What games have you recently completed?
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:39 pm
We have a topic of games in progress, so here's a related but different one:
What games have you recently completed? How were they like?
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The other day I finished Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Eirika's route, Hard mode). I'm sure that a full fansite is coming out of this, but my quick summary of this game is: now that I've finished, I really, really don't get the hate, because to be honest it was better than I'd expected and I liked it as much as Blazing Sword. It has its flaws like everything does, but they're not as major as I was expecting? For example, I've read people complaining that the writing is bland and stale and honestly... This game had a lot more subtlety in the writing than I'd expected. It actually raised a few points that I haven't seen much in games.
I'd say that its main flaw is that it starts really slow and the first characters that are introduced (main characters aside) are the worst ones of the game in terms of writing and presence. I can see how someone would drop it right there, especially if you compare the start of this game with the start of Blazing Sword, and then you'd be left with having only experienced the worst part of the game to judge it against... It's okay, though. I can assure you that pretty much any other character is better and gets a better presentation than those, so keep going, it gets stronger.
Overall: it was good and I'd recommend it, whether you are already into Fire Emblem or not.
I'll surely play it again on Ephraim's route and have even more opinions. For now, I'll go write a site about Eirika...
What games have you recently completed? How were they like?
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The other day I finished Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Eirika's route, Hard mode). I'm sure that a full fansite is coming out of this, but my quick summary of this game is: now that I've finished, I really, really don't get the hate, because to be honest it was better than I'd expected and I liked it as much as Blazing Sword. It has its flaws like everything does, but they're not as major as I was expecting? For example, I've read people complaining that the writing is bland and stale and honestly... This game had a lot more subtlety in the writing than I'd expected. It actually raised a few points that I haven't seen much in games.
I'd say that its main flaw is that it starts really slow and the first characters that are introduced (main characters aside) are the worst ones of the game in terms of writing and presence. I can see how someone would drop it right there, especially if you compare the start of this game with the start of Blazing Sword, and then you'd be left with having only experienced the worst part of the game to judge it against... It's okay, though. I can assure you that pretty much any other character is better and gets a better presentation than those, so keep going, it gets stronger.
Overall: it was good and I'd recommend it, whether you are already into Fire Emblem or not.
I'll surely play it again on Ephraim's route and have even more opinions. For now, I'll go write a site about Eirika...