Tree_Tape
2003
2006
1998
Protip: Press the start button every time story of any kind shows up.
You can now enjoy what Conquest is really, and I mean, REALLY good at, which is the gameplay, and that's what matters to me most in FE. It's insanely replayable with so many dumb fucking builds you can create every playthrough, and with the really good map design and challenging gameplay, it's one of the most satisfying FE games to play ever made
You can now enjoy what Conquest is really, and I mean, REALLY good at, which is the gameplay, and that's what matters to me most in FE. It's insanely replayable with so many dumb fucking builds you can create every playthrough, and with the really good map design and challenging gameplay, it's one of the most satisfying FE games to play ever made
Balls to the wall gameplay where you either win or die in one turn. Extremely satisfying and addictive game, the story and the writing are also really really good. It's not character-based so they don't get too much development but the worldbuilding, dialogue and the general direction is still incredible, not to mention the OST
2020
2004
I played this an enormous amount as a kid, near 100% and it introduced me to Mario 64 very well. I still think the extra content is really cool and I wish there was a way to reconcile the best of both games (the original's way better controls and higher quality sound effects and this game's really cool extra content) and I think it's a shame Nintendo doesn't do anything of the sort
Criminally underrated by casuals who play on the lower difficulties and get disappointed by the ugly visuals. The game really shines on the higher difficulties, where it offers a really interesting challenge with player units that all have weaknesses to consider and try to play around. You never really have units you can truly consider totally broken with no weak point of any kind, and even though you're on the higher difficulties, it's not a game of who has the better stats at all, you can go in with absolutely shitty units and still win with your own skill and tactics
So good yet so glaringly flawed, and it's a shame that most casuals mostly pick up on the flaws and decide it's a bad game, because it's one of the most solid FE games with it's excellent difficulty and map design. The game is basically just a huge escort mission to get Roy to the throne, and yes, unit balance is terrible, and yes, hitrates are awful, it's a pretty janky game at times but it's otherwise so goddamn solid and genuinely challenging. As a strategy game, this is one of the better FE games.
2019