Not as good as Awakening but still a great game. You can move around freely for the first time, which was quite cool but also kind of pointless because the dungeon design was rather mediocre in places and very linear. The story was more in the background but the division into 2 stories with 2 different protagonists and their own party members was a really cool idea. The characters are the big highlight, great voice acting and really likeable people :D Unfortunately you can't choose jobs freely and you can't really date either, but hey, that's what Awakening is for^^
convinced myself that there wasnt gonna be an area worse than the desert but the swamp decided to bank it in for the worst designed area in video game history.
Surely theres at least 3 decent fire emblem games out there!
Surely theres at least 3 decent fire emblem games out there!
better map design would make this game a 10/10, everything else is phenomenal. best fe game
One of my top 5 favorite games. It's a real shame this game's mechanics are exclusive to this entry because it feels so much more fun. You don't worry over weapon breaking, the maps feel like actual battlefields, the magic system makes you weight risk versus rewards... The story focus is your typical yet really well executed RPG tale, the characters feel lovely and you will always want to see more. The music is phenomenal and the gameplay mixes blend really well together.
Love the art direction so much. Good soundtrack and cast too. My cart fails a lot now though, sort it out Nintendo!
BAD MAP DESIGN AWESOME ART lukas cheesecake recipe
They absolutely nailed the presentation here, and the story is pretty good too. Unfortunately the social links were super underwhelming, they pretty much all feel pointless and don't really develop the characters at all. The gameplay is fun but super simple and limited compared to other FE games, though dungeon crawling was a nice addition.
fire emblem can be sick as hell when it's not wholly focused on making characters Fuck
story is great, some of the best voice acting i've seen, beautiful presentation and artstyle, but it gets bogged down by being a remake of a famicom game from the 90s. poison swamps, shit-ass desert levels that take up a good chunk of celica's route (which is the only reason to use pegagus knights at all)... plus they kept in stupid gimmicks like whatever the hell is going on with jedah.
yet somehow none of that ruins the game for me! i still think this is hands-down my favorite fire emblem, it just hits so differently than other FE games. nothing compares to getting a 60% crit rate on deen and just sweeping the whole damn game
story is great, some of the best voice acting i've seen, beautiful presentation and artstyle, but it gets bogged down by being a remake of a famicom game from the 90s. poison swamps, shit-ass desert levels that take up a good chunk of celica's route (which is the only reason to use pegagus knights at all)... plus they kept in stupid gimmicks like whatever the hell is going on with jedah.
yet somehow none of that ruins the game for me! i still think this is hands-down my favorite fire emblem, it just hits so differently than other FE games. nothing compares to getting a 60% crit rate on deen and just sweeping the whole damn game
art, VA, sound design some of the best in the series. if gameplay was better it'd be a 5.
ゲームは大丈夫だった
Je n'ai pas joué à l'original mais très bon remake, la DA des personnages est la meilleure tous FE confondus, certaines mécaniques de gameplay se différencient des autres jeux tout en restant bonnes, même si le jeu devient très simple en late game si tu as fait certains choix de classe pour certains personnages.
L'histoire est sympathique même si il y a quelques éléments que je n'ai vraiment aimé. La majorité des personnages sont aussi vraiment cools.
J'aimerais beaucoup qu'ils remake d'autres jeux de la série comme ça mais à l'heure où j'écris (Janvier 2024), ce n'est pas arrivé depuis la sortie du jeu il y a plus de 6 ans !
L'histoire est sympathique même si il y a quelques éléments que je n'ai vraiment aimé. La majorité des personnages sont aussi vraiment cools.
J'aimerais beaucoup qu'ils remake d'autres jeux de la série comme ça mais à l'heure où j'écris (Janvier 2024), ce n'est pas arrivé depuis la sortie du jeu il y a plus de 6 ans !
I, very controversially, like women, and enjoy their existence. So unfortunately, this game is seemingly not for me given how it feels regarding them.
If the level design were on par with every other aspect of this game, no one would argue with it being the best FE game out there.
Unfortunately, things like level design kinda matter in a strategy game so
Unfortunately, things like level design kinda matter in a strategy game so
la historia muy chula el arte de los personajes son super bonitos y stan clair
Banger Game, banger story, banger characters. My favourite FE game
better map design would make this game a 10/10, everything else is phenomenal. best fe game
The perfect game. Perfect voice acting, perfect music, perfect art.
مثل ما الكل يقول, تصميم خرائط سيء و الباقي ممتاز
خسارة بصراحة لأن اللعبة تنحب بسهولة بسبب رسوماتها و شخصياتها و موسيقاتها
لسوء الحظ أن الشيء اللي ما غيروه من الأصلية هو تصميم الخرائط
ولا كانت بتكون افضل فاير امبلم عندي بالراحة
خسارة بصراحة لأن اللعبة تنحب بسهولة بسبب رسوماتها و شخصياتها و موسيقاتها
لسوء الحظ أن الشيء اللي ما غيروه من الأصلية هو تصميم الخرائط
ولا كانت بتكون افضل فاير امبلم عندي بالراحة
fuck this game is so good i'm worried it might ruin every other fire emblem game for me
I MUST absolutely return to this game holy shit, I love the idea of dungeon crawling and the transition into strategic battles. Definitely the 3DS one that inspires me for its structure instead of Awakening/Fates with their "social links".
This is a pretty decent entry for what seemed to be a series dedicated to Fire Emblem remakes.
My favorite part about this game is the art style. The game looks very beautiful and has my favorite character portraits of any Fire Emblem game. The character designs look amazing, especially considering how newer Fire Emblem games have been lacking in this department in my opinion.
