In case anyone is on the fence about checking it out: The trailer is really good at showcasing how good artstyle, voice acting and the story is (the game doesn't pull any punches and is very reminiscent of Tactics Ogre or OG FF Tactics in seriousness of war). About the gacha: it's completely possible to ignore the gacha aspect completely and enjoy this game to the fullest. The game even features a branching path "story mode" that you can choose to bring gacha units but otherwise can play with the story units only. Being a f2p and playing regularly you should easily be able to pull for your desired unit too. I'd also like to highlight how good and lenient the daily farming is. It doesn't take much more than 15-30min to sweep the extra daily rewards, grab your farmables and leave (I usually do it before bed). You then can come back to enjoy the actual gameplay when you have the time. The game has a stamina system but is quite generous with it (don't autoclaim rewards so that you can get the energy pots when you're playing a lot). And again, the "story mode", Spiral of Destinies, doesn't even require energy to play. I really love this game and I can see how much love and effort was put into the writing and art. Gameplay isn't as deep or as customizable as the aforementioned FFT or TO, being closer to what Fire Emblem brings to the table but I couldn't recommend it enough if you like Tactical strategy games, even if you (rightfully) despise gachas.
It's a hidden gem and it's sad that alot of hoyo goons are somehow insecure about their games and try to slander by saying it's not f2p friendly.... Play the darn game and have an opinion of your own instead of echoing others
Honestly Sword of Convalaria is one of the more friendly F2P gachas iver played. Carry over pity mechanics, a TON of currency from events an they have had lots of updates. There are a few small annoyances to be improved but all in all it's only the second game that has scratched that FFT itch since Triangle Strategy. Would recommend to anybody that wants something fun to do on bus comutes, or slow times of the day!
@@BlackIdentity Explain why its not? i literary have 3 T0 character out of 5 and all is Max Dupe, have like 70% Legendary Character in first 5 month since release While Playing G for year, have no single Character max dupe, even 4* as f2p, have to skip like more than 75% new character I don't have to pull character weapon as theyre free and good as Signature
Just a little heads-up to those on the fence or just curious: the game isn't ideal, but it has a solid, mature story, and respects the intelligence of its players (to the level of counting on them understanding the concept of hybrid warfare, exploitative guided populism, corporatism, and gray moral compass). Of course, there is melodrama, just like in the most media, but you would be struggling to find equally mature-toned (and I stress - mature, not vulgar, lewd, or "grimderp") game on the gacha market.
For context this mode is completely separate from the gacha portion of the game. Characters and equipment you use is entirely from this mode and there are no microtransactions involved. Think of it like a separate game in the game, if that makes any sense. I'd say it's worth a try as you can completely ignore the gacha/predatory elements and it's completely free to try.
although its a gacha game, this is the most f2p friendly gacha ive played. you can get the max duplicate version of characters for free, you can just pull one copy and farm them up. this game doesnt really feel like a gacha, dailies are super easy and you complete them by accident. fun strategy game!!!
Plus you can beat literally all the content in the game without pulling once, there’s also minimal power creep the first units released in the game are still meta, even in Taiwan which is 6 months ahead of global :)
I’ve been playing this game since day 1 and it’s absolutely fantastic. Between the gacha side and the free story mode there is plenty to do and sink your teeth into. And this new campaign is amazing so far. The story telling in this game is top notch and doesn’t pull punches. Highly recommend for Tactical RPG fans!
Without going into spoilers the game has a fantastic set up for story telling. Those involved in it it have cleverly put themselves into a position to allow themselves to write whatever they'd like with little to no boundaries(within reason mind you.)
