Xeogred wrote:Doesn't that series apparently have really good music?
Xeogred wrote:I'm intrigued, would that be a good first one to check out?
ElkinFencer10 wrote:Being an older game for Nintendo's 8-bit titan, I expected the game to be much more basic than the later entries to which I'd gotten used. I supposed I allowed myself to be spoiled by the Super Famicom's Mystery of the Emblem, however, because I was surprised at just how primitive, for lack of a better word, Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was...
...That's not all that was omitted from this first title, however. I quickly discovered that this inaugural game lacked the feature central to all of my Fire Emblem tactics. Gone is the weapon triangle, a staple of Fire Emblem's tactical system.
Unfortunately, there are a couple of complaints I have with the game that go beyond its status as first of the series and limits of the hardware. These complaints are pure design choices of which I question the efficacy. Let's start with my lesser gripe. There's no ability to grind whatsoever. This isn't unheard of in Fire Emblem games - if memory serves, the first game in the series to have an option for level grinding if your fighters are underleveled was Awakening - but that doesn't negate the fact that an RPG with no real ability to grind for experience is a recipe for brutality. You have arenas in a few towns in which you can try to grind out some exp, but if you don't get stuck until a mission without an arena, you're up a creek without a paddle.
Because it's been remade three times (Mystery of the Emblem is an enhanced and expanded remake on SNES, New Mystery of the Emblem is a remake of THAT on DS, and Shadow Dragon is a straight remake of the original on DS)
alienjesus wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the weapon triangle was introduced in Genealogy of the Holy War, which means it wasn't in Mystery of the Emblem either.
ElkinFencer10 wrote:alienjesus wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the weapon triangle was introduced in Genealogy of the Holy War, which means it wasn't in Mystery of the Emblem either.
You're right, I got that twisted a bit. Thanks for correcting me on that. As for New Mystery of the Emblem, I haven't played it, so I didn't realize it was only Book 2 (although that makes WAY more sense than releasing both AND Shadow Dragon).
I lucked out and found a copy of Thracia 776 for $109 a few months ago (albeit cart only).
alienjesus wrote:Which Fire Emblems have you played so far? I've got tons to catch up on. I've beaten:
Fire Emblem: Dark Dragon and the Blade of Light (FE1)
Fire Emblem (7)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Fire Emblem Awakening
I've played but not finished both Sacred Stones and Fuuin No Tsurugi (FE6) as well.
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