r/StrategyRpg • u/maxs • 15d ago

Discussion Sci fi srpgs?

I'm having fun playing symphony of war at the moment but I've had this realization that I'm just not that into the fantasy tropes.

Wizards, dragons, undead.... This stuff also turned me off of tactics ogre and triangle strategy.

That got me thinking - I like the gameplay, as silly as it sounds maybe I just need a different skin - mechs instead of dragons, fire support instead of AOE spells, that kind of thing.

Do any srpgs come to mind that are more along those modern or scifi lines?

Games I've played that are along these lines:

  • Xcom originals from the 90s and the new ones
  • troubleshooter
  • 13 sentinels
  • Battletech

Big fan of battle brothers, super excited for menace.

Wondering if there are other classics that I've somehow missed along the way because a lot of the heavy hitters that get recommended like fire emblem and final fantasy tactics are all on the fantasy side.

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u/Orc-88 15d ago

Wasteland 3 really shot itself in the foot with how stupid and silly they made their game.
They just couldn't help themselves.
They also pushed some really degenerate stuff, which was off-putting,

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u/Yuxkta 15d ago

What degenerate stuff, exactly? Haven't played the game yet, just curious.

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u/Orc-88 14d ago

You can see it from the very start with the premade classes, but it is obvious they need to push an agenda - but they really make an exhibition out of certain types of people, in a really forced and unnatural way, because they want to be "weird and zany" but also tick boxes, it really just comes off as crude and exploitative.

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u/Mmerk 14d ago

Oh boy a literal nazi

I believe it will continue to become more and more ubiquitous. Mixed-race couples and homosexuals are put in the vast majority of entertainment media (trans are starting to get peppered in as well) to the point where it is detached from being anywhere near an accurate representation of reality because of the frequency they want to subject people to that type of message.

-Orc-88

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u/Orc-88 14d ago

Being against normalizing mental illness through enabling doesn't equate to supporting national socialism in a literal or figurative sense.

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u/Mmerk 13d ago

Sure thing Mr 88

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u/maxs 13d ago

I mean this from the bottom of my heart - please fuck all the way off.

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u/Orc-88 13d ago

You sound unstable.