Strategy games that still hold up

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 i Why it still holds upA story that branches, fought with an army where every unit's weight counts, still makes a campaign worth playing again today.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn 2007 i Why it still holds upPermanent losses and a weapon rank that rewards long use turn every unit's survival and training into a long term plan, and it still has that depth.

Advance Wars 2001 i Why it still holds upLimited fuel and ammo, and terrain that changes what each unit can do, make every turn a small puzzle, still worth solving.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 2005 i Why it still holds upPermanent losses and support bonuses between fighters who talk make each unit someone you plan to keep alive, and that tension is still there.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising 2003 i Why it still holds upA meter that offers a small power often or a super power later makes you choose when to spend it, and every battle today carries that choice.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth 2018 i Why it still holds upDrawing your own map and steering around visible Shadows make each floor a small puzzle of routes, worth working through today.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 2017 i Why it still holds upA game you can set to be as forgiving as you like still suits more than one kind of player today.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike 2005 i Why it still holds upTwo commanders, and sometimes two battles at once, still make planning each turn the reason to take it up today.

Rise of Nations 2003 i Why it still holds upEvery border is something to defend today, as territory limits where you can build and attrition punishes armies without supply.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2004 i Why it still holds upWho you bring against whom is still the question of every army, since the counters run in a circle.

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber 1999 i Why it still holds upLeading an army where how you win is counted as well as whether you win still makes each march a decision today.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II 2006 i Why it still holds upA base you can build anywhere on the map still gives every game its own layout.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked 2011 i Why it still holds upA clock, and events that exclude each other, still make each choice cost something.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 1999 i Why it still holds upScouting is still part of the tactics, with fog that hides the map until a unit advances.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War 1996 i Why it still holds upThe campaign still has a long arc, with a story told across two generations.

Panzer General 1994 i Why it still holds upA whole war of combined arms, with an army that carries over from battle to battle, still gives plenty to plan today.

Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi 1990 Also known as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light i Why it still holds upEven now, a cast of 52 units with fixed classes gives each choice of who to send a clear logic.