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[Compeau]

Yesterday I started playing Pokemon Conquest, and man is this game addicting. For those who don't know (and didn't get the game early from Nintendo Power), Pokemon Conquest is a Pokemon Strategy RPG set in fictional region modeled after medieval Japan. The battles play like a simpler version of Final Fantasy Tactics/Tactics Ogre. Of course, as with all Pokemon games, a large part of battling is bringing Pokemon of the right type to battle, so you can take advantage of your opponents' type weaknesses. You can bring up to six warrior/Pokemon pairs with you into battle. Each warrior can only use one Pokemon in a battle. Each Pokemon only knows a single attack move, and can only learn a new move through evolution. This keeps the battles simple.

The game has 200 different warriors you can recruit, and each one has its own Pokemon affinity. The better a warrior and a Pokemon match up, the higher you can level up their "link", which is how all leveling is done in the game. So with the perfect match you can level all the way up to 100% link, while a mediocre match may only be able to go up to 70%. A big part of the game is recruiting warriors, and then trying to find the ideal Pokemon for them. Each warrior has a unique ability that they can trigger once per battle (such as a temporary stat boost, or healing all Pokemon). Also, each Pokemon has a unique latent ability (such as having increased defense while on a certain terrain, or hitting nearby enemies for minor damage once per turn

I'm really enjoying the game so far. It really has that Pokemon "Catch 'em All" feel when it comes to recruiting all of the warriors, and finding the ideal Pokemon for them. The SRPG gameplay is a bit too simple, but that makes it accessible for Pokemon fans that have never played a game in the genre before.

[Jave]

I'm genuinely surprised by how good this game actually is. Even though I'd heard some stuff about it, I kinda figured it would be a poor man's Pokemon but with isometric battles, and that honestly would have been enough to keep me satiated until Black/White ver2 come out. The realization that this is an actual strategy game kind of hit me in waves. It's a simpler game than most strategy games, or SRPGs, but it's still got that addictive "just one more turn" quality about it.

I took it to work to play on my lunch break one day, and soon realized that I really should have left it at home.

[momerath]

I dunno how, but you guys are selling me on this game even though I'm not even a strategy gamer.

It's awfully tempting to pick up a copy...

[Jave]

I'm not really a strategy gamer either (I like them, but I suck at them) and this game does a good job of meeting you halfway. It's just deep enough to sink your teeth into, but without being impossibly complex or hardcore.

Part of it is that it still has those Pokemon touchstones, so you kind of know what's weak against what, and the emphasis is much more on building the right team for the job than it is on a particularly complex battle system. The big distinction in going with an isometric map for combat is that it's easier to visualize and keep track of the 6 on 6 battles than it would be with the standard Pokemon battle system.

[K-S-O]

I am very interested in this game but my backlog has been building up recently. I want to go through that log before jumping in on this.

[Compeau]

BWAHAHA! Seven Pokemon kingdoms have fallen under my boot. Soon the rest of Ransei will be overrun by my cuteymuffin Pokemon hordes; for I am the harbinger of destruction.

[Jave]

Now's not the time for overconfidence. You've still got Nobunaga and Zekrom to contend with.

(a little part of me cracks up every time I think about it)

[Compeau]

I just beat the main game. There are a bunch of side story missions that unlock after finishing the main campaign.

[Compeau]

$15 at Amazon.

 

http://www.amazon.co...0_YcrU3_IRM_0_0