I completed both games in this collection for Switch. Warsong on the Genesis has been on my backlog for a long while - and still is - but I wanted to play both remakes since it may be a while before I went back to the OG for the Genesis (Warsong is Langrisser 1 in NA.)
These are great strategy games with rock-solid game design and progression systems, offering a long series of well crafted battles and many leaders to choose from, each of which has their own upgrade paths. One could play these games several times with different mixes of characters and troupes and have the battles play out differently. From a nuts and bolts gameplay standpoint, I really enjoyed both.
But dear lord, the misogyny in the writing and art is so awful. The men are hulking buff guys in armor with take charge attitudes. The women are reduced to pining after them in clothing barely more than lingerie, begging just to stay by side of their men and not be a burden. In-game, Narm is a raging badass riding and leading dragons into battle. In the story she's deferential, wanting only to please her man while trying not to have her breasts fall out of her barely-there clothing.
I really liked how these games played. I really hated how they treated women. From the art and clearly-new translation, I suspect how the women are handled is a new addition. I'm gonna chase down Warsong on the Genesis and hope it fares better in that department.
These are great strategy games with rock-solid game design and progression systems, offering a long series of well crafted battles and many leaders to choose from, each of which has their own upgrade paths. One could play these games several times with different mixes of characters and troupes and have the battles play out differently. From a nuts and bolts gameplay standpoint, I really enjoyed both.
But dear lord, the misogyny in the writing and art is so awful. The men are hulking buff guys in armor with take charge attitudes. The women are reduced to pining after them in clothing barely more than lingerie, begging just to stay by side of their men and not be a burden. In-game, Narm is a raging badass riding and leading dragons into battle. In the story she's deferential, wanting only to please her man while trying not to have her breasts fall out of her barely-there clothing.
I really liked how these games played. I really hated how they treated women. From the art and clearly-new translation, I suspect how the women are handled is a new addition. I'm gonna chase down Warsong on the Genesis and hope it fares better in that department.