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Initiative

Video game concept

A turn-based combat system where characters move in order of initiative (or related stat, such as speed) regardless of their side in the conflict.

59
games
17
platforms

Alternate names: Turns by initiative, Unit initiative

Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey
X360 2007-12-06
Fearless Fantasy (Windows)
Fearless Fantasy
WIN 2014-02
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East (Windows)
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
WIN 2007-09-17
Fallout (Windows)
Fallout
WIN 1997-09-30
Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Nintendo Switch)
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
SWTC 2017-10
Pokémon Gold Version (Game Boy Color)
Pokémon Gold Version
GBC 2000-10-15
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics (PlayStation Portable)
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
PSP 2007-08
Pokémon Crystal Version (Game Boy Color)
Pokémon Crystal Version
GBC 2001-07-31
Mordheim: City of the Damned (Windows)
Mordheim: City of the Damned
WIN 2015-11-19
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Adventure (Macintosh OS Classic)
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Adventure
MAC 1997
Fallout (MS-DOS)
Fallout
DOS 1997-10-09
Omerta: City of Gangsters (Windows)
Omerta: City of Gangsters
WIN 2013-01-31
Implies the games are marked as turn-based and possibly tagged with turn-based combat.

Called Time Count System or some such in FFX.

This is an attempt to bring more realism (and more tactics) to turn-based games where "faster" units get to act before "slower" units, as movement is no longer bound to each player having a turn on which they move single unit or all units they have.

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Parent group

Time-keeping systems

Games by year

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The first Initiative video game was released in 1994.

Paradox Interactive, Nintendo and Interplay published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 24
Linux 7
Mac OS X 4
GBC 3
Android 3
MS-DOS 3
iOS 2
3DS 2
Switch 2
GB 2
X360 1
PSP 1
Internet Only 1
Xbox One 1
SNES 1
PS2 1
Mac OS Classic 1

Most common companies

Paradox Interactive8
Nintendo5
Interplay4
THQ Nordic4
Herocraft3
Daedalic Entertainment2
Monolith Productions2
Ubisoft2