04-19-2014, 07:44 PM
I didn't really like the conqueror arc either... in fact, having Valm in the game at all, while a nice FE2 reference, really wasn't necessary when the world is already so bloated imo. In Marth's games and Gaiden, Archanea/Valentia feel like such huge places to me that I was surprised by the sparseness of everything on Awakening's world map, which gives me more of a feeling of "hum-de-dum, let's just traipse across the entire continent(s) in a few steps to get to the next glowy spot" than "our heroes continue carving a path through the land...".
Concerning the second-generation characters, it's disappointing how non-integrated they are with the plot. I expected "Marth"'s identity to not be revealed for at least ten chapters and slowly become apparent as the child characters are recruited, but... I dunno, maybe I'm just used to GBAFE where there's an obligatory chunk of introductory generic bandit chapters before getting down to the nitty-gritty. Still, I enjoyed the story as I played through it... especially because about halfway through Valm, I trained up everyone and then just destroyed the rest of the game. Maybe not as satisfying as hard-fought victories, but still quite fun the first time.
I've still got lunatic mode to play through, but it's so "Frederick Emblem" in earlygame that I'm not sure if I want to bother to continue.
Concerning the second-generation characters, it's disappointing how non-integrated they are with the plot. I expected "Marth"'s identity to not be revealed for at least ten chapters and slowly become apparent as the child characters are recruited, but... I dunno, maybe I'm just used to GBAFE where there's an obligatory chunk of introductory generic bandit chapters before getting down to the nitty-gritty. Still, I enjoyed the story as I played through it... especially because about halfway through Valm, I trained up everyone and then just destroyed the rest of the game. Maybe not as satisfying as hard-fought victories, but still quite fun the first time.
I've still got lunatic mode to play through, but it's so "Frederick Emblem" in earlygame that I'm not sure if I want to bother to continue.