@@ArbiterLord this is the only gacha game I have taken serious at, even arknights I don't read their dialogue coz it's freaking long. This is perfection
@@nootnot4548 Arknights is Visual Novel, they need explain what happen, what they doing because they only show Character PNG, background and SFX+bgm While SoC is game cutscene, they can show what character doing so only need put Dialog there, no need explain like "Rawiyah feel despair when saw xx Die in front her" They also put tons voice acting in SoD mode so they can just show character emotions both from their model and VA This show that SoC need more effort than Arknights on making New content, so it's acceptable SoC Gacha is more petty than Arknights like no Free Skin (Skin is very premium tho with new Ult animation) but still f2p friendly for me
@@nootnot4548 Arknight have most intresting lore i read ngl, i agree that AK is too much wall text especially early launch (Mostima Event is Worst one) While SoC has better storytelling, i just don't like SoD mode dosen't give a Canon story (like True End) yet, Crimson SoD very fun and Story is really good for me
this game went from greedy to very giving and improved a lot since launch thank you devs! yes the game is a gacha but its f2p friendly now not like it was at launch.
Glad you changed your mind but it's never been greedy even at launch... There are no LIMITED units which is unheard of in big gacha titles like Hoyo games and the Legendary rates are 2% instead of 1% or less... Most people who think the game is greedy have no opinion of their own and just echo what they hear.
@@hoopy2125 it muddies the pool. If you miss the debut banner, you can count on never getting that character unless you spend. Just because hoyo does limited units doesn’t make SoC generous or not greedy
@@saltmansam Don't spread misinformation. I have Innana, Col, Beryl in double Destined banner. If you luck you can get Tier 0 in Destined banner for my case is Cocoa. Just blame yourself for bad luck and not preparing for characters who you love to have.
@ I’m a day 1 player. I didn’t know Cocoa was a top tier defender and saved for Auguste. In your own words, I now have to get lucky. I saved for cocoa on the Miguel/cocoa dual banner and hit Miguel 3x. You’re the one spreading misinformation bro.
Game is mad fun, as a tactics game I kinda want them to do a fullblown offline version of the game without the gotcha. Both could exist honestly. Either way do give this game a shot if possible.
Best thing about this game (by far) is the story mode where you actually impact in the story it develops and it is completely gacha free (they can help but are totally not needed). There's also the gacha mode which is allright, but very friendly to f2p
Really good game, and easily playable F2P. They let you know which banners are coming next so you can save pulls. Tons of characters and possible team comps to play around with. EZ automatic dailies, and fun challenging content as well.
@@alextoygamer14 If you like pixel art turn based strategy and cool story, it's pretty good. Obv the gacha element requires you to be smart with resources to get a lot out of it.
i think this is one of the best tactical RPG out there. the Gameplay Mechanic is great, storyline is for mature audience (because of harsh reality of war) and the graphic is one of the best.
I have well over 300-400 hours in this game (stopped counting after 200 because I played Steam Deck Beta, Steam Deck Open Beta, and Mobile) Game is worth it. Is free to play friendly especially right now with all the free pulls from gifts, codes and events and has great gameplay most of the time. You dont even need to touch gacha if you dont want to at all. Tip for new players, play Sand Made Scales Spiral of Destiny or Night Crimson when its available past tutorial. Thats the real game, crazy that it's free.
bro its a free game, no reason to buy it. These Story-Expansions are unrelated to the gacha mode. You can be the biggest whale who spends 10k each month and you will have the exact same things and units like someone who doesnt spend anything in these story expansions. You dont get to use the gacha units in the story.
offline version of the game with Spiral of Destinies would be nice idea, game is really worth checking, but people refuse to give it a try cause its gacha
Perfect game!! So fun and the mechanics are just top notch! If anyone desires a challenging and fun tactical game i suggest this one!. Also this mode is separate from the gacha element and you can recruit allies to help you alongside discovering the story behind the characters.
This game truly deserves more attention! The story (In SoD Mode), the character designs, the music..man that music is something else I tell you! Yes, there is some gacha in it but there is a 100% f2p mode as well and that is where this game truly shines. I wish people stopped focusing on the pay to win side of the game. You don't need to chase the meta and the PVP mode is a joke. The plus side is that you can bring over your cash bought OP units into the f2p mode if you want to make things easier. Now is the best time to jump into the game if you are the fence about it.
goat game🔥, those who complain about gacha, f2p, and so on they are just weak people who don't understand anything And i can guarantee they don't play the game
@@Mahbu You can complete everything without a single gacha pull, you can certainly complete everything with only free pulls. The rates and especially currency acquisition sucks. Every character (I believe) is non-limited, but there's also a (rather extra for now) weapon banner. You can play the Spiral of Destinies separate mode (of which this is one campaign in it) and dabble in the gacha game.
just port it to Switch or Ps5 all offline content no gacha..and i will buy it day one.. enough with this kind of games that a gacha and requires online...ive been playing Final fantasy war of visons.and alchemist code in my entire life..
