Fire Emblem Awakening: The thread of the game

[alienjesus]

I'm not the best at SRPG's, so I know I'm not gonna do Lunatic mode and will be going for the no perma-death option.

But past that, do you guys think Normal or Hard is the more balanced difficulty?

Even with permadeath on, Normal is plenty easy, but a good place to start.

With permadeath off? I'd say you wanna play on at least Lunatic if you want any challenge at all. The game just isn't balanced for this mode - every chapter is ridiculously easy when you can just throw every single character you have at each boss with no fear of the consequences.

[Gamerforlife]

Permadeath isn't cheap. Isn't it cheap, from the enemy's perspective, for you to have an immortal army? Either way, it makes a big difference to the gameplay. If your characters are dying left and right, you need to plan carefully and learn more about the game system. That's why I love Fire Emblem.

I planned on starting with Hard mode, but should I just dive into Lunatic? FE is generally hard, but Tactics Ogre was no problem.

Lunatic is really hard for like the first four chapters(i.e. first four levels), but you can get by with a good strategy and a tiny bit of luck. Of course, your strategy will mostly revolve around Frederick. After that, if you don't mind using DLC, the EXPonential Growth map makes grinding up your characters quick and easy. Some people don't seem to like using DLC. It didn't bother me. It seems almost mandatory on higher difficulties. Once you build up one or two units, you can stop relaying on Frederick so much and your strategic options open up a bit.

For me, I found Donnel to be a great help. He starts out weak then becomes very powerful quickly. You need to recruit him in an optional level though that pops up early in the game. Your avatar character can also get really strong after one or two reclasses and once he gets some sorcerer abilities. Finding him a good wife helps too, but even alone he can be a wrecking machine. I was destroying enemy after enemy on each map in the last few chapters with my avatar paired with his wife Cordelia, with Donnel hanging back to deal with any pesky reinforcements all by himself.

Also, children units can be really powerful if you plan ahead for them. I kind of messed up, but if you plan for what skills they'll inherit and grind up their parents a bit to give them good stats, I'm told they can be pretty dangerous

For me, I found Lunatic just right. It'll kick your ass hard for 4 or 5 levels, but then evens out a bit if you use the DLC to build up your units a bit. It never really becomes a cake walk though. I hear Lunatic+ mode is insane though, haven't tried it yet, but I've heard fans say Lunatic+ is blatantly cheap. Enemies all have ridiculous skills on Lunatic+ AND insane stats.

[MrPopo]

The biggest thing about Lunatic+ is that enemies ALWAYS attack first.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

I'm using a female avatar. I had planned on marrying her to Chrom, but there are plenty of guys to choose much earlier in the game. Maybe I should pick someone else for the stat bonus...

[MrEco]

I'm using a female avatar. I had planned on marrying her to Chrom, but there are plenty of guys to choose much earlier in the game. Maybe I should pick someone else for the stat bonus...

Oh, that reminds me, is same sex marriage an option?

I assume not, being a Nintendo game and all, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

Well, I haven't played past the first mission. I won't until I'm done with Radiant Historia. But why would you want a same-sex marriage in a game where you can play as your offspring?

[alienjesus]

Well, I haven't played past the first mission. I won't until I'm done with Radiant Historia. But why would you want a same-sex marriage in a game where you can play as your offspring?

Because you might be a gay game player who would like the character that is representing you to actually be representative of your sexuality? Or you're just an open minded gamer who would like to see that option available for those who want it?

Either way, no, same sex marriage isn't an option.

[Retrogamer0001]

Well, I haven't played past the first mission. I won't until I'm done with Radiant Historia. But why would you want a same-sex marriage in a game where you can play as your offspring?

Because you might be a gay game player who would like the character that is representing you to actually be representative of your sexuality? Or you're just an open minded gamer who would like to see that option available for those who want it?

Either way, no, same sex marriage isn't an option.

Haha, can't tell if you're being serious about this or not...I chuckled either way

[Gamerforlife]

I'm using a female avatar. I had planned on marrying her to Chrom, but there are plenty of guys to choose much earlier in the game. Maybe I should pick someone else for the stat bonus...

The funny thing about marrying Chrom as a female, is that you're kind of trolling the game. There are story segments in the game that ship Chrom/Sumia pretty hard. In fact, if any girl other than Sumia marries Chrom, there's a whole scene you miss out on. They put that one scene in the game for Sumia and Chrom and only for them.

The problem for me, was that I wasn't really into Sumia's character all that much even if the game developers seemed to be. I ended up marrying him to Olivia. I was playing male, and I fell pretty hard for Cordelia and

Lucina,

so I knew one of them would marry my avatar. Aside from those two ladies. Olivia was my favorite of all the remaining girls in the game, so I wanted to pair her up with Chrom, as he's kind of the hero of the story, and a prince to boot. Also, without getting too spoilerish, I think the child she has makes sense as a member of the royal family. It just fits his character.

I would love to know what kind of pairings other players had, since marriage is such a big part of the game. It's almost like this whole fun, separate thing to enjoy in the game, apart from the strategy gameplay. I actually plan on having two saves when I do my Lunatic+ run, one for each of my favorite girls that I mentioned above. I don't think I'll ever play as a female avatar. I'm a dude and I just find it kind of awkward I guess LOL

[MrPopo]

Making the Avatar marry Chrom

Makes the reveal that you're the reincarnation of Grima hit that much harder. The opening segment you likely forgot about? That was you betraying your own husband. Lucina doesn't just lose her parents to the war; her mother is the entire reason for the war.