Fire Emblem

[Malgos]

I like Zephiel, but then again I have a bias for the Elibe games and especially six. Speaking of which I liked that Fates allowed you to choose the countries of the old games as your country.

[Neir]

>not mentioning Alvis or Manfloy

[Laith]

who?

[asterism42]

Manfroy is too generic bwa ha ha ha evil for my tastes. Blah blah priest of evil god blah. There's literally one in every Fire Emblem game.

[Elf]

Getting skills through street pass is the easiest way of going about these things. Especially with all the 'skill shops.'

That's right. I keep forgetting about this, even though this is why my Corrin currently has Lethality.

But honestly I think the marriage system in Fates ruined the story. All the kids were pretty much gag characters, and the parent characters were incredibly one-trick-ponies personality-wise; Not interesting enough to feel very much for them with a few exceptions.

I liked Ophilia and Shiro- they were good units and didn't feel like rehashes of Awakening characters like the kids in Birthright did and not the what the hell where they thinking with Soliel. Also, Forrest is a goddamn waist.

I used Rajhat quite a bit, but she kind of upset me because she was like this version of Tharja with all of her good qualities taken away and the creep amped up to 11. Also liked Asaugi, but then again he was just Giaus, who I enjoyed as well. However Street Punk Ninja and Prodigal Royalty bros to the end.

Hell, Anankos wasn't even as impressive as Grima. Though let's face it, Grima was pretty much an apocalypse with wings, fangs, claws and a malicious personality. He was no Black Knight, but he was still amazing. That scene in the broken future, when you see his whole body, and it's bigger than the entire city, forget the castle. That had an impact. He's both evil, and so big, that if you cut him, you'll need something a lot longer than Falchion if you're hoping to make him bleed. Seriously, who else thought to themselves: 'Oh, dear god, I'm supposed to defeat that?!'

Honestly, I prefer Awakening's story and characters as a whole. Plus the whole kid system works beautifully there over, "Whelp, didn't use birth control, let's send our kid to the deep realms."

When I saw Grima with that flashback, my first thought was, "YOU LEAVE MY WIAFU ALONE!" then it became, "Fuck, I've got OP Owain, Tharja and Henry. I've got this." Even though on my second playthrough I planed it out so Lucy would be the one to kill Grima.

And yes, Lucy is my Wifeu and Tharja's Best Girl.

[Neir]

Manfroy is too generic bwa ha ha ha evil for my tastes. Blah blah priest of evil god blah. There's literally one in every Fire Emblem game.

I include Manfloy because of his actually twisted sinister plot.

Alvis, on the other hand, is a good complex villain imo.

@laith: FE4

[The Geek]

Manfroy is good because he actually succeeda. At least until he decides it'd be better to hypnotize Julia rather than outright killing her and keeping her from using the Book of Naga.

Personally when it comes to diabolical sorcerors I prefer the original flavor: Gharnef.

[Draconic]

Oh, the Black Knight. You mean that guy that was a total dick in Path of Radiance but then they tried to convince you he wasn't a bad guy in Radiant Dawn?

no I'm pretty sure he was still a dick and a bad guy in RD
he was just sometimes in your side

Yup.

I've only played Awakening and Conquest myself so I can't comment as much - in terms of raw visual power Grima takes the cake as a city sized dragon whose torso constitutes as the freakin' map of the final chapter.

In terms of story I would say (this might sound like a cop out) but the player character in Conquest would appear to be this to the people of Hoshido - they're hardly villains as a whole and every fight against one of the Hoshidan siblings felt like a real gut punch. And it works, the long list sibling rediscovered only to betray them to Nohr, a country already responsible for many atrocities.

Also as I've only played conquest of the fates trilogy, is it worth getting Birthright? I know I need to for Revelations but is it worth the monies?

Birthright and Revelations were fine, but I'd recommend that you just watch them on YouTube if you want to know what happens. And no, other than the very brief variation on it in the introduction, you still don't hear the Fire Emblem theme anywhere in the game up until the last fifteen seconds of Revelations.

The final levels of Birthright and Revelations are also startlingly easy. Nothing on Awakening and certainly not Path of Radience. I couldn't finish that game at all without losing a character.

That's right. I keep forgetting about this, even though this is why my Corrin currently has Lethality.

I liked Ophilia and Shiro- they were good units and didn't feel like rehashes of Awakening characters like the kids in Birthright did and not the what the hell where they thinking with Soliel. Also, Forrest is a goddamn waist.

I used Rajhat quite a bit, but she kind of upset me because she was like this version of Tharja with all of her good qualities taken away and the creep amped up to 11. Also liked Asaugi, but then again he was just Giaus, who I enjoyed as well. However Street Punk Ninja and Prodigal Royalty bros to the end.

Ophelia and Shiro were surprisingly different, though I liked Soleil despite her weird bullshit. I had mixed feelings about Forrest. Either way, the only characters that I cared about at all after the game ended were Severa, Owain, Inigo, Azura, and their kids. I guess I still kinda liked Felicia. (Jakob always felt like Walter C. Dornez-lite.)

I agree, Rajhat was Tharja but without any redeeming quirks or interesting implied backstory. Same with Caeldori. Cordelia was so amazing, and they stripped her of the PTSD, guilt, regret and everything else that added depth to her character and turned her into a full-on gag. Asugi, well, I passed on getting him. He seemed miscast in his role as Saizo's son.

Honestly, I prefer Awakening's story and characters as a whole. Plus the whole kid system works beautifully there over, "Whelp, didn't use birth control, let's send our kid to the deep realms."

