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Fire Emblem Community Thread | Together We Ride
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I want the series' difficulty to ramp up with the next iteration. Keeping casual mode is fine if they use it to their advantage; they could add more enemies in key locations and all but guarantee at least a couple or more characters will get offed per battle and denied exp, for example >
Also I want the attack animations to look amazing. Those two are my most hoped for improvements.
Also I want the attack animations to look amazing. Those two are my most hoped for improvements.
fredrancour
Member
Still praying for the day when wii and gc games go up for direct download on wiiu or its successor so I can easily acquire a copy of radiant dawn to play for the first time, and also to replay path of radiance.
True but I like playing with my favorite units with no worries
Maybe if we had a specific amount of re-classing options per unit it would make things interesting. Sort of like in Sacred Stones.
dakkumauji
Member
I think they did a decent job with the first gen characters minus the avatar. Then once you start considering the kids, your avatar kids and the bonus characters, all sense of balance gets thrown out the window.
At least it was an improvement from FE11/12's system.
You mean, you shouldn't be allowed to have Galeforce on your entire team (minus Chrom)?
Personally, I'd rather have it removed, but I think with Awakening's popularity they'll leave it in. I'm fine if they just refine it a bit. It got too ridiculous in Awakening.
This. So much this. The maps were really terrible.
theprodigy
Member
They should just have Second Seals move you laterally across classes, so that you can't continually reset your levels.
That's enough to balance it, really, and maybe postgame gives you the old level-resetting version of Second Seals?
Radiant Dawn had the best maps overall #truthfact
mihon
Member
While Radiant Dawn had good level design, Thracia 776 maps are on another level. That game is so far ahead in level design in the whole FE series and SRPG genre that is not even funny. The only other game that comes somewhat close is Berwick Saga, which incidentally, was also designed by Shozou Kaga.
fredrancour
Member
a direct gameplay copy of Awakening with better maps and a "no grinding mode" option as a difficulty setting would be enough to make the next fe my game of the year.
Otakumegane
Member
I don't remember Path of Radiance's chapter 11 being so hard....(Granted it is hardmode)
Zihark gets killed too often.
Nephenne with a forged Iron Lance showing why she's OP though.
Zihark gets killed too often.
Nephenne with a forged Iron Lance showing why she's OP though.
theprodigy
Member
Otakumegane
Member
Finishing PoR and starting RD, it would have been so much better if supports could have been unlocked more freely in PoR as to fill out more of the lore, flesh out characters and build anticipation for a sequel. Maybe not limit support convo numbers.
Instead I was confused 1st time through Radiant Dawn and only began appreciating it much later after reading wikis, which was after I sold it. If I had known all that stuff about Branded beforehand man.
Such a shame.
EDIT:By the way, what made them just totally gut how supports worked in Radiant Dawn?
Instead I was confused 1st time through Radiant Dawn and only began appreciating it much later after reading wikis, which was after I sold it. If I had known all that stuff about Branded beforehand man.
Such a shame.
EDIT:By the way, what made them just totally gut how supports worked in Radiant Dawn?
Not sure, but I think they probably did it due to how splintered that game is. You get a serious number of units in that game, some of which you don't even have for nearly half of the game. RD is a totally nonsensical game with great level design and is a pretty stellar follow up to the story in PoR. However... in terms of gameplay it's just all over the place due to everything that's going on.
Path of Radiance had pretty much the ideal support conversation setup for me - you don't have to put units adjacent like in the previous games, you only have to bring them into battle with each other. Having unlimited supports in Awakening was great though.
Like the guy above me said, it's because you teleport to using different units across the game and they're not all in one place and usable until Part 4.
theprodigy
Member
Hey, the way support points worked in Radiant Dawn was great!
Plus PoR had base convos and base convos are something that should be standard in the series by now.
PoR was really open and expansive with its lore, and that's why I'll always love the Tellius series the most. It's set a high standard for me. I just never got as into the worlds of the other games.
PoR was really open and expansive with its lore, and that's why I'll always love the Tellius series the most. It's set a high standard for me. I just never got as into the worlds of the other games.
Considering FE12 even had them I figured that was the case at this point, but I guess Fire Emblem Madlibs: Awakening had a different idea in mind. The little strategy convos with Jeigan may have been unnecessary or redundant in some cases but they really fleshed out a game that needed it.
So if you could get one FE character into smash as an assist trophy, who would you want? Not playable character mind you, just an AT. I think that's our best shot to get more obscure characters in there.
Personally, I think Soren would be a fantastic AT, but any Manakete would work pretty well too.
Personally, I think Soren would be a fantastic AT, but any Manakete would work pretty well too.
theprodigy
Member
Nephenee /totallybiased
nah but seriously, I guess you could have Tiki or something
nah but seriously, I guess you could have Tiki or something
Oh, yeah, duh, Nephenee. She would be my first choice for sure.
Tibarn would be pretty cool though. He could turn into a big ol' bird and divebomb the stage.
Sure, it adds replayability. Even better if they are recruited in different routes, a la Thracia 776.
