Noma9

Both it and Origins are really wonderful games. I also find Eternal Wings' voice acting to be So Bad it's Good.

Yeah, the DB chapters are the hardest. If there are some tips I could give I'd say: - Let Sothe dodge-tank for you. You don't want him doing much killing outside of the few "all hands on deck" chapters, because you really need your other units getting that experience. - Edward is squishy but has every capability to kick ass if you help him on his way. - Use Nolan -- Nolan is wonderful. - Do not use Leonardo more than you have to, he's incredibly lackluster and you'd be better off siphoning experience into other fighters. - Likewise, Ilyana joins you early on and is serviceable at first, but really won't amount to much unless you get very lucky with her levels. Also, after Part I endgame, she will wander off and meet up with some other people. It is not a bad idea to preemptively load her inventory up with sellables and skills your DB guys aren't using. - Aran always turns out great for me and is one of the DB characters that will actually be able to take a hit so, I suggest using him. - Do not use Meg. Just. . . just don't do it. - Volug is a bit of a Jeigan and therefore a trap. He definitely has uses and you shouldn't avoid fielding him, but kind of like with Sothe, you really rather put your experience somewhere else. - Zihark is fabulous. - Jill has the potential to be great, though I seem to get pretty RNG screwed with her; watch her speed! - A weaponless Tauroneo is a great distraction and I highly advise taking his free Resolve skill off and putting it on someone like Zihark or Edward. - Fiona. . . Fiona has amazing growths and high caps. She has pretty great skills, is the only cavalier to hit 34 speed, has earth affinity and is technically the best cavalier in the game. . . except for the fact that her bases are utter trash. And she has very little opportunity to train because basically every map after you get her actively hinders her in some way. She's amazing but takes a lot of effort and resources to initially raise. Now, I have gone at lengths to make her great and I ended up bringing her to Endgame with nearly every stat capped, and nigh untouchable due to being an Earth pair. She's absolutely wonderful, but you really don't need to bother if you don't want to, since there are lots of cavaliers who will be fine with FAR less investment. Still, it's a fun and rewarding challenge. - Tormod's whole crew disappears for basically the entire game, just a heads up. The guy himself has great bases and nice growths but good luck ever getting to use him. Vika I also took to endgame after some insane grinding when you finally get to properly use her, and it worked out great, but much like Fiona, there's not really any need to do this. I'm just saying it's possible, if you like her. - Use earth pairs! Avoid is a beautiful thing. - Also, use ledges to your advantage. Ledges are great and you don't want to not have them. Uh, there's plenty more but that's advice for Part I at least, which is arguably the hardest.

I feel Kamui suits them better and sounds nicer. Every time I see "Corrin" it makes me think of corned beef hash for some reason. And that's not very regal.

I'll be honest, ToCS is the first time I'd ever even heard of the series and is so far the only game I've played. . . and I adored it. I've heard plenty of people say it was good but not as great as the older games but dammit I loved the experience I had with ToCS so much. It's been a long time since I've felt so emotionally invested in a cast of characters (and I mean like every single NPC too because god why do I find their lives so interesting???) and even though I was able to figure out a few of the bigger twists, it didn't lessen the impact they had for me. I also thought the gameplay was pretty great, and the music, my god, that music. Look, just call me a new fan, okay? I can't wait for the sequel.

Ah, it didn't sound as if he were in love with Sakura, so that makes it a lot less sad. Also, I'd like to piggy back off your head canon of Leo being bi and say that Odin originally came to him as a samurai, but Leo took one look at him and was all, "Mmmmnope, here, wear this.", making him a dark mage for dem abs.

Poor Leo, why is Camilla being with Niles okay with the court but being with Leo is wrong? Probably sucks for Leo seeing his big sis with his man ): Your head canons are pretty sad! Everyone is heartbroken. Well, aside from the people in threesomes at least. I imagine they are quite satisfied.

Wish I had been here sooner so I could have written something! But I've already read the entries (and a bunch of really old ones too for the heck of it), and there are some really talented people on this site. Anyway, my vote has been cast! Good job everyone.

