10 Best Ubisoft Games That Aren't Open World Slogs

If you want some tightly crafted Ubisoft gems, here are the 10 best Ubisoft games that aren't open world slogs.
PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio tried to make you love turn-based combat again, but it almost broke the game during development

A thing about me is I live according to bushidō, tempering the iron of my will against any enemy the world sends my way. At all times I am sharpening myself on the whetstone of my foes, fashioning my ...
Game Rant

Best PS5 Games With Turn-Based Combat, Ranked

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Turn-based combat games are making a comeback, delighting fans with ...
Yardbarker

5 Best Turn-Based RPGs You’ll Love Playing in 2025

Turn-based RPGs are a foundation of not just the larger RPG genre but of the video game industry as a whole. In the Japanese market, turn-based games have been one of the most popular genres in the ...
PC Gamer

New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer thinks turn-based combat fell off in the 2000s due to a lack of 'tactical variation': Even Fallout 1 would 'get to the point where you're always ...

RPG 'The prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn’t completely gone': despite Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's massive success, its director reckons real-time action games still have an easier time Game ...
GamesRadar+

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star says the French JRPG hasn't brought back turn-based combat as bangers like Octopath Traveler have been here all along: "I'm glad that people ...

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies Final Fantasy As Clair ...
Windows Central

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' utterly destroys Square Enix's gaslighting over Final Fantasy turn-based combat

"You think you want it, but you don't." This is a comment from former Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, responding to players asking for a World of Warcraft "Classic" mode. It has since become quite ...
GamesRadar+

Square Enix team behind JRPG gems like Octopath Traveler is trading turn-based combat for Zelda-like action with The Adventures of Elliot in hopes of reaching "a new audience"

Action RPGs Square Enix hasn't abandoned turn-based JRPGs, but the creators of Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default have followed Final Fantasy with a new action RPG – still in the gorgeous HD-2D ...
VideoGamer

Legends of the Round Table is Pentiment if it had Arthurian turn-based combat and there’s a gorgeous demo out now

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