Call Of The Armor Is My New Favorite Hack|| Romhack Recommendations/Reviews

Call of the Armor might just be the best "starter hack" for people who haven't played romhacks before. Due to the "telephone" nature of the hack's design , it serves as a good sample platter of different design philosophies, and the semi-vanilla nature of the engine allows for more familiarity than other hacks.
Play it Here: feuniverse.us/t/fe8-complete-...
In Romhack Recommendations, I talk about Romhacks I enjoyed, go over the features I enjoyed about them, and try to give a general review/recommendation as to what to expect if you choose to play them. Remember that all these hacks are made for free by members of the community who are passionate enough to spend tons of time working, so even if you personally do not like a specific hack, be kind in your criticism.

[@nadnap]

Appreciate the video - glad you had a good time with it. It was a fun experiment and group effort, think we all learned a lot during it and enjoyed collaborating on it.

[@nadnap]

also you'll probably like Tales of Kotor, which knabepicer led development of -- an elibean nights inspired anthology hack w/ the characters from CotA

[@Kyrads]

Hey there! Member of the cota team (Ch13) and just wanted to say it was a delight seeing your review. I'm really glad you got so much out of the game and it's great to hear your thoughts on it. I'm glad the story worked for you despite being held together by tape. Also as her creator it put a big grin on my face to hear you're a Josie fan! In truth I don't typically use est-y units myself so I'm really glad she worked out for you! Also wrt her lesbianism it was kinda done on a whim when submitting unit endings, but it is hinted at in her talk convo with Daisy in ch13, really glad you got something out of the choice. But yeah lovely review, really made my day! If you're interested feel free to check out Bells of Byelen, a thracia inspired telephone hack done by a team of mostly the same people as CotA, perhaps it'd be something you'd enjoy! Either way great to see a youtuber engaging with the romhack scene!

[@DaniDoyle]

I normally don't like ests (I don't think I've ever used one before) but something about josie just clicked for me (the excellent mug definitely helps, and her unit design is just really fun). she's definitely tied for my favorite unit with Philip the pirate

[@Kyrads]

I'm glad she did! I think her having a crutch in her prf helps her get off the ground while her growths kick in. Really glad you liked her though!

[@emmetth3726]

I would have been so disappointed if this vid didn’t mention the ch10 secret shop. Ch10 in general is where CotA goes from “pretty neat” to “good lord what is happening” in scale. Killian prf/promo, daisy’s… lore, droppable tanks turret, the objective and the secret shop. I love this hack and glad to see it get covered.

[@baxterbruce9827]

5:10 An ARMORED Magic unit? Sign me up already! I've been wanting one of those for SO LONG Them being my lord is just a HUGE bonus!!

[@DaniDoyle]

She's very cool

[@archerbias6597]

Call of the Armor(ed Bow) Honestly, I look back at the release of CotA really fondly for so many reasons. It was the first real experience I had in the hacking community, and getting to chip in (even just a little bit) to such a strong, high-profile project was just the best. Like, the hack, chief, it's good. 😎

[@Bongyes]

So i came back here after... simply finishing the romhack. This was crazy fun. So many iconic moments, characters, weapons etc. even when not many of them were fleshed out (then again i counted like 50 of them... It's very hard to choose your favourites!). I like how theres high difficulty (relatively speaking, maybe im just a scrub) due to how nutty enemies gear and abilities get but you can get equally crazy things if you plan properly (buyable 10-ranged weapons for example!). I ended up near game with Daisy just killing near everything in her path for example. I also appreciate how difficulty is not based on "every enemy gets brave type weapon" which was a little lame in other hack i played.

[@DaniDoyle]

Yeah they literally hit the blue unit cap (50 is the cap without more advanced memory editing) and had to make summons green as a result haha

[@tylerferguson3193]

Enjoyed! Hope you're having a good day

[@isuckatgaming1873]

Call of the armor is peak replayability. The game plays very quickly if desired, but can be taken slow, and there is a wild variety of units you can get in the story, but in order to use them all or use certain units in every way possible you have to replay to get a taste of what everyone has to offer. What I find most interesting is that the game feels very balanced despite how wild it is, and how many different people worked on it. Most importantly, the telephone story telling worked strangly well, from a comedy standpoint especially. The lore is super goofy, but strangely reasonable as compared to certain mainline games. Man, I love this hack, one of few things that competes with fe6 for my favorite fe game.

