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❤ Tactical Combat System

The turn-based tactical combat system revolves around a grid-based battlefield. Players must carefully position a party of up to 12 unique characters to exploit terrain and enemy formations. The diverse roster of 30 playable characters each have distinct abilities, skill trees, and roles. Mechanics like height advantage, flanking, and pincer attacks grant significant damage and tactical bonuses. Elemental interactions add depth - players can leverage or counter terrain conditions like fire, ice, and water. Balancing high-cost special abilities with sustainable basic attacks and support skills is crucial. Reviewers praise the combat system's satisfying challenge and lack of filler battles. Each encounter forces players to adapt their strategies, as the competent AI punishes mistakes. However, the ability to retry battles without losing progress encourages experimentation, leading to a rewarding sense of overcoming difficulties.

❤ Progression and Customization

Character growth centers around deep, character-specific skill trees. Rather than generic classes, each playable character has a unique suite of active and passive abilities that players can selectively upgrade. This allows tailoring the party composition and playstyle. Progression also involves upgrading weapons and armor using materials found through optional battles and exploration. Reviewers highlight that all character options feel viable, with no "must-have" units, facilitating creative team-building. The game's New Game+ mode expands the progression system, unlocking quality-of-life features and new modifiers to alter the challenge. This high degree of customization and replayability is widely cited as a major strength.

❤ Branching Narrative and Impactful Choices

At key story moments, the party members hold "votes" where the player must persuade them to support a particular course of action. These choices not only affect the narrative, but also unlock new battles and determine which characters join the party. Reviewers highlight how these choices feel genuinely difficult, with valid arguments on multiple sides. The consequences are impactful, shaping the player's experience across multiple playthroughs. This player agency, combined with the tactical depth of combat and character progression, creates a compelling loop where the strategic and narrative elements reinforce each other.