The Blazing Symbol returns with one hell of a difficulty level !
The game starts with a group named the Dawn Brigade whose objective is to help their country Daein to overcome the tyrannic rule a Begnion over them. The main characters in the group are a girl named Micaiah and a familiar face, Sothe, who was pretty useless in PoR if you don't remember him. They are not the only main characters of the game. You'll meet Ike who will appear later in the game. You'll recrute more characters as you progress in the game. Most of them are from the first game, but there's also some new faces you'll meet. The story itself wasn't as good as PoR, but still enjoyable.
The gameplay is the same as the other FE games. You move your characters on squares on the grid to attack your enemies. There are many classes of units, each one with his/her own characteristics. A feature that makes FE unique is that weapons can break if used too much and characters cannot be used again if they are killed in battle. If your commander dies, it's game over.
The game is harder than the other three games. Some missions have massive number of enemies that never has been seen in the other games. You start the game with relatively weak characters unlike the other settlements of the series. I played on normal mode, and it wasn't easy at first. Fortunately, the game becomes easier after finishing the first part of the game because you get some new strong characters. The game's high difficulty requires good strategies to finish each mission, especially with weak units.
As for the graphics, nothing special except that they are better than PoR. The cinematic scenes have interesting visuals. The style look somewhat cel-shaded like Wind Waker. Anyway, they're unique. As for the voice acting, they need some improvements because they are pretty dull.
The gameplay mechanism is the same as always with slight changes. Considering its difficulty level, beware newcomers of the series. Hardcore gamers of tactical RPGs should find this game quite satisfying.