I know this is kinda off-topic, but is Pokemon Conquest worth 20-30$? I enjoy games like Fire Emblem, so I thought that I might like a game that's basically F.E X Pokemon. Thing is, every review I've seen is very vague, so I was hoping I could get more details on it's highpoints and low points here, just giving me a link to a good detailed review would help as well. Again, sorry that this is kinda off-topic.
Conquest has its ups and downs IMO. The battle system works well if you just want to go through and not be all completionist about it, but if you're like me and want to recruit all the people possible...well, it can be frustrating. You recruit regular warriors by defeating them in certain conditions in battle, which look something like:
1. Defeat them in 4 turns.
2. Defeat them with a SE attack
3. Don't take any damage from them
You must meet any one of these requirements to recruit them. If you want to recruit the better warriors (unique ones with their own sprites, etc, think Gym Leaders kinda people - they have gold backgrounds as opposed to grey, you'll know them when you see them) you must meet one of those conditions AND defeat them with another unique warrior you have. In addition, you only recruit them when attacking and when the kingdom you are attacking is the last one your opponent owns (IIRC). It can be frustrating at times.
The battle system does play very much like FE, albeit a pokemon version - movement takes place like that, different mons have different movements, moves have different ranges, and so on. Each stage has its own gimmick and victory conditions (which can make recruitment EXTREMELY frustrating if you're on the wrong stage with no SE mons), and type effectiveness is normal according to gen V rules (although IIRC all dual-type mons are now single-type).
Leveling up doesn't work as normal - instead each battle the mon takes place in, it gets a stronger "link" with its trainer (warrior), shown in percentage (37.84%, for example), which caps off depending on the trainer. Each trainer can link a different amount with each mon (Generally from 30/40% for bad links, 50/60/70% for so-so, 80/90% for good, and 100% for perfect links (generally only one mon's evolutionary line)). This is a good idea, but frustrating for some warriors. Each kingdom has its own set of pokemon you can link with, some of which appear more often than others, and many of which you can't even get until postgame (I think), and take forever to find. If you do happen to find a warrior's perfect link, there's no guarantee it'll actually be good. Stats aside, pokemon can only have one move, which can seriously make or break a pokemon (along with its ability), and you may find yourself wanting to use a 90% with a good move over a 100% with a bad move. (A good example is your starting companion/story warlord, Oichi - She starts with a Jigglypuff, her perfect link...of course, Wigglytuff is terrible, so using the 100% link is a bad idea.) Grinding link% can also be frustrating, although not really necessary. If you want to do that you pretty much have to leave the continent with 1 kingdom not under your control (in any post game storyline), then give a kingdom up to your opponent (Don't station any warriors in it), defeat their warriors who invade that kingdom, rinse and repeat.
Speaking of, this game has a good amount of post-game content, which mix things up...well, a decent amount. Some require you to befriend a certain number of mons, others conquer the whole continent, etc. The content is divided into little storylines, usually focusing on one of the unique warlords (including the main enemy, which is pretty cool). Linked pokemon carry over between storylines, but not % (I believe, and I also believe it keeps track of your highest link% too, so IDK). This lends a little more continuity between storylines, but still makes grinding in one storyline essentially useless (unless you're going for evolutions), as good grinding would take place at the end of a storyline. Anyway, the game is pretty good and if you're a fan of FE you'll likely enjoy it. It'll last you a good while (especially if you go through all the post-game stories), so I'd say go get it if you enjoy FE and Pokemon. Hope this helped :)