First time playing a Fire Emblem game... wow.

Fire Emblem has always been a series that I've eyeballed. Every time I saw one of the titles on store I would tell myself, "Daaaang son, heard this game was good. I should try it some time". But of course... I would just walk past it again, and never play it.

Then yesterday, I bought Fire Emblem Awakening, and played it for the first time....

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Wow, I have certainly been missing out. And now i regret all the opportunities I had to purchase any of the other fire emblem games.... It's such an awesome tactical RPG. Terrain levels, weapon choice, permanent death of characters... there's so much depth in the battle system of the game.

Just goes to show that sometimes it's best to just go ahead and take a plunge when eyeballing a game, cuz in the end.. you never knwo what to expect :D.

Have you guys played anything where you were doubtful, and then after playing, you were just hooked?

On the 3DS no. Have investigated all the games I have before buying them.

Now, that should have happened with the PC Games I have although can't remember one of them.

Fire Emblem is a great franchise TC. Glad you are enjoying Awakening.

On the 3DS no. Have investigated all the games I have before buying them.

Now, that should have happened with the PC Games I have although can't remember one of them.

Fire Emblem is a great franchise TC. Glad you are enjoying Awakening.

Miroku32

i couldn't care less about 999 until i was practically forced to play it. and now it sits comfortably on my list of favorite games of all time.

more recently (read: yesterday), i played FTL for the first time. i'm actually pretty mad that no one shoved this game down my throat sooner >.>

I'm a bit like yourself except i'd heard nothing about the series and had no idea there was a series in the first place lol. Picked up a 3DS a couple months back mainly just to see how pokemon is these days. Picked up Fire Emblem Awakening after reading all the great reviews for it. My initial hour or so i was thinking "Is this it?", "Well this kinda sucks" but i've really gotten into it now and i can't put it down. On chapter 13 now and i've got 20 hours logged on it so well worth the money. Apologies for the long post 

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I'm a bit like yourself except i'd heard nothing about the series and had no idea there was a series in the first place lol. Picked up a 3DS a couple months back mainly just to see how pokemon is these days. Picked up Fire Emblem Awakening after reading all the great reviews for it. My initial hour or so i was thinking "Is this it?", "Well this kinda sucks" but i've really gotten into it now and i can't put it down. On chapter 13 now and i've got 20 hours logged on it so well worth the money. Apologies for the long post 

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PlusFour

Tales of the Abyss is my most recent. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with most JRPGs in that I love the worlds and the stories, but I hate the combat systems outside of a tactical grid. When I heard about the game having a real time battle system that rewarded skill I was interested, but didn't expect much. Well.. a week later and 30 hours into the game and I LOVE it. The characters, the setting, the skits, the combat system, the item system, and the story are all fantastic.

If Namco put out more of the games on the 3DS I would love them forever.

I was patiently (not so much actually) waiting for Fire Emblem to be released here since it was announced in Japan. My friend in middle school told me how awesome FE7 was, I took the plunge, and now I love the series, along with SMT, is fighting for number 1 in my heart. I really remember Tales of the Abyss and Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 giving me that feeling though, and I'm glad I am able to play the former on the 3DS again.

Kingdom Hearts always seemed like a stupid idea until my friend got it and I gave it a shot. Now I think it's an amazing stupid idea. :)

How long does it take before the game gets interesting? Ive played it for an hour and still was kind of bored.

How long does it take before the game gets interesting? Ive played it for an hour and still was kind of bored.

slipknot0129