If you played FF WoV then you should try this one. There is story mode which doesn't require any gacha contend. And the stories with multi endings which was written carefully. I mentioned that because I use to play FF WoV at the release day. In my opinion this game is better than FF WoV even I used to fan of FF franchise especially from 6 to 10.
art and combat good but, game is tedious boring, a lot of stages wont let you use ur own characters that u pull and upgrade instead give you a random character to play , and force u to do boring tedious puzzles to clear stages which is very annoying, it will make u lazy to play.
this is most f2p friendly game i have ever played.with every 50 pulls you guaranted a legendary, you can get every tier0 and tier1 in this game and 5 star them. the story and game play is amazing.the character too
In case anyone is on the fence about checking it out:
The trailer is really good at showcasing how good artstyle, voice acting and the story is (the game doesn't pull any punches and is very reminiscent of Tactics Ogre or OG FF Tactics in seriousness of war).
About the gacha: it's completely possible to ignore the gacha aspect completely and enjoy this game to the fullest. The game even features a branching path "story mode" that you can choose to bring gacha units but otherwise can play with the story units only. Being a f2p and playing regularly you should easily be able to pull for your desired unit too.
I'd also like to highlight how good and lenient the daily farming is. It doesn't take much more than 15-30min to sweep the extra daily rewards, grab your farmables and leave (I usually do it before bed). You then can come back to enjoy the actual gameplay when you have the time. The game has a stamina system but is quite generous with it (don't autoclaim rewards so that you can get the energy pots when you're playing a lot). And again, the "story mode", Spiral of Destinies, doesn't even require energy to play.
I really love this game and I can see how much love and effort was put into the writing and art. Gameplay isn't as deep or as customizable as the aforementioned FFT or TO, being closer to what Fire Emblem brings to the table but I couldn't recommend it enough if you like Tactical strategy games, even if you (rightfully) despise gachas.
It's a hidden gem and it's sad that alot of hoyo goons are somehow insecure about their games and try to slander by saying it's not f2p friendly....
Play the darn game and have an opinion of your own instead of echoing others
@@hoopy2125 how can they say that? 😭 hoyo games are one of the worst predatory games in existence.
Honestly Sword of Convalaria is one of the more friendly F2P gachas iver played. Carry over pity mechanics, a TON of currency from events an they have had lots of updates. There are a few small annoyances to be improved but all in all it's only the second game that has scratched that FFT itch since Triangle Strategy. Would recommend to anybody that wants something fun to do on bus comutes, or slow times of the day!
I've played it. Not f2p friendly, sorry.
@@BlackIdentity Explain why its not? i literary have 3 T0 character out of 5 and all is Max Dupe, have like 70% Legendary Character in first 5 month since release
While Playing G for year, have no single Character max dupe, even 4* as f2p, have to skip like more than 75% new character
I don't have to pull character weapon as theyre free and good as Signature
@@austinseph1 yeah plus this game doesn't require you to get dupes, you can farm them, you can max a character as f2p most gacha doesn't have that.
Game could use a little more visibility considering the stories it tells. The Spiral of Destinies mode is definitely one of the best aspects of it.
Just a little heads-up to those on the fence or just curious: the game isn't ideal, but it has a solid, mature story, and respects the intelligence of its players (to the level of counting on them understanding the concept of hybrid warfare, exploitative guided populism, corporatism, and gray moral compass). Of course, there is melodrama, just like in the most media, but you would be struggling to find equally mature-toned (and I stress - mature, not vulgar, lewd, or "grimderp") game on the gacha market.
