This is my first Fire Emblem I tried to go in as blind as possible, so I looked things up as little as possible which had bolstered and also made the experience much harder. Still really enjoyed it over all with a rough start with lack of a convoy to you reach around chapter 7 or 8 till you can access it so any new items on a character with a full inventory you had no choice but the chuck an item. The mid game felt alot better as I was able to form my army more to how I liked it only issue was not realizing that class promotions weren't only tied to a master seal so I stopped using some characters when they got to 19 not knowing the now promote at 21. At the same time I feed all my bonus EXP to Sothe thinking he'll promote to an assassin or something but hes actually locked to thief and Volke would only get a promote but later in the story, that was something I wish I knew ahead of time. Outside of some chapters being a little annoying the only big issue I had was the final Black Knight fight since I did not use Mist at all not know she would be there. Adding to this I final boss was way to tanky and I don't know how anyone could beat him without Aether and alot of Physic staffs. Overall playing through the game on the hardest difficulty for the western release wasn't that bad but I wouldn't have minded just playing on the difficulty right below it.