Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

Turn-based combat was at its pinnacle in the '80s and '90s. However, after that, real-time combat increased in popularity and seemingly took over the industry. In fact, it seemed like turn-based ...

Ever since Final Fantasy XI in 2002, mainline Final Fantasy titles have forsaken turn-based combat in favor of either real-time combat or tab-targeting MMO combat, with various mixed results. However, ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

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Turn-based RPGs are a foundation of not just the larger RPG genre but of the video game industry as a whole. In the Japanese market, turn-based games have been one of the most popular genres in the ...

For a lot of Final Fantasy fans, the move away from turn-based combat was a bit of a disappointment. Recent rumblings suggest that old-school combat might be returning to the franchise. But until then ...

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The Switch is well-known for its excellent selection of JRPGs, and traditionally these feature turn-based combat. However, in recent years, favor has turned to action RPGs and turn-based games have ...

I’ve never played an isometric RPG that didn’t feel better with turn-based combat, so it’s really neat to hear that Pillars of Eternity will be testing the more tactical option in the weeks ahead.

GamesRadar captured the mood perfectly: one fan declared, “If Divinity is not a turn‑based CRPG, I will eat a raw potato.” Yeah, not exaggerating here—that’s just how strongly players associate ...