Wonderful game, incredibly polished presentation, weak in-game visuals. It definitely grabs you from the get-go, though the story is pretty heavy-handed. Just wish the visuals were a little more up to date.
DS #3110: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (Europe)
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I've been waiting on this for a while, can't wait to play it!
EDIT: I expected the file to be bigger.
EDIT: I expected the file to be bigger.
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Is it true in this the storyline can change depending on your actions? If so that would be kool!
Other than missing out on characters, and their possibly two-sentence texts of death and recruitment, there's not really any real story adjustments the player can cause, such as with games like Knights of the Old Republic and the like. The story is played out in a linear fashion--the player simply progresses, with the chance of getting five side chapters if they meet the requirements.
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sweet, I also read/heard when a non-main character dies they are completely dead and you can't use them anymore and when a main character dies its game-over if so it is a very good idea anyway I may as well triy this game out.
Works perfectly on R4. I didn't play too much because of my current workload but what I did play felt just like Fire Emblem. I like switching between the stylus and the buttons, adds a little variety to the controls. However, the game is definitely more like the older Fire Emblem games in terms of its darker graphics and some other stuff than the GBA games. Reminds me more of the SNES and GC/Wii titles than the GBA titles.
knl said:
+1 to this
This is also the reason why I don't like FE games...
It's very story driven...
But I'll try this sometime, maybe I'll like it
Wait, Fire Emblem, story driven? How come? Heck, you can play a Fire Emblem skipping the whole story altogether and have no problems with it!Last Symphony said:
Maybe you're trying to say that the game is too linear, because it seldomly offers any side-missions, branch pathes or training mode, leaving you only with the main missions and nothing else? If that's it, then I'll have to agree... even though I personally don't see that as a minus, but a plus.
It takes you straight to the juice of it, and that's the strategical gameplay.
this one has savepoints for some maps, which you can save so if someone dies you dont have to start all over again, there are gaiden chapters, but...
YOU HAVE TO KILL YOUR PEOPLE MUAHAHAHHA though in the game in one of the chests (or something) you can get an ohm staff which revives your ally. one use.
other than that im not too pleased with the critical hits.
YOU HAVE TO KILL YOUR PEOPLE MUAHAHAHHA though in the game in one of the chests (or something) you can get an ohm staff which revives your ally. one use.
other than that im not too pleased with the critical hits.
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Haruhi said:
Nope, and i really dunno that it could come out.
They seem to care less about english releases... I mean, they haven't fixed CT (USA version) and some other (U) games, like SW- CW, haven't been fixed. Or maybe they are just waiting to fix a bunch of games?
Dunno... hope i'm wrong and a fix comes out soon
Cheers
Tested in R4 1.18, trimmed ROM, got a blank screen.
Redownloaded the ROM from another place, didn't trim, and booted game with another save (played it in No$gba and converted the save @ Shunyweb), booted up perfectly.
Weird, first time I had a problem with a trimmed ROM using NDSTokyoTrim. Don't think it's a program issue, tho. Guess it could be helpful info.
Redownloaded the ROM from another place, didn't trim, and booted game with another save (played it in No$gba and converted the save @ Shunyweb), booted up perfectly.
Weird, first time I had a problem with a trimmed ROM using NDSTokyoTrim. Don't think it's a program issue, tho. Guess it could be helpful info.
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I've had that before with FFCC DS Rod, but after doing that I re-trimmed it and it worked perfectly. Sometimes the programs can be inconsistent I guess.
This game rocks (it's FE after all!).
I found it weird that you had to select easy mode to play the new prologue (although it's a tutorial, so it's understandable). Anyway, I blazed through the prologue, restarted in hard mode (3 stars) and was promptly raped in 20 minutes at the first map. Yikes! And I consider myself an expert FE player (I finished Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn on Hard).
I'm finding the two-star hard mode quite balanced: easy enough to allow you to finish the maps with no casualties (the first 3, that is), but you do have to stay alert and protect everybody, since some enemies pack quite a punch.
Graphics really don't count much, but I found the game pretty to look at (the style is quite similar to the GBA chapters). The combat animations are very fast, which helps a lot (usually I turn them off after a while, having watched all the animations, but this time I may leave 'em active).
that's all... enjoy
I found it weird that you had to select easy mode to play the new prologue (although it's a tutorial, so it's understandable). Anyway, I blazed through the prologue, restarted in hard mode (3 stars) and was promptly raped in 20 minutes at the first map. Yikes! And I consider myself an expert FE player (I finished Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn on Hard).
I'm finding the two-star hard mode quite balanced: easy enough to allow you to finish the maps with no casualties (the first 3, that is), but you do have to stay alert and protect everybody, since some enemies pack quite a punch.
Graphics really don't count much, but I found the game pretty to look at (the style is quite similar to the GBA chapters). The combat animations are very fast, which helps a lot (usually I turn them off after a while, having watched all the animations, but this time I may leave 'em active).
that's all... enjoy
