I still remember those nights when I was hiding in bed and playing war games with my GBA. There are small grids on the screen, and every step must be carefully calculated. If you lose, you can start over. If you win, you can be happy all night. Now I have an emulator installed on my phone. I just wanted to relive old games, but I accidentally discovered the mobile war chess game "Crown of the Gods". I couldn't stop playing it. The smell is exactly the same as back then🎮
Although it is a mobile game, when I use an emulator to play it on my phone, it feels inexplicably retro. The gameplay of local war chess has an astonishing number of character attribute dimensions, hundreds of equipment skills, and hundreds of maps. It can take half a day to study just the equipment. What struck me the most was the family system that spans hundreds of years. Characters really get old, sick, and die. A family may spread out or slowly decline. This setting reminds me of the fate of some characters in Fire Emblem back then, but it's more real here. Every time you inherit the next generation, you have the illusion of continuing your youth😭
On the continent of Galtilan, you can run a business freely, wander among several major forces, and you can also fight in all directions. If you can't defeat it, you can just keep growing. The high degree of freedom reminds me of Disgaea on the PSP, but it's not completely nonsensical. The world view is meticulously depicted, including festivals in various places, as if this continent is really alive. It's quite exciting to compete with real people in the arena and collaborate to attack the fortress.
Compared with the texture graphics on the GBA back then, this game is certainly much more refined, but the brain-burning feeling of hard-core war chess is not missing at all. The key is that it's free, and the simulator can save and load files at any time, which is great news for the nostalgic party. If you also miss the days of chess on handheld consoles, you might as well try "Crown of the Gods" on an emulator. Maybe while playing, your youth will come back✨