Overview

Templar Battleforce is a turn-based tactics game with RPG elements. You command a squad of Templar Knights in missions against aliens. Templars are human fighters, piloting 10 feet tall mechs called Leviathan battle suits. The win the game, you must successfully complete all missions in the Campaign. Templars earn experience points in missions, and as they do, they grow stronger in physical/mental attributes, develop basic skills and advanced talents. The equipment of knights can be changed, and more advanced gear can be researched with requisition points which are also gained in missions.

Thus the game takes place on two planes. One is the Battlefield with its multitude of tactical decisions which most directly reward the skill and experience of the player. The other is the Headquarters where research is carried out, Templars are provided with Equipment, and points are allocated to Attributes, Skills and Talents. Finding the right squad composition and making research decisions are especially strategic in nature and require a long-term vision, while the horizon required for optimizing the squad for individual missions is somewhere in between.