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Counter-Strike: Source (2004)

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This is a series of games rated as tactics style games. I am using Final Fantasy Tactics ps 1 as a reference point for the iconic accuracy of this style and I will rate each experience fairly to the best of my abilities.


This is a brutally honest review of these games.

The first one: Stormbound.
Not too accurate to the classic I was hoping for however, this particular game still reminds me of an old classic PC game known as 'Warriors' a very old gem of a game, where you deployed units and the enemy would also deploy units on a horizontal plain.
each level would unlock more units. The major difference by comparison other then the obvious graphics between them is that these levels are much shorter and there's less right off the bat that you get, in contrast to the old flash classics of warriors later resulting in the game gladiators. The other difference is the concept of random unit cards claimed at the end of each battle which was not programmable back when 'Warriors' classic came out. This adds a roulette gamble difficulty aspect to this game that was not present in "Warriors". Due to random card draws the difficulties in this game can vary.

Checklist A: Stormbound
Game Type: Strategy/Arcade
Difficulty: Roulette
Push ads: Average
Graphics: Early 3D (Decent)
Memory Usage: Average
Free to play: Mostly


Second one: Braveland.
Though marketed as a tactics game, it couldn't be further off from the classic definition of what a tactics game is. This is okay for a younger audience and even for adult audience just a E for everyone. However, there is better games of this type. It's fun for short bouts but is not much different from a ruless billiards. This fits more of a fantasy hack and slash then it does a tactics game. It's not bad but there is better out there. I don't mind it. Average but it's in the wrong category. The idea of the game is as fallows your a bunch of bobblehead warriors pitted in fighting like ping-pong balls or slingshot gladiators. It doesn't seem to take much strategy to play as it's simple enough and you can if you wanted to ruthlessly shoot your characters against walls and they are bound to eventually collide with the enemies.
This is best as a time waster. If you like to knock digital things around nearly mindlessly hoping to win with no true guarantee even off the bat with your best shots taken. Then I would recommend this game to you. The card draws not assigned to you that are random are not often in your favor. This resulting in variable game difficulties that often leans towards harder then average.

Checklist B: Braveland
Game Type: Hack n Slash (Marketed as tactic)
Difficulty: Roulette (Odds not in favor)
Push ads: Average
Graphics: 2D Bobbleheads. (Okay)
Memory Usage: Low
Free to play: Mostly


Third one: War of Visions Final Fantasy-Brave Exvious
This one's a little unfair when placed with the other previous examples. However, it is accurate to the category of ' tactics' I was implying when searching for it. This is a very good game and not only is it a free game but for Square Enix surprisingly it doesn't devour so much memory like other games I seen produced by them. This is a solid tactics game. Very true to F.F.T but in modern grading. Where not exact or perfect to F.F.T and not replacing it much. This fullfulilled the criteria and gives you a idea what I am looking for in these 'Tactics' games. F.F WOV. BE Good job. I had no doubts going into this one and got exactly what was advertised.
This game has different units with different abilities that move similar to freestyle chess but ruless to the regular commonplace chess game. Get abilities, get units with move sets, move along a grid. level up, gain items, win battles. See your favorite little mascot the chocobo and have a nice little story to boot. I would argue this is a almost remaster of F.F.T even in story. The story in which is classic fantasy. This game has it all from what I've seen of it while maintaining its beautiful and stable graphics both in its cinematics and gameplay.
This consistent styling is commendable in any tactics mobile game as it's not always present in modern mobile ones. I would highly recommend this one for a true to the original. Classic tactics game experience.

Checklist C: WOV F.F: B.E
Game Type: Strategy/Role-play/Arcade
Push ads: Almost none
Difficulty: Average
Graphics: 2.5D Detailed (Good)
Memory Usage: Below Average
Free to play: Presumably

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