Grid-Based Combat - How can I keep it fresh?

Hello there. I have a question for you all, this being Grid-based combat and how I can keep battles fresh. I have gone through a bit of brainstorming about things that could influence the “Freshness” of this kind of battle system.

Before I begin, however, I should probably explain what I mean by “Grid-Based Combat.” (I’ll refer to this as GBA.) GBA is the idea of having entities move around on a grid, is limited based on the tiles that they can move each turn. Think of Fire Emblem or Hexaria. Hopefully, now that you have a general idea, I can explain what I have brainstormed.


Negative Factors

  • Having grid-based combat could feel boring after playing through it for a long time.
  • It can be rather slow in terms of flow.
  • The player could essentially employ the same strategy over and over to ensure victory.
  • A map could either be too big or too small, affecting the player’s playstyle negatively.

Of course, there are some advantages as well, such as having access to more mechanics which could make the game more interesting and in return, fun. However, I feel as if GBA games simply get dry too fast and outweighs the positive side effects of these games. People generally don’t like grinding, nor do they like games that are just simply too repetitive.

What do you think?
  • It gets too dry too fast.
  • I think GBA games are okay.
  • I have not played enough GBA games to respond accurately.
  • I think GBA games could be a thrill given the proper game design.Note that this applies to ALL games.

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I must apologize for the rather short page. But I ask this of you:
**If you have any ideas, thoughts, comments, or anything of the matter, please share in the comments below! If you have any ideas, please let me know where you got them (if any). Thanks!

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I would say grid-based combat CAN be good, if (in my opinion) it has a theme. For example, if the theme was say, the wild west or something like that. I don’t like overly generic games, I like games that have a specific theme and stay consistent to it.

I find the most fun games using GBA to be strategy games. Personally, when I read this post, I immediately thought of Civ V. The best way to keep it fresh is to make the gameplay change as the game progresses, as with most games (think new units, attacks, ect). In roblox games specifically, players play to be rewarded - skins, items, ect. so any implementation of that stuff would probably help.

Hope this helps!

My thought was something like XCOM 2.
now that I think about it, an XCOM-like game would be great on ROBLOX though…

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