FE7 is still my favorite, but I've never played FE8. In fact, outside of 2,4,5, and 6 (if Shadow Dragon and New Mystery count for 1 and 3) it's one of the few I haven't played. From what I can see, people are complaining it's too easy due to this Tower Of Valni, which is basically (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), an always accessible grinding spot to battle monsters.
But you never HAVE to visit the tower, do you? This game actually looks interesting to me, and I remember (though it was a few years back) Amelia being hyped up as the best character in the game... Is she like Nino or Est or something, and has thus died out with the wave of low turncount runs?
Basically, I'm saying that I actually really want to play ths one, regardless of easyness or whatever.