Decades later genres such as the RPG still use turn-based combat to great effect, so why has it stood the test of time?
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I love turn based. Games like XCOM, Marvel’s midnight Sun, or Baldur’s Gate 3 could only be turn based.

While it’s not all ‘action’ games, I’ve found many distill down too some very basic mechanics because of it gets to complex no one would play in today’s world. Anyone else remember MechWarrior 2, and every key in the keyboard was bound to something… and how you absolutely didn’t use even half of it. Less tactics, more button mashing. Don’t get me wrong, that is fun sometimes.

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