Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
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Product Summary
Brand: NintendoRelease Date: 2006-09-08
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Model: GANIN 045496735203
Publisher: Nintendo
Product features:
- Take on all-new monster battles and the Tower of Valni, with floor after floor of challenging fights, to gain the experience your soldiers need
- As your soldiers increase in skill, you'll be able to choose between multiple classes to customize your army -- cavaliers, paladins, knighst and more are at your disposal
- Field dozens of new soldiers and units on the field, from pegasus knights to mage knights
- New submaps you'll be able to enter and leave at will, plus a new class change system for upgrades
Video Game Reviews of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Customer Review: Solid but not groundbreaking gameplay.
Summary: 3 Stars
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is a tactical role playing game. The gameplay is similar to the Advance Wars series, but the setting is a standard fantasy world. Basically, you move a variety of units across a terrain board to fulfill a specific goal and complete the mission.
Some players may find the long sections of dialogue tedious, but the exposition is designed to explain the plot and provide motivation to finish the missions. Unfortunately, this makes for a linear storyline and at least in the first few hours of gameplay, the player has no freedom to deviate from the setup.
The job system is not nearly as deep as that in Final Fantasy Tactics or even FF Tactics Advance, but there is some growth and weapons customization. Players may be annoyed by weapons breaking after a certain number of strikes. Also, because of the rock/paper/scissors system, a normally powerful character might struggle with a lesser enemy simply because the wrong weapon is equipped.
The battle map graphics are good and fairly clear, although the character sprites are small and sometimes hard to distinguish. The music is better than average. I have not completed the game, but guessing at the number of hours it takes to complete, Sacred Stones is probably a good value.
Overall, this is a solid game and if you like tactical RPGs you will enjoy it.
Description of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
In Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones, you'll battle to defend an empire against internal dangers and external threats. On another world, humanity struck a bargain with demons and ensured generations of peace. Now, suddenly and for no reason, the Grado Empire has invaded neighboring Renais. Twin heirs to the throne of Renais, Eirika and Ephraim, fight to free their kingdom and uncover the secret behind their former ally's treachery.Kids & Family Games
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