A Fire Emblem game. Not much more to say. It's a great place to start, but after playing other games in the franchise, the milquetoast flavor of this game makes it hard to come back to. The story is often times nonsensical, a low amount of characters means little encouragement for replaying the game, and the game is fairly easy. Despite all of this, I can't help but feel the charm oozing out of this game.
A fine entry in the series.
it is called Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword and you can't take that away from me
Love it. Difficult and fun, the pixel animation in the GBA games is incredible.
I wish more maps had roaming minibosses like ch22x instead of the sitting duck heal tanks. In general, tougher enemies would make what would be fun map designs in the late game more engaging.
This was my first Fire Emblem and it helped me learn the gameplay and figure out if Fire Emblem is for me. So it's wonderful for being a first FE and an enjoyable romp otherwise.
This was my first Fire Emblem and it helped me learn the gameplay and figure out if Fire Emblem is for me. So it's wonderful for being a first FE and an enjoyable romp otherwise.
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Honestly, this game had the potential to be one of the best Fire Emblems ever made. The main cast was quite interesting, and the story, while seemingly simple and classic at the beginning, had twists that were executed remarkably well. Not to mention, there was an improvement in gameplay compared to the previous Fire Emblem. The music in this game includes some bangers, but the majority are just mid, which leads me to say that this game didn't quite hit the mark.
In my personal opinion, one of the last parts of the game where Eliwood kills Ninian, who was in dragon form, only to have her brought back to life, felt like some BS that they pulled out of nowhere. But at the same time, I didn't want Ninian to die either, so I wasn't exactly upset. It's a good game, honestly, nothing extraordinary. If you're a fan of the franchise, it's definitely worth playing. Lyn best girl."
In my personal opinion, one of the last parts of the game where Eliwood kills Ninian, who was in dragon form, only to have her brought back to life, felt like some BS that they pulled out of nowhere. But at the same time, I didn't want Ninian to die either, so I wasn't exactly upset. It's a good game, honestly, nothing extraordinary. If you're a fan of the franchise, it's definitely worth playing. Lyn best girl."
An absolute improvement on the previous game. Although suffering from a slow start with an unnecessary amount of tutorials, Blazing Blade tightly knits a powerful story featuring some of the most memorable characters in the franchise. Huge improvement in gameplays, from important units to great map design, this game makes the previous entry completely insignificant. A definitive Fire Emblem game that welcomes anyone into the franchise.
The story has awful plot holes, but in its defense, it was also so boring to the point where I couldn't bother to pay enough attention to notice them while playing. Also funny how the one touted for having a good cast of characters caps supports per character. It has the issue of a boring first 1/3 of the game being Lyn's boring filler arc with as boring as shit kindergarten class levels, and late game would have shit levels too what with the boring rout levels, one of which has WEATHER, and spammy trash mob levels that dial the enemy phase up to fucking eleven as well as fog of war levels that hide bolting mages and flyers that can engage your units beyond torch/thief range so just where the fuck is the counterplay. The other levels were fine, and I thought the game was decent because I like fire emblem gameplay in general.
I played it shortly after Engage and immediately realized how much more fun I had with it. Sure, the story doesn't win any prizes for originality, but at least it's not half as stupid as in Engage^^ You even have some political machinations and complex characters who struggle with themselves and their own actions. I really liked the dynamic between Eliwood, Lyn and Hector, they were very cool characters with some well written and humorous dialog. The difficulty level fluctuated a lot, sometimes I rolled through the missions like a wrecking ball and at other times I was killed by a single enemy attack :D The support system is garbage and not at all self-explanatory, but it wasn't that important. Generally you spend a bit too much time in menus, but hey, it's Fire Emblem. Overall, I really liked it.
playing a romhack randomizer (first time) with friends
Canas is so broken; he's the true MVP of this game. Might try the Hector route sometime later, but after almost 35 hours with this runthrough, I need a break.
mid emblem
hector my goat FUCK LYN fans they ain't even play this game
Peak early 2000s anime aestethics and fire gameplay. I would recommend this as first FE over Awakening and Three Houses anyday, anytime.
This game brought back my will to live
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HECTOR HARD MODE:
HHM turns the game into an annoying game of park the unit with good defense and/or speed on a forest tile and press end turn to get through a map which culminates in one of the worst endgames to play through with a smorgasbord of bad maps
The story also was very ehh tbh
I had fun with my Eliwood Normal run tho that was pretty decent
HHM turns the game into an annoying game of park the unit with good defense and/or speed on a forest tile and press end turn to get through a map which culminates in one of the worst endgames to play through with a smorgasbord of bad maps
The story also was very ehh tbh
I had fun with my Eliwood Normal run tho that was pretty decent
kinda awesome
Los personajes no crecieron en mi, Héctor y Lyn están muy maníos.
fun game, just extremely difficult. will return later
As someone who'd never touched a fire Emblem game, or really even knew what they were about - I was blown away!
