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R-Type Tactics on PSP

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R-Type Tactics is a Strategy game available on the PSP. It can be played in Turnbased Singleplayer modes.

R-Type Tactics is a Strategy game. Strategy games provide experiences that require quick thinking, and forward planning from the gamer. They combine the unfolding tactics of classic games like chess, with more recent board games such as Risk. Usually focusing on a theatre of war context, players enjoy the tactical overview of the battle these games provide.

R-Type Tactics can be played in a Turnbased mode. Turn Based games are played in turns, so that players can stop and consider their next move. This is common in tactical experience such as strategy or adventure games as this enhances the sense of control and planning the player has. Other genres - such as sporting, fighting and rhythm action games obviously rely on realtime game play.

R-Type Tactics can be played in a Singleplayer mode. Single Player Campaign games focus on one player's experience. Rather than collaborate with other players either locally or online, players progress alone. The campaign style of gameplay offers a connected series of challenges to play through. These chapters work together to tell a story through which players progress. Single player games are able to focus on one experience of a scenario, so that it is usually a richer, more visceral game.

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Family Gamer review Thu, 02 Oct 2008

R-Type is a long standing shoot 'em up that revolved around your ability to control a satellite unit to adjust your firepower. R-Type Tactics takes the world of ships and enemies created for the franchise and weaves a turn based strategy game around them.

Turn based strategy games are the video gaming equivalent of chess, risk and other board games. The player is presented with a tile based environment and a number of pieces which they can position and move. These games usually revolve around some military conflict.
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