Jonny just wanted to say your videos have been a huge help lately. Recently lost my grandfather and your constant positivity is infectious and helpful thank you for all the great videos man 😊
Shining Force for SURE ! It's so quick and snappy, and easy to get into and has so much dang CHARM (the most charm out of all of them I think). And excellent music too!
Shining Force 3 somehow got lost in history itself. It had 3 scenarios, each its own disc and maybe 150 hours of gameplay! Truly epic and political storyline. You can now play scenarios 2 and 3 in English for the Saturn, I highly recommend for people to help revive this lost gem. One of the greatest and the last of the Shining Force series.
So true. Valkyria chronicles series is underrated gems. My favorite is 4 as well. Many people didn't really like the story, but I found 4 is the best alongside 3.
Ogre Battle 64 will always be in my top 5 strategy/RPG games of all time. Really excited for Unicorn Overlord, as it has many of the same elements that made Ogre Battle 64 so good!
i love that youre taking more sponsors now. not cause i like being force fed things i dont want, but because i've watched you for so long and rarely see them if ever, you deserve the bag.
Yeah he only takes sponsors for games he actually cares about which is refreshing compared to other guys pushing mobile games they don't actually play.
Ring of Red: An early era PS2 game that had you commanding mechs in a combination of turn based movement and a timed battle system where the longer you aim the more accurate your shell would be; as shown by an ever increasing percentage display, but as the cost of time. It gets super tense when you and your opponent are one shot away from killing each other it is a question of how long can you wait to ensure their destruction before they fire at you. Underrated gem that never gets the love it deserves.
Shining Force series ftw. I’m still hoping all three scenarios of Shining Force 3 will get a remaster… Especially after the news that Sega will be doing remakes of their hit franchises. 🙏
I love that your channel does Raid: Shadow Legends-style ad reads, but they're all for actually excellent, well-regarded triple-A games. Makes me happy.
Brigandine Legend of Forsena was my baptism to strategy games and Legend of Runersia was a good successor but nothing can beat the original as it gives closure and lore to all characters but Fire Emblem Three Houses does character afterstory best
I feel Legend of Runersia lost a lot of the charm of the original Brigandine. I also felt the characters a little more dull and the women over sexualized.
Always look forward to the Sunday episodes. This has me in the mood for some strategy games now. Much love as always from your old hunting grounds, Wakefield!
Yes. Unicorn Overlord. Can’t wait baby! Day one and I’ll be picking it up at my local GameStop. With that being said, I’m actually playing Advance War Reboot and I’m on the second title. Trying to beat it before March 8th.
FF Tactics was my game just a year ago from January to April of 2023 and it was as wonderful for me as all of the praise suggested. It’s thanks to you, Johnny, I’ve fallen in love with the genre, thanks for this list giving me more ideas of stuff to try
I love that every Sunday morning when I wake up there is a new video that makes me want to go and revisit all my favorite old games. Never really played strategy games too much but your enthusiasm makes me want to try one now!
Good morning, I just wanted to say thanks for the consistent videos you release. I work in my wood shop all day from 5am to 5pm and just love watching your latest or old videos. Please keep up the great work 👍🏻.
Strategy RPGs are a unique genre for me because it used to be a favorite genre. I played Vandal Hearts, FF Tactics, Dragon Force, Suikoden Tactics, Front Mission 3, Shining Force and others so much. Dragon Force is one of my favorite games ever, I adore it so much. I’d say around the late 2000s I just stopped playing the genre and never went back for some reason. One day I think I will, I’m hoping for that rumored FF Tactics remake or remaster that was in the Nvidia leaks.
Can't forget Shining Force 1 and 2 for the Genesis! Vandal Hearts was pretty good too. Borrowed that from a guy in my geometry class, and eventually tracked down a used copy years later. Triangle Strategy is one I need to get back to sometime.
