Comments on: Queen to A-2 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/ Everyone knows girls don't play video games. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:10:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Brittany http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2740 Brittany Mon, 26 May 2008 22:59:43 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2740 Awesome article! :] I own all of the games you listed, besides FFTA2 of course, and I am a huge fan of tactical games as well. La Pucelle: Tactics had a ton of personality to it, and Prier had to be one of the characters I could relate to most, as we are quite similar. I did end up using Alouette more for a while as a tank, though. A lot of my recruits ended up leaving me, too. I didn't treat them very well. XD Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem are quintessential favorites of mine as well, and there are a TON of others that I spent too much time on as well because I couldn't get enough. Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars is a great strat-RPG that combines mecha combat with the elements seen in FFT or any of the rest of the titles you listed. Makai Kingdom was great too, and hilarious. Also, I agree that losing a character in Fire Emblem made it feel more "real", like you really were fighting a war in an imaginary land. There was no reviving them, so if you happened to have a particular favorite, you needed to try to keep them safe at all costs. It brought a sense of urgency to the game that kept me making decisions on top of decisions about who to keep safe and who to send to the front lines. Awesome article! :]

I own all of the games you listed, besides FFTA2 of course, and I am a huge fan of tactical games as well. La Pucelle: Tactics had a ton of personality to it, and Prier had to be one of the characters I could relate to most, as we are quite similar. I did end up using Alouette more for a while as a tank, though. A lot of my recruits ended up leaving me, too. I didn’t treat them very well. XD

Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem are quintessential favorites of mine as well, and there are a TON of others that I spent too much time on as well because I couldn’t get enough. Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars is a great strat-RPG that combines mecha combat with the elements seen in FFT or any of the rest of the titles you listed. Makai Kingdom was great too, and hilarious.

Also, I agree that losing a character in Fire Emblem made it feel more “real”, like you really were fighting a war in an imaginary land. There was no reviving them, so if you happened to have a particular favorite, you needed to try to keep them safe at all costs. It brought a sense of urgency to the game that kept me making decisions on top of decisions about who to keep safe and who to send to the front lines.

]]> By: Ephidrina http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2741 Ephidrina Tue, 27 May 2008 01:32:03 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2741 Great article. The only series you failed to mention is the Ogre series, and it's one of the best out there. Tactics Ogre in particular was an amazing game. Tons of secret and rare characters, multiple paths and an interesting item system. For the amount of traditional Japanese style RPGs that hit the console market every year it's a shame so few of them are of the tactical flavor. It's a trend that is slowly changing, and the style of traditional Japanese console RPGs in general is as well but it would be great to see tactical elements in all of the games released. Great article.

The only series you failed to mention is the Ogre series, and it’s one of the best out there. Tactics Ogre in particular was an amazing game. Tons of secret and rare characters, multiple paths and an interesting item system.

For the amount of traditional Japanese style RPGs that hit the console market every year it’s a shame so few of them are of the tactical flavor. It’s a trend that is slowly changing, and the style of traditional Japanese console RPGs in general is as well but it would be great to see tactical elements in all of the games released.

]]> By: Demosthenes http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2743 Demosthenes Tue, 27 May 2008 02:22:38 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2743 I recently got into Fire Emblem, and its pretty awesome. Game started off EXTREMELY slow, but that is just because its such a deep game that the tutorial took forever. I would definitely get the DS version, just because I'm such a Super Smash Bros Melee whore. Marth > Everyone! I recently got into Fire Emblem, and its pretty awesome. Game started off EXTREMELY slow, but that is just because its such a deep game that the tutorial took forever.

I would definitely get the DS version, just because I’m such a Super Smash Bros Melee whore.

Marth > Everyone!

]]> By: William http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2745 William Tue, 27 May 2008 05:23:40 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2745 I was a huge fan of the Shining Force games, at least the first two (never played three). Just my contribution. I was a huge fan of the Shining Force games, at least the first two (never played three).

Just my contribution.

]]> By: Monique http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2746 Monique Tue, 27 May 2008 12:06:02 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2746 So I get the genre is tactical. But seriously, why do they randomly throw tactics after their name? It's off-putting. Good article. The reason why I don't wanna get FFTA2 has nothing to do with the genre, which I like (albiet never play). I was so turned off by the idea of playing a kid in a game yet again. I really wish they had a more adult character :| So I get the genre is tactical. But seriously, why do they randomly throw tactics after their name? It’s off-putting.

Good article. The reason why I don’t wanna get FFTA2 has nothing to do with the genre, which I like (albiet never play). I was so turned off by the idea of playing a kid in a game yet again. I really wish they had a more adult character :|

]]> By: William http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2762 William Wed, 28 May 2008 22:56:35 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/05/26/queen-to-a-4/#comment-2762 The "______: Tactics" phenomenon always kinda bothered me, too, but never so much as in "Tactics Ogre". The original Ogre Battle was more "tactical", I thought, whatever that means. So tactical, in fact, that it quickly got dubbed "Menu Battle" by my friends. =\ The “______: Tactics” phenomenon always kinda bothered me, too, but never so much as in “Tactics Ogre”. The original Ogre Battle was more “tactical”, I thought, whatever that means.

So tactical, in fact, that it quickly got dubbed “Menu Battle” by my friends. =\

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