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Umbreon posted...

Yeah the gameplay is actually good. There is a balance issue in that anyone sharing a class as a Royal is basically invalidated(Why use any archer not named 'Takumi' if you have access to him?), and the less said about Revelations the better.

Chapter 10 in Conquest is probably one of the best designed chapters I've ever played. A noticable difficulty spike, but you're given the tools needed to handle it. You're not babied, nor are you thrown to the wolves without a way to defend yourself. And it's the rare defense chapter that can't be won by sitting your most OP unit in the throne and waiting it out.

When Takumi drains the river, and thus opens up spots for the enemy to sneak past you, that's a nice 'Surprise!' moment. And then peg knights start rushing towards the objective....

So I wouldn't go as far as invalidated. Is Beruka as good as Camilla no, but she's still in an excellent class with decent bases. Less good than the best character in the game is still pretty good. Same goes for Silas/Peri compared to Xander. Or Felicia compared to Elise and Odin compared to Leo.

It's spottier on the Hoshido side if only because Swordmaster and Sniper aren't partiularly good classes (though it is the best Swordmasters have been in a long time), and the Ryoma and Takumi are good because they are given tools to excel despite those class sets, namely in their stats and busted weapons. Yes, there isn't really a reason to have another Archer when you have Takumi but that's more because if it weren't for Takumi you wouldn't have a dedicated Archer at all. Hinoka being the best Peg Knight certainly doesn't mean you shouldn't use other Peg Knights, it's an excellent class.