Played the Unicorn Overlord demo a little over a week ago, pre-ordered the game that same day. Great video btw and love my happy console gamer shirt as well :)
Definitely contemplating getting front mission 1 on eShop switch. Plus I'm super loving fire Emblem Engage, need to try to go back to back triangle strategy, octopath 1-2
Great list. I haven't played them all but FFT and Vandal Hearts hold a really special place in my gaming nostalgia. Wargroove is a recent game in this category that I played and was absolutely blown away by
Always happy to see Vandal Hearts getting some love! 💚 Such a great game. First game I played for my TH-cam channel, so huge amount of nostalgia for me in multiple ways. Awesome video with a lot of gaming greatness! 😁👍
FF Tactics is my fave strategy game. One of my fave games ever. Advance Wars was the first game i ever preordered. Was the first strategy game i ever played. Claasic.
Memory unlocked with: Final Fantasy Tactics I remember visiting some friends, had pizza, and lost track of time getting through the campaign. We took turns, but eventually made it through the journey. It was not easy Advance Wars: Oh I remember getting into matches with others. Sometimes rematches, lead to a whole day flying by
Great video. I'm a huge fan of strategy games. The SD Gundam Games are fantastic. Highly recommend SD Gundam G Generations Cross rays & the Genesis title within that series too. Also the Super Robot Wars games are amazing with Strategy :)
I didn't really even know about strategy RPGs and saw Shining Force on one of the Genesis all-in-ones(PS3 I think) and got so addicted I finished the whole first game in like 3 days.
Glad you mentioned this! My PC won't run my disc, but I also have the PS1 version, which I'm planning on playing using my PS5 controller via 8bitdo's PS1/2 adapter.
I don't really know if this falls into Strategy, but... the Command and Conquer series was played until I couldn't see straight. I know it's focused on PC, but back in the day, I didn't have a PC... so the fact that it was available on console was a blessing (and a curse!)... Doritos and shredded cheese nachos with Command and Conquer... my early 20's in a nutshell!
Fire Emblem series and Triangle strategy and Valkyrie Chronicles are probably my favorites. I also really like the heavily slept on Codename S.T.E.A.M. Be well everyone.
Probably my first strategy game and one I come back to from time to time is a NES cart called GemFire. It's where you could take over your isle from different families however it also has fantasy / medieval/magics plus a nation building events where you collect food and gold and give back to your people. For roughly a 92 game, wonderful! I still go back to it every now and then as childhood nostalgia
Amazing video! I definitely had to re-examine my switch library after watching your video. Also I love Final Fantasy Tactics. It’s on my top 3 games of all time and soundtrack as well! I was surprised you didn’t talk about Suikoden. I did play front mission 1st on an emulator on my Wii. Great game. I was surprised you didn’t talk about Front Mission on ps1 where I really first played it. Amazing series! Where’s our sequels! Anyways great stuff! Thank you! You always make me look forward to Sundays.
Vandal Hearts 1 and 2, Dragon Force 1 and 2, Shining Force 3 and FF Tactics for me. Btw there is a mod for Vandal Hearts 2 to have the same gameplay as the first one.
Johnny, that's a nice list of your favorite console strategy games but I would say that Triangle Strategy is by far my personal favorite strategy game!
Awesome to see Unicorn Strategy sponsor! No better channel to have talk about it than you. Great video as well! Also, what is the shirt? It looks like Lodoss War, but I don’t think it is..
I’m so glad that you put Triangle Strategy and The Diofield Chronicles on the list. Both great games! One of my favorite strategy games of all time is Ogre Battle 64. Definitely give it a shot!
One of the few PC games I played extensively back in the day was Warcraft 2, that game had me hooked. Also, a bit more obscure, but I love Yu Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics on the GBA, had a lot of fun with that one.
I played many, many hours of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on the GBA, typically in bed until 2-3 in the morning before school ;) One of my favourite strategy games. Other than that I was also obsessed with Railroad Tycoon, Theme Park, Rollercoaster Tycoon and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, all on PC. Great video as always, a few I've never heard of and the others I've heard from you! Thanks! I actually never knew FFT was on the PS1, there were so many Japanese games we didn't get here in Ireland and even now some of them just don't reach us...
