AubirdForce (1996)

Developer: Wiz
Publisher: Bandai
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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How it feels

A deliberate, grid-bound space war unfolds mission by mission as you weigh squad choices and tactics between bursts of text-driven story.

tacticalmethodicalstrategic planningretrosci-fi conflictmeasured pacingtext-heavymission-based

About

Aubirdforce is a galactic war simulation which places mighty space cruisers and wingmen on a collision course with opposing forces across the cosmos. Attack, defend and outflank your foes to elevate yourself to supreme commander. Battles take place on 3-D grids which contain the tactical action. At the beginning of the game the player can choose between one of the 2 armies captains. After that before each mission the game explains the story all in a japanese text screen and after that the player can choose which pilots he will use for that missions. Between missions there are new weapons that can be bought and the player can also change the pilots. During the battles in which the gameplay takes place as in all tactical RPGs with a limited range of movement for each player unit and different attacks that can be used. The player can also send his pilots to take off in their space ships to have more battle units to use. Expressed in full 3D space, the battle by battle Starfleet, Starfleet tactical battle simulation game is orthodox. Devised a system was adopted, was to make the game as it is possible the fleet envisioned image of war, to grasp spatial sense. In addition to and fro, you can enjoy with the enemy fleet looming from above and below, the three-dimensional offense and defense.

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