I also find the writing pretty solid. The kingdoms of Rigel and Zofia are very fascinating, and having you switch between Alm and Celica throughout the game truly compares and contrasts not only their characters, but the nations they personify.
I find the characters' writing themselves to be a mixed bag. Without spoiling anything, some major plot details made me much more disappointed in how some characters were developed. The female characters in particular struggle from a damsel-in-distress syndrome that the original game had. I wish that the writers had polished a lot of the character endings. Being a remake of an older game, this would've given the developers an opportunity to improve upon some of the original game's weaker writing. We already see it with Leon now being written as a gay character to improve portrayal of LGBT+ characters in the series, so I don't understand why the remake retains the original game's poor portrayal of female characters.
I found the maps in this game to be so-so, and none of them were truly memorable for me. I did enjoy traversing through dungeons however.
And so there's Shadows of Valentia, the first and only entry in the Echoes series so far. Unfortunately, some people theorize that due to poor sales, we've never had another Echoes game since. It's a shame, as it's a solid game in spite of its flaws and can be enjoyed by newer and older fans alike.
My favorite part about this game is the art style. The game looks very beautiful and has my favorite character portraits of any Fire Emblem game. The character designs look amazing, especially considering how newer Fire Emblem games have been lacking in this department in my opinion.
I also find the writing pretty solid. The kingdoms of Rigel and Zofia are very fascinating, and having you switch between Alm and Celica throughout the game truly compares and contrasts not only their characters, but the nations they personify.
I find the characters' writing themselves to be a mixed bag. Without spoiling anything, some major plot details made me much more disappointed in how some characters were developed. The female characters in particular struggle from a damsel-in-distress syndrome that the original game had. I wish that the writers had polished a lot of the character endings. Being a remake of an older game, this would've given the developers an opportunity to improve upon some of the original game's weaker writing. We already see it with Leon now being written as a gay character to improve portrayal of LGBT+ characters in the series, so I don't understand why the remake retains the original game's poor portrayal of female characters.
I found the maps in this game to be so-so, and none of them were truly memorable for me. I did enjoy traversing through dungeons however.
And so there's Shadows of Valentia, the first and only entry in the Echoes series so far. Unfortunately, some people theorize that due to poor sales, we've never had another Echoes game since. It's a shame, as it's a solid game in spite of its flaws and can be enjoyed by newer and older fans alike.
First and foremost, the presentation on this game is fantastic. The artstyle, voice acting and UI is an absolute treat to feast your eyes on and is almost worth playing the game by itself. Unfortunately, as a pretty faithful remake to an NES game, the gameplay defenitely is a black sheep of the franchise. The maps are wide open fields and enemies line up in big squares to swarm you instead of being thoughtfully placed, and there's a lot of weird mechanics like witches teleporting wherever they please and that damn Jedah fight. If you can look past the flaws though there are a lot of interesting things to play around with like the unique magic lists for every character, the art system, dungeon crawling and the dual storylines. Kind of funny how in the remake they added 3 original characters with completely different levels of writing quality with Faye being awful, Conrad being mediocre and Berkut/Reina being fantastic.
definitely one of the best fire emblem games i played so far though i really disliked the dungeons and gameplay could have been better.
Phenomenal story. Terrible gameplay
Incredible presentation for a 3ds title. such a satisfying game.
In terms of a remake, this is an especially excellent game, though that's a given considering its original is an 8-bit NES game that had major flaws. But they not only improved it massively, but added plenty of content.
With an especially colorful cast of characters in every way from voice, design, and personality that also extends to its protagonists, side characters, and villains (Especially a certain villainous heir with a great voice performance)
this game will absolutely make you feel invested with these characters instead of seeing them as just a bunch of numbers.
The gameplay is also very unique, not hesitating to recreate the "Black Sheep Game" feel of the original game. Though some elements still remain flawed such as the enemy cantor class remaining unbalanced and annoying, along with the map designs remaining a lot to be desired. They don't break the game at all, along with this game's unique dungeon exploration segments being interesting.
However, the main appeal of most Fire Emblem games are their replayability, but this is a game that can really be experienced in one way. But it's an enjoyable time nonetheless.
And the soundtrack is just absolutely gorgeous such as "What Lies at the End", "Heritors of Arcadia", and "A Song of Bygone Days" being just a few hits in an amazing list of tracks in this game.
With an especially colorful cast of characters in every way from voice, design, and personality that also extends to its protagonists, side characters, and villains (Especially a certain villainous heir with a great voice performance)
this game will absolutely make you feel invested with these characters instead of seeing them as just a bunch of numbers.
The gameplay is also very unique, not hesitating to recreate the "Black Sheep Game" feel of the original game. Though some elements still remain flawed such as the enemy cantor class remaining unbalanced and annoying, along with the map designs remaining a lot to be desired. They don't break the game at all, along with this game's unique dungeon exploration segments being interesting.
However, the main appeal of most Fire Emblem games are their replayability, but this is a game that can really be experienced in one way. But it's an enjoyable time nonetheless.
And the soundtrack is just absolutely gorgeous such as "What Lies at the End", "Heritors of Arcadia", and "A Song of Bygone Days" being just a few hits in an amazing list of tracks in this game.
This review contains spoilers
Jedah, More like Deadah- MY ATTACK WAS NULLIFIED!?
idk why but Celica was an absolute beast, I really liked all the characters and the story is good!
characters and story are pretty good. game shines when it comes to gameplay and the artstyle