So I heard there's going to be a mechwarrior tactics mmo game, but it's not coming for another year or so. Are there any other tactic games that are out right now?

What exactly do you consider tactics to be?

Tactics games are turn-based strategy games that use tiles for movement of your units, without resource gathering or buildings -- usually purely unit/army based. Final Fantasy Tactics is probably one of the most well-known.

But no, I don't specifically know of any tactics MMO's.

^ If that's the case.

You can try quite a few but one of the most talked about would be

PoxNora: Battlefield of the Immortals

It's F2P and available on STEAM. It's on my list for now and I will be removing it soon. So check it out

I played one for awhile. Its ok.

Atlantica. Its free but more like tactics-lite.

Oh ok thanks! I heard about atlantica, I'll try both of them!

Dofus and Wakfu look like they are exactly what you're looking for, though I've never played them so I can't speak to the quality of either of them.

Originally Posted by WarlordPayne Wakfu.

Square Enix? Wow, why does there have to be so many games I want to play?!

I'll def give those 2 a try. What genre does Civilization 5 come in? Is it a tactics game also but not MMO? And how does multiplayer work anyways? Do you have to be playing about 1hour+ just to defeat someone?

Civilization 5 isn't really considered a tactics game - it's an all out turn based strategy game with city building and economics. You could almost say the battles play out in a tactics style way, except they don't take place on battle maps or anything, they take place on the world map. I wouldn't call it tactics.

Civ 5 games can last 8+ hours, honestly. It's definitely not a quick game.

Originally Posted by red flare graf Civilization 5 isn't really considered a tactics game - it's an all out turn based strategy game with city building and economics. You could almost say the battles play out in a tactics style way, except they don't take place on battle maps or anything, they take place on the world map. I wouldn't call it tactics. Civ 5 games can last 8+ hours, honestly. It's definitely not a quick game.

What about if you wanna take a break, how would that work out? Always wanted to try it out but $30 is a little too high for it.

Originally Posted by Gannikus What about if you wanna take a break, how would that work out? Always wanted to try it out but $30 is a little too high for it.

Try FreeCiv. It's a freeware version of the original Civ. You can take a break it's not an online game in an MMO sense. It's TBS all the way.

Originally Posted by Gannikus What about if you wanna take a break, how would that work out? Always wanted to try it out but $30 is a little too high for it.

You can save at any time. It's definitely worth $30, though. I love it.

CivV keeps going on sale at Amazon for around $5-10 every other week. Keep an eye out there and you won't be sorry.

Downloaded Atlantica, Wakfu and planning to buy Civ5 in a few weeks. Thanks guys =D I miss tactics type of games, especially FFT, Front Mission 3, Advance Wars etc =p

You should try Darkwind - War On Wheels also - It's on my list and falls under Turn-based tactics.

Tactics as a genre threw me off. I know it only as Turn-based tactics and tactical turn-based action games.

Alright I'll check it out! I found a random review on Advance Wars and instantly started to miss Turn-based tactics games haha

If you're looking for any tactics games and not just MMOs there are tons of them on the PSP and some on the DS as well.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is made by the guys that made Final Fantasy Tactics. Yggdra Union and Jean D'Arc are both tactics games and are both highly regarded. All three of those are on PSP.

There are a couple of the Disgaea games that are on PSP as well as the PS2 and PS3.

The only one that I can think of offhand on the DS is Devil Survivor, which is a Shin Megami Tensei tactics game. That one is probably my favorite after Final Fantasy Tactics, due to the incredibly deep unit customization.

The Valkyria Chronicles games (PS3 and PSP) aren't exactly tactics games but are quite similar and the first, at least, is excellent. The new X-COM game being made by Firaxis might be worth checking out, too.

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Originally Posted by WarlordPayne If you're looking for any tactics games and not just MMOs there are tons of them on the PSP and some on the DS as well. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is made by the guys that made Final Fantasy Tactics. Yggdra Union and Jean D'Arc are both tactics games and are both highly regarded. All three of those are on PSP. There are a couple of the Disgaea games that are on PSP as well as the PS2 and PS3. The only one that I can think of offhand on the DS is Devil Survivor, which is a Shin Megami Tensei tactics game. That one is probably my favorite after Final Fantasy Tactics, due to the incredibly deep unit customization. The Valkyria Chronicles games (PS3 and PSP) aren't exactly tactics games but are quite similar and the first, at least, is excellent. The new X-COM game being made by Firaxis might be worth checking out, too.

I played FFT, Disgaea, Tactivs Ogre as well before I sold my PSP. I am just hoping those games make it to the PSN so I can play them on my PS3 Never got around to Shin Megami but I'll check that out with Valk Chronicles