I haven't read through this entire thread, so if I say something similar, my bad. Also, I haven't finished Birthright or played Revelations either so some stuff might be real? Probably not though! - Corrin's "mysterious appeal" is actually a kind of curse cast over them as a baby to help ensure their survival and is the reason nearly everyone they meet loves them. It's why they can marry anyone and people who are known to have crushes on other people will happily marry Corrin instead. It explains why people like Kaze, Azura, Izana, and Flora all decide to search out and stick by Corrin despite often having better things to do or better reasons not to side with them. And that compulsion people feel to be around them sometimes manifests as obsession and hate, like with Iago. It also explains why the Hoshidan siblings end up so attached to Corrin even in Conquest despite only truly knowing them for a little while. - Azura's favorite time to dance is in the rain and invented synchronized swimming in her world. - Gunter is Camilla's uncle, or some close relative. - Izana is the great grandcestor of Yllise's royals - Elise worships her siblings because she never had a real father or mother. It's also why she's aggressively friendly and forceful with people when it comes to playing -- she never really got love and attention she needed as a small child. - Nyx is the one who put the "mysterious appeal" curse on Corrin long ago. She's the best gift-giver, after all! - Camilla is actually bisexual, but feels obligated to only settle down with a man due to her station as royalty and the need to pass down the Dragon Blood. - Leo is the reason that there is no Tomato farming spot, he hoards them all to himself. - Flora has a deep rivalry with Rinkah. Fire vs. Ice. - Ophelia's grandfather is Henry. So she looks like her grandmother and has the magical prowess of her grandfather.

Terrible! Like I said, it's got some genuinely great ideas and a killer premise, but there's a reason I was able to buy it at Walmart for five dollars. The premise is that the world is ending and you happen upon a magical book that will allow you to record whatever you want to bring over into the new, re-imagined world. Gameplay wise this means you get to "scan" and record every NPC, love interest, boss and monster and screw around with what makes them what they are. You can add or remove elements, materials and "traits" from enemies and use the same things to enhance your own gear. . . it all sounds promising but it fails on every level. There is no purpose to actually messing with enemy stuff other than to lessen their hp and make them killable. There are no puzzles that utilize the book in any meaningful way and the whole romance angle falls incredibly flat due to having not only a silent protagonist, but one who doesn't even have any expressions other than smiling and nodding. I could go on forever. . . there really isn't anything good about it, other than the unfulfilled promise it had. It is anti-fun. But, here. This is great if Avalon Code interests you but you don't want to play it. And you really shouldn't bother playing it.

I was convinced that they scrapped whatever they had done for the FE and SMT cross-over game and re-purposed it for "If". I assumed the Faceless and golems were part of an invading demon force and that there would be multiple in-game paths based on moral decisions you could make, like in Tactics Ogre or something based off the Chaos/Neutral/Lawful routes in the SMT series. You would have different characters and classes available to you depending on the paths you took and the over-all tone would be very dark. That. . . is not exactly what we got.

Platinum is easily my favorite, so Gen IV gets my vote. Aside from the heavy use of HMs, I enjoy basically everything about Sinnoh: Pokemon, Rowan, Barry, TURTWIG, GIRATINA, Cynthia, mountains (mountains're nice), music. . . Cyrus and his goons were pretty okay too and I--OH WAIT, LOOKER. Like, just everything, okay? Least would be Gen II because G/S/C were pretty boring to me. I appreciate all the stuff it added, though.

Typically speaking, games that have great ideas and terrible execution are my all time most hated games in existence. Are they playable? Yes. Are they enjoyable? At times. But seeing a game be so much less than it obviously could have been just enrages me. So I can't really call it a love-hate thing, so much as a hate-obsession thing, because I will play those games in their entirety and dissect them with a passion that would make people think I really like the games when in reality i just have some terrible compulsion that will probably ruin my life one day. This includes games like: - Chrono Cross - Sticker Star - Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Avalon Code - FF13 . . .and probably more I just can't think of. Sure, I like plenty of games that aren't complete master pieces, but none so flawed from a gameplay standpoint that it bugs me. As soon as a game starts having those "glaring flaws that really annoy" me, it's like a switch gets flipped and I go on a critical-thinking warpath that no one but myself cares about.

