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Fire Emblem: Bells of Byelen (2022)

Fire Emblem: Bells of Byelen cover
Platforms
Game Boy Advance
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Main story
about 30 hours
Completionist
about 60 hours
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

An ambitious, story-dense Fire Emblem hack layering in punishing permadeath-adjacent mechanics like fatigue and capturing across a sprawling campaign.

tacticalstory-densechallengingfan-mademethodicalambitious

About

"Fire Emblem: Bells of Byelen" is a Mod of "Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones". Built with a telephone-hack system, Team Adversity worked together to build a mechanically rich and story dense custom campaign, with many inspirations taken from "Fire Emblem: Thracia 776", like capturing enemies, fatigue, leadership stars, stealing weapons and more. Bells of Byelen boasts 73 playable characters, 60 on any given playthrough, with 24 chapters and 3 interludes.

Screenshots

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