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Review: Dark Deity – A Shameless But Satisfying Fire Emblem ‘Homage’

Emblematic of a certain other fantasy tactics game.

Well, it’s about time someone really, properly ripped off Fire Emblem: Three Houses. No, really, don’t get upset; that is truly not the insult it reads like. After all, with no new mainline series title on the horizon — no, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes doesn’t count — don’t fans deserve a new title to flock around? Thankfully, Dark Deity is here to fill the hole of both Fire Emblem games and alliterative titles featuring two letter “D’s”. Move aside, Divine Divinity!

And, boys oh boys, this is a shameless lift of Fire Emblem from bottom to breakfast. Everything about its visuals, both on the field and in battle, directly recall the Game Boy Advance instalments of the venerable think-’em-up series (in the West that’s the self-titled and Sacred Stones, kids). It’s so close, in fact, that questions have to be raised as to how a still-active series can receive such a faithful… ahem… homage on the host system of its own inspiration.

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