Fire Emblem: Awakening

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Panne and Henry is my favorite pair!I dont want to spoil anything so I wont get into detail.
My favorite character is Nowi she is petit,cute and a dragon.(I even wanted to kill my first wife so i could S-Rank with Nowi)
Guess who my strongest unit is?Nowi!Took down Priam's army single-handedly!


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What makes you think I like Awakening? ;)

I don't really have a favorite pairing, but I like to pair up MU with Chrom and Virion with Cordelia for some reason. As for my strongest unit, its kinda a tie between MU and Nah. Especially Nah. Nah is a ♥♥♥♥ing beast.

And a quick little list of my favorites:
1) MU
2) Lucina
3) Nah
4) Chrom
5) Mix of everyone else

I kinda went on hiatus on playing Awakening for several months, but have really been wanting to get back into again. Especially cuz I need to finally finish my hard mode run. But I have all this other gaming stuff to do too.....


Oh, and what does everyone think of Awakening introducing the Classic mode/Casual mode thing?
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Fire Emblem: Awakening was a surprising hit for me. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but I instantly fell in love with everything about it.

Five favorite characters...

1) Lon'qu
2) Nowi
3) Owain
4) Lucina
5) Olivia

I need to replay it soon, but I am letting a friend borrow it right now. Soon I'll replay and enjoy it all over again. :)

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This is actually something I still need to pick up. I'm waiting on my employee discount at GameStop to kick in before I buy any new(ish) games though, haha. But I've had my eyes on this one for a while. I always wanted to get into Fire Emblem as a kid and with what's being said about this entry to the series, it seems like quite the time to do so.
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Oh, and what does everyone think of Awakening introducing the Classic mode/Casual mode thing?
Hahaha fans of the series will rage at me, but I thought it was nice. Permadeath is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanic IMO. No one abides by it, we all restart the mission if someone dies. Also, there an extremely stupid thing with permadeath: if one of your units dies during a Xenologue (DLC chapter), the unit is gone in the same way it would happen in story missions. I find that to be ridiculous, since those DLC missions aren't even part of the game. If your unit dies to a Counter from an EXP Growth zombie, it's gone. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

The problem is that the game is designed around permadeath, so it makes some missions pointless if you play Casual mode, mostly missions in which you must save units that will be added to your party after the mission is over. Chapter 5 is a prime example of it. What they should've done is make these deaths count anyway as if you were playing in Classic mode, and apply Casual mode rules only to the units that start with you before the mission starts.

Also, Casual mode has one big advantage: mid-battle saves. Nice way to counter those pesky ambush reinforcements.

The game is fun, btw. Don't listen to the haters (especially those from a certain fansite...), the game's worth every penny and has incredible replay value.


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Didn't we have a thread about FE? =D I think you would find more fans there =)
I believe it was a thread about FE games in general though!I know many people who started with awakening and i am pretty sure that they wouldnt appreciate a spoiler for another entry. :)


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When it comes to Fire Emblem Awakening, I find that my most favorite character in the game is Tiki. In fact, in my Male Avatar game, I did not pair him up with anyone until I got Tiki. So Female Morgan ended up becoming one of my most powerful units. In my game where I using the Female Avatar, two of my most powerful units are Donnel and Gerome. Interestingly enough, in that game they are father and son since I paired Donnel up with Cherche.

Now when it comes to the chapters, my least favorite one is Paralogue 10 which is Ambivalence. This is because until Severa talks to a certain character, it is an escort mission. I hate doing escort missions.
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Now when it comes to the chapters, my least favorite one is Paralogue 10 which is Ambivalence. This is because until Severa talks to a certain character, it is an escort mission. I hate doing escort missions.
Not to mention that the guy she has to talk to is on the other frickin' side of the map.

And does anyone find it weird that I've never recruited Donnel? I feel like I'm the only person who's never gotten him, yet everyone speaks so highly of farmer boy.
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This is actually something I still need to pick up. I'm waiting on my employee discount at GameStop to kick in before I buy any new(ish) games though, haha. But I've had my eyes on this one for a while. I always wanted to get into Fire Emblem as a kid and with what's being said about this entry to the series, it seems like quite the time to do so.
I'm in the same boat as you. I really want to get this game... But you know; Money's a real ♥♥♥♥♥ when you don't have any.

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I really love this game. I've played it like a dozen times and I just recently finished fully training all the units on one of my files. They've all got great skills and are all the final classes and almost level 20. Took ages. My favorite character is my MC, who is actually a boy. I also really live Nowi, Cynthia, Severa, and Lucina.

