Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is simply a great game. As for a return to consoles since Thracia 776, PoR hit the nail with it feeling like a console Fire Emblem experience. The story is probably my favorite 'simple' story in the series due to its execution of its themes, characters, and set-ups, and the growth of our protagonist, Ike. Gameplay is solid with shove, bonus experience, and base camp being such appreciative features that really should come back. Despite the meta of the game being more favored by mounts and fliers, all the units are viable to be used with the help of bonus experience. That help also factors in the difficulty as PoR is a lot more easier due to no part of the localized version getting rid of Maniac difficulty and adding an Easy difficulty. Despite that, I still think PoR is still a fairly fun game in terms of difficulty. Music and sound design is excellent and the character art design by Kita Senri is probably my favorite art style in the series. As for the negatives, the 3-D animates had aged as the animations aren't that exciting and flow of battle is pretty slow. Finally, the later maps in terms of Difficult mode become open season as your units become stronger, but the enemy units are barely getting any stronger. Overall, easily one of the best Fire Emblem games and easy recommendation to play through any means. 4.5/5.