When I saw Grima with that flashback, my first thought was, "YOU LEAVE MY WIAFU ALONE!" then it became, "Fuck, I've got OP Owain, Tharja and Henry. I've got this." Even though on my second playthrough I planed it out so Lucy would be the one to kill Grima.

And yes, Lucy is my Wifeu and Tharja's Best Girl.

It also helps that Naga and Tiki have Rachel Alucard's voice.

I always pair Robin with Cordelia. I had considered Tharja, but I love Morgan with red hair. Severa also looks good in silver. If only the Halberdier class still existed... Severa would have been the ultimate Tsundere!? *and then Draconic failed to flee in time to avoid Tohsaka doing this to him: *


As for the Deeprealms...
Let's face it Intelligent Systems, whoever came up with that bullshizzle is dumb.

My OPs were Lucina, Cordelia, Sumia, Severa and Morgan. Pretty much, if they rode a Pegasus for even five minutes, they'd one-hit Ashnard without needing special weapons. They just kill evil men by expressing their disappointment in them.

[Ramen]

Hell, Anankos wasn't even as impressive as Grima. Though let's face it, Grima was pretty much an apocalypse with wings, fangs, claws and a malicious personality. He was no Black Knight, but he was still amazing. That scene in the broken future, when you see his whole body, and it's bigger than the entire city, forget the castle. That had an impact. He's both evil, and so big, that if you cut him, you'll need something a lot longer than Falchion if you're hoping to make him bleed. Seriously, who else thought to themselves: 'Oh, dear god, I'm supposed to defeat that?!'

Grima was an apocalypse with wings, fangs, claws, and a malicious personality, but he couldn't survive two rounds of combat with a half decent unit.

Looking really cool doesn't mean much when you suck more than every vacuum cleaner on the planet put together.

But in serious discussion about best villains in the series: Sacred Stones has hands down the best villains, Jugdral Saga gets an honorable mention.

My copy of Sacred stones would delete all it's data once I got to chapter 15 or something. After playing through the early game three times I just gave up on complementing it.

Personally when it comes to diabolical sorcerors I prefer the original flavor: Gharnef.

Gharnef was alright but loses points for being so stupid in the original version of the game.

"hahaha you'll never find out which copy is the real me and find the Falchion"
>Checks inventory of the one who was talking.
>It's the only one with Falchion.
really

[Elf]

I just reclassed Mozo as an Archer. She's now usable! I think she'll make a kick ass Bird Rider when it's time to Master Seal her.

Also . . . Kaze is growing on me. Still does shit leveling though.

[asterism42]

IMO you need to get Life or Death on him ASAP because he does godawful damage without it.

[2Bad]

The best FE villain is Ashnard. He's not actually trying to conquer the world, he doesn't have a tragic backstory, he's not a cultist, he's literally trying to unleash a god of darkness on the planet because he's bored and thinks it'd be hilarious.

[Draconic]

You've got a point.
As for you, Ramen… well, you have a point too, but by that point in Awakening, half-decent typically means, OP-multiple-reclass-bullshit.

[Elf]

IMO you need to get Life or Death on him ASAP because he does godawful damage without it.

In Birthright the only ninja I used regularly before I got the kids was Titty Ninja, because I married her to Takumi (Which I regret, she and Ryoma are better suited for each other.) because Takumi was one of my mains and they had a good support bonus with each other. Plus his crit percentage when he became sniper was ridiculous. Like he was critting left and right.

Asuagi, with his mom as Sakura, actually had really good growth and I ended up using him more than his dad or uncle. Not to mention with him inheriting Sakura's magic stat his Flame Shurikian damage was primo.

[Draconic]

While I don't hate on Takumi like I've seen some people, he's still Shinon-lite.

Unlike Takumi, Shinon acts like he doesn't give a crap, but when it really comes down to it… he still doesn't give a crap.
Takumi secretly cares. I like the tailor-girl though.

Did anyone else marry Inigo to Azura for the dancing/singing relationship?

[Elf]

I married Azura to Arthur because it was the one support of Arthur's that wasn't purely comedic. It was actually serious and touching. Inigo/Laslow ended up marrying Felicia in mine because I was running out of girls.

However, Lucy x Inigo is my second fave paring with Lucina after LucinaxMaleRobin of course.

[Draconic]

Robin/Cordelia forever!
I don't really know who I'd pair Lucy with. I just know that I want Severa to fall for Owain. Because fun. And kinda cute, I guess.

[Sakuraba Haru]

My Saizo continues to be amazing, everyone else gets 2 point levels. Fuck my actual run, it's almost just "Saizo deal with it"

[The Geek]

Oh yeah, if anyone cares, the first part of Shouzou Kaga's new game Vestaria Saga came out a few days ago. Here's the link to the free download: http://site.wepage.com/vestariasaga/page5-02

It's pretty good. Music is good, art is really good, and the overall style is kind of like a mix of the SNES and GBA graphics.

[Elf]

Robin/Cordelia forever!
I don't really know who I'd pair Lucy with. I just know that I want Severa to fall for Owain. Because fun. And kinda cute, I guess.

CordeliaxGregor! Or CordeliaxLonQui!

Honestly, I'm not really fond of Cordy; she's kind of a bitch really. Love her design, hate her character. Funnily enough, I'm not overly fond of Tharja's design but she's probably my favorite character in Awakening.

See, Sevvy x Owain is literally Tsundere with Chunni and it's cute, even though I like how she pesters Gerome to take his mask off in their supports.

However Henry x Lissa has become my OTP of Awakening. And if you level them right, Owain is pretty much unstoppable.