Great video, Johnny! Big fan of Atlus teaming with TH-camrs. I wasn't sure what type of game Unicorn Overlord was going to be - a heavy story-based novel like Aegis Rim or something more tactical? This video puts it in the category of strategy games though, which is my preference. Agree with your list for console strat games, but Command and Conquer and Red Alert were my entry to the genre. Loved taking more of the map.
Just hearing that Warsong music - spent so much time in this back in the day! Also loved played Shining Force I and Shining Force II on the same console (Genesis/Megadrive). Enjoyed Dragonforce for the Sega Saturn in the mid nineties. Also i came here for nostalgia but looking at what's available for the Switch I might just have to pick up some of the strategy games.
2:06 omg I just started super robot wars T and 30 on switch with import and English Asia text . Basically a massive crossover of mecha anime in one game
A hidden gem from my childhood is Yugioh Capsule Monsters. I love that game to bits. I even replayed it a few times a couple years back and it aged very well.
Ogre Battle 64 is what got me interested in the genre. I may not have played as many games as you listed to claim being a true fan, but I sunk countless hours into OB64. That is why I am so hyped for Unicorn Overlord!
The most underrated and one of the greatest SRPG series is the Arc of Lad series. Especially Arc of Lad 2 which is the direct sequel of the first one but improves on it so much that it goes SRPG to full jrpg with strategy combat. It has dungeons, a world map, and you get to use all of your unique characters at the same time.
That ending song in vandal hearts hits like a ton of bricks as you learn of the fate of some of your characters. Such a beautiful song, called Burning Sorrow.
Shining Force is basically what got me into strategy games and it's still my go-to when suggesting strategy titles to people new to the genre. Also really like Phantom Brave, Final Fantasy Tactics, the GBA Zone of the Enders, and of course Super Robot Wars, especially since the more recent ones have official English releases for SEA and SRW30 even got a US Steam release
triangle strategy was recommended to me by someone on Lord of the Rings Online when i asked in chat for a FF Tactics-esque recommendation. I immediately got it and its fantastic.
Really cool unique list Johnny. I have preordered unicorn overlord for switch, demo is very good. I am surprised valkyria chronicles didnt make your list! :D I highly recommend tactics ogre reborn too if you have yet to play it. Nice upload as usual mate.
Jonny just wanted to say your videos have been a huge help lately. Recently lost my grandfather and your constant positivity is infectious and helpful thank you for all the great videos man 😊
i totally agree gab :)
Shining Force for SURE ! It's so quick and snappy, and easy to get into and has so much dang CHARM (the most charm out of all of them I think). And excellent music too!
Shining Force 3 somehow got lost in history itself. It had 3 scenarios, each its own disc and maybe 150 hours of gameplay! Truly epic and political storyline. You can now play scenarios 2 and 3 in English for the Saturn, I highly recommend for people to help revive this lost gem. One of the greatest and the last of the Shining Force series.
Best music in gaming ever ! Especially part 2
I love Shining Force! I first played Shining Force CD on the X'Eye. What an amazing series!
@@zach5381shining force cd people forget about as well.
Jeanne d’Arc is one of my favorites one on PSP. It’s so good that game!
Love playing this on the TV with the PSTV!
Vandal heart is my all time favorite strategy game and omg the soundtrack! Im glad to see it getting some love.
Great list, i'd like to add Valkyria Chronicles as an honourable mention. Especially Valkyria Chronicles 4 i thought that was the peak of the series.
Just got into this series 5 years ago or so. Hopefully 5 is made
So true. Valkyria chronicles series is underrated gems. My favorite is 4 as well. Many people didn't really like the story, but I found 4 is the best alongside 3.
Let's get violent for vegetables!
Valkyria Chronicles 4, isn’t it the one with way too much talking instead of Battling? OMG
Ogre Battle 64 will always be in my top 5 strategy/RPG games of all time. Really excited for Unicorn Overlord, as it has many of the same elements that made Ogre Battle 64 so good!