For context this mode is completely separate from the gacha portion of the game. Characters and equipment you use is entirely from this mode and there are no microtransactions involved. Think of it like a separate game in the game, if that makes any sense. I'd say it's worth a try as you can completely ignore the gacha/predatory elements and it's completely free to try.
stop trying to justify slop
@@kidrobot. The story mode has literally nothing to do with the Gacha, at all. You're an idiot.
Extreme hard pass
Lol do you work for them or what , if a part of your game is slop just remove it.
yeah spiral of destiny mode is great
As a big fan of FFT, I'm glad I tried this game. There isnt much on the market for people who love srpg
Absolutely love this game, including the new Night Crimson storyline. Super fun gameplay and the closest to final fantasy tactics I’ve seen in a game.
although its a gacha game, this is the most f2p friendly gacha ive played. you can get the max duplicate version of characters for free, you can just pull one copy and farm them up. this game doesnt really feel like a gacha, dailies are super easy and you complete them by accident. fun strategy game!!!
and you still have a full story mode with perfect dubbed masterpiece
Plus you can beat literally all the content in the game without pulling once, there’s also minimal power creep the first units released in the game are still meta, even in Taiwan which is 6 months ahead of global :)
@@danielgomes175 plus the story modes plays differently depending which story you play ie the Sand made scales route
It is a good game. Story wise very intriguing. Gamers should give it a chance
Great story! Loved playing through it.
the voice acting looks amazing and the anime cutscenes look awesome as well. I'll probably check this one out
This remind me of Gensou Suikoden, the art, the music, the character, the story.. need to be animated movie
thank you devs for this! and seriously, the Night Crimson update is soooo good!
I’ve been playing this game since day 1 and it’s absolutely fantastic. Between the gacha side and the free story mode there is plenty to do and sink your teeth into. And this new campaign is amazing so far. The story telling in this game is top notch and doesn’t pull punches. Highly recommend for Tactical RPG fans!
Ah yes, my FF Tactics itch can finally get a good scratching.
Damn shi look intense af, like some type of deep anime story
Without going into spoilers the game has a fantastic set up for story telling. Those involved in it it have cleverly put themselves into a position to allow themselves to write whatever they'd like with little to no boundaries(within reason mind you.)
This game is honestly an amazing FF: Tactics-like experience. Gacha system is also very reasonable, and doesn't overlap with the narrative mode.
@@ArbiterLord this is the only gacha game I have taken serious at, even arknights I don't read their dialogue coz it's freaking long. This is perfection
@@nootnot4548 Arknights is Visual Novel, they need explain what happen, what they doing because they only show Character PNG, background and SFX+bgm
While SoC is game cutscene, they can show what character doing so only need put Dialog there, no need explain like "Rawiyah feel despair when saw xx Die in front her"
They also put tons voice acting in SoD mode so they can just show character emotions both from their model and VA
This show that SoC need more effort than Arknights on making New content, so it's acceptable SoC Gacha is more petty than Arknights like no Free Skin (Skin is very premium tho with new Ult animation) but still f2p friendly for me
@@manyblock4192 I like both of them no fan service and all. Yep and I also forgot that arknights is a visual novel
@@manyblock4192 I didn't include I'm enjoying both rn
@@nootnot4548 Arknight have most intresting lore i read ngl, i agree that AK is too much wall text especially early launch (Mostima Event is Worst one)
While SoC has better storytelling, i just don't like SoD mode dosen't give a Canon story (like True End) yet, Crimson SoD very fun and Story is really good for me
Best friends... is that what they're calling it?
You mean like Fellow Bachelorettes?
Sunday Church Friends?
or College Roommates?
Safiyyah loves someone so...
@@PokemonaMoni dantallion is the one that she loves right?
@@akurocarlimbux9403 Yeah. In Dantalion's route you can see them being lovers in the end
The fact that this game is free is a crime.
this game went from greedy to very giving and improved a lot since launch thank you devs! yes the game is a gacha but its f2p friendly now not like it was at launch.
It’s not F2P friendly at all.
Glad you changed your mind but it's never been greedy even at launch...
There are no LIMITED units which is unheard of in big gacha titles like Hoyo games and the Legendary rates are 2% instead of 1% or less... Most people who think the game is greedy have no opinion of their own and just echo what they hear.
