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Shouldn't be rated E

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 24
Date: July 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this ?E? rated game for my son, and was surprised at the graphically violent nature of the introduction listed in the manual, as follows: ??All that was lost when mankind disrupted this balance with a sudden attack, a brutal slaughter that bathed the land in blood. Each fought for domination in a savage war that shook the foundations of nature itself.?

I hardly consider the vivid imagery of this passage to be appropriate for all ages. Either the rating system is not suitably designed or this one slipped through the cracks.

o.k.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is just like advance wars 2 except you dont get factories,
which is bad because u only get about 15 people through the entire game, and if 1 of your people die their gone, you never get them back, EVER, its very good except advance wars 2 is better

Yawn. Been done and done heaps better.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: June 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Remember Shining Force I and II? Remember? Those turn based top-down view rpgs on the Sega Mega Drive with cool characters, heaps of cool magic and detailed combat animations?

Well those were classic sega games that came out a full DECADE ago. Compared to those strategy rpgs of yore, Fire Emblem (this the 7th in the series) makes NO PROGRESS WHATSOEVER.

It has lacklustre character designs, an overly wordy plot, a simplistic and boring combat system, a lack of difficulty and an annoying "support" feature which is somehow the developers attempt at adding replay value to this game.

Overall, to the utter newbie whose only prior experience with these kind of games was with Advance Wars(which is arguably a better game than this one), Fire Emblem might seem like a solid choice. I agree, it IS a solid choice. It is also, however, a throwback of a game. A disappointing retread of gameplay that has been done bigger and better(on lower end systems I might add).

How to begin? I will make a short comparison between this game and Shining Force II, which many of you have already played. Let me remind you that:

*SFII had more exciting animations. In Fire Emblem, most of the art went to the character portraits. When it comes to the top-down graphics in battle, as well as the battle animations themselves, this game looks extremely poor for a GBA game.

*SFII had more varied character designs. FE's characters might look "pretty", but are pretty much all same-ish anime fare, color-coded hair and all.

*SFII had HEAPS more: weapons, armours, spells, items. It was much more varied. Compared to this, all FE has going for it is a nice little "weapon triangle" system and your token herbs and potions. Not very exciting. In SFII you could cast spells like gigantic lightning storms which affect entire areas. In FE the magic works just like a weapon. You attack one square at a time. BO-Ring.

*SFII had BETWEEN-COMBAT exploration. In FE, it's pretty much battle after battle. Consequently the plot is FORCED to be told in huge CHUNKS pre and post-battle. Not very immersive.

*SFII was fun and worth replaying. Just go try it. In FE however, any semblance of replayability is in the form of placing different units next to each other and wait turn after turn in hope of getting new support combos. Wheee.

It seems abit ridiculous for me to compare this hand-held game with a console game, but bear in mind that the console game in question came out more than 10 years before this. The game boy advance is both graphically and performance wise better than the Mega Drive in every respect. Why can't Intelligent Sys. make a game that fully utilises its potential?

this game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: November 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsom it is the perfect game

THIS GAME IS DA BOMB

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

You have to love fire emblem. It is the best game in the world. By this game now! Using astrategies is the key to this game and it uses the best gameplay in the world. You can use criticals on all of your players to kill enemy knights, soldiers, etc. If you liked advance wars then you'll love this game. But to give you a little bit of advice if one of your good players die you can never use them again unless you restart that whole chapter. The only downfall to this game is the last bit of the game where you have to use one of your main characters (if they die you lose the whole chapter)to destroy the dragon. Another piece of advice: make sure you strongly make your main characters (Eliwood, Lyn, and Hector)strong because you will need them.

EWWWWWWWW

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 38
Date: June 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I hate this game. Not because its stratagy but because its completey boring. I like final fantasy, KOTOR ect. but this is just soooooooo bad I hate it. All you do is move your little person around on a map and then watch them fight eachother...WATCH...THATS IT!! You have NO control over who wins or loses at all there is no attack button or menu you are just watching and if your person loses there gone...FOREVER. This is the worst game I have ever bought if you want a fun RPG go buy Final Fantasy I & II there much better. Although In the 2nd one you cant switch people in the line so thats a little odd. I like 1 better. Please unless you like crappy games do NOT buy this heck dont even take it for free. ITS THAT BAD!!

this game rocks in a bad way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i think you should buy the second one its a lot cooler.

Buy this game or I'll slaughter you (not really)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is AMAZING, really the best game ever. It beats halo out of the water due to the A) music, B) stragy and C) cheat freeness.

Markishness Loves it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: September 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a must-play for all people who have ever held a Gameboy.
It is THE BEST GAME!
THE BEST!
THE BEST!
THE BEST!
5 Stars!
THE BEST!
I promise you that you will become hopelessly addicted from the moment you start playing!

VERY FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. the fire emblem series will make an impact on US socity. I beat this game in a little over 2 months and then played it on HARD!!! This game is truly amazing

Fire Emblem 2 comes out soon.

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