Summary

Tactics games have had a resurgence in more recent years.

These series do spin-offs correctly.

One he seen a surprisingly lack of though were tactics games.

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That is where Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids comes in.

And the most shocking part of all is that the game was actually good.

Who know the Mushroom Kingdom had some many keen strategists?

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The result were a series of fleshed-out characters who all felt like truly unique characters.

And so enters Gears Tactics.

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Turns out cover-shooters are a natural fit for tactics games.

With the camera pulled to a top-down perspective, Gears Tactics fits perfectly.

Stealth was the selling point, it was deep and intricate, and an inescapable part of the game.

The cast of Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Joker with his gun in persona 5 tactica, and the cast of Final Fantasy Tactics, left to right.

Bu that’s not to say the game’s still didn’t experiment every now and then.

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Essential if you wanted to stay ahead of the enemy.

Metal Gear Acid also had a very unique cel-shaded look unlike the realism of the rest of the series.

Fundamentally, both are still RPGs.

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Fallout Tactics is not that.

And assuredly it was.

While not beloved at the time, it became the foundation for so many tactics games to come later.

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3Persona 5 Tactica

Persona 5

We live in a world where Persona 5 is inescapable.

Persona 5 is inescapable.

And just when it seemed like the games had slowed down, Persona 5 Tactica reared its head.

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2Pokemon Conquest

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Back in the day, Pokemon flourished with spin-offs with genuine depth.

And Pokemon Conquest is one of them.

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Pokemon Conquest is acollaboration between the wider Pokemon seriesand Nobunaga’s Ambition, the strategy games.

Except now they have Pokemon to use.

For the most part, every entry can be completely different from each other.

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And Final Fantasy Tactics is simply one of the best spin-offs ever made, tactics or otherwise.

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Gears Tactics a wide shot of Gabriel Diaz and Sid hiding behind a wall while Locust and Ukkon approach them

Metal Gear Acid cover art.

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An isometric angle showing fortified steps in Fallout Tactics.

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Joker Points his gun in Persona 5 Tactica

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The main characters of Final Fantasy Tactics gathered against a cloudy sky.

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