Fire Emblem!

[Nom]

In light of the recently released Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for the Wii, I thought I would make a general topic for all FE games.

 

 

 

To start, though, I would like to say a few things about Radiant Dawn. First off, this is easily the hardest western-released Fire Emblem game. I mean, I've seen the game over screen more times than I've restarted due to losing some random character on all three other games combined. And I'm only on part 2 chapter 2.

 

 

 

I'm loving it so far though, the only problems I have with it are the data transfer glitch and the jumping around it does. To explain the data transfer glitch, there is a feature to import Path of Radiance save data from a gamecube memory card in order to give the returning characters stat boosts and other unspecified benefits. However, when I tried to do this my console froze. After attempting it 2 more times I gave up and started without it. Afterwards I looked online and discovered that this glitch is very common, and results from the renaming of difficulty levels when translating the game. Apparently, our easy mode is the Japanese normal, our normal their hard, and our hard their maniac. No wonder the game is so hard lol. Because of this, any easy mode saves in PoR cause the glitch, since easy mode doesn't technically exist in RD. Hopefully Nintendo will develop a patch for this soon.

 

 

 

My other problem with the game is that it jumps around way too much. It has more chapters than any FE game to date, but is also divided up into four parts. So, by chapter 10 you are playing Endgame of part 1, which makes it feel shorter than it really is. And then you jump to a completely different story with different characters, leaving the characters that you have leveled and cared for in the first 10 chapters hanging. But I'm not very far into it yet, so it will probably all come together and change my opinion of it.

 

 

 

Overall, I think this has turned out to be a great game. The animations, despite what critics say, have been vastly improved over those of PoR and look far more alive. Otherwise, there is no great improvement graphically over the Gamecube game, but that's not a big deal. It's a FE game, it's all about the strategy. Which means that the still art panels have remained as well. I do hope this game receives the attention it deserves, but unfortunately it may be overshadowed by Mario Galaxy.

 

 

 

Overall rating from me: 9/10

 

 

 

Now, as for other FE games, I have played and beaten the other three western released ones. FE7, the second GBA game and the first to be released over here, is the next hardest after RD I think. This is probably my favorite at the moment also, because of the good story and one thing that has been absent from all subsequent FE games: SIDE QUESTS! Man, those made the game for me. There was nothing greater than playing through the game once, then realizeing that you missed a ton of side quests and characters and going back with a new purpose: to find them all! It was just cool. It's a shame that none of the games that came after have side quests besides Sacred Stones, which has one that is pretty much a given to unlock.

 

 

 

Which moves me right along to Sacred Stones. Probably my least favorite of the FE games. Sub-par story, horrible main character design, and way way way too easy. It has its shining points; mainly the two-way promotes and split story that gives a lot of replay value (almost enough to make up for the lack of side quests), but the navigable overworld map just made the game far to easy. My strategy for the whole game was to level the units to level 10 normally, then take them straight to the Tower of Valni and grind them to level 20 before promoting them. So of course, my team was a virtual wrecking crew. It's pretty awesome seeing your units destroy everything in their path, but it gets tiring without the challenge.

 

 

 

And finally, Path of Radiance. I'm running out of steam now, so I'll just say that this was a good game and a good job at transitioning the game onto the big screen. The addition of the home base was pretty awesome, and there were some other highlights. But still, no side quests. (Sigh.)

 

 

 

And then there's FE6 : Sword of Seals. This game annoys me. It is the sequel to FE7, which was the first FE released in the US, so we are left with a cliffhanger at the end and Nintendo never published the previous game in English for us. So I resorted to another way of playing it and just started it today. (PM me if you want to know how, I don't think I'm allowed to talk about it here >.>)

 

 

 

Yeah, I've been home sick the last 2 days (missed the ACT Plan test today -.- ) so I've had way too much time on my hands. So, post anything and everything to do with Fire Emblem!

[FalconBomba]

Been looking forward to this almost as much as I'm looking forward to the sequal to Tales of Symphonia. I've played most of the fire emblem games at a friends house, in return, he has a file on my Morrowind and Oblivion games. I think it's fair enough! :D

 

 

 

Woot for Fire Emblem!

[Xewleer]

mmm... I prefer Tales of Symphonia myself, but I should try the GC one before final judgment.

[Alg]

Been looking forward to this almost as much as I'm looking forward to the sequal to Tales of Symphonia.

 

that'd be tales of phantasia, which was (re)released on game boy advance, and takes place quite a long time after.

 

 

 

as for fire emblem games... that new one, i'll have to look into, don't have a wii... that and smash bros would make the system worthwhile

[darkforaster]

That's been released?!

 

 

 

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

 

 

 

\ :thumbsup: =D> :mrgreen: :twisted:

 

 

 

*Ahem*

 

 

 

Yes i'm expecting great things from this game. I loved Path of Radiance.

 

 

 

Oh and thanks for telling me about the glitch. Now I'll go delete every fil on the game which is set on Easy.

[megakiller32]

Ive been looking around, but i can't see it anywhere in the British sites :shock:

[FalconBomba]

Been looking forward to this almost as much as I'm looking forward to the sequal to Tales of Symphonia.

 

that'd be tales of phantasia, which was (re)released on game boy advance, and takes place quite a long time after.

 

 

 

as for fire emblem games... that new one, i'll have to look into, don't have a wii... that and smash bros would make the system worthwhile

 

 

 

No, there is a new one coming out, dated 2 years afterwards. Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratosak (or something like that.) for the Wii, dunno if it'll be released in the U.S. for a year or so. I hope once it's released in Japan and France it'll make it over here.

[Nom]

Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention. Battle Save. RD has the option to save your battles at any time! This helps so much as the game is so immensly difficult. You can simply save the game before you make a risky move, and if it screws you over just reset :-w . But that also means that there is no longer any autosave. So remember to save before you quit.

[Alg]

autosave or a strategic advantage...

 

tough choice :(

[nine naked men]

Yay! I wants it! But I'm cashless... :cry:

 

 

 

Time to beg the parentals. :XD:

[Nom]

This game is so crazy. . . I'm on Part II Endgame right now, Part II is only 4 chapters long. And it's one of those defend chapters, in this case for 15 turns. And there are 40+ enemies. I saved at turn seven, got to turn eleven and then sombody died >.<. So now I'm back to turn seven. . .