tactics RPG

plural tactics RPGs

1. video gamesSynonym of tactical role-playing game.

   Perhaps Nippon Ichi's most enjoyable tactics RPG to date. Great fun.

   2005, Nick Powell, “Makai Kingdom: Chronicle of the Sacred Tome”, in Play, number 135, UK, page 74

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   For example, Tales Of Eternia is action-based and has a single-plane 2D battle system, while PoPoLoCrois is more of a tactics RPG, requiring you to move your team around a grid during battle.

   2004, Anthony Enticknap, “PoPoLoCrois”, in GoPlay, number 3, page 74

   Alas, the story is secondary to the system, and in a tactics RPG, the system is everything.

   2008 June, Heather Campbell, “Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift”, in Play Magazine, page 68

   Synonyms: tactical role-playing game