Plowed through loads of chapters this afternoon, finally getting to Chapter 10, where Lyndis finally gets to the castle and defeats her evil great-uncle. Well, actually I did, but never mind. My saved games says almost five hours played. And guess what? Lyndis’ mission is pretty much just a prologue. How huge is this game? So I’m on Chapter 12 now, after completing 11 with new “hero” Eliwood. The man-with-an-axe, whose name escapes, me has joined my new party, as …
Decided that killing off the main characters just wouldn’t do, so went back to an earlier saved game and retried them. Got through Chapters 3 and 4 this time without losing anyone, although I had to retry 4 again, again, since Sain died. Again. I’ve just started Chapter 5 now, and have gained a Mage and a Cleric. Woo!
It’s just like Advance Wars! Only with swords and lances and axes, and not guns and cannons and rockets! Not really all that surprising, since it’s written by Intelligent Systems, who also did Advance Wars. One major difference, however, is that each of your units have characters and names. And, if they die, they’re dead and gone for good – you just don’t get them back. Ever. With this in mind, I promptly killed off Sain inadvertantly in Chapter 3, …
Nintendo added a load of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games to their online subscription service this week, and although I’m hyped to get to play through The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap I’m leaving that until I’m done with Fire Emblem Warriors. In the meantime, however, I thought I’d play this. It’s… very easy, isn’t it? Have I really remembered how to play every single minigame, accurately and with skill, from 20 years ago? To the point …
One of those games from ages ago that I was really looking forward to, but it took forever to come out and when it did, I’d sort of stopped caring. At least, enough to pay for it anyway. But for free, on my Steam Deck? Ah, gwan then. Yes, it’s Advance Wars. Graphically and mechanically, anyway. In fact, in those respects, it’s so close to Advance Wars that I’m amazed the normally trigger-happy Nintendo Fun Lawyers didn’t set upon it …
Bought simply because I saw it for £9 and thought, even if it’s HYRULE WARRIORS’ rubbish cousin, it’d be a fun musou game for a bit in two player, and you know what? It was! Fun, I mean. Not rubbish. OK, so I have no idea what One Piece is about, have no affinity for the characters and stories shown in the game, and it isn’t as slick or clever as either Hyrule game or Fire Emblem Warriors (even though …
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