Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Trial Map 1: Hillside Battle & Bonus Content - Playthrough Part 31

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Published on December 8, 2023 10:30:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbMoXUrKwTY

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Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005)

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Hello everyone! This is Part 31 of a full narrated playthrough / gameplay walkthrough of the Fire Emblem Path of Radiance video game for the Nintendo Gamecube.
A full playlist of all parts of this playthrough can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPGWOZvyC2AjI60BMmdjA1GhpSFjVxyee

In this section we explore some of the bonus content that we unlocked after completing the main story, and take on Trial Map 1: Hillside Battle, which we unlocked for completing the game on any difficulty!
There's a lot of random footage of me talking / going over the bonus content here. I was pretty hyped from finally finishing the main story so forgive me if it's a bit much lol. I still think that it was cool to see it all though.
As far as this first Trial Map goes, it was pretty cool. I was overwhelmed at first with how many enemies there were, and how many good / varied weapons then had, but in the end it wasn't too bad. I think they may have been fairly low leveled so they didn't hit as hard as I thought they would, plus my units were all very leveled up (thanks in part to me taking so long to defeat all of the extra enemies in the Endgame mission) with good weapons.
When you load the Trial Map you are just loading your cleared "Epilogue" save file, so all of your levels / units / weapons / durability come from there. Meaning that you don't really 'lose' durability, or units if they fall in battle, between these Trial Map missions.
The falling rock gimmick was present here once again, and honestly it was scarier than some of the enemies as the flat 10 damage that they deal can be a lot. It can also be hard to dodge them due to their somewhat unpredictable movement patterns.
Besides that, it was just a matter of navigating the map up towards the top, defeating all enemies as I went, and occasionally backtracking to defeat the enemy reinforcements that spawned in at the bottom. Having Reyson here definitely helped for the extra turns for some units, although he can be a little difficult to keep safe so I'm not sure that it'll be the best to take him on the rest of the Trial Map missions.
Anyways, a pretty fun first map and I thought it was pretty cool that my old GBA games actually had a use in unlocking these maps lol. Hope you enjoyed. =)

I'll list some timestamps here for your convenience:
0:00 Intro / Explanation
2:00 Unlocking Additional Trial Maps
4:16 Showcasing Unlocked Bonus Illustrations / Content
8:46 Explaining Maps (again, lol)
9:30 Starting Trial Map 1
9:54 Mission Setup
16:29 Trial map 1: Hillside Battle Mission
1:02:07 Results / Outro

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