All FE games (Except Shadow Dragon) - AmazingCan someone do me a favor and rank the portable Fire Emblem and Advance Wars games?
Our reaction was clear: if this was going to be the last Fire Emblem, we had to put everything we always wanted to include. That's how this new project was born!
Awakenings biggest flaw was pair up.
Breaks the standard difficulty right open up until the last two paralogues.
All FE games (Except Shadow Dragon) - Amazing
All Advance Wars games - Also amazing
What was so bad in Shadow Dragon? I've never played it!All FE games (Except Shadow Dragon) - Amazing
All Advance Wars games - Also amazing
Old FE had those. They are great.nope, biggest flaw would be units spawning and attacking in the same turn
What was so bad in Shadow Dragon? I've never played it!
Explains why the game is so unbalanced. They really threw in everything and the kitchen sink without checking to see how it'd completely break the game.
Shadow Dragon isn't bad per se, but it was essentially a pretty version of FE1, without the major improvements to the mechanics established by the subsequent 9 games in the series. Going from FE6-10 and then playing Shadow Dragon like most US fans would have done didn't exactly leave people with the best impression.
nope, biggest flaw would be units spawning and attacking in the same turn
I wouldn't say it's pretty, the artstyle is pretty much reviled, and the fact that you have to kill characters to get to the bonus stages ... was the dumbest gameplay addition that IS has done in a long long long long time.
Was this in all the difficulty modes? I played hard mode and assumed it was an aspect of it.
Three of the best pieces of music in Awakening (and GAMING, boom headshot come at me bro!):
Id (Purpose)
MONSTROSITY
Don't speak her name
But this is the best piece i the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFHLTYeMd0
Three of the best pieces of music in Awakening (and GAMING, boom headshot come at me bro!):
Id (Purpose)
MONSTROSITY
Don't speak her name
Was this in all the difficulty modes? I played hard mode and assumed it was an aspect of it.
Ok, so FE11 is essentially a remake of the first fire emblem without touching the gameplay to add the new mechanics.Shadow Dragon isn't bad per se, but it was essentially a pretty version of FE1, without the major improvements to the mechanics established by the subsequent 9 games in the series. Going from FE6-10 and then playing Shadow Dragon like most US fans would have done didn't exactly leave people with the best impression.
Plus it was the first portable game to ditch the cool sprites in favor of this:
It's for every difficulty in FEA. Previous FEs spawned enemies but didn't move them in the same turn.
I was disappointed of what I found when I clicked that link. I was expecting this - You Have Power... Like Mine. When that first kicked in, I literally spent five or ten minutes sitting my 3DS next to my laptop while I let it play. Easily my favourite piece in the game.But this is the best piece i the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFHLTYeMd0
I was disappointed of what I found when I clicked that link. I was expecting this - You Have Power... Like Mine. When that first kicked in, I literally spent five or ten minutes sitting my 3DS next to my laptop while I let it play. Easily my favourite piece in the game.
Old FE had those. They are great.
Hell, this game throws warnings for you left and right so why the complaints? They're a lot easier to deal with in Awakening.
They won't now. (And I'm sure they wouldn't of anyway.)If Nintendo kills Fire Emblem I am gonna hate them forever
Plus it was the first portable game to ditch the cool sprites in favor of this:
Glad it's selling well and will continue to be made, but really hope this won't be the permanent direction that they take things because there really needs to be some more depth when it comes to the plot and characters.
I have STILL not beaten the game yet due to my lack of care for the plot and characters (they all come off as shallow due to the way the support system works in this game, as none of the conversations are really plot/event-relevant because mostly EVERYONE just HAS TO support with EVERYONE and marry EVERYONE. Sometimes.. more is less. Base/chapter conversations between characters ala FE9/10/Tellius needs to make a return to flesh this out more).. and the balance seems really really off in the game.
Anyway, maybe when I finish my grindfest, I'll have a better opinion of the game, but right now, it feels like all the characters are such a waste of potential that it's disappointing. :T At least though, the core game play is still good. It's just the maps and variety of objectives and overall flow is sucky.
I'm playing FE Awakening now and I agree its amazing. The gameplay has a unique feel seperate to other entries in the series, and the cut scenes are nothing short of breathtaking. However I still feel that my first FE game is still my favourite. The first western release of Fire Emblem on the Gameboy Advance.
Truth be told, I only have it to compare with Sacred stones and shadow dragon, but I found the story line and the attachment I felt for the characters unparallled in any sequel.
It could be true that I felt then as others are feeling now, with my first FE experience being my favourite. Who knows.
Thoughts?
Yeah I think Advance Wars is probably rather dead...
The hidden past and relationships are certainly missed. There's nothing like discovering the connection between Raven, Priscillia and Lucius. Or with Erk and Lord Pent. Or the whole drama with Rebecca, Dan/Dart and Will. Nothing as genuine as Jaffar and Nino's relationship or finding out Nino's connection to Canas.I know what you mean and agree with the bolded. I prefer the wider variety that support conversations had in earlier FE games - there were some romantic ones of course but a lot of other types of relationships as well, oftentimes revealing the characters' pasts. Awakenings pairings felt arbitrary, having anybody being able to support with practically anybody of the opposite gender.. It's hard to pin down with words, but the character relationships didn't feel as genuine to me in Awakening as they did in the earlier games.
They won't now. (And I'm sure they wouldn't of anyway.)
The hidden past and relationships are certainly missed. There's nothing like discovering the connection between Raven, Priscillia and Lucius. Or with Erk and Lord Pent. Or the whole drama with Rebecca, Dan/Dart and Will. Nothing as genuine as Jaffar and Nino's relationship or finding out Nino's connection to Canas.
Base/chapter conversations between characters ala FE9/10/Tellius needs to make a return to flesh this out more)
The hidden past and relationships are certainly missed. There's nothing like discovering the connection between Raven, Priscillia and Lucius. Or with Erk and Lord Pent. Or the whole drama with Rebecca, Dan/Dart and Will. Nothing as genuine as Jaffar and Nino's relationship or finding out Nino's connection to Canas.
The closest is finally discovering the cause of Lon'qu's gynaphobia with Cherche. But that doesn't excuse how pointless and samey all of his other relationships are.
There's a lot more than that, like Henry turning out to be behind Panne's appearance during the Emmeryn assassination attempt, or his supports with Ricken that build up some of the Plegian bosses, or Maribelle's grudge with Gaius...
It's just that there are more supports here, and FE7 generally made the connections very obvious even before you got to supports, aside from a few rare exceptions, while in Awakening many connections only become noticeable in the supports themselves. So, you'd often need to get a random lucky pick or just get all supports to find the supports that involve revealing backstory or hidden aspects of the characters.
Shadow Dragon was ass. Shame, because the remake of FE2 is apparently really good.
Question out of curiosity. How does the FE fanbase rank FE7 in the grand scheme of things? After playing Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon and Awakening I see a much simpler version of the game which makes sense considering it was the first FE in the west. That being said there's a certain charm to that game that may or may not be nostalgia. Out of the games I've played the story/characters seemed the most interesting and it's still the only game where I leave the battle animations on.
Great to see the series still has some life, did my part and bought myself a copy.
Question out of curiosity. How does the FE fanbase rank FE7 in the grand scheme of things? After playing Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon and Awakening I see a much simpler version of the game which makes sense considering it was the first FE in the west. That being said there's a certain charm to that game that may or may not be nostalgia. Out of the games I've played the story/characters seemed the most interesting and it's still the only game where I leave the battle animations on.