*Front Mission 3* for PSX ❤
I know it was the sponsored game, but Unicorn Overlord is gonna go down as an all-time, legendary strategy game. It’s absolutely amazing.
i pre ordered 2 copies. one for me and one for my sister.
I hope I can buy it soon, it's basically a 2024 version of Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen.
Definitely!
i love that youre taking more sponsors now. not cause i like being force fed things i dont want, but because i've watched you for so long and rarely see them if ever, you deserve the bag.
It's funny that you got sponsored by a game you would have talked about without a sponsor. Nicely done!
TH-camrs do that a lot. These companies do their research for sponsors.
Yeah he only takes sponsors for games he actually cares about which is refreshing compared to other guys pushing mobile games they don't actually play.
My favorite strategy game is Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones for the GBA. Me and my friend played that game so much growing up battling each other.
Not this much lol.
That’s what I’ve noticed when persona 3 reload a few weeks back lol
Tactics Ogre is another classic
Ring of Red: An early era PS2 game that had you commanding mechs in a combination of turn based movement and a timed battle system where the longer you aim the more accurate your shell would be; as shown by an ever increasing percentage display, but as the cost of time. It gets super tense when you and your opponent are one shot away from killing each other it is a question of how long can you wait to ensure their destruction before they fire at you. Underrated gem that never gets the love it deserves.
Only problem I had with this one, the disc drive was driving me crazy because the game is on a CD and not a DVD.
Fantastic game indeed!
Dragon Force on the Sega Saturn is one I would add to this list too
Dragon Force! I need to finish that. Trying to get through Shining Force 3 (scenario 2 currently).
So many games and not enough time lol
new XCOMs, Banner Saga series, Age of Wonders Planetfall, Stellaris
and ofc Disgaea series! ;)
Shining Force series ftw. I’m still hoping all three scenarios of Shining Force 3 will get a remaster… Especially after the news that Sega will be doing remakes of their hit franchises. 🙏
Came to comment for exactly this- Shining Force 2… I think Johnny would love it.
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Every couple of years I do a run through of Shining Force 2, still in my list of all time favs.
I really loved Shining Force CD! I hope the Shining force games get some remastery treatment in the future. I would buy a Switch 2 just to play them!
The dream
I love that your channel does Raid: Shadow Legends-style ad reads, but they're all for actually excellent, well-regarded triple-A games. Makes me happy.
Brigandine Legend of Forsena was my baptism to strategy games and Legend of Runersia was a good successor but nothing can beat the original as it gives closure and lore to all characters but Fire Emblem Three Houses does character afterstory best
I feel Legend of Runersia lost a lot of the charm of the original Brigandine. I also felt the characters a little more dull and the women over sexualized.
Unicorn Overlord is amazing, really hope you give it a playthrough and an unsponsored review.
Herzog Zwei was my jam
LOL I spent an entire weekend on this game with a friend from highschool when this game came out. Hard to believe it's been 30 some years.
Does anyone know of a modern game with similar/identical play mechanics? Its genius.
So so happy you mentioned Vandal Hearts. It's criminally underrated. Such awesome memories playing that game. Sadly I never tried the sequel.
Thanks again for another wonderful Sunday entry.
Best of luck with your Mom, we know it's hard.
Spend as much time with her as you can.
Always look forward to the Sunday episodes. This has me in the mood for some strategy games now.
Much love as always from your old hunting grounds, Wakefield!
Yes. Unicorn Overlord. Can’t wait baby! Day one and I’ll be picking it up at my local GameStop.
With that being said, I’m actually playing Advance War Reboot and I’m on the second title. Trying to beat it before March 8th.
What is a Gamestop?
@@deathproof8732A video game store that's all over the USA
@@deathproof8732I think it's EB Games in Canada we use to have them in the states until GameStop bought them up
@@deathproof8732game store in US
@@deathproof8732 a video game store
FF Tactics was my game just a year ago from January to April of 2023 and it was as wonderful for me as all of the praise suggested. It’s thanks to you, Johnny, I’ve fallen in love with the genre, thanks for this list giving me more ideas of stuff to try
Loved Final Fantasy tactics as well. The job system with it was awesome.
