Broken and disappointing..

[Soulwreaver]

This game is stupid hard for new player's. No explanations for a ton of the recruiting mechanics. The controllers are broken causing crashes mid game. It is very obvious this needed more testing. the idea is solid and I hope they get it under control but I am done banging my head against a very difficult game (even on beginner) just to have my game crash due to controller errors (also happens with the keyboard!!!). Get it together sheesh.

[Natani]

I agree that the game is hard for new players but the game is a free doujin game from the creator of Fire Emblem and I think he expected the player played at least one of his game before. The recruiting mechanic is not that hard to figure out if you read the dialogue and notice the hint in them. You can also check the roster list for a list of possible conversation. The UI/UX and technical aspect of the game is very bad but it's passable (for me at least) and I do get some crash occasionally but it's nothing major IMO.

[Nickk]

It is hard for even vet, full of secret and surprise that will make you lose hours resetting. Also very luck base you better pray that 3% enemy crit wont hit you.

[Chester]

Game has an Easy mode and a Hard mode. If you want it to be easy then pick the easy setting. If you pick hard then... yeah, you're going to be challenged. Some consider this a plus.

(and there are several skills and items that negate enemy criticals, 3% or otherwise. If you get far enough you'll see enemy critical rates in the 80%s and it won't phase you once you know what to do. There's a lot of difficult encounters on hard mode and a lot of tools at your disposal to deal with them. Don't get too comfortable with one approach in this game - you're going to have to switch things up)

[XAAAA]

Crashes are annoying, yes. But somehow, it only happens randomly a few second to a minute after loading a game so my progress is not usually lost.

Game is difficult, yes. I haven't played any FE games outside the "casualized" 3DS ones. But it's not "stupid difficult". I think the game needed a longer tutorial, that's all.

[Chester]

I've had a few crashes too. Like... a dozen or more. Seems to only happen when I start the game though, so I haven't lost any progress. Just takes an extra few minutes to start.

[Chester]

There's always a weird curve of what people want with "difficult." And this game is difficult. But there are people who have iron-manned this game on repeat playthroughs without losing anyone or missing anything (this game has been out for a while in Japan). Don't expect that your first time through though. But it goes to show that there's always a way through once you get comfortable enough with the game.

[Narnold]

The only people complaining are the ones who started Fire Emblem with Awakening, all the old games were like this.

[Tyler Durden]

It's definitely not harder than the older games like Rekka no Ken. Only crashed once on me so far and I've gotten as far as chapter five before restarting. Buy extra copies of your favourite units' weapons, trust me. You don't want them to be useless once their weapons break... because they will at the worst of times.

[Scorpiova]

Originally posted by Tyler Durden:

It's definitely not harder than the older games like Rekka no Ken. Only crashed once on me so far and I've gotten as far as chapter five before restarting. Buy extra copies of your favourite units' weapons, trust me. You don't want them to be useless once their weapons break... because they will at the worst of times.

This is very true. Losing too many weapons and not having backups is the reason I started over, knowing that I could have played it better, also made it easier to get caught up.

[Tyler Durden]

It's very punishing if you have favourite units that you use a lot. If you don't anticipate this by buying extra weapons for them, your team will be severely crippled without them.

[Nickk]

Originally posted by Narnold:

The only people complaining are the ones who started Fire Emblem with Awakening, all the old games were like this.

This game is way harder than the GBA games, PoR. I'm not counting RD because the Dawn Brigade is garbage and it makes RD harder than it should be.

[Chester]

Man, boot up Thracia 776 - which I think was Kaga's last game with FE - and give that a go. Better yet, start playing through that without a guide. And prepare to have you ass completely kicked. But when you beat those chapters... it feels pretty good.

[Chester]

If anybody knows the phrase "Nintendo Hard" or - god forbid - actually remembers living through it, Kaga is from of those times. This is back when games were expected to have a lot of length to them because 1) there weren't many games on the market and 2) games were expensive! Early Fire Emblem games did not expect you to make it through a chapter on your first try, not if you wanted everyone to survive. In a lot of ways this game is like a time capsule.

I miss Nintendo Hard.

(Praise Kaga!)

[XAAAA]

Originally posted by Narnold:

The only people complaining are the ones who started Fire Emblem with Awakening, all the old games were like this.

Hey, I started on Awakening. I think it's a good game to start with FE. It's easy on the brain and easy the heart.

I'm loving this game.

[Ereius]

I love hard games to be honest im fine with the diffculty and im playing on hard. only frustrating thing about the game is the weapon durability... seems like pointless mechanic.. funny how to repair a weapon you need some ultra rare crystal .... :D