LogFAQs > #904660346

the game is like 10 hours long honestly. problem is that fire emblem breeds the kind of fans who are literally obsessed with keeping every character alive even if it means they just sit in your roster and do nothing.

you can play the game one time, get all of the characters to the end

play the game a second time with a small roster, killing everyone else, and bringing all of the gaiden-recruited unique units to the end

if you were a "completionist" you'd just do that in two runs of the game and call it a day. it's not even that hard or time consuming. I've beaten the game 4 times on 4 different difficulty settings (normal, hard 1, hard 3, and hard 4).

it's a very short game that you can get through very quickly, even on your first playthrough.

the other main complaint is of course the mechanics being dated which... as PUN already addressed... it's literally an NES game. if you want to play a more modern game then go play one.
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