D&D Tactics Sounds Good!

[Technik4]

http://www.gamespot.com/psp/strategy/dungeonsdragonstactics/news.html?sid=6170297&tag=gumballs;img;1

Coming for the PSP, lets you create 6 characters and seems to adhere to 3e rules pretty well.

And it has Psions and Psychic Warriors as character options!

 

[Kafkonia]

http://www.gamespot.com/psp/strategy/dungeonsdragonstactics/news.html?sid=6170297&tag=gumballs;img;1

Coming for the PSP, lets you create 6 characters and seems to adhere to 3e rules pretty well.

And it has Psions and Psychic Warriors as character options!

Any news on a DS version? That's something I might spring for at a cheap rate.

 

[GreatLemur]

Aw, man. Finally, a true, turn-based D&D CRPG . . . and it's for a freaking console. Man, do I miss those old SSI Gold Box games...

 

[Doug McCrae]

I really liked ToEE. If you download the three patches and know how to get to the dungeons, ignoring Hommlet, it's a great 3.5 combat game.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Aw, man. Finally, a true, turn-based D&D CRPG . . . and it's for a freaking console. Man, do I miss those old SSI Gold Box games...

Actually, it's for a freaking PORTABLE.

Anyway, almost all turn-based games are on consoles - or portables - nowadays. If you're interested in gameplay reminiscent of the classic Gold Box games, your best bet is to look into console Tactics/RPGs.

Offhand, I don't think any of them are as challenging as Pools of Darkness, but the best are on par with the other Gold Box games. Of course, until D&D Tactics, they didn't have the D&D license...

 

[Nifft]

The portable thing might be best... especially if they can be networked. Could be a fun group activity.

-- N

 

[JustKim]

Eye of the Beholder for Gameboy Advance was already a grid-based tactical game that allowed for AoOs, move/standard/full round actions and the like. It was pretty unpopular, so you could probably buy it for your DS for inexpensive.

 

[IanB]

This really needs to come out for the DS, I don't think I can really justify buying a PSP for one game.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

This really needs to come out for the DS, I don't think I can really justify buying a PSP for one game.

Yeah, Gameboy's been where the Tactics genre has lived for years.

This might get me to take my (friend's used) DS out of its box.

Brad

 

[GreatLemur]

Actually, it's for a freaking PORTABLE.

Portables aren't consoles, now? I say if I can't do my taxes on it...

Anyway, I've been contemplating picking up a DS or a PSP for a while, now, but I'd feel retarded buying a handheld that I'd only ever play at home. I just haven't got a lot of sitting-around-and-waiting time in my life, and I already need that if I'm ever gonna read any novels.

...But, damn, I would love a turn-based D&D CRPG so much more than this pause-and-give-orders-and-hope-the-AI-doesn't-do-something-stupid business I'm doing in NWN2. (God damn it, Obnoxious Druid, stop turning into a badger! Badgers can't carry all the loot I've loaded you down with!)