Favourite Fire Emblem Game

[sootyowl]

Since everyone was so nice and helpful yesterday, I was just wondering what Fire Emblem game is everyone's favourite to play and why.

Mine is FE8 for obvious reasons >:)

Comments

[amielleon]

I adore Radiant Dawn. It has really thoughtful level design and does great things with how it divides up your armies. It's also got a lovely plot with some really dark stuff.

It is a little better if you play Path of Radiance first, though -- while Path of Radiance is weaker as a game by itself, it does a great job of setting things up in ways you only realize in hindsight. It's also a reasonably fun "traditional" Fire Emblem, mechanics-wise.

FE7's a very fun game mechanically, though the story and script haven't aged well for me. FE4's got a great twist and some pretty unique quirky gameplay aspects but ultimately I think it's got some major issues. FE12, aside from some offbeat MyUnit stuff, is a very good, solid game -- lots of fun mechanically, and some pretty poignant story parts.

(Fwiw I've played through 4 through 12, and 11 and 12 are remakes of 1 and 3, so I can offer opinions on any entry if you'd like. I poked at 2 but it was unfun, and 5 I aborted very near the end for good reasons.)

[sootyowl]

Two for Radiant Dawn so far! I'll have to look into buying it and Path of Radiance as I do have a Wii.

Thanks for your answer :) I'll take all and any opinions you have on any entry as my knowledge of the series is very very small.

Why did you abort 5?

[amielleon]

5 has an unusually strong reliance on chance. I like the sense of newness and unpredictability in most FE games, but FE5 is pervasively randomized, from bombarding you with low hit rates that you need to hit, to random two-moves-a-turn, to reinforcements with killer weapons. To top it off, it's difficult in general, which means that it's impossible to attempt to minimize risk.

[sootyowl]

Ok thanks! I might miss that one then.