role-playing

Oh My God this game is oh so cool. Time flies when you're having fun and that's definitely the case with Fire Emblem. In this game, there are SO many people and you become friends with ALL of them. If you lose one, GOODBYE. Ya won't see him/her for the rest of the game, PERIOD.

I've seen reviews of Fire Emblem complaining about the graphics, but personally I think they're fine. They aren't better or worse than any other games I've ever played, and it's actually quite funny the way they look on the battlefield. Course you can't tell two people of the same class from one another, like say, Batre from Dorcas. That's a problem, but it doesn't really make a huge effect on the game.

There's things like Weapon Levels, Support Levels, and all that, but you don't have to worry about getting armor for any of your chars. You do have to worry about weapons breaking and magic items disappearing, but it's all worth it for this game.

The battles and strategy are pretty easy in the tutorial and at the beginning of the real story, but in the later chaps of 23+ they are really difficult. For those people who enjoy a challenge and using their heads, this game is for you. ENJOY!

This is a great game, period.

Storyline: The story is immersive. Great characters, dialog, everything! The opening tutorial (not really a tutorial) has a story of its own that just leads to the main story later on. Overall, I had a hard time putting this game down.

Graphics: Personally I enjoy the anime-style graphics of this game more than some 3-D titles on other systems. Battles are colorful and all of the character designs are great (well one character, a monk named Lucius, looks like a girl, but it is no big deal).

Gameplay: The strategy system in the game is very similar to the Advance Wars titles, but in my opinion even better (played both Advance Wars games, there good but FE is better). You play on a grid-based map where you direct your characters in battle. The addition of rpg elements (leveling up) is a great feature. Gameplay is easy enough and challenging enough for everyone.

All I have left to say is BUY THIS GAME! I promise you won't regret it!

For those of you who aren't game savvy, we got our first taste of Fire Emblem in Super Smash Bros Melee, with two hidden characters, Roy and Marth. But when some of us looked into it further, we discovered that Fire Emblem had been around for about six or seven games from the SNES days. When some of us saw how cool Roy and Marth were, we wanted to see the actual game. So the newly announced GBA game was brought to US shores. And it was good.

The US version of Fire Emblem takes place in "Roy's storyline" but Roy isn't really in the game. Instead it revolves around Eliwood, his father and Prince of Pherae, his good friend Hector, Brother of Marquess Ostia, and a new friend Lyn, granddaughter of Marquess Cailen. A dark power in the form of the Black Fang rises, kidnapping Eliwood's father. Eliwood sets out with his friends too find his father and stop the Black Fang.

The gameplay is technically RPG based but is tactial strategy. In your turn you select your characters to move to certain locations based on the map. When your turn is over, your opponents do the same thing on their turn. It repeats until the mission goal is achieved. Leveling up is in the form of battling your enemies.

The gameplay is fun and the storyline is wonderful. There are several challenges for the advanced gamers, like support conversations and fully leveling up, or if you're pretty straight forward, that works too. The game's graphics are good and cinematic sequences are shown in artistic format, which is very effective for the storytelling game.

Overall, if you're an RPG fan, this is a must have game. It is the best game I played that came out in 2003. I reccomend it to anyone with a GBA/SP.