I take comfort in the fact that my turtle will live at least for forty years - possibly ninety or a hundred maximum. I have about a twenty year head start so theoretically I could pass him down to a niece or nephew. But it still sucks having to know I'll have to say goodbye to my other pets.

Characters who I thought I wouldn't like or were ambivalent to, but enjoyed after playing would be: - Shura: I was expecting to be underwhelmed because I didn't think much of his design, but I rather liked his recruitment chapter in Conquest and found his backstory engaging. He's more complex than I would have originally given him credit for. - Elise: I already gushed a bit about how much I liked her when I didn't think I would. Basically, she's an absolute ray of sunshine whose actions actually kind of make sense given her character, and embodies the theme of strong personal bonds trumping everything else - which is (sorta kinda) at the heart of Nohr's . . . whatever. - Charlotte: Like Thane said, I knew I was getting a fanservice-y character, I just didn't know I was getting a pretty charming and surprisingly nuanced one. She's easily one of my favorite characters in the game. - Flora: Again, I second that it's her personal motivations that make her so appealing. I figured she'd be as bland as Felicia or even worse for her lack of supports, but she's actually one of the only (the only?) character who is enhanced due to story junk rather than neutered by it. Good for her. - Forrest: I was mostly worried with how his "gimmick" was going to be played out, and I've never been so pleasantly surprised.

I am literally in tears from laughing. This touches my soul.

Iago. I mean, Garon is basically a non-character (but at least has some backstory) and Hans' only real goal is to show off his murder-boner every chance he gets. Neither are good characters in a critical sense, and they're both really bad people in-universe. But Iago? Iago literally monologues to himself about how much he'll make Corrin suffer, mwahahahaha! He is as much of a cartoon villain as can possibly be, outside of having a sinister mustache to twirl as he talks out loud about his plans to no one. He's just too ridiculous.

Bleh, I have a hard time considering any of them "avatars". Honestly, I think Mark is really is the closest thing to one as we've ever had, but even then they aren't really a full avatar either. I suppose out of the three choices, I'd go with Kris. I don't love them or anything, but I appreciate their general distance from the narrative and some of their more charming supports. Really anyone but Corrin though.

Well, I'd like to add a "here, here!" to Ogre Battle and Seiken Densetsu 3. Literally two of my all time favorite games. I'll also add: - Illusion of Gaia - Lost Vikings - Soul Blazer - Baten Kaitos - Final Fantasy Legend I/II/III - Heroes of mana - Nostalgia - Radiant Historia For a certain value of "never heard of", I guess. But I don't know a lot of people talking about most of them. I for real suggest everyone play Radiant Historia though, it's crazy good.

Only ten! Oh man. Well, in no particular order: - Ike - Reyson - Ranulf - Soren - Shinon - Volke - Nephenee - Sanaki - Matthew - Maribelle Yeah, it's really PoR heavy, I can't help it. Tibarn, Naesala, Haar and Jill should really be on the list somewhere too. There are a lot of characters from Blazing Sword that I really enjoy like Legault, Erk, Serra, and Canas. . . even a few from Awakening and Fates that nearly made the list.

He's so into it. I love that if you walk into the bathhouse and he's in there with the other guys, all the men will stand up and look away and Niles. . . won't. He doesn't move at all. Niles is great. It's also kind of sad that there are units in my army that I've only seen supports with because I've given them enough accessories. They only like me for the stuff I give them ):

I'm dying. Thank you. I was so excited to use her until I saw she had green eyebrows with her white hair. It's atrocious. It's only in her character portrait, but it drives me so crazy that she was benched after her recruitment chapter. Ugh. Also, shout out to a lot of the generic enemy designs. I tip my hat to Adventurers in particular.

