Fire Emblem Heroes 12+

Fire Emblem Heroes still remains one of the best games mobile has ever had to offer, with detailed hand drawn art and updates that help balance the game and help newer players jump in at any time is a treat! Condensing the massive fire emblem maps into one simple screen with a team of four heroes that you can trade inherit skills from others and make into awesome units with so many different game modes from tap battles, tempest trials, aether raids and many more including seasonal events that do not go away and you can revisit at any time to play again as well as a truly well written story that ties all of the fire emblem method together to even having characters whose games only released in japan to finally having them voice acted in English this game is far to much of a treat as the experiences just get better with time and really shows Nintendo’s care to polish without a doubt is one of the very few reasons I keep a phone to play games.

Fire Emblem Heroes has me divided. The game targets the fan base by continuously adding popular characters from other entries in the series to the roster, but yet the combat seems to be lacking in comparison. Most battles for me consisted of brute force and tests of my team’s endurance rather than my own strategical planning. I often think this is intentionally due to how claustrophobic the levels/maps are designed to be: narrow corridors and units cramped extremely close together. While the less congested maps are so barren that there are very few opportunities to formulate strategies.

On the other hand, the enjoyment I found in the game was the collection of characters. The art makes this so much more satisfying with beautifully drawn portraits of familiar and new characters from various artist. It’s pleases me that they also pay tribute to not only the artist in the character’s profile but the voice actor/actress of the viewed character. Although, their battle unit’s Moe style is another story.

Speaking of generosity, the in-game currency isn’t excessively dry like most mobile games. It isn’t great but majority of activities hand out enough Orbs to get by without pulling out a real world wallet.

While a brilliant game with amazing visuals and simple to start hard to master levels. I feel like it loses out that extra half a star for being “one of those games” if you have been playing on mobile for a while you know exactly what sorta game I’m talking about. Which is kinda sad cause yes it’s easy for new players to get into but those players will never get near the top of the world or region (not sure what uses) if they don’t splash possibly thousands of dollars or stay on the game for years. They also made it so that you can buy useful hero’s for $8 which isn’t horrible but you need to purchase there monthly subscription (again certain type of game) I have played this game on three accounts since it was launched and sadly it’s gone more and more pay to win (which is the kinda game). It’s an amazing game as it currently is/was but it’s not gonna stay this good for very long so if you want to play download and go try not to hold off on it as that will come back and bite you.