A remake of Fire Emblem 3. People don't like the story in this one, but like its immediate predecessor, Shadow Dragon, the gameplay is great. It's a pretty cool port too. They reintroduce all the characters the SNES original had to cut for space, they adapted the Satellaview Broadcast Fire Emblem maps, and they added a couple stand-alone story maps to flesh out some of the more plot important characters.
Some complaints though. The new maps for the original characters are a little annoying, and the final chapter has four (sort of) forced deployment slots in addition to Marth, which restricts the potential team you can take to the final chapter. The second issue is present in the SNES original though.
Some complaints though. The new maps for the original characters are a little annoying, and the final chapter has four (sort of) forced deployment slots in addition to Marth, which restricts the potential team you can take to the final chapter. The second issue is present in the SNES original though.
Liked this a lot more than I expected. Love the story and the large cast of characters to use.
This is probably the hardest Fire emblem experience you can get in vanilla games that isn't bullshit (looking at awakening lunatic+).
Lunatic reverse is such a satisfying challenge to face. The game always puts you in a difficult spot and it just makes you feel good when you're done dealing with its bullshit. Managing to get every side objective and keeping every character alive makes you feel like you completely dominated the game and I love it.
Overall solid but I don't think I'd replay it on lunatic reverse if I had to ever revisit.
Lunatic reverse is such a satisfying challenge to face. The game always puts you in a difficult spot and it just makes you feel good when you're done dealing with its bullshit. Managing to get every side objective and keeping every character alive makes you feel like you completely dominated the game and I love it.
Overall solid but I don't think I'd replay it on lunatic reverse if I had to ever revisit.
probably my favorite in the series. improves on its predecessor(s) in every tangible way. plus it has my best girl, kris
No clear date
fire emblem 3 book 2, but introduced the avatar character. unfortunately for this game they borderline trivialize the game by being too good. but overall yeah if you're trying to play book 2 this is the way more enjoyable pick
Good game, I think the idea of the avatar being too good is a little overstated, but I can’t argue that by the endgame my Kris was one of the most powerful units (and she was already a good sword master before she got so strong).
In my personal opinion, this is Fire Emblem at its peak, wonderful story (thanks to FE3 Book 2), amazing new cast of characters, units are actually good to use and the avatar contrary to what many say, is actually good that doesn't apply to Kris, they take some lines of Jaegen of the original but other than that isn't something as intrusive to the story as Robin, Corrin, Byleth and Alear are due to his sub story being told on the Gaiden chapters.
Some things such as the Drill Grounds, talking to your characters for random items or buffs and the readable lore you can watch any time are things that aren't present at all in other games when they should, the Forge is a good one and not the batshit insane stuff you have on Fates (+15 Iron sword goes brrrr) that requires actual brain and strategy.
Even tho the visuals aren't that good compared to what we had on the WII/GCN, GBA and the SNES but they are fine, at least they got better compared to what we have on Shadow Dragon.
The new-addons are neat that are not intrusive and are totally 100% optional, unlike Shadow Dragon they actually did new content that wasn't hidden by literally having to do a rampage with your own units, the DLC is fine and not as the shit we have with either Awakening and Fates that is just fanservice or a grind fest.
Overall is one of the best games if not the best of the series, you can also play with Wrys 10/10.
Some things such as the Drill Grounds, talking to your characters for random items or buffs and the readable lore you can watch any time are things that aren't present at all in other games when they should, the Forge is a good one and not the batshit insane stuff you have on Fates (+15 Iron sword goes brrrr) that requires actual brain and strategy.
Even tho the visuals aren't that good compared to what we had on the WII/GCN, GBA and the SNES but they are fine, at least they got better compared to what we have on Shadow Dragon.
The new-addons are neat that are not intrusive and are totally 100% optional, unlike Shadow Dragon they actually did new content that wasn't hidden by literally having to do a rampage with your own units, the DLC is fine and not as the shit we have with either Awakening and Fates that is just fanservice or a grind fest.
Overall is one of the best games if not the best of the series, you can also play with Wrys 10/10.
Éste juego es literalmente Shadow dragón pero con la interfaz con nuevas opciones, apoyos qué se administran de forma sosa y la opción de un avatar, nada fuera del otro mundo, del resto un fire emblem, divertido, no muy profundo y con una historia meh.
