User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/And Now for an Apocalypse Completely Different: Caesar's Legion (Fallout: New Vegas) VS Empire of Tuskuru (Utawarerumono)/@comment-32516697-20180805020904

Laqy's "Anime Delenda Est" Non-Edges

The odd setup of this battle makes it difficult to do the typical edges format, so I'll skip the formalities and give my vote straight to Caesar's Legion.

Tuskuru's hero units are impressive, but they won't be enough to counter the sheer firepower that the Legion is bringing to the field. The gunless mooks at the front of the Legion's army will be cut down quickly by Tuskuru's superior melee units, but once the +1000 guns the Legion is packing open fire, Tuskuru's army will be shredded to pieces.

The issue I take with the hero units is that while they've got the strength and speed to make mincemeat of your average army, they lack superhuman durability, meaning that they'll go down like any other soldier once they take a well-placed shotgun blast. And there's no reason that couldn't happen, as almost all of the heroes need to move into close range in order to deal damage.

Urutori, Mikkuru, and Kamyu are probably the biggest threats to the Legion's shot at victory, but I think the bulk of the army will be cleared away quickly enough to allow the Legion's sources of heavy firepower like Lucius, Gaius, and the AM rifles to focus them down.

One major weakness for the Legion that I see is that Lanius might end up being more of a liability to the Legion, since his front-and-center style of generalship is likely to get him killed by one of the heroes, delivering a serious blow to Legion morale, but even if that does happen, Caesar and co. can probably keep the army together long enough for it to recover.

Overall, Tuskuru has some heavy hitters than will take out scores of legionaries, but the Legion can do the same, without putting its leadership at too much of a risk. The Legion's cannon fodder will be much more of a threat to its opponent than Tuskuru's, and soon the superpowered heroes will find themselves as generals without armies, and at the mercy of the Legion's guns.

P.S.: This battle has gotten me interested in Utawarerumono. Can you tell me where I can watch it?