Current Events > Ok boys, where do I start with fire emblem

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Never played one. Do I need to play them in order? What do i do.

Edit: I should have specified I have a 3DS
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glitteringfairy posted...

What do i do.

press the eject button

AlternativeFAQS posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

What do i do.

press the deed button

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Skip all the new waifu simulators.

For GBA

Blazing sword
Sacred stones

For console

Path of radiance
Radiant dawn

Thats pretty much it. Shadow dragon for the DS was ok.
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Good starting points are Blazing Sword, Sacred Stones, and Path of Radiance.

You don't need to play them in order, except Radiant Dawn probably best to play after you've played Path of Radiance.

Fire emblem Seisen no keifu is the best easily. Its also better than Final Fantasy Tactics just in case anybody needed to be reminded.
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So all the ones on 3DS are weeb crap?
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salandrews posted...

Skip all the new waifu simulators.

For GBA

Blazing sword
Sacred stones

For console

Path of radiance
Radiant dawn

Thats pretty much it. Shadow dragon for the DS was ok.

Its a good thing i came by. You forgot the important one.
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Shadow Dragon I would not even call ok tbh.

But 7 ("Fire Emblem" for GBA) was a legit good game while Sacred Stones was... good if you just really want more.
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So if it's on 3DS it's trash I'm guessing.
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glitteringfairy posted...

So if it's on 3DS it's trash I'm guessing.

Conquest has some of the best gameplay in the series.

The 3DS hate is...like disturbingly overblown.

I say start with the GBA games and than try Conquest later on.
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glitteringfairy posted...

So if it's on 3DS it's trash I'm guessing.

If its not fire emblem seisen no keifu then its also not the best.
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SharpX68000 posted...

salandrews posted...

Skip all the new waifu simulators.

For GBA

Blazing sword
Sacred stones

For console

Path of radiance
Radiant dawn

Thats pretty much it. Shadow dragon for the DS was ok.

Its a good thing i came by. You forgot the important one.

Not realy understanding you here

DevsBro posted...

Shadow Dragon I would not even call ok tbh.

But 7 ("Fire Emblem" for GBA) was a legit good game while Sacred Stones was... good if you just really want more.

I just liked it because I beat H5 and my older bro couldnt so I always bring it up when we talk FE lol I also did a Marth only run and managed it

glitteringfairy posted...

So if it's on 3DS it's trash I'm guessing.

Maybe not trash but yeah I'd avoid it. Seems they're heading more towards app based games with FE Heroes (because of that sweet micromoney).
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salandrews posted...

SharpX68000 posted...

salandrews posted...

Skip all the new waifu simulators.

For GBA

Blazing sword
Sacred stones

For console

Path of radiance
Radiant dawn

Thats pretty much it. Shadow dragon for the DS was ok.

Its a good thing i came by. You forgot the important one.

Not realy understanding you here

DevsBro posted...

Shadow Dragon I would not even call ok tbh.

But 7 ("Fire Emblem" for GBA) was a legit good game while Sacred Stones was... good if you just really want more.

I just liked it because I beat H5 and my older bro couldnt so I always bring it up when we talk FE lol I also did a Marth only run and managed it

glitteringfairy posted...

So if it's on 3DS it's trash I'm guessing.

Maybe not trash but yeah I'd avoid it. Seems they're heading more towards app based games with FE Heroes (because of that sweet micromoney).

You said thats it and competely ignored Fire emblem seisen no keifu which is the best one. Its ok i brought it up so know need to worry. You dont have to thank me either.

Now excuse me on my quest to find the cure for cancer.
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FF7 on GBA. the one with lyn
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glitteringfairy posted...

So all the ones on 3DS are weeb crap?

Yes, why else do you think it was mostly a niche game until the 3ds(awakening)?

glitteringfairy posted...

So all the ones on 3DS are weeb crap?

Its just hipster to hate Awakening and Waifus.
Awakening is actually just straight up fun and polished though.
Fates wanted to be "Awakening 2.0 Rebalanced" but it stopped being fun and the plot was... a disaster.

The best places to start are "Fire Emblem (7)" on GBA or Awakening.
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U.S. released Fire Emblem rankings(by me). For the record, I think they're all good games(except Shadow Dragon).

Fire Emblem- GBA
Still the best. Tight gameplay, well-balanced roster, excellent supports, and a legitimately strong story filled with likeable characters.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance- NGC
Nearly as good as GBA FE, except the plot kind of stalls out awkwardly half-way through.

Fire Emblem: Echoes: Shadows of Valentia- 3DS
A remake of the Japan-only Fire Emblem Gaiden, which was like a weird, not-so-great step-child(think Zelda 2). Shadows of Valentia is legitimately good though, refreshingly tight compared to its bloated 3DS cousins, and also embraces Gaiden's mechanical weirdness(magic costing HP to cast, etc.) They also added supports and more characterization, but the plot is straightforward and sometimes dumb.

