This was the first fire emblem game I finished, and it's good, but has some problems. First, the routes locked behind another game entirely (Fixed in the special edition, but still something you select from a menu instead of paths being story related), secondly, the story itself wasn't that great, and third the cast being not so good especially in the hoshido side. Still, it's gameplay elements are Fire Emblem and that formula is very hard to mess up.