Alternatively, you can leave stronger characters to grind on a lower-levelled sub-quest while you go and make a cup of tea. AI control is available for any or all of your party – handy if you want a healer working the board while you concentrate on the nitty-gritty of combat. Manually selecting enemies rather than snapping between them is an inconvenience that becomes a chore after dozens of hours. Anybody familiar with the Fire Emblem SRPG template will quickly feel at home, although it’s not quite as user-friendly.Įverything works fine and the UI is clear, but a few too many inputs are required every turn. Assemble a party to your liking (within the prescribed restrictions) and work your way across the board to meet the win condition (usually to eliminate all enemies or a boss).
Battles play out on floating chunks of terrain with the familiar grid arrangement. Skipping it all is, thankfully, an option but after some terrific localisations in recent years (8-4’s sterling work on Fire Emblem Awakeningbeing the gold standard), God Wars feels like a step back into the dark days of the ‘90s.įortunately, its turn-based combat is solid fare. Grammatically, it’s perfect but it’s mind-numbingly repetitive.
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No character may speak without using another’s full title the endless barrage of nouns is completely unnecessary and a massive drag. Unfortunately, the voice actors are working with some real drivel – a plague of proper nouns.
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Japanese and English voiceovers are available, and both are suitably melodramatic with grunts and sighs aplenty, plus that unique sound young warriors emit when they goof in the presence of a fair maiden. The epic story plays out in comic book montages and dialogue between (or sometimes during) battles, and fans of glistening eyeballs, inappropriate costumes and shocked gasps are in for a treat. Thirteen years later, another of her daughters, Princess Kaguya, begins an intrepid quest to find her missing mother at the behest of a mysterious voice.Īlong the way, new friends join her cause giving you a large roster of combatants to choose from. Benevolent Queen Tsukuyomi of Fuji sacrifices one of her daughters to appease the restless gods and usher in an era of peace.
It certainly represents excellent playtime-per-pound value, but it’s one hell of a formulaic legend.ĭeveloper Kadokawa Games weaves elements of Japanese history and myth into its story of fated princesses, capricious gods, magical mirrors and myriad other elements of the RPG canon.
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Released last year on PS4 and Vita, this includes the original game and its updates, plus the Labyrinth of Yomi expansion. Joining those ranks is an expanded port of God Wars: Future Past, now rechristened God Wars: The Complete Legend. Between games like Mercenaries Saga Chronicles, Disgaea 5 Complete and The Banner Saga trilogy (or even Mario + Rabbids, genre police permitting), it’s easy to while away hundreds of hours locked in turn-based combat. As we await next year’s ‘proper’ Fire Emblem entry on Switch, strategy and tactics fans have several alternatives in that nebula of sub-genres to tide them over.
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