advantage
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2024
incredibly charming! probably one of the best worlds to immerse yourself in out of the fe games i've played, which is helped immensely by hidari's stunning art direction, full voice acting, and a world + characters that feel both lived in and straight out of a fairy tale. on the other hand.... there's the gameplay. which is fine at the start and generally alright on alm's route, but celica's route feels borderline unplayable once you get to the desert + swamp maps. really enjoyed playing it the first time, but probably won't go back to it
even though i started with fe3h, i think awakening was what made me a Fire Emblem fan :) gameplay is simple but clean, the characters are generally endearing, and the story holds up well! the higher difficulties absolutely weren't playtested bc you either break the game or the game breaks you but you can also gaze tenderly into chrom's eyes as he professes his love for you so um. It's a good game
2021
to be honest i have no clue how to play this game and kinda just button mash. but one of my core memories from high school is playing smash in the library after school with my friends while trying and failing to cut apart a raindrop cake from a nearby bakery on camera and somehow even managing to win once or twice and feeling just so insanely happy
2005
2022