Ah ok. Yeh its the problem of not using a unifying review system among the games media.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Ah ok. Yeh its the problem of not using a unifying review system among the games media.
No, it's the problem of trying to use one, thus metacritic.
It's certainly an issue with Metacritic. One other example was a magazine that used whole scale of 1-10. Metacritic tends to be emphasized towards 75-99 scores. So they were on Metacritic for a while but had to leave because of how the scale is on Metacritic.
Just picked it up at my local EBGames. The street date was back on but they let me have it since they'd already called to confirm my pre-order was already available.
However, I wonder if I'd be better off playing the GC and Wii Fire Emblems before this one.
What do you guys think?
I know it's not a direct sequel, but I'm worried I'll have a hard time enjoying the older games after playing this one.
However, I wonder if I'd be better off playing the GC and Wii Fire Emblems before this one.
What do you guys think?
I know it's not a direct sequel, but I'm worried I'll have a hard time enjoying the older games after playing this one.
Knux-Future
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Luckily I was already spoiled of that spoiler but geez...they really didn't hold back.
Gametrailers...fail.
also i hope Gamestop isn't shitty with sending me this....kinda hyped now
Gametrailers...fail.
also i hope Gamestop isn't shitty with sending me this....kinda hyped now
16 hours.
The Awesomest
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If you really want to, play the GC one first, then Awakening, then Wii. The Wii game has enough unique features that aren't in any other game that you won't dislike it.
omfg.
No, they definitely increase evasion. There is a green (I think) icon in one of the corners, that lets you know you have an advantage on that section of land.
It's a legitimate concern but if you had no problem playing older Final Fantasy games I think this could still work out. The games all had different focus and strengths, Awakening just decided to celebrate all of them.
We just know that it's coming in April.
Reluctant-Hero
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It seems that Fire Emblem: Awakening is another 8-4 joint.
Although I don't think they can come out and directly confirm it, @MarkMacD's twitter feed all but confirms this. Or maybe I'm an idiot who missed them confirming this on their podcast or twitter feeds? I'm glad they've developed such an excellent relationship with Nintendo.
Although I don't think they can come out and directly confirm it, @MarkMacD's twitter feed all but confirms this. Or maybe I'm an idiot who missed them confirming this on their podcast or twitter feeds? I'm glad they've developed such an excellent relationship with Nintendo.
Praying that Project X is Dragon Quest VII for NOA.
Rich Amtower from the Treehouse also said that it was 8-4 that actually translated the game.
None, actually. All trivial stuff about names and long known characters.
Geeeeeeez lol
Reluctant-Hero
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I finally hit the RNG jackpot. Feels good.
Nice!
Oh cool, when/where did he say that?
On Twitter yesterday, I believe. Someone here on GAF talked to him about it and he admitted that it was 8-4 that did most of the work, or something like that.
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Reluctant-Hero
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Awesome, thanks! Yeah, I'd guess that Treehouse put final polish & approval on 8-4's stellar work.
Really? Where? I thought it was a potential shipping delay warning, just to cover their asses if things don't go as planned.
creid
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I've never played an FE before. I was under the impression this game would have repeatable battles (like FFT's "random battles" on the world map) that you could use to grind for XP. Now that I read Polygon's review it sounds like that is not true? No way to take a break and level up some of your weaker characters until you're satisfied?
The review is false if it really says that.
The Awesomest
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No it has that. Other FE games don't.
Yeah there are "random battles" on the map. You can also reclass and gain levels as much as you wish.
creid
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It doesn't explicitly say that, but it seems to imply it:
Thanks for the responses.
eudaemonic
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*laughing* I knew someone in here had to have more. I remember being in the Denpamen thread and finding out people had 20+ hours on that demo. At least you could keep that progress though. Wish all demos did that. :/
Mark and John went and confirmed in the review thread that 8-4 actually did the full localization (under supervision by Rich Amtower). Seems to me that this has to have been Project X then, as the timing lines up perfectly.
It's really good practice for the game until it actually comes out. This is my fire FE game (although I have some experience with Advance Wars), so it's nice to test my limits without actual consequences, see what risk/reward actions work for me, what difficulty I like, etc.
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qizah
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I'm not being careful at all. Losing units too frequently lol. I'm only on chapter 4 but I've lost units a number of times already. Lots of restarting 
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.Reluctant-Hero
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It seems as if Project X has yet to be revealed. So my hopes still live.Project X...I suppose we'll talk about that on the next podcast.
That's referring to the paralogues (sidequest chapters), which are indeed one time only. As said before, the game also gives you random battles on the world map that never cease to appear as you play through the game, so you've got those too.
I'm not being careful at all. Losing units too frequently lol. I'm only on chapter 4 but I've lost units a number of times already. Lots of restarting
Playing on Lunatic?
So yesterday I went to EB and they said they haven't received their copies yet, but it's on sale and to come back tomorrow. I just went to the store and now they're saying they got an email and it's pushed to the fourth, so they won't sell it to me.
Anything I can do? I sent a message to their twitter feed.
Anything I can do? I sent a message to their twitter feed.
Duane Cunningham
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Just to be clear, all this broken street date talk is still Canada, right?
I don't know, I wouldn't assume that, haha
I'm thinking they just aren't ready to confirm that "this" was X. We'll seeeeeeeeeee.
Yeah, but I think they're trying to lock down on it now if I'm not mistaken. Could be wrong but I that that's what I'm hearing.
PapaEmeritus
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I haven't seen any during the 10 hours I've played so I don't think those save points are in the game.
edit: nvm guess I'm wrong lols
Awakening has that, but only in Casual Mode I believe. It's more like in Radiant Dawn where you can choose to do it wherever as opposed to a particular point on a map.
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