For a first time playing fire emblem, I quite enjoyed this game.
The story was decent, I loved many of the characters and the battles were hype...
Just using Seth to destroy entire armies is a sentiment of satisfaction that can't be measured.
Having replayed it on an ironman setting without any tower grinding, I believe some of the game was designed around you powerleveling your characters to not get overwhelmed by numbers. Nevertheless, the game is easy enough to not be too slow to beat and it was quite an entertaining experience