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.