[@pokegoldmineA]

Might give this hack a shot, though I'm still in the middle of Four Kings because life and other games keep getting in the way. Either way, great vid, keep it up!

[@sqid42]

ooh I've been meaning to try out FE rom hacks and this one looks pretty good! I'll definitely have to try it out! (also your pfp is so cute omg i love it :3)

[@DaniDoyle]

Thanks!

[@gabrielsobral6682]

Lovely recommendation, i just finished with my Drums of war brainrot and wanted another hack to play instead of actualy trying Sea of Stars. Also, i would assume it must be already on your radar, but if not DoW is a great romhack experience, including lovely stuff like: - Actual well implemented 3 range bows - Recruitbable bosses that have you plan around on which characters to recruit and wich to capture for ransom - Fun map design with unique maps and objectives, incentivizing active and well planed play - A more grounded and realistic view on classicism, at least compared to mainline FE - A depressed doomer non - binary long-haired swordmaster - Actual canonical Lesbians ( That also are the protagonists and total baddies) - Chapter previews and some codex parts are diary parts written by the protagonist, giving world-building, time aknowlegment,character enrichment, and even little written sections showing her feeling and facts to every playabe character, showing their nationality, Age and even ocuppation. - Unique face shapes? In MY Fire emblem game? It´s more likely than you think. - Monster Est/Traineer/whatever with the most unique gameplay design i've seen on a Fe unit - Units in general have a nice design on them in general. Heck, even the early game Cleric that everyone benchs has a use to her, being one of the only 3 units being able to reach S ranks normaly, being able to use the rescue staff of the game. Anyway smt smt Common Dani W.

[@someoneusedtobeknown2645]

2:43 Her weapon just sold me on playing this.

[@gameboom7579]

the romhack 'Fire emblem: Absolution' is definitely up there, due to a LOT of unique stuff included, plenty of cool classes, a forging and cooking system in GBA, tellius style skill and scroll system, and a very cool story

[@jemolk8945]

Been thinking a lot about this hack since you released this video. Seems like a lot of fun. I love mages, I always love having my lord be a mage, and FE armors are also really cool, so that aspect alone makes me think this should be interesting. I'm also a sucker for a good mystery story, where you slowly uncover old secrets and piece together what's really been going on, so that also sounds very much up my alley. ...Worth mentioning, though, that the hack is not, in fact, linked below like you say at the end. There is no link in the description at all. I'd very much appreciate if you could fix that. I'm still new enough to the romhacking scene to not really be completely clear on how to find things myself. On an entirely separate note... I don't know to what degree Souls of the Forest is on your radar already, but it has quite a few gay and lesbian couples -- including having some of the most important story characters being lesbians -- and a _lot_ of nonbinary characters of various sorts, all of whom are allowed to simply exist. Also a wide variety of skin tones among both the playable cast and the opposition.

[@DaniDoyle]

Thank you for pointing that out, IDK how i forgot it but a link has now been added tl the description!

[@thiccmoulder7511]

John review when

[@DaniDoyle]

Can't review peak it's impossible to explain how peak it is

[@thiccmoulder7511]

@@DaniDoyle valid

[@klissattack]

Now to play Bells of Byelen

[@DaniDoyle]

Soon!

[@auraguard0212]

The info dump on the map-screen hurts my eyes. Why do people need GBA hacks to be Awakening hacks?

[@DaniDoyle]

How is this an Awakening hack?

[@auraguard0212]

@@DaniDoyle I mean, "like" Awakening hacks, with everything you'd see on the bottom screen wedged into the upper corner when you mouse over a unit. (And the skills.)

[@brolybroly4485]

Niche internet ideology straight guy.

[@jamesmoore381]

I love how almost all of us fire emblem lovers are queer and have big steam backlogs 😭