Looking for a good SRPG to play

[Zyondyne]

As the title says, I'm looking for a good SRPG to play that has at least a serviceable if not somehow intriguing story and is not a japanese over-the-top bullshit (I'm looking at you, Disgaea).

Really liked Telepath Tactics, the buggy-ridden fest that it is.

World's End flash game was also a nice experience.

Please no Final Fantasy Tactics or Ogre Battle. Also, please no completely storyless X-com clones.

Already played Fallout Tactics.

Thanks.

 

[Citizen]

xpiratez

 

[index.php]

Jagged Alliance 2 is the game you are looking for. Play the vanilla version first before jumping into v1.13.

 

[Zyondyne]

Yeah. Anything else?

 

[Reinhardt]

Battle Brothers.

 

[Latro]

treasure hunter G (snes)
FEDA/shining force series
front mission series


not over-the-top, but still plenty jrpg. when it comes to PC the undisputed kings are JA2 and Xcom. this one is supposed to be good
https://af.gog.com/game/missionforce_cyberstorm?as=1649904300

silent storm is more or less a x-com clone, but the WW2 setting and fully destructible environments makes it fun and different enough

 

[Citizen]

Warbanners for real gud and challenging tactical combat, Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate for an x-com-lite experience, cheesy oneliners and good music

They both are pretty light on RPG elements, though

 

[wyes gull]

You've got Halfway, a pretty underrated TB squad indie with a System Shock vibe. Good difficulty curve too iirc.
And Advance Wars too. Not really proper RPGs so if you want that, you might go the Shadowrun reboot route. Tactical component is all over the place in those ones tho.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Lots of good ones has been already mentioned, but I'm going to add a few.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark.
Hard West.
Perhaps Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.

 

[hellbent]

Here are some with varying degrees of story vs TB combat depending on the game. Some are more strategy with light story elements.

Vigilantes
Blackguards 1 & 2
Dungeon Rats
Warhammer 40k - Sanctus Reach
Fantasy Wars / Elven Legacy
Banner Saga Series
Dead State

 

[Zyondyne]

Already played all the Shadowrun reboot games, AoD/Dungeon Rats and Banner Saga Series.

Vigilantes was okay, but extremely short and repetitive.

Tried Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, almost no narrative whatsoever. Didn't like it at all. The art style really itches me the wrong way and the fact that the recruitable units are basically randomly generated/customizable in appearance and with no backstory is very off-putting. It's like playing avatar maker simulator, really.

Had my eyes on Hard West for a while, not gonna lie.

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden overheats my shitty laptop for some reason.

Heard Dead State is kind of a slog. Especially the resource/base management stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm taking them all into consideration. If you got any more of them, keep them coming.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Warbanners is the game you seek, it delivers gameplay wise with a very good combat and handcrafted encounters, some story-telling to read between mission and some unique companions to recruit.

Someone mentioned Battle Brothers, the combat is very good but there is no story, you just go from one quest to another and when you reach the leveling soft cap (lvl 11) it's hard to get the motivation to go on to fight end-game monsters, leveling-up, equipping your mercenaries and fighting is pretty much everything that drives you so remove two of them, it's not that fun anymore.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Heroes of Steel and Templar Battleforce are both pretty good.

edit.
Freedom Force -series, but who hasn't played it yet?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Realms of Arkania HD

 

[Richard Leaks]

Voidspire Tactics and Alvora if you like it enough.

 

[Lagi]

helherron?

 

[Darth Canoli]

helherron?

Interesting, i've read it's inspired by Natuk and Nahlakh but the windows version is bugged and has problems with too many opponents (while the linux version isn't).
Also, the "official" restored site offers a 6.8Mo download for 2.04 and your direct download is 27.1Mo ... Should i be worried ?

More info would be appreciated.

 

[Lagi]

trust me

edit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/helherron/
https://twitter.com/HelGraphUpdates

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Battle For Wesnoth is free and really really good.
It's probably the best choice for you.
It's an ongoing opensource project which was release in 2003 but is actively developing even now.
Good mod support which means tons of content.
Basic systems are very solid, the game is stable and has beautiful art.

 

[Craig Stern]

Wesnoth's extreme RNG kinda bugs me, and it's not gonna jive with you if you don't like generic proc gen units--but it's a very good game otherwise. I'll also second Battle Brothers, which I quite liked even back when it was in alpha.

If you enjoyed the deterministic nature of TT and you don't mind shedding the RPG character progression, I'd recommend checking out Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire. I enjoyed my time with it.

 

[tindrli]

Realms of Arkania HD

of course.. and Call of duty 1 as well

 

[Bricker]

Tactics Ogre LucT

 

[Siveon]

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, probably the best of the series next to 4, 5 and the spiritual sucessors on the PS1/PS2.

 

[V_K]

Bastard Bonds

 

[laclongquan]

UFO Afterlight
UFO Aftershock