The art style, the addictive combat + strategies, the characters, story, music... damn.
My main qualms with the game lie with how if you're new to the series and lose people early game (post tutorial), it really screws you in the late game with no chance of recovering.
I'm really looking forward to playing whatever next one I decide on though, especially now I have an understanding of the mechanics!
The art style, the addictive combat + strategies, the characters, story, music... damn.
My main qualms with the game lie with how if you're new to the series and lose people early game (post tutorial), it really screws you in the late game with no chance of recovering.
I'm really looking forward to playing whatever next one I decide on though, especially now I have an understanding of the mechanics!
Heath OP
this game is really just average. idk i felt no strong feelings towards this game. i liked the main trio's interactions at least.
This was my first entry back into Fire Emblem after almost a decade of dropping the series. And it was so, so worth it. Just about every unit is lovable in their own unique (and usually simple) way. Building my team around my favorite characters and their supports was so satisfying.
I really can't help but emphasize my love for the characters in this game because, for the entry being as straightforwardly Fire Emblem as it is, little bits of flavor like personality, gameplay feel, and relationships are required to make an entry like this stand out. It succeeds at this wonderfully.
PS: Canas and Nino is my favorite support in the entire game and I love their silly little found family/tutor & pupil dynamic sm. I'd replay solely just to see them again. It's a requirement I use them for every playthrough here on out.
I really can't help but emphasize my love for the characters in this game because, for the entry being as straightforwardly Fire Emblem as it is, little bits of flavor like personality, gameplay feel, and relationships are required to make an entry like this stand out. It succeeds at this wonderfully.
PS: Canas and Nino is my favorite support in the entire game and I love their silly little found family/tutor & pupil dynamic sm. I'd replay solely just to see them again. It's a requirement I use them for every playthrough here on out.
Yeah yeah, Three Houses and Awakening are better games, but Blazing Blade is my introduction for this franchise, so yeah, just like this one more. (I love you Lyn).
Je pense pas que ça soit aussi bien que dans mes souvenirs mais c'est le premier Fire Emblem que j'ai pu faire car traduit en français et j'en garde encore aujourd'hui un souvenir assez vivace. Ca manque un poil de personnalité dans l'écriture des personnages, contrairement à ce que deviendra la série bien plus tard, mais les mécaniques de jeu addictives sont déjà présentes.
People hyped this game as one of, if not the best FE game.
This is mid.
Map design for the first half of Eliwood / Hector mode is not good at all, and Lyn mode being unskippable tutorial as ass garbage, the characters are charming, and the story works well enough, but GOOD LUCK GETTING THOSE CHARACTER INTERACTIONS ON THE GBA SUPPORT SYSTEM, 3 convos per map if you UBER turtle, did not get fixed from Binding Blade, so on a game with worse map design you need better writing to make up for it, but its gotta be hidden, also 5 convos per character lol, lmao.
This is one of those cases of hype backfiring, and its not the worst one for me, but still, it has great maps after CH 21 or so, and and the like, so its not bad, just medriocre.
This is mid.
Map design for the first half of Eliwood / Hector mode is not good at all, and Lyn mode being unskippable tutorial as ass garbage, the characters are charming, and the story works well enough, but GOOD LUCK GETTING THOSE CHARACTER INTERACTIONS ON THE GBA SUPPORT SYSTEM, 3 convos per map if you UBER turtle, did not get fixed from Binding Blade, so on a game with worse map design you need better writing to make up for it, but its gotta be hidden, also 5 convos per character lol, lmao.
This is one of those cases of hype backfiring, and its not the worst one for me, but still, it has great maps after CH 21 or so, and and the like, so its not bad, just medriocre.
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القصة و الشخصيات كرتونية ذي المرة لكن ما مانعت
القصة و الشخصيات كرتونية ذي المرة لكن ما مانعت
would love to go back and beat this, loved this shit so much when I was younger I even made a shitty rom hack
The first Fire Emblem game to be localized in the West, it's the seventh installment but better late than never.
This one is a great introduction too because the first campaign doesn't require any previous knowledge and serves as a tutorial for the rest of the game. I should probably mention The Blazing Blade is a prequel to Fire Emblem 6, but it's not necessary to play that in order to understand the plot.
Overall, I really liked Fire Emblem 7. I don't think it's necessary to explain any further since the game speaks for itself and this isn't a particularly obscure series. I'd say it's even good for SRPG beginners.
This one is a great introduction too because the first campaign doesn't require any previous knowledge and serves as a tutorial for the rest of the game. I should probably mention The Blazing Blade is a prequel to Fire Emblem 6, but it's not necessary to play that in order to understand the plot.
Overall, I really liked Fire Emblem 7. I don't think it's necessary to explain any further since the game speaks for itself and this isn't a particularly obscure series. I'd say it's even good for SRPG beginners.
Two of us played this back to back to see who was better at the game, and we both had a really great time. We’ll play Hector mode someday