Fire Emblem 7 begins with you, a training tactician, waking up in a hut which belongs to a young woman named Lyn. Already problems exist. For starters, in most role-playing games, the role you play is set and defined by the plot. Perhaps you are a knight of the kingdom fighting to save it from destruction, or a mercenary on a quest to liberate the world from tyranny. Here, though, you play the role of the player, and there is little point to that. You don't play a game to be yourself. Certainly,