Basically, let’s combine design choices from mainline FE games to make a bad game.
And I mean it, no “Inventing bad design choices”. I want to see a FE game of the series’s worst qualities, not the worst possible FE game. Also if possible state from which game the design choice is from or one example of said design choice.
Let me start:
The “to be replaced” recruiting the “replacement” (The first thief recruiting the second thief. See fe1.)
The lord has vtuber hair (engage)
That sounds like a good idea, actually, we’re trying to make a bad game here.
The church’s leader that you’re supposed to be siding with is clearly responsible for multiple atrocities and the narrative just doesn’t even judge her for it seemingly for just Being The Church Leader.
Every boss is way too powerful (thracia gomez)
Let’s do it. People will like it, or pretty much love it anyways, regardless of its quality (wait, that sounded oddly pessimistic from me).
Uhuhuhnnhuun anyways, it includes maps with weather effects that slow you down and end up worsening gameplay as a whole (from Blazing Blade).
If you are half as fast there is twice as much game to enjoy.
Ok, how about this then?
Just make the mages feel like they’re in Radiant Dawn. As in, most enemies, even the armor knights, have a good resistance stat, and it’s very difficult to increase their weapon levels.
Exhaustion (thracia)
And low player characters (fe8)
My previous post was sarcasm. Weather is a mechanic with potential that never really unleashes it in any way.
Mages having Armor move is also a fe9/10 special.
Ambush Spawns.
Ones with siege tomes, berserk, entrap, and horrible spawn locations.
Ambush spawns that can’t be blocked by units (moving spawns) and move the turn they appear!
Add Roy as the father death for the protaganist
Every Late game map (Last 10 chapters at max) has at least 3 siege Tome user’s per map in unhittable areas (Looking at you Fe 9).
Fog of War.
Thricia Fog of War?
idk what distinguishes Thracia FoW from other games’ FoW.
Me neither, I just hear it’s worse for whatever reason.
Fog doesnt show the map layout and everything is pitch black
OOOF. We’re trying to make a Bad game, so Thracia FoW it is then!
Can only access the convoy through a force deployed, transporter/Merlinus style unit. If that unit dies, you permanently lose everything in your convoy. For realism’s sake.
Even more evil? Make it a wagon, but it’s a green unit. Have the ai wander towards enemies. Perfect anti-turtling incentive!