As a first time player, I enjoyed my time here. It was a fresh experience from a genre I had never really played before. I already knew it had flaws, but after playing more Fire Emblem games (and especially Warriors: Three Hopes), I find this game to be more and more lacking. It's not bad, but it's too basic for its own good and the roster variety is horrible
In comparison to Hyrule Warriors, I think this one is better and has a better storyline. I was just a little sad that you can't do anything else after completing the story mode, there is nothing left to do unlike in Hyrule Warriors which has side missions. I like how you can command your troops to move around the map and don't have to babysit your outposts to win. I enjoyed to play it and is a good addition to the dynasty warrior nintendo games.
Like pretty much every Warriors spinoff the story is insipid and bland, but the gameplay is generally the main draw here. It's fun for a while but can run stale fast, especially since movesets are based on class rather than character, unlike Hyrule Warriors. Still, I enjoyed this game well enough but I feel hesitant to recommend it to anyone unless they really enjoy Warriors games or Fire Emblem. There's some incentive to revisit the game and I can see myself possibly doing that eventually.
"Oh cool! I find that whole rock paper scissors shit really demeaning about Fire Emblem, but honestly assigning squads in a Warriors game format that have to follow those rules seems neat! Usually the squad movement thing in those games is an absolute afterthought so I'd love to see a game stress that further."
[two hours of play pass]
"Oh. I'm supposed to know who these people are already. Damn. That's a real shame."
[two hours of play pass]
"Oh. I'm supposed to know who these people are already. Damn. That's a real shame."
Believe it or not, this was my first Fire Emblem game, so I have it to thank for why I am such a massive fan of the franchise now. I have put an insane amount of time into this game. While its roster is highly disappointing, the gameplay is better here than in any other Warriors game in my opinion. The music and levels are also well designed, to a point where I don't actually mind that they are reused over and over in the extra content (which I never finished, hence "shelved" being my completion rating of this game). I would highly recommend this game actually.