Fire Emblem - Heaven's Bloom ROM

Fire Emblem – Heaven’s Bloom is a GBA ROM Hack by Roosterton based on Fire Emblem – The Sacred Stones in English. It was last updated on June 05, 2020.

Also, be sure to check out Fire Emblem – Fallen King.

Description

The story begins in the Kingdom of Adestria. Hundreds of years ago, Humans competed for survival with magically gifted beings known as ‘Fae’. Over time, a breed of ‘Half-Bloods’ emerged, descended from parents of each race. The Half-Bloods chose to ally themselves with the weaker Humans, and the Fae were destroyed. The Half-Bloods then turned on the humans, using the powers of their Fae blood to subjugate and enslave their magically-inert cousins.

A little over a hundred years have passed since the subjugation. Our main characters are two Half-Bloods: Lord Cassius Malberry and his sister, Fordra. Hoping to find the cure for a horrible disease, they hunt for an ancient Fae tome. The story is not deliberately edgy, but fair warning: it does involve some mature topics such as racism, (off-screen) child abuse, and (off-screen) torture.

Gameplay-wise, I tried to live by two main philosophies:

1. Give players lots of choices when building their strategy – All promotion items are master seals, so players may promote their characters in any order. Since FE8 was used as a base, branching promotions work as expected. Shops throughout the game usually stock large varieties of strong weapons, earlier than one might expect. Most maps have multiple avenues of approach. Finally, one of the main characters is a staff user with very high magic, and staves such as sleep and silence have had their durability increased, allowing players to make much more liberal use of these dynamic options.
2. Encourage players to use all characters. Some support chains are fairly significant to the development of the world or the backstory, and I didn’t want these being missed on the bench. Playable characters tend towards higher bases and lower growths, so it’s harder to train a single monstrous juggernaut, and characters can remain relevant even if their exp distribution isn’t being constantly watched. Further, the deployment limit is high enough that benching characters isn’t necessary. 

Regarding difficulty, I honestly have no idea how hard or easy this game would be considered relative to other FE games. My perception is skewed after playtesting it so much and learning the optimal strats for everything. Easy mode reduces enemy bulk across the board (hp, def, res, and spd), reduces all stats of enemy bosses, and removes skills from some enemies. I would definitely recommend Easy for FE beginners or people who have only played SS/PoR. You can always replay it on Hard mode later

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