Unfortunately got distracted for this one coming up on the last couple of chapters, but it has everything that I liked about Shadow Dragon and then some. It can be frustrating, but if you can find a way to play it, then I’d say to give it a shot.
what happened to the old mystery of the emblem
This game is really good if you play this on hard and below but anything harder and it's a test of your sanity
Still really fun tho
Still really fun tho
Yeah this is a good game, but a pretty shitty remake.
The gameplay is a lot better, but all the characters spend way too much time sucking Kris’ cock who is, indeed, as bad as people say, fuck him.
The gameplay is a lot better, but all the characters spend way too much time sucking Kris’ cock who is, indeed, as bad as people say, fuck him.
This review contains spoilers
I feel like a broken record, but another Fire Emblem, another good game. I don't think there is a single bad Fire Emblem game.
This one is of course very similar to Shadow Dragon for obvious reasons, for good or worse at times.
Some general thoughts below:
1. It feels to me that defense and resistance matters less in this one, and HP matters the most. About every enemy does a lot of damage. That's a general feeling I got from this game gameplay-wise.
2. Every chapter, especially the side-chapters, are incredibly short and not long. The main chapters feel very balanced and fun, but the side-chapters feel shoehorned in and not of the same quality.
3. The Kris Katarina Eremiya side story should not even be a thing. I think it detracts from the game's main story at times.
4. I am glad I can choose not to use Kris in most chapters, but it sucks that Marth talks to him like Kris is his older, wiser brother and second guesses himself at every turn.
5. Sucks they decided to take playable ballisticians out of this game while still including the previous game playable ballisticians as different classes. There is even a weapon that counters player ballisticians in one chapter I noticed that is pointless to even exist because of me not being able to use any.
6. This game is definitely made to iron man because you get way too many characters in the story. I felt bad having to sideline like 90% of the cast because of the ones I had in the early game just out-levelling the ones that join later.
7. The whole binding shield stuff with the spheres is really cool. I wish the binding shield was stronger ability-wise. When it fuses with the 5 spheres it only retains the +2 to all points part of one sphere, and the other 4 sphere abilities are lost. Makes me wonder why Marth does not use this shield in Smash Bros in his move set or in his final smash. Bit weird.
8. The story I feel is actually pretty good, especially for a Fire Emblem game where the emphasis will always be on gameplay and story second. I suppose it's not as good as FE4 or the Tellius games, but I think it has the potential if rewritten to be up there.
9. The graphics are ugly, same as Shadow Dragon. You just get used to it eventually after looking at it for long enough.
This one is of course very similar to Shadow Dragon for obvious reasons, for good or worse at times.
Some general thoughts below:
1. It feels to me that defense and resistance matters less in this one, and HP matters the most. About every enemy does a lot of damage. That's a general feeling I got from this game gameplay-wise.
2. Every chapter, especially the side-chapters, are incredibly short and not long. The main chapters feel very balanced and fun, but the side-chapters feel shoehorned in and not of the same quality.
3. The Kris Katarina Eremiya side story should not even be a thing. I think it detracts from the game's main story at times.
4. I am glad I can choose not to use Kris in most chapters, but it sucks that Marth talks to him like Kris is his older, wiser brother and second guesses himself at every turn.
5. Sucks they decided to take playable ballisticians out of this game while still including the previous game playable ballisticians as different classes. There is even a weapon that counters player ballisticians in one chapter I noticed that is pointless to even exist because of me not being able to use any.
6. This game is definitely made to iron man because you get way too many characters in the story. I felt bad having to sideline like 90% of the cast because of the ones I had in the early game just out-levelling the ones that join later.
7. The whole binding shield stuff with the spheres is really cool. I wish the binding shield was stronger ability-wise. When it fuses with the 5 spheres it only retains the +2 to all points part of one sphere, and the other 4 sphere abilities are lost. Makes me wonder why Marth does not use this shield in Smash Bros in his move set or in his final smash. Bit weird.
8. The story I feel is actually pretty good, especially for a Fire Emblem game where the emphasis will always be on gameplay and story second. I suppose it's not as good as FE4 or the Tellius games, but I think it has the potential if rewritten to be up there.
9. The graphics are ugly, same as Shadow Dragon. You just get used to it eventually after looking at it for long enough.
Missed a singular chest and got the bad end OOOOOOPS
A fun game. Better maps and more variety than its prequel. Held back a lot by the obnoxious avatar that inserts themselves everywhere.
Nobody remembers how bad the original fan translation was for this game.
