Still my favorite Fire Emblem to this day, and one that I'm not sure Nintendo and Intelligent Systems will be able to top (Fingers crossed for Engage). This game has one my favorite set of maps in the series, as outside of one notable map, I find the rest of the maps to be pretty solid. Some of my personal favorites from FE9 include chapters 6 and 8, which are both pretty solid defend maps, and chapter 11, which is a solid escape map, especially when the Black Knight shows up halfway through. Another great aspect of this game is it's amazing soundtrack, with great tracks like Crimea Marches, Congregation of Ambition, Memory of Mom, and the base theme. Path of Radiance also has one of my favorite casts in the series, with some of my favorites being Zihark, Lethe, Titania, Elincia, Ilyana, Tibarn, Volke, Jill, Soren, and of course, Ike. I ony have two complaints towards this game, the first one being chapter 23, The Great Bridge. This is probably the most infamous map in the game, as it's a bridge full of a bunch of potholes that stop your movement for a turn and aren't distinguishable from the rest of the tiles on the map. My other complaint towards Path of Radiance is the ending portion of Chapter 27 where you fight The Black Knight. While I would consider The Black Knight to be one of the series, best villains, the final encounter with him is a bit of a letdown. The game does such a good job of building up the final showdown with him, but in the end it feels like beating him relies less on the player's skill and more so on luck. This is due to his high stats and his eclipse special, which if he triggers it practically spells a game over. It's not helping that you're only given ten turns to win before the game ends the chapter, and if you do lose, you have to the entire first portion of the map all over again. While these aspects of the game do annoy me, the rest of it is so good that it still ends up being a personal favorite of mine.