@@hoopy2125 it muddies the pool. If you miss the debut banner, you can count on never getting that character unless you spend.
Just because hoyo does limited units doesn’t make SoC generous or not greedy
@@saltmansam Don't spread misinformation. I have Innana, Col, Beryl in double Destined banner. If you luck you can get Tier 0 in Destined banner for my case is Cocoa. Just blame yourself for bad luck and not preparing for characters who you love to have.
@ I’m a day 1 player. I didn’t know Cocoa was a top tier defender and saved for Auguste.
In your own words, I now have to get lucky.
I saved for cocoa on the Miguel/cocoa dual banner and hit Miguel 3x.
You’re the one spreading misinformation bro.
Game is mad fun, as a tactics game I kinda want them to do a fullblown offline version of the game without the gotcha. Both could exist honestly. Either way do give this game a shot if possible.
You had me at "pissed off lady in the thumbnail".
Best thing about this game (by far) is the story mode where you actually impact in the story it develops and it is completely gacha free (they can help but are totally not needed). There's also the gacha mode which is allright, but very friendly to f2p
Looks nice. Rpgs are always fun as long as the story is good.
Such a great game. I'm not usually into gachas, but thisnone is solid
Great exposure for this game. Hope this picks up!
Really good game, and easily playable F2P. They let you know which banners are coming next so you can save pulls. Tons of characters and possible team comps to play around with. EZ automatic dailies, and fun challenging content as well.
it reminds me AOT vibes especially soundtrack at the end
This game is lit
Bringing back that A2 Grimoire vibe
Art style looks awesome but I need to see more gameplay
It's a gacha game, don't bother.
@@CerbearusBane gacha yes, good game too.
@CerbearusBane I like gacha games if they have good characters, art style and gameplay
@@alextoygamer14 If you like pixel art turn based strategy and cool story, it's pretty good. Obv the gacha element requires you to be smart with resources to get a lot out of it.
@peteele4030 sounds fun I'll probably try it out
It's a great game, it shouldn't be overlooked just because it's a gacha. The story mode doesn't require gacha at all.
Gacha? Forget it
Ur family totally loves you....@@phoenixzappa7366
lolno
Uh oh young Rawiyah and Safiyyah
i think this is one of the best tactical RPG out there. the Gameplay Mechanic is great, storyline is for mature audience (because of harsh reality of war) and the graphic is one of the best.
I Love Rpg Game!!! 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Such a great game!
Bora povo, esse jogo merece a atenção de todos os fãs de tactics ogre e FF tactics...
I have well over 300-400 hours in this game (stopped counting after 200 because I played Steam Deck Beta, Steam Deck Open Beta, and Mobile) Game is worth it. Is free to play friendly especially right now with all the free pulls from gifts, codes and events and has great gameplay most of the time. You dont even need to touch gacha if you dont want to at all.
Tip for new players, play Sand Made Scales Spiral of Destiny or Night Crimson when its available past tutorial. Thats the real game, crazy that it's free.
My favorite game as of late
Will gladly buy the offline version for 60 us dollars
bro its a free game, no reason to buy it. These Story-Expansions are unrelated to the gacha mode. You can be the biggest whale who spends 10k each month and you will have the exact same things and units like someone who doesnt spend anything in these story expansions. You dont get to use the gacha units in the story.
@ that’s koo just saying a legit console version would be nice with the game building around it being a core console game.
offline version of the game with Spiral of Destinies would be nice idea, game is really worth checking, but people refuse to give it a try cause its gacha
Perfect game!! So fun and the mechanics are just top notch!
If anyone desires a challenging and fun tactical game i suggest this one!.
Also this mode is separate from the gacha element and you can recruit allies to help you alongside discovering the story behind the characters.
Great game with great story and interesting characters, zero investment needed for a Story mode.
Great game. Try it out.
Its a great update. Very Very good Story for a gacha game
Its a great game
Strongly recommend for anyone love good story and strategy. I hate gacha game but this one is exception.
