TheSlyOne

Graphics are good, but the game itself is just frustrating. Trying to simply advance Mario from one room to another can be needlessly difficult. Enemies oftentimes block your path in the most inconvenient ways and also respawn. A few of the stars are marginally harder than the rest and should've been made easier to get. The final boss in particular feels like quite the difficulty spike relative to the rest of the game and is also very tedious to beat. There's some fun to be had here, but it feels like too tilting of an experience to actually enjoy the game for very long. Genuinely the most frustrating game I have ever played, and this is coming from someone who enjoys difficult games.

I sincerely believe that beating the single-player campaign of this game was the most torturous video game experience I have ever had the misfortune to endure.

Gameplay = excellent Online = good, but some matches lag Story = okay, but not much depth, short, and may be too hard for some. Serves as an excellent tutorial for the game though, and if you can complete the entirety of it, I can assure you that you'll be much more prepared for matches against real people. Modes = Not many. Don't go in expecting much. Most of the game really seems to be centered around online matches (and playing with friends). Thankfully since the gameplay is so good, there's a great deal of fun in just playing a bunch of matches. Tournaments = Okay. There's COM tournaments that you can play that kinda just ****. There's 3 of them, and they're all pretty easy (up until the very last match). The online tournaments are good, but as stated before, there's lag and there's not a proper ranking system yet. Often you can just get blown out of the water (or do the same to your opponent) because there's not a good matchmaking system yet. This is supposed to change soon though. Options/Customization = Poor. Will hopefully change, but for now it's really not great. Wanna change what length your match is? You can either do a tiebreaker or a 2-game 1-set match. That's it. There's other things, such as stage selection, that are done poorly. Overall it appears to be a fairly decent game with an excellent core and a weaker outer shell around it. I'd wait for 1) the price to drop and 2) updates fixing some of these issues. If these things happen, definitely get the game, as it'll be totally worth it. For now though, it's hard to say. I bought the game at full price and I don't know if I regret it or not. To be on the safe side though, just wait. It'll probably be very much so worth it sometime soon.

This game, in a matter of a few days, has already become one of my all time favorite games. I'm completely new to Fire Emblem, and even had a few doubts when purchasing this game. Within seconds it had me though, even with just the opening and not even really starting the game. It has some wonderful game play, with an equally great story that kept me coming back for more. Even after I beat it, I immediately wanted to replay it so as to explore the rest of the game, as there really is a lot of content stored in this game. In the end, it was a magnificent experience that I would recommend to anyone and everyone.