I love that every Sunday morning when I wake up there is a new video that makes me want to go and revisit all my favorite old games. Never really played strategy games too much but your enthusiasm makes me want to try one now!
Good morning,
I just wanted to say thanks for the consistent videos you release. I work in my wood shop all day from 5am to 5pm and just love watching your latest or old videos. Please keep up the great work 👍🏻.
My favorite strategy game of all time is Shining Force II for the Genesis. If you haven't played it, it is an absolute MUST! Thanks!
Man‼️ everyone is on the Unicorn Overlord hype train I am so looking forward to it!
Strategy RPGs are a unique genre for me because it used to be a favorite genre. I played Vandal Hearts, FF Tactics, Dragon Force, Suikoden Tactics, Front Mission 3, Shining Force and others so much. Dragon Force is one of my favorite games ever, I adore it so much. I’d say around the late 2000s I just stopped playing the genre and never went back for some reason. One day I think I will, I’m hoping for that rumored FF Tactics remake or remaster that was in the Nvidia leaks.
there's gonna be a FFT remake?????!!!!!! oh man i want that
Don’t miss out on “Unicorn Overlord”!
I think this is one of the few types of videos where I find an interesting sponsor and ad segment that is actually good
Enjoyed the episode! Master of Monsters and Herzog Zwei were two of my favorite console strategy games, I still have my genesis cartridges too!
Can't forget Shining Force 1 and 2 for the Genesis! Vandal Hearts was pretty good too. Borrowed that from a guy in my geometry class, and eventually tracked down a used copy years later. Triangle Strategy is one I need to get back to sometime.
Being about the same age as you, it's awesome to hear your stories and how much a lot of your experiences parallel my own!
GrimGrimoire, PS2 and Switch Re-make. Different type of strategy game that I enjoyed back on the PS2.
Happy to see Diofield Chronicles get some love. A lot of ppl passed it over, but I absolutely loved my time with it
Played the Unicorn Overlord demo a little over a week ago, pre-ordered the game that same day. Great video btw and love my happy console gamer shirt as well :)
Definitely contemplating getting front mission 1 on eShop switch. Plus I'm super loving fire Emblem Engage, need to try to go back to back triangle strategy, octopath 1-2
Great list. I haven't played them all but FFT and Vandal Hearts hold a really special place in my gaming nostalgia. Wargroove is a recent game in this category that I played and was absolutely blown away by
Always happy to see Vandal Hearts getting some love! 💚 Such a great game. First game I played for my TH-cam channel, so huge amount of nostalgia for me in multiple ways. Awesome video with a lot of gaming greatness! 😁👍
FF Tactics is my fave strategy game. One of my fave games ever.
Advance Wars was the first game i ever preordered. Was the first strategy game i ever played. Claasic.
Memory unlocked with:
Final Fantasy Tactics
I remember visiting some friends, had pizza, and lost track of time getting through the campaign.
We took turns, but eventually made it through the journey. It was not easy
Advance Wars:
Oh I remember getting into matches with others. Sometimes rematches, lead to a whole day flying by
Shining Force III (My favorite game of all time), Sakura Wars 3, Dragon Force & Front Mission 5.
Great video. I'm a huge fan of strategy games. The SD Gundam Games are fantastic. Highly recommend SD Gundam G Generations Cross rays & the Genesis title within that series too. Also the Super Robot Wars games are amazing with Strategy :)
I enjoyed the hell out of Unicorn Overlord’s demo. It is such an addictive game.
So many amazing franchises in this category. Great video!
Shining Force is what got me into strategy games on console.
I didn't really even know about strategy RPGs and saw Shining Force on one of the Genesis all-in-ones(PS3 I think) and got so addicted I finished the whole first game in like 3 days.
Love the channel. I'm almost 40 and you're like the big bro I never had. Game on fam!
Been watching for ten years, and still love every episode. Great work Johnny
The Disgaea series is really great. Right up your alley, super anime, tons and tons of fun.