But I do. I'll never forget that arrow to the knee joke as long as Iive.
But I do. I'll never forget that arrow to the knee joke as long as Iive.
Garbage
احسن من الريميك السابق بشوي
اشعر بالشفقة على المترجم اللي ترجم كل شيء جانبي بس عشان أسكبه لأن اللعبة مللتني
زودتها نصف نجمة لأن قدرت اخلي شعر البطل مكعش
اشعر بالشفقة على المترجم اللي ترجم كل شيء جانبي بس عشان أسكبه لأن اللعبة مللتني
زودتها نصف نجمة لأن قدرت اخلي شعر البطل مكعش
You can put a funny hat on Kris every couple chapters and if thats not an instant selling point im not sure what is.
Por suerte, a diferencia del anterior remake... Aquí hicieron un juego buenísimo y con cantidad de contenido nuevo e innovador.
This review contains spoilers
IDK why this game was the one that got Nintendo to consider killing off the Fire Emblem series. Like…. Y’all made this a JP exclusive that actually sold and reviewed well there but the low sale numbers compared to previous games got them bothered. You never bothered to release it worldwide of course you got low sales numbers.
That aside, much like Shadow Dragon’s pros. This game’s customizable features offer a lot of options and the story writing is vastly improved, even adding a bit of dark elements with the story in the Gaiden chapters. It even surpasses Shadow Dragon in its own pros, the soundtrack also is improved in my opinion.
But otherwise, the Avatar character really does take a big role in the story as many say…. Too much of a big role in the story. The second they show up every character (Especially Marth…. The Main character) immediately drops everything and praises them to no end you’d think Marth married him and not Princess Caeda or at the very least keeps him as a consort after the war.
That aside, much like Shadow Dragon’s pros. This game’s customizable features offer a lot of options and the story writing is vastly improved, even adding a bit of dark elements with the story in the Gaiden chapters. It even surpasses Shadow Dragon in its own pros, the soundtrack also is improved in my opinion.
But otherwise, the Avatar character really does take a big role in the story as many say…. Too much of a big role in the story. The second they show up every character (Especially Marth…. The Main character) immediately drops everything and praises them to no end you’d think Marth married him and not Princess Caeda or at the very least keeps him as a consort after the war.
improved massively on shadow dragon but was cringe for introducing Avatar units, the game would have been so much better without Kris and it was a nightmare to play with a shoddy translation, still fun tho
More of a good thing, though the Kris dickriding gets funny.
All Chapters complete, all but 3 allies recruited, Chronicles chapters completed. May go for True end someday.
The prologue for this game is a huge improvement alongside the gaiden chapters over the original game! The introduction of a playable avatar is done ok, but the fact that a majority of the supports are tied to them when we had such a good support system in Path of Radiance is a shame. The side plot doesn't really add much to the story compared to the original. The portraits are much cleaner but aside from that, this game doesn't really feel like it's a big improvement to Shadow Dragon. I can tell the developers tried but overall I still feel the mechanics make this game feel too different and the supports add good characterization to some units but it's not enough. We needed more supports that aren't locked to Kris. I appreciate this game for what it does but would likely not play again!
Instead of making a faithful remake of FE3, Intelligent Systems decided to make a good video game instead.
Pretty much identical to Shadow Dragon for DS when it comes to UI and gameplay. This game however adds a created player character as the secondary protagnist alongside Marth and also has a more robust support conversation mechanic for bonding with your troops. Story is sort of a retread of Shadow Dragon but about as engaging as that game’s story - which is to say good enough. Play this game for the characters and gameplay not the main story.
New Mystery is the story of a single man being blueballed so hard, that he finally snaps, gives in to the dark side and tries to conquer the entire continent.
It's also a decent enough enhancement of Shadow Dragon, though removal of artillery units and Maria/Lena being unavailable for more or less the entire game is unfortunate.
It's also a decent enough enhancement of Shadow Dragon, though removal of artillery units and Maria/Lena being unavailable for more or less the entire game is unfortunate.
I have two wolves inside me, one loves New Mystery, the other hates it. They both kiss each other goodnight.
New Mystery was never released outside Japan, has a new character in Kris the avatar and all other characters that never played a role in Book 2 of the SNES original, making the game a sort of Mortal Kombat Armageddon: everyone is here, everyone fights. There has never been so many characters (77!) in a Fire Emblem game and all are recruitable in a single playthrough. Together with base conversations, we have a semblance of Support, too. There has never been so much content.
