this could be the worst Fire Emblem game. the story is bland, none of the characters are very memorable and I have a hard time picking out the ones in my head that i really enjoyed using and investing in. Roy is really bad, the maps aren't great, and a ton of the characters are bad or straight up unusable. Zephiel is a great villain but the story truly is really really boring. not sure why they thought multiple endings for a Fire Emblem game was a great idea but it is way too easy to miss out on the true ending.
Binding Blade is very clearly inspired by Thracia 776, with a lot of the maps and design decisions being heavily (HEAVILY) reminiscent of what was done there. but, this game throws all the weird bullshit that Thracia expected you to deal with and doesn't give you someone like a Finn or Asbel or Mareeta to level the playing field with, and that's what made Thracia so fun to begin with. a lot of the mechanics that allowed you to sort of cheat Thracia's system are not present or heavily modified to be way less fun here. honestly this one just plain sucks and is really grating to play. way too many huge maps with giant hallways or movement reduction that take way too many turns with shit recruits.
if i will say anything good about this game its that it has Perceval Melady and Igrene who are all awesome. but outside of that this one is just blah.
Binding Blade is very clearly inspired by Thracia 776, with a lot of the maps and design decisions being heavily (HEAVILY) reminiscent of what was done there. but, this game throws all the weird bullshit that Thracia expected you to deal with and doesn't give you someone like a Finn or Asbel or Mareeta to level the playing field with, and that's what made Thracia so fun to begin with. a lot of the mechanics that allowed you to sort of cheat Thracia's system are not present or heavily modified to be way less fun here. honestly this one just plain sucks and is really grating to play. way too many huge maps with giant hallways or movement reduction that take way too many turns with shit recruits.
if i will say anything good about this game its that it has Perceval Melady and Igrene who are all awesome. but outside of that this one is just blah.