

It’s far too easy, fact compounded by the ability to grind. It’s simple yet deep, compulsive and quick to play, just like the rest of the series, yet it has a problem: Difficulty, or lack thereof. In many ways it’s a true Fire Emblem game. There’s something just a little off about them, something not quite chiming with our play style in certain ways. In their own right, these are all good Fire Emblem games, but they just didn’t quite work for us where the others do. To clarify things initially: B-Tier does not mean these are bad games.
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Fire Emblem Awakening revived the series for many, and kept us glued to our 3DS for weeks on end. We consider them all to be the pinnacle of TRPG games on their respective consoles, and to this day we continue to return to them, again and again.Įach of them have their own distinct reasons for being here. These are the ‘go to’ titles we’ll play when we want some sweet tactical action. Whilst they don’t quite approach the Shadow Dragon tier, we love the Fire Emblem games in A-Tier. Fire Emblem Echoes – Shadows of Valentia.Shadow Dragon gives you a ragtag bunch of units, puts you in increasingly tense situations and asks you to maths your way out of it. Novel terrain options, bosses that take up extra grid slots and frequent plot armour? Thanks but no thanks.

Where Fates introduced novel classes and weapons that debuff, Shadow Dragon has the basic weapon triangle, clean and untouched. Where modern games trouble themselves with gradually improving relationships and carefully nurturing your party friendships, Shadow Dragon’s units practically nod at each other once and get back to the battle. As such, it deserves it’s own tier – this is an opinion piece after all.įor us it’s a perfect example of the distilled, difficult tactical RPG experience. It is our comfort blanket, our game play apex, the perfect tactical RPG in our eyes.
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No matter the new release, console update or franchise remaster rumour, we always return to Shadow Dragon. Any number of our articles written about the game will show you our love for it. It’s no secret that we love Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Hmmm, perhaps the name gives it away a little.
