Are the Utawaluigi games good Tactics games?
I remember reading that the VN portion is very good and the gameplay is meh
I can't speak for Prelude to the Fallen, but for the other two games (Mask of Deception & Mask of Truth), they have two difficulties, normal and hard. The battles are fairly easy on normal, and slightly challenging on hard, although if you're a seasoned SRPG player, it won't be too much of a challange.
For Mask of Truth, the difficulty is increased slightly, although once you have powerful items dropped from previous battles, later battles' become much easier. The real challenges of the series lies in its post-game stages (dubbed "Dream Arena"), where you will be able to fight bosses from the main games, with higher stats and HP pool. For Mask of Truth, there is also a number of challenge mode stages, where you need to clear certain objectives in limited number of turns, utilising your team members unique ability.
If you'd like to know more, I've written a brief outlook of the battle mechanics in my OT for Mask of Deception/Truth
1. Introduction It is with great pleasure that I welcome fellow councillors to this community/OT thread. Utawarerumono is a special series which deserve more recognition both from Visual Novel and RPG fans alike. With the imminent release of both long-coveted and long-awaited PC version of Mask...
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Prelude to the Fallen OT should be up tonight.
Unless I got carried away watching Flare playing Micra again.