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Hmmm it's been a little while since i've actually played...
my favorite pairing probably has to be Cynthia x Gerome or Lucina x Gerome
Definitely not one of the better combat couples, but the interactions between those girls and Gerome I found incredibly adorable.

Favorite Characters?
Cordelia, Gerome, Cherche, Stahl, MU, Lucina & Gaius
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fire emblem awakening was my first FE game. i had just gotten my 3ds and i was looking for a new game to buy. i had heard some reviews about this game and i thought i would buy it and give it a try. amazing decision.

i love all the characters except for virion (dont know why i hate him but i do). my strongest characters are lucina, nowi and nah. they all destroy no matter what.

when i get enough money im going to try my best to get all the dlc so i can make a new save file and make it a different expereince.

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Hmmm, I wonder who my favorite Awakening character is. Hmmmmm.... I guess my favorites would have to be Anna, Stahl, Sumia, Gerome, Olivia, and Lucina. I don't really dislike any of them, though.

I really like the game, but grinding does get boring after a while.

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Yes I want to talk about it!!!

Don't have any preferred pairings except Chrom x fem!MU. I just find them really cute together and absolutely cannot ever play as the male for that reason, paha. Just can't pair the MC with anyone else even if I do choose to play as the male. ]':

Favorite characters are Chrom, male Morgan, Lucina, Gaius, Olivia, and Cordelia though they're all really awesome. Nowi is too cute to boot too.

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Hm, something about this game has been bugging me - yes, it's a wonderful game, but, there's a lot of mechanics that are missing from the previous Fire Emblem handheld series which.. got me disappointed, like, Fog of War? I used to really love stradegizing with that.

I dunno, to me, they didn't really focus on 'strategy' more so than fan appeal? If that makes sense? Not to say that they have really hard battles like.. Apotheosis and the DLC maps having the old Fire Emblem characters~

Another thing, the characters can be really, really OP, haha. Like Morgan? He/She is pretty broken as a spellcaster w/ Notsferatu. Like, they really did a great number on stats, hm.

Again, those are just things I've noticed; it's still a good game regardless. But eh, did anyone find faults within this game?


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Hm, something about this game has been bugging me - yes, it's a wonderful game, but, there's a lot of mechanics that are missing from the previous Fire Emblem handheld series which.. got me disappointed, like, Fog of War? I used to really love stradegizing with that.

I dunno, to me, they didn't really focus on 'strategy' more so than fan appeal? If that makes sense? Not to say that they have really hard battles like.. Apotheosis and the DLC maps having the old Fire Emblem characters~

Another thing, the characters can be really, really OP, haha. Like Morgan? He/She is pretty broken as a spellcaster w/ Notsferatu. Like, they really did a great number on stats, hm.

Again, those are just things I've noticed; it's still a good game regardless. But eh, did anyone find faults within this game?
Nah, I get what you're talking about. Awakening is a great game from a JRPG standpoint, but from a purely strategy standpoint, it's not that good. A lot of the maps aren't conducive to strategy since most of them are large, wide open spaces that don't give you much tactical options. Then there's the fact that enemy reinforcements are done kinda poorly; they just randomly pop up whenever, and usually at terrible times. I think that there was only 2 maps in the entire game where reinforcements were done properly.

Grinding isn't as broken as some people think since (on hard mode, at least) exp. gains slow down quite a bit after a while, even on EXPonential Growth. Not to mention that some of the enemies on the harder maps are really ♥♥♥♥in' strong too *cough*Rouges and Reedeemers 3*cough*. So I don't mind that some of our units can be OP, since there's plenty of OP enemy units as well.

And I hate enemies with Counter.

But Awakening does have it's good points, like you said. It has a relatively good story, the characters are great (particularly because you get you own semi-customizable character), the music is great overall, the marriage+kids system is something new and fun the play with, and it's so nice that you can do other battles outside the main story ones. But if you're not interested in those things and just wanna play for the strategy aspect, you might not have such a good time with Awakening.

Which is why I like Awakening a lot: because I've never been that much into strategy stuff (probably because I'm a crappy tactician). And all the hilarious memes and stuff people make of it.
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Well, the Marriage and Kids system isn't exactly new - Fire Emblem: Geneology of the Holy War also utalized that mechanic, but, it was in Japanese only, haha.

