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Author: Mauri

Aug 29th 2013 at 12:57:03 PM

Well wording but given I'm absentminded and translating the thoughts it may be lost on translation (also a bit of time since I played ANY of the games in the saga and that includes Lordly Caliber):
First case: Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen
*Well mostly it affects rewards and how the people see you, which leads to changes in the story. Given that it changes the story you are getting you are bound to be forced to change the idea of wielding a specific army type to make you change the gameplay to fit what you are doing by choices in story and/or gameplay.

Putting in other words: If your in-game choices AND gameplay (giving a good dose of {{curb stomp battle}}) make you to be seen as worse than the empire, the Chaos Frame will make the events and people go {{rooting for the empire}} you are toppling. This will affect what units you can get (or change into due to the class system) and while the player might want to make amends it is a tough way up. Not to mention that given how related the things are if you start late you are never going to get the good ending therefore making a big {{guide dang it}}.

Second Case: Let us Cling Together
* Story choices affect what the player can get but some gameplay details are involved due to some non linearity that the game (at certain points the player is given options of chasing optional objectives or stick to the main lines to avoid a chewing from Duke Ronway, or chummy up to what his main Knight Leonard is up that is a vengeance trip) gives with optional scenes. This also affects on how the player plays and what he can get in return, also a bit of a gut punch when dealing with Auctioning Beasts. The branching and how the player plays can be felt when recruiting new meat for your war machine.

Third Case: Knight of Lodis:
* This goes a bit of a dance using Deliberate and Natural due the mechanics of the game, the gameplay and some storyline choices are less interwined than in the previous options though some gameplay styles can deal with the "hidden ending".
I guess you could check what the trope says for the saga to guide you a bit since as I said I can be confusing even in my own language.