Amazing (Fire Emblem (GBA))

Member Name: Auryvf

Product:	Fire Emblem (GBA)
Date:	13/05/09 (2 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Wonderful story, loads of likable characters, and indepth tactical gameplay

Disadvantages: Can become too easy if you level your characters up to much, Not for FPS fans.

I'll say it loud and clear right now - I adore this game. It is easily in my top 5 games and possibly in my top 3 games of all time and I've spent well over 60 hours on it. It is the only gba game I couldn't bare to sell and now lives safely in the gba slot in my ds.

The game itself is split up into seperate chapters with each chapter containing dialogue, a fight and then more dialogue in that order. The story itself is beautifully told with likeable characters and a deep, twisting plot. The battle animations are very smooth and the music is lovely for a gba game.

During the fights, the player has a selection of units (generally up to around 10) and during their turn they have the chance to move each of their units and either attack or do an action like use an item or open a chest. Once every unit has been moved then the enermy has the chance to do the same and the process is then repeated.

Some units are stronger than others in different situations, for example there is a rock-paper-scissors formula for swords, axes and lances e.g. swords are effective against axes but weak against lances. Some units can only attack the enermy next to them, others can only attack enemies one unit away, a few can attack both and a couple can't attack at all. Most enemies can also counter-attack so this all leads to some rather in depth tactics as no one unit can be used in every situation.

Unlike similar games such as advance wars, every unit in fire emblem has their own name and personality and once character dies, they die for good - no revive spells or phoenix downs, in this game once they're gone they're gone. Because of all this it is easy to become very attached to your favourite units and thats the charm of fire emblem.

Summary: A great tactical game that every strategy fan HAS to play.