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Gameplay: Roleplaying, army-commanding kind, spells, magic. You build up an army and then you order them around. To pass the game, you need to go through each chapters. Some are harder than others, some are a picnic. Some are lengthy and some are short, depending on the time you spend trying to steal the items from the enemy, trying to pick the chests. The Fire Emblem series works this way: you pick some characters to go to the battlefield and then you equip them with handpicked weapons. There are lances, swords, daggers and everything else. Each class of character must be panoplied with diverging sets of armors, war gears, and other things. Also has magical items such as the elixir, and etc. The healers have that and the healers of course, use staff and rods. It's a single one-on-one battle.
Background/Music: The background is without any doubt realized with a computer, it's quite pixeled really. What is very nice though, is you get clues for the enemy's hideouts and ranges, it's really like a war. You get a clear view of everything when you're using a Pegasus Knight or a Falcon Knight. Because you're on a higher ground. The music in there is very upbeat. Can be very depressing, in the case that you've lost the fight. So based on the kind of situations you're in, the music changes with the mood. That's really clever of them, because it keeps the person going.
Classes/Characters: Now, the Fire Emblem series does not allow you to revive a character. Once it's passed away, it stays as cold as a stone. No second chances at all. So be very careful. No amount of elixir will do the trick. So, do everything to keep them alive. Each one of them has it's personality traits, it's own background story. They also belong to different species. Which is why you'll have a preference for some of them, and some others you will bear an abhorrence towards them. They also evolve from a lower class to a higher one. The second class is of course, stronger than the first one, better stats, level up quicker. I forgot to say, you can level them up like in any rpg games. My most-loved one in the game would be Leanne of the Heron Tribe. She's just so lovely, even if she hasn't got good stats.
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Impression overall: A classic, typical rpg. Good sides: many characters to pick from. You can customize your army, your characters. Gear them with weapons of your choice. Music's pretty dramatic at times, cheery at others, I guess it flows with the ambiance. I love that in a game, don't know about you guys. Letdowns: characters dyeing forever, I hate that in a game. And story's too simple and always the same thing, game after game. Game IV: two countries sparring with each other. Game 9: still the same thing. Only the setting and characters differ. I'd say you try it if you're a fan of typical rpgs, and very simple plots. And if you're a fan of Final Fantasy. In the event that you're an afficianado of thrilling games such as the Tales series, where you have to thrive to get something, then it's not for you at all.
Rating: 7/10. Liked it, and played the game through, but it gave me no envy to restart it. A good game should always do that. If you've played it, then what's your verdict?
Gameplay: Roleplaying, army-commanding kind, spells, magic. You build up an army and then you order them around. To pass the game, you need to go through each chapters. Some are harder than others, some are a picnic. Some are lengthy and some are short, depending on the time you spend trying to steal the items from the enemy, trying to pick the chests. The Fire Emblem series works this way: you pick some characters to go to the battlefield and then you equip them with handpicked weapons. There are lances, swords, daggers and everything else. Each class of character must be panoplied with diverging sets of armors, war gears, and other things. Also has magical items such as the elixir, and etc. The healers have that and the healers of course, use staff and rods. It's a single one-on-one battle.
Background/Music: The background is without any doubt realized with a computer, it's quite pixeled really. What is very nice though, is you get clues for the enemy's hideouts and ranges, it's really like a war. You get a clear view of everything when you're using a Pegasus Knight or a Falcon Knight. Because you're on a higher ground. The music in there is very upbeat. Can be very depressing, in the case that you've lost the fight. So based on the kind of situations you're in, the music changes with the mood. That's really clever of them, because it keeps the person going.
Classes/Characters: Now, the Fire Emblem series does not allow you to revive a character. Once it's passed away, it stays as cold as a stone. No second chances at all. So be very careful. No amount of elixir will do the trick. So, do everything to keep them alive. Each one of them has it's personality traits, it's own background story. They also belong to different species. Which is why you'll have a preference for some of them, and some others you will bear an abhorrence towards them. They also evolve from a lower class to a higher one. The second class is of course, stronger than the first one, better stats, level up quicker. I forgot to say, you can level them up like in any rpg games. My most-loved one in the game would be Leanne of the Heron Tribe. She's just so lovely, even if she hasn't got good stats.
Her picture:
Impression overall: A classic, typical rpg. Good sides: many characters to pick from. You can customize your army, your characters. Gear them with weapons of your choice. Music's pretty dramatic at times, cheery at others, I guess it flows with the ambiance. I love that in a game, don't know about you guys. Letdowns: characters dyeing forever, I hate that in a game. And story's too simple and always the same thing, game after game. Game IV: two countries sparring with each other. Game 9: still the same thing. Only the setting and characters differ. I'd say you try it if you're a fan of typical rpgs, and very simple plots. And if you're a fan of Final Fantasy. In the event that you're an afficianado of thrilling games such as the Tales series, where you have to thrive to get something, then it's not for you at all.
Rating: 7/10. Liked it, and played the game through, but it gave me no envy to restart it. A good game should always do that. If you've played it, then what's your verdict?
