I pretty much stopped gaming on my Ipad / Galaxy Note 10.1 with the advent of Freemium games… Drives me mad =/
Because what you are dealing with, for the most part, is tactics, not strategy. Fire emblem is a TBT (turnbased tactical), as opposed to turnbased strategy like Civilization. There is no absolute line between the two sides (tactics & strategy), but Fire Emblem is clearly in the tactics field (and Civ in the strategy field).
Have any of you tried tactical soldier? How does it compare to Xcom?
http://toucharcade.com/2011/04/06/tactical-soldier-review/
What really bugs me is stuff like Real Racing 3 and Dungeon Hunter 4 … because in most ways those are the best games of the series … but they are just stuffing 'BUY NOW' in your face so much you end up despising the games!
That is why I try to stay with 'normal' games.
Those are wrong though, incredibly wrong. There is an overlap between strategy and tactics, true, but to say that it is the same thing is just spreading blatant misinformation. The two fields are defined, and they are not defined the same way.Some thesaurus say that strategy and tactics are the same thing. Other games similar to Fire Emblem calls themselves SRPG's like Shining force games etc. "Tactical RPG" is a marketing gimmick imo.
This is from Military Tactics on Wikipedia. You can also check the Military Strategy article, for more information about what defines strategy.. In current military thought, tactics are the lowest of three planning levels. The highest tier of planning is the strategy, which is about how force is translated into political objectives, or more specifically how you bridge the means and ends of war together.
I really don't want anymore PC ports to Ipad. I've already played nearly every good pc rpg to death.
Those are wrong though, incredibly wrong. There is an overlap between strategy and tactics, true, but to say that it is the same thing is just spreading blatant misinformation. The two fields are defined, and they are not defined the same way.
I'm going to quote Wikipedia here, as I think it explains things better than I can:
This is from Military Tactics on Wikipedia. You can also check the Military Strategy article, for more information about what defines strategy.
"Strategy is the art of distributing and applying military means, such as armed forces and supplies, to fulfil the ends of policy. Tactics means the dispositions for, and control of, military forces and techniques in actual fighting. Put more shortly: strategy is the art of the conduct of war, tactics the art of fighting."
There is the might and magic ds port? Any of you played it? How is it? ALso, wasnt there a psn port of some crpg series like wizardry?
edit here: http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/Wizardry_Labyrinth_of_Lost_Souls_iOS/
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This is from the strategy link
I still dont see how it doesnt apply to Fire Emblem.
Instances of strategy:
Management of gold
Distribution of supplies
Management of units
Management of experence
I said that it had elements of strategy, but that it is primarily a tactical game, which it is. The bread & butter of the game is the tactical map and how you move your troops. And among people who know about the difference between strategy & tactics, it is considered a TBT and not a TBS.
The same holds true for other TBTs with unit management, like say Incubation, even though there are strategic elements, the main part of the game is the tactical part.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/The+Drowning/news.asp?c=50072
At least fps games seem to be improving.