Cascade Tactics

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Cascade Tactics is a single player tactical role playing game with fantasy, warfare, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Mythic Machine Software LLC and was released on February 16, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Cascade Tactics is a tactical RPG and a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. Improve your team and progress through a series of turn-based battles on an isometric grid. Interactive Gameplay - Stop opponents from committing actions, push characters into or away from harm, change the target of opponent's actions! Interesting Abilities that Redefine the Tactical RPG - Tele…

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75%

Audience ScoreBased on 32 reviews

graphics2 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Engaging and strategic combat system with dynamic mechanics such as casting time and ability combos.
Deep job system allowing primary and secondary job combinations that provide great freedom and customization.
Multiple game modes including story, survival, and roguelite with leaderboard support add replayability.

Frequent bugs and crashes reported early on, though many have been addressed with ongoing updates.
User interface issues such as small text, messy layout, and control scheme frustrations, including incomplete controller support.
Enemy AI sometimes behaves erratically, including allied units attacking each other, detracting from the experience.

story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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58%
21%
The story in Cascade Tactics is solid but somewhat straightforward, providing enough context to add weight to battles without being overly complex or intrusive. While it stays true to traditional tactical RPG elements and offers quests that enhance gameplay, it could benefit from more narrative depth, branching choices, and climactic moments. Overall, the story supports the game well but is outshined by its dynamic combat and gameplay systems.
- “I like how CT stays true to the TRPG genre but makes deliberate choices to build on the classics: upgrading team gear, secondary class that adds skills/passives, different modes for variety of challenge, quests for story or for upgrading your passives.”
- “Story was pretty good, needs a bit more climax or maybe choices and story routes but it was good enough to add gravity to fights.”
- “[b] Story [/b] – I enjoy what I’ve experienced—I saw all the story that was available a couple of years ago, and I’m excited to see how it’s developed.”
- “Not much story, just”
- “Throw in there a deep story (to be announced at the moment of this review) and it will be a polished diamond.”
- “Story is present but not intrusive.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
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43%
The gameplay offers distinct mechanics for each job and features a satisfying loop of battling and troop management, highlighted by a neat casting mechanic. However, despite its promising design, the overall functionality is currently problematic and detracts from the experience.
- “A very satisfying gameplay loop - battle, upgrade/manage troops, repeat.”
- “Each job has different mechanics and abilities.”
- “The gameplay in the Steam video is mostly just the zoomed-in parts.”
- “The casting mechanic is pretty neat too.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The graphics feature a great art style with wonderful sprite work, smooth animation, and detailed backdrops, creating an engaging visual experience. The battle system also benefits from this appealing design.
- “Great art style and battle system.”
- “Graphics/art style – wonderful sprite work, animation, and backdrops.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the controls’ optimization lacking, specifically wishing for smoother input such as holding the arrow button to move multiple tiles continuously instead of tapping for each tile individually.
- “Optimization of controls – I'd like to be able to hold the arrow button down to move multiple tiles, rather than tapping for each tile.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The grinding aspect is considered tedious and detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- “It's tedious and makes the game no fun to play.”