Fantasy War Tactics R 9+

I started playing FWT when it originally launched. I stopped playing for almost 2 years but that was my mistake. At the time I stopped playing I was frustrated with the lack of new content, the slowness of character progress and how much money I was spending. Right after I stepped away they released new content. That alone would've been enough for me to stick around because this game is complex, strategic and fun. I like that you can play the game entirely free and still accomplish everything you want by playing, it just takes longer. Actually, it takes a lot longer but that's ok because if you are willing to support them and spend some money you advance rather quickly. What makes this game better than most other F2P games is the complexity and the strategy required to be good at it. Most other F2P games I play I find myself just using the Auto button to fight battles, which relegates me to the roll of a coach more than an active participant. In FWT you'll want to spend a lot of time making sure you've equipped your heroes with gear that best suits their abilities. Then you'll went to increase your levels. When in battle you'll want to manually control your heroes to ensure you're executing the best strategy. This game is really a gem and I wish more people would realize that.

Great game with solid mechanics. Seems like an overwhelming amount of stuff to keep up with at first, but the game has a rock solid tutorial (that is extremely rewarding to play), and you can get the hang of it quickly. Any oddball stuff can usually be explained with a tap, anyway. The story isn’t too bad so far (especially considering the writing in most phone games), and the art style is great. The Korean-to-English translation seems good as far as I’ve seen, and the few hiccups are generally endearing, like the female protagonist being named Chris. Not that it’s short for Christina or anything, just Chris. I believe one of the loading screens defends this name as well, which tells me the English team on this game is having fun as well. All in all, a great tactical RPG, The please-buy-stuff-but-you-don’t-have-to bits every free-to-play has are not intrusive, and as polished as this game is, I will probably start paying a bit to play soon enough. If the Devs read these, keep up the good work, you have a great game here.

This is the first game I have played on phone that has had a solid story that wasn’t just thrown in just to have a story. All characters are obtainable just by playing the game, and most can be gotten just by playing the story missions. There is still a gatcha system kinda but it’s for the gear and just by playing the game without spending money, you will get some solid gear sets for free through gear vouchers and 2 free gear set pulls a day. Within the first week you will be decked out with high star gear sets. They give a good amount of free gems (premium currency) to either save them to get a few pricey bundles in the shop or a costume or two or to buy all the expedition upgrades and a bunch of the instant repeat mission items and other low priced bundles as you get enough for them.