I really liked the beginning. The aesthetic was great and the story setup really had me invested. When chapter 2 started and i realised i got to control two armies at the same time i was really excited. Unfortunately the two plots barely intersect at all and alm and celica both make dumb decisions. Anyway, it was hard to stay invested in the plot because the atrocious combat made me take almost 2 years to complete this 40 hour game. If this game didnt have turnwheel i probably woul have dropped it sooner. Awkening hard mode is less bs that this on normal mode. I never want to think about the gameplay side of this game ever again, but was this playtested? Can you even beat the game without genny spamming invoke to distract the hundreds of gargoyles you have to claw your way through each turn? And if alm happens to die, then you cant use your turnwheel which bit me in the ass more than a few times. I know it has a postgame dungeon but unless i go through psychosis/get shot in the head and have complete personality change, i will never play it. I wish they would do a second remake but ship of thesues tf out of everything except the characters and art. Also characters have the majority of their personality in their little combat animation but if you leave those on the game will actually take 10 billion hours to complete. Ok so i said i had roughly 40 hrs on my complete file but checking 3ds activity log i have 60. hooooly shit. I can see why back in the day only nerds played games because what sort of well adjusted person is enjoying themselves playing this on the nes. LIke sure other games were also shit at the time but you could still go walking or read a book or smth. LIke how did playing the "strategy " game fire emblem gaiden beat out literally any other activity that someone could have spent their time doing. At least 3 houses learned from it or smth