Being a "Re-Make" is no excuse for the many aesthetically and gameplay wise flaws.
i have only played FE 6,7,8,9 and parts of 10
and now FE:SD
When i first got the game, i had high expectations
and truth be told, i am quite disappointed
in this review, i will judge this game, without the sympathy of it being as old as it is, i will judge this as FE11
Story wise: very weak, main plot line isn't strong,
main idea
"Someone took my kingdom, gimme it back"
hardly any dialogue outside of marth and 1 or 2 other main characters
the majority of characters will not have more than one line, let alone many never having a speaking point,
with the absence of support, most characters seem as numbers with a face slapped on em'
no support hurts this game in not only story but gameplay
Gameplay: this is one of the aspects that wasn't hurt so badly
it remains OK, but still many flaws keep it from even approaching the standards of earlier games
units can no longer rescue, towns can only be visited by marth, recruit able characters are usually recruited my marth
and the most prominent flop,
the fact that AT LEAST 80% of the characters are utterly useless
the fail in comparison to other characters whereas are broken
many a pre-promote are found late in game, seeming like a very cool/good unit, in which are utterly horrible
(eg. Samsom, Aran, Astram, etc...)
this is more of a gripe from a GBA fan
The sprite have been "Day's of Ruined", as in battle sprites and animations have been "Nerfed" if you will...
many battle sprites don't look as good as they did in FE6,7,8
not to mention the critical hits, this was my main disappointment
Swordmasters? a front flip, Heroes? jump a little higher
Generals? slight swing of a spear before an attack
all the critical animations are no longer utterly ridiculous, as i liked
swordsmaster and hero crits were of my favorite, and now with these new, and boring ones, really, ruined the game for me
this game also introduced a new and, controversial system
this is the ability to change any character to any class you choose
ANY CLASS, this maybe a good and a bad thing, depending on your own opinion, i won't go in depth on this
Wifi:
good idea, gone bad
sounded so awesome to me, until i tried it
due to small amount of "good" characters, every team of 5 you meet on wifi will contain at least 3/5 same characters as you fought before
not to mention the amount of players with completely broken forged weapons, maxed out stats,
at least 60% of the players you meet will be using AR
or hacked there characters
wifi, is only good for playing friends, and even that gets repetitive
bottom-line, wifi is terrible
all in all,
without a doubt this is fire emblem
just if you are used to fire emblems of late, this won't seem very good and even disappointing to you