Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest 2015

Is it still worth playing?

A 2016 strategy game for the 3DS, one of two sold as Fire Emblem Fates, in which Corrin, raised by Nohr, sides with that adoptive family against Hoshido. It is a dark fantasy of political intrigue, and of the two it is the hard one, while Birthright tells the other choice. Experience and money come only from the story's maps. There is no grinding a weak unit up between chapters, and most maps have goals beyond killing everyone, such as a base to hold, a turn count to beat or a structure to seize. On top of that, weapons no longer wear out, except staves, and the strong ones lower a stat while held. Two units can pair into one for a guard or a second strike, and royals pull a Dragon Vein to reshape the map. Maps that have to be outthought, with no grinding to fall back on, still make every chapter a puzzle today.