Well then: -Anna -Azura -Beruka -Nina -Flora -Keaton -Forrest -Jakob -Kaze -Selkie -Leon -Severa -Oboro -Rinkah -Sakura -Setsuna -Sophie -Takumi -Velouria -Reina . . .are all good in my opinion. If I had to narrow it down to like, top five It'd probably be like: -Reina -Velouria -Setsuna -Severa -Flora Because pretty clothes are pretty.

Haven't finished Birthright or played Revelations so this is pretty Nohr biased but: 1. Elise - I wasn't expecting to like her at all, but she's just wonderful. I feel weird as hell marrying her off to anyone, but she's absolutely delightful in her supports and kind of refreshing in contrast to her other siblings. Also, she's damn good at immolating everything that comes her way and shrugs off magic like a champ. 2. Leo - Kind of badass for being the nerdy little brother! He's one of the few level-headed, if morally grey, characters in Nohr and not afraid to actually get shit done. He's also the one who always ends up killing dudes after battles like Plus he's strong and easy on the eyes so, not much to dislike really. 3. Sakura - Again, I wasn't really sure i would like her, but I totally do. She and Elise are a lot alike, but in that "two sides of the same coin" type of way. Elise is bubbly, cheerful and aggressively friendly whereas Sakura is far more shy, reserved and polite. They both concern themselves with being "more mature" and adult-like, but for slightly different reasons. Sakura wants to pull her weight in the army and help protect everyone in Hoshido - she hates war and death and wants to do her best to abate it. Elise is concerned with being seen as an adult primarily by her family, and works hard in the army as a result of wanting to be more like/make them proud, probably because she never had a loving parent like Sakura did. Elise is also far less stubborn and willing to let others take the lead; she's pretty okay with doing whatever her brothers and sisters think is best. Sakura certainly cares what her siblings think, but she's going to do what she thinks is right, whether or not they happen to disagree. I don't like her personality as much as Elise's, but I think the two of them do an excellent job of highlighting the Bonds Vs. Morality theme that the game tries to get across. 4. Takumi - He's just a genuinely interesting character, on both routes. He's bratty and a pain in the ass to fight, but his characterization makes sense and turns into a very heartbreaking/warming tale. He's also got the second nicest hair. 5. Xander - I have complicated feelings for him. He does a lot of stupid crap on both routes, but I can't tell how much of it is the game having shoddy writing and how much is deliberate character building. Either way, he's got issues. I like him for the most part though; his supports with his family members and son in particular show that he's a guy who wants to be "good", but knows he has to put the kingdom first above all else. . . and he struggles with that. He can't always do it, which makes him seem very morally flexible. He wants to tell himself that the bad things he ends up doing are justified since rulers have to be the bad guy sometimes, and his father isn't actually evil, he's just "different from how he used to be." Xander looks at his dad and thinks that this is what the job is, this is what being a ruler looks like, this is what it turns you into. When he finally gets to confront So, I get him, I think. 6. Ryuoma - I haven't seen the depth of his character yet, so I'm likely to like him better later on, but he strikes me as a complicated guy. He mostly annoyed me in Conquest, up to and including but I'm excited to get a better look at him in Birthright. 7. Camilla/Hinoka - I'm equally okay with both older sisters. I don't think much of either of them plot-wise, but I enjoyed the supports I've seen (especially Camilla, who is far more likable in some than others) and they're good units. Camilla has terrific hair though. The best hair.

I feel like the only person who legitimately enjoyed Conquest chapter 20 and its wind currents. That was my favorite gimmick. Chapter 19 was my least favorite since it felt so random and nonsensical, with Honestly, I thought the DV and map gimmicks were handled pretty well overall. Not a whole lot of complaints from me. Oh, I guess I did find Sophie's paralogue with the return of the suicidal villager AI to be annoying.

Yeah, it's certainly bittersweet. Perhaps it's not the absolute "saddest" moment, but for me, definitely the most emotional.