Fire Emblem: Bells of Byelen (2022)

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

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How it feels

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

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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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