This Article Is About The New Fire Emblem (In case you care about spoilers)

A number of you may have noticed that I haven’t been posting for the last couple weeks. An astute few of you might also notice that my absence coincides with the release of Fire Emblem: Fates. I don’t know why you would jump immediately to that connection but in this particular instance you’re correct. My free time has been basically dominated by the new installment(s) of one of my favorite video game series.
I’m currently working my way through Conquest, the so-called “darker half” of a two part story that’s sold as separate games, Conquest and Birthright. And honestly? I don’t know how I feel.
Conquest is a good game, and I don’t want to dissuade anyone from playing it or buying it. And I would say in the grand scheme of things that I like it, but for the sake of argument, I’m going to list some of the things about it that have begun, after 19 hours of gameplay, to annoy me.

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