Dark Deity 2

I may update this as I get deeper into the game. If you ever wished that Fire Emblem went deeper into the combat instead of deeper into Animal Crossing and relationships, this is probably going to scratch that itch. I'm only a few hours in and I can feel, already, that this was a game made by people that loved Fire Emblem like Sacred Stones and just wanted to make it *more* on the combat side.

Nah this ain't it, at least not for me. I did at the very least complete it, but the game really wants to be Fire Emblem GBA so bad without any of the spice. Kind of an issue of death from a thousand paper cuts to where I just started to warp skip most chapters since they give you an infinite use warp "skill" on chapter 2, without any penalties which allows me to be able to bypass walls. My main problems: >>Unit variety isn't here, all units feel the same without any identity and there's far too low classes to choose from in the game. Not just that, but the units you have are quickly replaced by brand new units who make all your old ones outclassed. Also, all the enemies will be the same throughout the 30 chapter journey. That's right, you'll be fighting the same swordsman unit over and over for 30 chapters without any promotions. Also where are the cavalry units? You give me a warp staff on chapter 2, but no cavalry? no flying units? Also, next to zero death unit penalties, things that are so easily negated they might not exist. It just feels sterile as a whole. >>Lord character becomes so powerful she can solo the entire game by herself and without any support >>Even with a turn limit, the maps aren't very well designed. Lots of just random unit spam, nonsensical hallways to funnel enemies into so your characters can one shot them, it ain't great. The side objectives were cool until I realized they're just copy and pasted from better games and they just start repeating themselves. Also, hey, do you want a fog of war escort map where the unit your escorting runs into fog of war to die on their turn without much you can do about it for the first time through? As you don't know the unit composition? So you have to throw yourself far, far, far in front? Also no, you don't get a thief to see through the fog. There's torches to light on the path, but they don't help much and are too far out of the way to do so, barely lighting up more than your units can see and already have seen. >>Did I mention how buggy this game is? How about "I can't complete the map softlock" bugs and tediously having to play the map again. Bruh, what were those ballista in that one map, you take out the user and they still fire anyways? I can't even tell if it's a bug or not at this point. Hey, even some achievements didn't trigger and I had to finagle with it until I gave up for some lmfao. Not worth it. >>Story is whatever, it's serviceable, but it's whatever. Although, don't hit me with the "your choices matter", when they kinda don't. I have to choose between two units, and one leaves my party for "a time being", that time being? uh- two chapters. That's it. They throw a hissy fit, leave, and then you get them two chapters later. Cool? >>Some of those VA's turned me into Vinesauce Vinny bruh, it's all over the place in quality My main issue really is, at the end, "Why would I ever play this over a fire emblem GBA game or a mod for it?", and I came up with the conclusion that I wouldn't, but hey, I beat it, and that's more than most people who played it. Which at the time of this review is 14%, but it might be higher considering it could've just not triggered for some