I'm so glad you brought up Vandal Hearts. It's one of my favorite games of all time. Highly underrated.
Vandal Hearts was my first - so it’s the one I will always love 😊❤
Need a part two where you cover games like Ogre Battle and Shining Force. Maybe Vasteel on tg16
Dune 2000 is legendary.
just downloaded a version for that on my pc by Gruntmods
Glad you mentioned this! My PC won't run my disc, but I also have the PS1 version, which I'm planning on playing using my PS5 controller via 8bitdo's PS1/2 adapter.
I don't really know if this falls into Strategy, but... the Command and Conquer series was played until I couldn't see straight. I know it's focused on PC, but back in the day, I didn't have a PC... so the fact that it was available on console was a blessing (and a curse!)... Doritos and shredded cheese nachos with Command and Conquer... my early 20's in a nutshell!
i read that a remake of CnC is coming out
CnC is strategy but falls more into RTS, these listed here are Turn based strategies.
I was playing Red Alert on PS one from Dusk till Dawn back in the day. I had the mouse
I just started Triangle Strategy a couple of days ago. What a gem of a game. Tactics Ogre is also already sitting on my shelf to be played next.
Fire Emblem series and Triangle strategy and Valkyrie Chronicles are probably my favorites. I also really like the heavily slept on Codename S.T.E.A.M. Be well everyone.
Ring of Red for Ps2 is really underrated. Its a brutal and cool game. Story's really brutall too.
Triangle strategy was way better than I ever expected.
I enjoyed playing Shining Force 1 & 2 on the Genesis
XCOM 1 & 2 on the PS3/4 and on PC
Heroes of Might and Magic on PC
I’m actually playing Military Madness now for the first time. I love it!
A couple of my favs are Jeanne d'Ark on the PSP and Stella Glow on the 3DS. Great list Johnny!
Into the Breach on the Switch is my favorite strategy jam. Amazing stuff.
i love your videos, i like to watch them when im just winding down after work. keep it up bro.
Probably my first strategy game and one I come back to from time to time is a NES cart called GemFire. It's where you could take over your isle from different families however it also has fantasy / medieval/magics plus a nation building events where you collect food and gold and give back to your people. For roughly a 92 game, wonderful! I still go back to it every now and then as childhood nostalgia
I like this guys videos, I just do, even if it’s nothing I care about. This dude gets hyped and I dig it
Jeanne D'Arc for the PSP is my fav strategy RPG and RPG over all ever
Amazing video! I definitely had to re-examine my switch library after watching your video. Also I love Final Fantasy Tactics. It’s on my top 3 games of all time and soundtrack as well! I was surprised you didn’t talk about Suikoden. I did play front mission 1st on an emulator on my Wii. Great game. I was surprised you didn’t talk about Front Mission on ps1 where I really first played it. Amazing series! Where’s our sequels! Anyways great stuff! Thank you! You always make me look forward to Sundays.
Vandal Hearts 1 and 2, Dragon Force 1 and 2, Shining Force 3 and FF Tactics for me. Btw there is a mod for Vandal Hearts 2 to have the same gameplay as the first one.
4:41 that happened to me and the first Fire Emblem. Can we all have a moment of silence for Minerva. A true hero who is not forgotten.
LET’S PUSH FOR JOHNNY TO HIT 500k SUBSCRIBERS BY THE END OF APRIL!!! THANK YOU, JOHNNY!! BEST CHANNEL ON TH-cam!!!!!
Great video. I always feel positive after watching your videos. The passion and positivity is awesome.
Johnny, that's a nice list of your favorite console strategy games but I would say that Triangle Strategy is by far my personal favorite strategy game!
Great list, I need to play more SRPGs and I am slowly trying! It's definitely a fun genre!
Awesome to see Unicorn Strategy sponsor! No better channel to have talk about it than you. Great video as well!
Also, what is the shirt? It looks like Lodoss War, but I don’t think it is..
I’m so glad that you put Triangle Strategy and The Diofield Chronicles on the list. Both great games! One of my favorite strategy games of all time is Ogre Battle 64. Definitely give it a shot!
