Although it doesn’t feel forced at all, I would’ve liked to see developers providing their own take on the Fire Emblem formula, but there’s little to no innovation in Lost Eidolons. Just about every mechanic in Fire Emblem has been implemented in Lost Eidolons in a way that would make sense for the world, characters and story.

It’s not obvious at first, but after several hours it becomes clear that you play a different version of Fire Emblem set in a medieval world. I’m here to tell you that if you manage to get past the 5-7 hours (maybe even less) of tutorial and banter between characters, you’re absolutely going to love Lost Eidolons, especially if you love the Fire Emblem games. The same goes for the Fire Emblem series, but no one is complaining about that because we all know we’re eventually going to get to the juicy part. That’s one of the downsides of being a rather small title that and a very low marketing budget.

Lost Eidolons is one of those games that start very slow but becomes a supernova after several hours. I know most of us are not playing XCOM for the story, but this is what hooked me when I played XCOM: Enemy Unknown for the first time. I confess, I’m a total sucker for turn-based strategy games that tell compelling stories.

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