This game truly deserves more attention! The story (In SoD Mode), the character designs, the music..man that music is something else I tell you! Yes, there is some gacha in it but there is a 100% f2p mode as well and that is where this game truly shines. I wish people stopped focusing on the pay to win side of the game. You don't need to chase the meta and the PVP mode is a joke. The plus side is that you can bring over your cash bought OP units into the f2p mode if you want to make things easier. Now is the best time to jump into the game if you are the fence about it.
rawiyah alter incoming
this game is actually unique, gatcha aside, this has solid route-story which i super love it~
Amazing game, i love it!
They had me in the first 30 seconds ngl
The best f2p gacha game.
Looks like it could be pretty good!
Omg im still keep going up in story 😅 omg is Safiyyah is going to be an evil 😢its fun to play her character in the story 😮
Final fantasy tactics fr
Love this game
Glad this game is getting attention. Tho i stopped but I played it for a few days. Its just that i dont have extra time.
Best mobile game right now!
It’s a super game!
"Best friends"
this could be an offline game buy to play...
I thought it was ragna crimson
Good game, Spiral of Destinies is best part, cause its separated from gacha mechanics. Worth checking, nice music, great pixel art and nice story.
goat game🔥, those who complain about gacha, f2p, and so on they are just weak people who don't understand anything
And i can guarantee they don't play the game
Hermoso y épico.
My stupid brain thinking at first this was a anime💀
👍👍👍👍👍🙂
Ah, so this is like a spinoff of a free to play gacha game on steam.
its a prequel campaign included in the live game
@@SwobyJ A fascinating approach. How egregious is the gacha in the main game?
@@Mahbu You can complete everything without a single gacha pull, you can certainly complete everything with only free pulls. The rates and especially currency acquisition sucks. Every character (I believe) is non-limited, but there's also a (rather extra for now) weapon banner.
You can play the Spiral of Destinies separate mode (of which this is one campaign in it) and dabble in the gacha game.
Look good but I have too much gacha
Nope. When will you get that pixel sprites are DEAD.
but i love them ;-; is pixel art dying that badly in popularity nowadays?
Nah, had enough of gacha game for now.
Maybe next year.
Stay away this game.Classic pay to win.
Another "waifu" game?
just port it to Switch or Ps5 all offline content no gacha..and i will buy it day one.. enough with this kind of games that a gacha and requires online...ive been playing Final fantasy war of visons.and alchemist code in my entire life..
If you played FF WoV then you should try this one. There is story mode which doesn't require any gacha contend. And the stories with multi endings which was written carefully. I mentioned that because I use to play FF WoV at the release day. In my opinion this game is better than FF WoV even I used to fan of FF franchise especially from 6 to 10.
you're so enlightening and I learn so much from your videos! nah I'm just trying to blend in between the bots, dead internet theory
wait is the game actually that hated im a big fan of it 😞😞
art and combat good but, game is tedious boring, a lot of stages wont let you use ur own characters that u pull and upgrade instead give you a random character to play , and force u to do boring tedious puzzles to clear stages which is very annoying, it will make u lazy to play.
Dude just get better at the game
They started out great with the animated intro .... than came the rpg pixels
Bot comments promoting this game. Be wary. It's a terrible gacha
im so embarrassed its actually one of my favourite games, and i have all the characters i want despite not paying anything ;-;
Would consider playing it if it wasn't the most predatory form of monetization known to man.
It's a gacha but very F2P friendly. Meta is not really important since you can clear content with Freebies units.
It's not that bad
monetization is not bad. I am a very light spender and have all the units I want, and basically no need to spend more.
ohh noo...another garbage pixel game. Nice.
Its not a new game. Its a expansion for a already existing one.
i think this game is really nice, but that is just my opinion anyway.
@@tamthestrategygamer8759 Yeah, may be your right. But its jst me, i cant stand pixel games. 😄
Why? They always look good
i like the mix of pixel and drawn art in the game but that might just be me
this is most f2p friendly game i have ever played.with every 50 pulls you guaranted a legendary, you can get every tier0 and tier1 in this game and 5 star them. the story and game play is amazing.the character too