Absolute hidden gem
For me was army men RTS on the ps2, a game that was ahead of its time and actually felt like a real time strategy game
One of the few PC games I played extensively back in the day was Warcraft 2, that game had me hooked. Also, a bit more obscure, but I love Yu Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics on the GBA, had a lot of fun with that one.
I'm playing fire emblem 3 houses as we speak lol loving it ! Congrats on the sponsor dude
Eternal Eyes for the ps1 is an underrated gem
A Warsong and SRW mention. You're the man Johnny.
Valkyria Chronicles for me, love that game.
I played many, many hours of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on the GBA, typically in bed until 2-3 in the morning before school ;) One of my favourite strategy games. Other than that I was also obsessed with Railroad Tycoon, Theme Park, Rollercoaster Tycoon and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, all on PC.
Great video as always, a few I've never heard of and the others I've heard from you! Thanks!
I actually never knew FFT was on the PS1, there were so many Japanese games we didn't get here in Ireland and even now some of them just don't reach us...
Great video, Johnny! Big fan of Atlus teaming with TH-camrs. I wasn't sure what type of game Unicorn Overlord was going to be - a heavy story-based novel like Aegis Rim or something more tactical? This video puts it in the category of strategy games though, which is my preference.
Agree with your list for console strat games, but Command and Conquer and Red Alert were my entry to the genre. Loved taking more of the map.
Just hearing that Warsong music - spent so much time in this back in the day!
Also loved played Shining Force I and Shining Force II on the same console (Genesis/Megadrive).
Enjoyed Dragonforce for the Sega Saturn in the mid nineties.
Also i came here for nostalgia but looking at what's available for the Switch I might just have to pick up some of the strategy games.
2:06 omg I just started super robot wars T and 30 on switch with import and English Asia text . Basically a massive crossover of mecha anime in one game
A hidden gem from my childhood is Yugioh Capsule Monsters. I love that game to bits. I even replayed it a few times a couple years back and it aged very well.
Jeanne D'arc was a great game in this genre that never gets mentioned. Loved Vandal Hearts, lost my copy along the way of growing up.
My introduction into strategy games was Eternal Eyes on the PS1. Super cute game!
Vanguard Bandits is one of my favs
I remember going into Blockbuster and loving the cover art and of course the opening cinematic
Watching an older episode, you said you'd like to do a "couch gaming episode." That's such a great idea, do it!
Ogre Battle 64 is what got me interested in the genre. I may not have played as many games as you listed to claim being a true fan, but I sunk countless hours into OB64. That is why I am so hyped for Unicorn Overlord!
I loved final Fantasy tactics on GB advanced
The most underrated and one of the greatest SRPG series is the Arc of Lad series. Especially Arc of Lad 2 which is the direct sequel of the first one but improves on it so much that it goes SRPG to full jrpg with strategy combat. It has dungeons, a world map, and you get to use all of your unique characters at the same time.
That ending song in vandal hearts hits like a ton of bricks as you learn of the fate of some of your characters. Such a beautiful song, called Burning Sorrow.
Shining Force is basically what got me into strategy games and it's still my go-to when suggesting strategy titles to people new to the genre. Also really like Phantom Brave, Final Fantasy Tactics, the GBA Zone of the Enders, and of course Super Robot Wars, especially since the more recent ones have official English releases for SEA and SRW30 even got a US Steam release
Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War is one of my favorite games of all time. Highly recommended, the story is honestly one of the best in gaming.
triangle strategy was recommended to me by someone on Lord of the Rings Online when i asked in chat for a FF Tactics-esque recommendation. I immediately got it and its fantastic.
Really cool unique list Johnny. I have preordered unicorn overlord for switch, demo is very good. I am surprised valkyria chronicles didnt make your list! :D I highly recommend tactics ogre reborn too if you have yet to play it. Nice upload as usual mate.
Dragonforce on the Sega Saturn was another great strategy game in 1996
I need a rom hack of that game with dragonforce music inserted into it.
I loved this game!