This might be my personal favorite Fire Emblem game and I feel like it stands equal to FE4. In fact I feel like part of its greatness comes from its context within the broader FE4 story. The atmosphere of this game is immaculate; seldom have I played a game that so perfectly captures the feeling of a rag-tag group of revolutionaries, from its music, to gameplay mechanics and dialogue. It makes some improvements on some of Genealogy's aspects while returning to a more "traditional" Fire Emblem experience. It's reputation as difficult isn't unearned but I feel like its severity is vastly overblown.