Despite it feeling so different to the other titles, you can really tell they poured oodles of love and affection into Echoes’ creation.įinally we settle on what is, on balance, our favourite of the bunch. This beauty extends to the game play too, feeling achingly smooth and compulsive to the touch, even with this being a much looser extension of the series. To this day the game is probably the best looking Fire Emblem title, right up there with Three Houses, and it’s not just skin deep either – even the sprite work is fantastic throughout. Why so high on our list then? Well it mainly comes down to the overall design.

Echoes is probably the biggest excursion away from the regular Fire Emblem formula that you’re likely to find in the modern series, outside of Warriors. In it’s place come random battles, the fatigue system, the ability to explore in third person and the ability to resurrect fallen allies. Gone is the weapon triangle, two range exclusive archers and weapon durability. We’ve just came away from complaining about the grinding in a Fire Emblem title and yet here we are praising one almost designed around it!įire Emblem Echoes Shadow of Valentia is a remake of a much earlier title, Gaiden, itself a very different type of game. It’s probably an ideal title for Fire Emblem beginners, but for us the series has always been about challenging situations, and Birthright has precious few.ģ. The objectives are simple, the cast inoffensive and the ability to grind makes the whole thing far too manageable. There are quite a few concessions that make the experience a little too smooth for us. By no means is this a bad example of Fire Emblem, it’s just a bit… Easy. With regards to the story line it’s hard to recommend one over the other, since both really need to be seen to be fully experienced.Īgain we come down to the actual game play to make a difference, and in this regard Birthright falls somewhat short. Should you choose to play this option, your avatar will side with their biological family, the Hoshidans, as they war with the Nohrians and attempt to defend their lands from invasion. The second of the Fire Emblem Fates trilogy on our list, Birthright represents one of the main ‘halves’ of the story.

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