This game is currently in the Humble Choice for April 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before May 7th, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.
A Song of Fire Emblem and … just fire Fire Emblem.
Symphony of War starts with the main character and a friend going off to fight in a war to get a kidnapped Empress back. During that battle, they met up with people they knew when they were cadets. This is all done in the background of a large Strategy RPG where players will move their characters tactically around a map and take out units. It’s a lot like Fire Emblem, and that’s a good thing because the battle system here is solid but adds a few new tricks.
You can fill out your squad as you want, change your character’s classes to try out new things and build a larger army than the Fire Emblem games.
At the same time, this is more of a pure strategy RPG with the focus more on roleplaying and tactically maneuvering troops rather than just overpowering the enemy. The maps feel overwhelming when you first reach them but then almost feel too small once you finish them. Also, people have pointed out this has a lot of RPG Maker assets, but if that is what enables a team to make a thirty-hour or more game with a small team, the more power to them. This is a twenty-dollar title after all, not a big sixty-dollar one.
Pick this up if you like the Strategy RPG genre, this is more Fire Emblem than anything, but there’s a little bit of a feel of Advance Wars, or Wargroove as well and so far it is delivering on all cylinders. There’s an obvious turn coming but it would be worth playing more to see the story.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/8q4m_yRP5xw
A Song of Fire Emblem and … just fire Fire Emblem.
Symphony of War starts with the main character and a friend going off to fight in a war to get a kidnapped Empress back. During that battle, they met up with people they knew when they were cadets. This is all done in the background of a large Strategy RPG where players will move their characters tactically around a map and take out units. It’s a lot like Fire Emblem, and that’s a good thing because the battle system here is solid but adds a few new tricks.
You can fill out your squad as you want, change your character’s classes to try out new things and build a larger army than the Fire Emblem games.
At the same time, this is more of a pure strategy RPG with the focus more on roleplaying and tactically maneuvering troops rather than just overpowering the enemy. The maps feel overwhelming when you first reach them but then almost feel too small once you finish them. Also, people have pointed out this has a lot of RPG Maker assets, but if that is what enables a team to make a thirty-hour or more game with a small team, the more power to them. This is a twenty-dollar title after all, not a big sixty-dollar one.
Pick this up if you like the Strategy RPG genre, this is more Fire Emblem than anything, but there’s a little bit of a feel of Advance Wars, or Wargroove as well and so far it is delivering on all cylinders. There’s an obvious turn coming but it would be worth playing more to see the story.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/8q4m_yRP5xw
2 Comments
Always thrilled to hear that I helped someone make a decision (or save some money)
Eternalcp
25 days ago
I saw it pretty cheap, and there were several games I was interested in. In the end this was the one that surprised me the most and I didn't know it at all.