Tales & Tactics is a strategy RPG from Table 9 Studio, published by Yogscast Games, sitting somewhere between auto-battler, roguelike, and tabletop-flavored adventure. The pitch is appealing: build a roster of characters, roll the dice on synergies, and push through escalating tactical encounters with that satisfying loop of draft-improve-fight-repeat. If you have a soft spot for games that reward thinking two turns ahead while also tempting you into risky all-in builds, the core concept is squarely aimed at you. The tactical layer is genuinely interesting in its best moments. Unit composition matters, ability combos can feel clever when they click, and the roguelike structure means no two runs feel entirely identical. There is enough build variety to justify a handful of sessions before you feel like you have seen everything the early game has to offer. Fans of Teamfight Tactics or Slay the Spire will recognize the rhythm, though Tales & Tactics is lighter on the obsessive depth those titles eventually reward. Here is where the rough edges show up. The game carries Mixed Steam reviews at 78% positive across over two thousand reviews, which is a signal worth respecting. Common friction points include a learning curve that leans on trial and error rather than clear tutorialisation, pacing that can drag when the mid-run encounters fail to escalate tension meaningfully, and a sense that the strategic ceiling is lower than the early hours tease. The writing and world-building do not do much heavy lifting either. For a game with RPG in its genre label, the narrative scaffolding is thin, character identity is shallow, and choices rarely carry the weight you might hope for. If you come for story payoff or branching decisions that matter, you will leave a little hungry. That said, if you treat Tales & Tactics as a breezy tactics-lite session game rather than a deep RPG experience, it delivers a reasonable amount of entertainment. The art direction has charm, the session length is approachable, and the co-op potential with friends lowers the frustration bar considerably. It is the kind of game that works better on a lazy Sunday afternoon than as a primary games-library investment. Bottom line: Tales & Tactics has enough mechanical hooks to entertain strategy fans willing to meet it on its own terms, but it does not fully deliver on the RPG depth its genre tags imply. Wait for a sale, play it with a friend, and keep your narrative expectations firmly in check. Monika, Scout Team