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones(GBA)
Everything about this feels generic and vaguely like a knock-off of its predecessor. Still good, but often hollow. The first Fire Emblem to enable grinding outside the capricious arena and to have branching promotions.

Fire Emblem Fates(3DS)
Mechanically bloated. 1 of the three plots is good and 1 makes Radiant Dawn and Awakening seem like intelligently-written stories. Ryoma kills everything, including all semblance of game balance.
And yet, it is so ridiculously over-the-top I can't help but like it. Helps a lot that it has actual map design(a step-up from Awakening) and some genuinely likeable characters.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn(Wii)
I wanted to place this higher. It has some legitimately great map design, but the plot is terminally dumb, they scrapped supports as character building, and large portions of the cast are rendered worthless(some are worthless as soon as they join!) Unfortunately, you have to bring some of the crappy ones to the Endgame.

Fire Emblem: Awakening(3DS)
The plot is transparently nonsensical, and you'll encounter some of the laziest map designs in the series. You can break it without trying, but you can make the game beg for death if you try.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem(DS)
Yes, this is listed, even though it was never released in the US, because there's an excellent translation for it. This is what Shadow Dragon should have been, but it still suffers from many of Shadow Dragon's failings: bland characterization, bland maps, at least 2/3 of the cast is fodder, etc. etc.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
See what I wrote for the last one? All of the bad parts apply to Shadow Dragon, except they apply more, and also there aren't really any strengths. It's mayonnaise-on-white-bread bland in cartridge form.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

not-so-great step-child(think Zelda 2)

Zelda 2 is actually amazing, though

Awful comparison

i started with sacred stones
it was fucking gooooooooood
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This just seems like a series I'm gonna avoid. I didn't know anything about it but I'm always seeing it. Thought I'd ask before buying
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...

i started with sacred stones
it was f***ing gooooooooood

The promoted Erika and ephraim form suck ass.

Its just a less versatile eliwood promotion. Soldier ephraim with reginleaf was fucking amazing.
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If you're playing the English releases you have these options:

Fire Emblem (The Blazing Sword)
Sacred Stones
Shadow Dragon
Path of Radiance
Radiant Dawn
Awakening
Fates (Conquest, Birthright, Revelations)
Shadows of Valentia

If you want to experience the games in a way that gives you a better understanding of how the game developed as a series, you'd play it in an order like this:

Shadow Dragon
Blazing Sword
Sacred Stones
Path of Radiance
Radiant Dawn
Awakening
Birthright
Conquest
Revelations
Shadows of Valentia

Though there is an argument you'd play Shadows after Shadow Dragon. If you want to play the games that have some connection together, you'd play them something like this:

Shadow Dragon > Shadows of Valentia > Awakening
Path of Radiance > Radiant Dawn
Sacred Stones
Blazing Sword (the game that takes place after, The Binding Blade, was not released in the west).
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All pre3ds games are very easily found online so if you don't want to pay large amounts of money for stuff that's extremely hard to find that you might not like you can go that route. Save states are very helpful for these games too.
Though if you have a 3DS, you might as well play Awakening, since that IS made for newcomers
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GiftedACIII posted...

All pre3ds games are very easily found online so if you don't want to pay large amounts of money for stuff that's extremely hard to find that you might not like you can go that route. Save states are very helpful for these games too.
Though if you have a 3DS, you might as well play Awakening, since that IS made for newcomers

Also, if he has a Wii U, the GBA games and Shadow Dragon are on the eshop.
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Awakening is a solid start. If you like it branch out to Fates or the GBA games.

Good job CE, you fucked up TC's interests.

Awakening is good. Fates is even better. Echoes is somewhere in between.
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The GBA one. Then either Path of Radiance or Sacred Stones.
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Awakening is amazing, i put over 250 hours into it. There is a reason it's the best selling/ most popular Fire Emblem in history. Just ignore all the neckbeards itt hating on it.
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thompsontalker7 posted...

Good job CE, you f***ed up TC's interests.

Awakening is good. Fates is even better. Echoes is somewhere in between.

Sounds like he was set on not playing it from the start.

We pointed out the best. He said nah.

Not that weeabo eugenics garbaj
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salandrews posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

Good job CE, you f***ed up TC's interests.

Awakening is good. Fates is even better. Echoes is somewhere in between.

Sounds like he was set on not playing it from the start.

We pointed out the best. He said nah.

Not that weeabo eugenics garbaj

Anyone who thinks Shadow Dragon is worth playing in 2017 over Fates or Awakening is either dense or trolling.
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