Tactical RPG template
A small grid, three units a side, and terrain that changes a hit. Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo, 2019) is the grid as a relationship you can lose. Final Fantasy Tactics (Square, 1997) is the job on the tile. Triangle Strategy (Square Enix and Artdink, 2022) will also ask you to vote, which you should not add first. The AI RPG maker is the characters. The AI strategy game maker is the grid.
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What makes a Tactical RPG
Tactical RPG: grid battles where positioning decides everything.
The games that set the standard are Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo, 2019), Final Fantasy Tactics (Square, 1997) and Triangle Strategy (Square Enix and Artdink, 2022).
What the template starts with
The Tactical RPG template starts with a small grid, three units a side and one terrain bonus. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: move units, attack, position, end turn.
What to change first
Fight once in the open and once from cover. The covered unit should live longer for a reason shown on the tile, not in a hidden formula.
2D or 3D
The Tactical RPG template starts in 2D.
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