5 and Im momentarily tired of stomping out skaven and barbarians and was wondering if anyone had any turn based strategy recommendations?

Im sure in this community there are several people with great recommendations so lay them on me :)

I dont mind if its from 2020 or 1998, i just am looking for something that can satisfy that turn based strategy craving that Warlords 3 and 4 left me with long ago

Did you ever play the "Endless" games, like "Endless Legions"? Its a nice game with some unique features^^

["Hard Tack" Tom]

killeregon eredeti hozzászólása:

Did you ever play the "Endless" games, like "Endless Legions"? Its a nice game with some unique features^^

And no i havent, ill check them out for sure. They look almost exactly like Civ 5 clones down to the way you talk to other world leaders

cuavas eredeti hozzászólása:

For a fantasy-themed turn-based 4X game, you can give the Age of Wonders franchise a go.

That games 75% off right now! awwww yeah
And this games also like Civ 5 - i had no idea there were so many offshoot games

[Kazaaakplethkilik]

Galactic Civilizations III has turned into a great game with all of the content that's been added. If you're looking for something timeless, Master of Orion 2 is a great choice.

[Danone]

Chess, eheh!

If you like sci-fi, other very good ones I recommend are Endless Space 1 and 2.

Have fun!

[killeregon]

Annonar eredeti hozzászólása:

killeregon eredeti hozzászólása:

Did you ever play the "Endless" games, like "Endless Legions"? Its a nice game with some unique features^^

And no i havent, ill check them out for sure. They look almost exactly like Civ 5 clones down to the way you talk to other world leaders

cuavas eredeti hozzászólása:

For a fantasy-themed turn-based 4X game, you can give the Age of Wonders franchise a go.

That games 75% off right now! awwww yeah
And this games also like Civ 5 - i had no idea there were so many offshoot games

It is a bit different and harder^^ You have Heroses commanding your armies and you cant settle everywhere. There are tribes you can subjugate and hav them as settlements in your teretory

[Juggernaut]

Does anyone want to play civilization 5? Just add me for a friend.