Hm, but playing Lunatic is a good way to be more strategic! At least, up to the 5th chapter because it's complete hell up to then, then things get a tad bit easier. XD


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Hm, something about this game has been bugging me - yes, it's a wonderful game, but, there's a lot of mechanics that are missing from the previous Fire Emblem handheld series which.. got me disappointed, like, Fog of War? I used to really love stradegizing with that.
People actually liked Fog of War? I always thought it was more of a nuisance than anything else. Seriously, nothing is more boring than moving 1-2 spaces at a time to ensure that you don't get sneak attacked at any point.

Another thing, the characters can be really, really OP, haha. Like Morgan? He/She is pretty broken as a spellcaster w/ Notsferatu. Like, they really did a great number on stats, hm.
Morgan is the god of Awakening, they better be OP, haha. Actually, Nosferatu isn't actually that OP. Sure, healing half your HP is fantastic but being locked into the Sorcerer class to use it isn't all that appealing. Being a Dark Flier or Sage with a Forged Celica's Gale paired with another Dark Flier/Sage equipped with a Forged Celica's Gale is how you really break Awakening.

But I do agree with you on how the stat caps are ridiculously high. I mean it's on par with Radiant Dawn, and that had third tier classes.

One flaw that I have with Awakening is Pair-Up. It's such a broken mechanic. There are too many positives with it, and not enough negatives. There are very few situations where being separated is a good thing since it's just better to have the ability to Dual Guard and Dual Strike rather than have two weaker units available. If Pair-Up ever returns in a future installment, I feel it needs a reworking of some sorts.
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On my second play through now, Its kind of broken thought because I got all the 2nd gen characters as soon as I could, then class swapped them until I got them all the ability's I wanted and right classes I wanted. (most of my squad now have Galeforce and lethality). so when I went back to the story at chapter 14 all my team so leveled up they cleared the map in hardly taking any damage.

My favrate charictors are: Say'ri, Tharja, Cynthia, Severa Sumia, Lucina (excited for smash bros now) and Olivia.

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People actually liked Fog of War? I always thought it was more of a nuisance than anything else. Seriously, nothing is more boring than moving 1-2 spaces at a time to ensure that you don't get sneak attacked at any point.
Eh, yeah, then again, I'm a person who always liked Thieves as well~ So useful. *_*
They could of used it at those maps where it's night time, though. Those indoor ones.

Morgan is the god of Awakening, they better be OP, haha. Actually, Nosferatu isn't actually that OP. Sure, healing half your HP is fantastic but being locked into the Sorcerer class to use it isn't all that appealing. Being a Dark Flier or Sage with a Forged Celica's Gale paired with another Dark Flier/Sage equipped with a Forged Celica's Gale is how you really break Awakening.
Yeah, but with my own experience, Morgan just never dies with it. XD

Idk, Dark Flier & Mage has their own weaknesses too. True, my own personal preference is mobility, so, I ended up using the Flier classes, but sometimes I find they're pretty fragile. D; Or I might not be using them right.


One flaw that I have with Awakening is Pair-Up. It's such a broken mechanic. There are too many positives with it, and not enough negatives. There are very few situations where being separated is a good thing since it's just better to have the ability to Dual Guard and Dual Strike rather than have two weaker units available. If Pair-Up ever returns in a future installment, I feel it needs a reworking of some sorts.
To be honest, sometimes I even feel that the Pair-Up mechanic prevents you from having all your units killed. @[email protected] Maybe.


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Eh, yeah, then again, I'm a person who always liked Thieves as well~ So useful. *_*
They could of used it at those maps where it's night time, though. Those indoor ones.
Hey, I'll agree to that. Thieves are awesome.

I'd be fine with those night time versions of fog of war actually. At least with those you can light your way with torches and such.

Idk, Dark Flier & Mage has their own weaknesses too. True, my own personal preference is mobility, so, I ended up using the Flier classes, but sometimes I find they're pretty fragile. D; Or I might not be using them right.
Oh, the fact that they're frail is a definite weakness, no arguments there. But how the Sage/Dark Flier build is set up, is to not give the enemy a chance to attack. Of course, this only works when both units have Forged Celica's Gale, because the ability to attack eight times from both one and two space away is overpowered. Coupled that with Galeforce and Rescue staff, you get the hit-and-run strategy that makes Apotheosis look like a joke. xD

To be honest, sometimes I even feel that the Pair-Up mechanic prevents you from having all your units killed. @[email protected] Maybe.
Agreed.