DarkCrusader Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Is it just me or does Fire Emblem 4 and Game of Thrones have a lot of coincidental similarities? For example....*Warning: If you haven't seen, or been caught up with, Game of Thrones don't read this thread. Plot relevant character and his army dies from a massive betrayal (The Massacre at Barhara / The Red Wedding.) Incest being a huge plot point in both stories (Manfroy trying to get Alvis and Diadora to have a kid / Joffrey's parentage and the War of the 5 Kings) The oldest male child produced from said incestous pairing acts like a complete monster (Julius / Joffrey Both stories have a relatively high body count in terms of named characters. Both stories feature some type of zombie (The Dreadlords / The White Walkers) Edited March 31, 2014 by DarkCrusader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookofholsety Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Both portray medieval life fairly accurately >accurate medieval life >FE4 (or any FE game) ??????????????????????????????????????????? Is it just me or do Levin and Tyrion Lannister share some similarities in terms of personalities? i've never watched GoT but i just looked Tyrion up and he sounds nothing like Lewyn at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCrusader Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) >accurate medieval life >FE4 (or any FE game) ??????????????????????????????????????????? i've never watched GoT but i just looked Tyrion up and he sounds nothing like Lewyn at all You really don't think FE 4 portrays medieval life accurately at all? Not even a little bit? Am I missing something? I guess I was wrong about Tyrion and Levin lol. MODEDIT: stop doubleposting Edited March 31, 2014 by Michael Hurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refa Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 FE4 doesn't even portray medieval life. Medieval warfare, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCrusader Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Ok fair enough. So do you think my post is utter crap? So does anybody think that Fire Emblem 4 and Game of Thrones have any similarities at all or am I just completely wrong on this? MODEDIT: stop. doubleposting. Edited March 31, 2014 by Michael Hurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 You really don't think FE 4 portrays medieval life accurately at all? Not even a little bit? Am I missing something? How about you explain how it does, first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I see the following similarities: 1. vaguely generic medieval fantasy setting with a "dark" edge(most similarities except the following two are due to the appearance of medieval fantasy tropes). 2. byzantine politics. 3. the "kill off/incapacitate most of the main characters" plot twist.(although game of thrones does it differently) Note that #3 counts as a massive similarity simply because of how rarely that twist is used. If by realism you mean teen marriages and cousin incest, then yes, FE4 has that. Edited March 31, 2014 by sirmola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Starwind Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I always thought GoT and FE had similar themes. Personally I think it would be cool FE got a live action show but sadly it won't and if it did people would call it a GoT ripoff. So, GoT will have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 GoT is probably more similar to the Tellius saga. They're the only two narratives (to my knowledge) with a character whose name is pronounced "Joffrey". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbalina's Revenge Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 FE4 doesn't even portray medieval life. Medieval warfare, yes. FE5 is actually the installment where you get a glimpse of how that world functions anyway. Peasants and brigands and the dispossessed, nobles and wanna-be nobles and even references to OMG administrators and bureaucrats. Even so it sure ain't something you can pin down to any specific real-world place or time because that's not how the world's constructed. Like sirmola said, it's a fantasy setting, and FE4 only gives the top-down view of that setting as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 FE5 is actually the installment where you get a glimpse of how that world functions anyway. Peasants and brigands and the dispossessed, nobles and wanna-be nobles and even references to OMG administrators and bureaucrats. Don't forgot bandits, especially a certain one! In all honesty, whilst some of the games draw in some aspect of politics, I highly doubt they come even close to how medieval life and war was. For a start, archers in real life won battles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon of Sin Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 FE4 is missing boobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) First tomes of GoT are really nice, but everything after A Storm of Swords is pile of bullshit. God, A Dance with Dragons is the worst book I've read, since Brisingr. FE4&FE5 story is way better than A Dance with Dragons. Edited April 4, 2014 by Nicolas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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