Fire Emblem: Awakening (Revival)

[Bolivar]

The srpg genre has already evolved with stuff like valkyria chronicles and tactics ogre kinda ruined me when it comes to traditional srpgs but awakening has been really awesome to see the Nintendo side of this genre. The game is exceptionally polished and as i told Sky in our pm's, I'm a sucker for 3d so I'm also enjoying that part of the aesthetic especially with how the combat overhead looks like a tabletop war game. The story is a little simple but there are some very mature scenes and I found a lot of the characters to be very likable so the story is more than enough to keep me interested.

Would like a little more depth on the gameplay side but I can't really complain due to just how fun it is to play.

[NeoCracker]

...And I suffered my first unit casualty.

And it was Virion.

And if, by chapter 10, the game is still boring me, I'm pretty much going to be done with it.

The highlight thus far has been the character dialogues, I really enjoyed the first one with your main and Virion.

I also like Vaike and Kun'Lo (Who is a smurfing beast, I know this was luck but he crit four smurfing times in a row.)

And I actually like both Chess and the new XCome game.

[Flaming Ice]

...And I suffered my first unit casualty.

And it was Virion.

And if, by chapter 10, the game is still boring me, I'm pretty much going to be done with it.

The highlight thus far has been the character dialogues, I really enjoyed the first one with your main and Virion.

I also like Vaike and Kun'Lo (Who is a smurfing beast, I know this was luck but he crit four smurfing times in a row.)

Do you mean Lon'qu?


He's really good, he pairs good with vaike as vaike gives +5 str. And myrmidon's have high crit rates....wait until he promotes for his swordmaster skill

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, that's who I meant.

And I have been pairing him with Vaike, only because I really like their conversations.

I've also boosted him with Lilly, though I think I'm going to keep her with the Peasant guy just to see where their conversations lead.

So far I'm not really interested in an S rank with any of the lady's and my main.

[Dat Matt]

I am currently nearing end game. Sereva (I think) is mega broken.

She has 57 skill, and sol, so most attacks drain half the damage. She also can attack twice on her turn when she kills a unit. I have her with a killer axe so she also had a 53% crit chance. She also has 73 hp.


Girl be broken.

[Skyblade]

I am currently nearing end game. Severa is mega broken.

She has 57 skill, and sol, so most attacks drain half the damage. She also can attack twice on her turn when she kills a unit. I have her with a killer axe so she also had a 53% crit chance. She also has 73 hp.


Girl be broken.

Yeah, well, Cordelia is broken too. Simply because she has the best class lineup in the game. Pegasus Knight/Mercenary/Dark Mage. (SPOILER)Severa just inherits that, plus more stat bonuses and whatever classes her father gives her access to.

Pegasus Knight gives access to good classes, and a decent group of skills. And Galeforce. Which is just ridiculously powerful.

Mercenary gives access to Armsthrift and Sol, two really, really excellent skills, in addition to solid stats.

And Dark Mage gives access to the really powerful Dark Magic tomes. And a Sorceror with Sol and Armsthrift essentially cannot die. Aversa's Night or Nosferatu drain half damage as health all the time, and 55% of the time or so you'll activate Sol, and drain full attack damage.

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, me finishing this game? Not happening.

I like that it's challenging, the story is good, the characters are fun, and the relationship scenes are great.

But the combat bores the ever loving piss out of me. And as an SRPG, combat can take quite a while.

It's not even that there is anything inherently wrong with the combat, it just doesn't engage me in the slightest.

[Skyblade]

Pity. Maybe play on Normal? The combat will go faster and you can spend more time on the rest of the game!

I do understand your objection. But you are missing out on some awesome bits. I suppose we can start putting more spoilers in here for you then...

(SPOILER)"Marth" is Chrom's daughter. She came back in time from the future because Chrom got murdered, your army got wiped out, and the world basically ended.

[NeoCracker]

I looked that up already actually.

However...

(SPOILER)Didn't she say Chrom was going to get assassinated that night you found out she's a girl? If so, how the hell did she ever exist at all?

And yeah, playing it on normal would just drain the challange, which would make the experience even less pleasant for me. :P

[Flaming Ice]

Yeah, me finishing this game? Not happening.

I like that it's challenging, the story is good, the characters are fun, and the relationship scenes are great.

But the combat bores the ever loving piss out of me. And as an SRPG, combat can take quite a while.

It's not even that there is anything inherently wrong with the combat, it just doesn't engage me in the slightest.

Actually if you go into options you can choose a setting so you don't have to watch the animated battles, just the battles on the map.

[NeoCracker]

Well yeah, but it's still an SRPG. Not going to stop the battles from being long.

[Flaming Ice]

Well yeah, but it's still an SRPG. Not going to stop the battles from being long.

..

(SPOILER)Didn't she say Chrom was going to get assassinated that night you found out she's a girl? If so, how the hell did she ever exist at all?

It was Emmeryn who was going to be assassinated. As far as I recall she told them about the assassination attempt then they went back to stop it.

[NeoCracker]

Well yeah, but it's still an SRPG. Not going to stop the battles from being long.

..

(SPOILER)Didn't she say Chrom was going to get assassinated that night you found out she's a girl? If so, how the hell did she ever exist at all?

It was Emmeryn who was going to be assassinated. As far as I recall she told them about the assassination attempt then they went back to stop it.

I thought she also said a guy in the bushes was going to kill him, and she was there to stop him.

Time travel stories are weird.

[Flaming Ice]

[QUOTE=NeoCracker;3281744]

I thought she also said a guy in the bushes was going to kill him, and she was there to stop him.

Time travel stories are weird.

Yeah, I don't really recall what happened but I do dislike time travel stories as they make no sense.


Like how someone sees their self as a baby/child... they could have the same person from every second they existed come back in time and watch their own birth.

[Skyblade]

Timey Wimey BallHer exact words are "I'm about to save your life. From him."

However, she later explains that he would have survived anyway, but been given a permanent wound which would have weakened him and been partially responsible for his death later.

The timelines don't quite match up in any case. In the current timeline, Chrom dies when she's about three years old, while in her future, she claimed to learn the sword from him, and have memories of her mother. She also claims that she comes from a period "more than ten years hence". This indicates that the final battle in the current time happens a lot sooner than it did in Lucina's future.

Let me ask you this, though, NeoCracker: Are you interested enough in the characters and stories to want to play a more traditional RPG featuring them?