I hope that for the next game they don't do a direct sequel to Awakening, but considering its sales....
I know this comment is a bit old now, but Sacred Stones was the only game in a new setting that didn't receive a sequel/prequel. I think it would be odd if they didn't follow-up their most popular entry with a direct sequel/prequel after pretty much every new setting received one.
I think Anna is the only non-lord character that makes sense.
Black Knight would be a pretty fantastic AT. One Hit KO machine.
Otakumegane
Member
Why did they decide to not have Ike on the cover of Radiant dawn I will not know.
I mean he had the Smash appearance. Instead we get one of the worst Fire Emblem boxarts. Was he like supposed to be a surprise or something? And they didn't want to spoil it by having Ike mentioned in reviews and all that? Cause that must have backfired a bit.
As for classes, I loved the 3rd tier names. Sounded epic. Awakening's freely reclassing gave the characters less of an identity somehow.
I mean he had the Smash appearance. Instead we get one of the worst Fire Emblem boxarts. Was he like supposed to be a surprise or something? And they didn't want to spoil it by having Ike mentioned in reviews and all that? Cause that must have backfired a bit.
As for classes, I loved the 3rd tier names. Sounded epic. Awakening's freely reclassing gave the characters less of an identity somehow.
theprodigy
Member
I want RD's 3-tier system and a combination of FE11/12/13 reclassing, where each character has a set number of classes and can't reset levels
and branching promotions, I wanna see how creative IS can get with 3rd tier class names
Smash came out well after RD, and Ike was on the Club Nintendo insert in the box so I don't think he was supposed to be a surprise.
No clue why he didn't make it to the front of the box though.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Jolly God I bought all the DLC contents for FE:A and I haven't even touched some of the last ones yet............................................
Seriously though, if they release a FE game for WiiU and confirming it to come to the west, I will buy WiiU IMMEDIATELY.
Seriously though, if they release a FE game for WiiU and confirming it to come to the west, I will buy WiiU IMMEDIATELY.
Otakumegane
Member
Path of Radiance's epilogue does a really bad job at teasing for Radiant Dawn. Just saying.
At least they should have showed the Black Knight Alive and saying stuff like "Hmph, the child from back then has grown. I shall see the true Gawain's swordmanship yet, yadda yadda"
Sephiran's ramblings at the end do absolutely nothing.
The credits music is pretty damn good though.
At least they should have showed the Black Knight Alive and saying stuff like "Hmph, the child from back then has grown. I shall see the true Gawain's swordmanship yet, yadda yadda"
Sephiran's ramblings at the end do absolutely nothing.
The credits music is pretty damn good though.
theprodigy
Member
Otakumegane
Member
Oh my god. I remember I was so bored that I just ate dinner and came back to see it still scrolling.
No wonder I was confused.
Otakumegane
Member
What are the chances of seeing an HD Tellius collection?
fredrancour
Member
If hd editions of any kind are shown at e3, I'm going to continue holding out for it. If no mention of further hd editions is made, I'm saying screw it and ordering a copy of radiant dawn.
And I guess por too because IDK where my disk is and never beat it.
theprodigy
Member
equal to the chances of getting Xenoblade sales in the USA
j/k
man I'd buy that day 1
Otakumegane
Member
Yeah I really want to revisit Radiant Dawn.
Laurentius
Member
Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn both sold poorly, so I'd be really surprised if we saw a HD collection anytime soon...which is an absolute crime.
fredrancour
Member
Hmmm...... maybe if they throw in a permadeath toggle option in the remake they can get some of the new fire emblem awakening fans who would find permadeath needlessly stressful.
Otakumegane
Member
I had forgotten how Overpowered these Laguz Royals are.
Hell Tibarn is just canceling all damage. (And with more skill in Radiant Dawn)
Hell Tibarn is just canceling all damage. (And with more skill in Radiant Dawn)
They'd also need to tone down the difficulty anyway, didn't the EU/US have the JP Normal, Hard and Lunatic modes as Easy, Normal and Hard?
That said, a HD collection of the Tellius series would be fantastic.
Nah, I'd much prefer a 3DS port of the two games. The problem with the Tellius series is that FE really lends itself more to portable gaming.
theprodigy
Member
Too hard?
Fuck that, give me a Lunatic Mode.
(also PoR had the opposite, it took out Maniac Mode)
fatgamecat
Member
FE9 removed Mania and added Easy. There's no Mania in the US version.
FE10 renamed the difficulties but didn't remove or add any, with some slight tweaks to make it easier overall.
FE10 renamed the difficulties but didn't remove or add any, with some slight tweaks to make it easier overall.
theprodigy
Member
yeah, but for FE10 it would have been nice to have:
1) the extra dialogue that for some reason was cut from the harder modes
2) Master Crown requirement for 3rd tier promotions (makes it more limited)
3) the forging point system so you can't spam forges lategame
however, the remaining changes were for the better (seriously, Japanese version Edward sucks)
also, all changes here:
http://www.serenesforest.net/general/local3.html#fe10
(note to self: www.[I]serene[/I]forest.net is not the site you are looking for)