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Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 May 2023 16:00
Warsong better win this or I’ll be broken hearted.
I would happily vote for Warsong here just from a personal preference perspective... but it's a tough match for it for sure.
Super Mario Bros. is undoubtedly an influential early pure platformer, nice and tight, great design language, great coherence of vision.
Warsong on the other hand has to content with early Fire Emblem games (mind you, Warsong is based on the earlier Elthlead games that predate Fire Emblem 1). It does have great music and an early example of a branching class promotion system... and it does present a good variety of tactical situations and options. Hmm, it's definitely a worthy game. I just have to go back and think for a while about how I want to balance the various variable that go into a vote...
Edit: Share has convinced me. I'll go for Warsong for now knowing I've voted for the better Mario game(s) in this bracket already.
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My thing is that it offers so much more than the admittedly outstanding Super Mario Bros game. Give me characters and story and varied problems. Platformers can do that, too, but they’re more mechanical problems than noodle-scratchers. The two worlds’ visions couldn’t be more different…I’d rather spend time in a fantasy world than a mushroom kingdom.
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After the somewhat disappointing Lang1 remake, I reflected on a lot of the little details that make Warsong great. It's got the perfect mix of a plot with strong pathos early on, some tricky missions that are definitely winnable, but tough even if you know how to maximize your leveling, and is one of the rare strategy games that makes combat feel visceral. By the time the plot gets less interesting, you're fully invested in the mechanics.
Music and art are great too.