Yet it's bland. Some characters shine in their portrayal (I will always love Palla and Catria with all of my heart), yet the worst offender is weirdly enough the protagonist(s), Kris and Marth. In the original game, Marth had a new role as Akaneia's peace keeper, everybody knew him and respected him. Kris steals the show in the remake, always having something to say and to add, yet his\her characterization is ... loyalty to Marth and Altea. That's it. To make things worse, all the new cavaliers and knights feel now like lackeys of Kris, rather than his\her companions. It's fun to make some wacky builds for Kris, I won't lie: I had a female mage reclassed into Cavalier\Pegasus Knight until her Str\Spd were good enough. Then I reclassed to Swordmaster to use a Levin Sword with her good magic bases. If you were to play the harder difficulties you won't have such luck: if you don't play Knight\Berserker, you're playing to lose. Lunatic + is a devious little scoundrel and I won't ever finish it, thank you.
Map design on the other hand is vexing. Some maps are incredible, most are immense. I can feel some sort of map design, like the Ogma & Sirius map or the original content. Others are straight from the 90s, in a bad way. To this day, I would like to know what sort of zaza the person who made the desert chapter smoked. He gave wyverns the 1-2 range! Normal doesn't have it, but still.
As you can see, as an Akaneia fanboy I am torn. Book 2 originally was the cherry on top of the franchise, a little bow to present you the perfect duology of Marth and his friends' fight. The story and the important moments are still there, but they feel less important, less impactful, because a hero that was never there now has to take the spotlight, just to canonically disappear at the end. He was never there ...
The special chapters are fun, challenging and offer a different perspective on characters. They made me appreciate Midia! The audacity! Who even likes Midia?! I would recommend playing this game just for that one aspect, yet the game is still fun, it can be enjoyable and it has its moments. Just ... please, let's not talk about Kris. Let's talk about Robin instead. They learned their lesson and decided that maybe a bit of cognitive dissonance is better compared to a protagonist with no redeeming qualities.
New Mystery was never released outside Japan, has a new character in Kris the avatar and all other characters that never played a role in Book 2 of the SNES original, making the game a sort of Mortal Kombat Armageddon: everyone is here, everyone fights. There has never been so many characters (77!) in a Fire Emblem game and all are recruitable in a single playthrough. Together with base conversations, we have a semblance of Support, too. There has never been so much content.
Yet it's bland. Some characters shine in their portrayal (I will always love Palla and Catria with all of my heart), yet the worst offender is weirdly enough the protagonist(s), Kris and Marth. In the original game, Marth had a new role as Akaneia's peace keeper, everybody knew him and respected him. Kris steals the show in the remake, always having something to say and to add, yet his\her characterization is ... loyalty to Marth and Altea. That's it. To make things worse, all the new cavaliers and knights feel now like lackeys of Kris, rather than his\her companions. It's fun to make some wacky builds for Kris, I won't lie: I had a female mage reclassed into Cavalier\Pegasus Knight until her Str\Spd were good enough. Then I reclassed to Swordmaster to use a Levin Sword with her good magic bases. If you were to play the harder difficulties you won't have such luck: if you don't play Knight\Berserker, you're playing to lose. Lunatic + is a devious little scoundrel and I won't ever finish it, thank you.
Map design on the other hand is vexing. Some maps are incredible, most are immense. I can feel some sort of map design, like the Ogma & Sirius map or the original content. Others are straight from the 90s, in a bad way. To this day, I would like to know what sort of zaza the person who made the desert chapter smoked. He gave wyverns the 1-2 range! Normal doesn't have it, but still.
As you can see, as an Akaneia fanboy I am torn. Book 2 originally was the cherry on top of the franchise, a little bow to present you the perfect duology of Marth and his friends' fight. The story and the important moments are still there, but they feel less important, less impactful, because a hero that was never there now has to take the spotlight, just to canonically disappear at the end. He was never there ...
The special chapters are fun, challenging and offer a different perspective on characters. They made me appreciate Midia! The audacity! Who even likes Midia?! I would recommend playing this game just for that one aspect, yet the game is still fun, it can be enjoyable and it has its moments. Just ... please, let's not talk about Kris. Let's talk about Robin instead. They learned their lesson and decided that maybe a bit of cognitive dissonance is better compared to a protagonist with no redeeming qualities.