2004, Nick Jones, "The Lord Of The Rings Tactics", GoPlay, Issue 1, page 55:
The latest genre to receive this slightly cold-hearted approach to game design is the tactics RPG.
2004, Anthony Enticknap, "PoPoLoCrois", GoPlay, Issue 3, page 74:
For example, Tales Of Eternia is action-based and has a single-plane 2D battle system, while PoPoLoCrois is more of a tactics RPG, requiring you to move your team around a grid during battle.
2005, Nick Powell, "Makai Kingdom: Chronicle of the Sacred Tome", Play (UK), Issue 135, page 74:
Perhaps Nippon Ichi's most enjoyable tactics RPG to date. Great fun.
2008, "Let The Planning Begin!", PlayStation Magazine, May 2008, page 56:
Atlus published the GBA version of this tactics RPG; will we see the PSP port?
2008, Heather Campbell, "Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift", Play Magazine, June 2008, page 68:
Alas, the story is secondary to the system, and in a tactics RPG, the system is everything.
2014, "Review Round-Up", Play, October 2014, page 74:
A psychological puzzle-platformer; a pretend MMO: an HD remaster of two famously quite good shooters: a handheld port of a revered tactics RPG; a golf game, about golf.
