My Sh**ty-A** Review of Fire Emblem: Awakening

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fatslob-:O said:

bigjon said:

fatslob-:O said:
Well it looks like JRPG's are definitely headed to the crapper. It didn't sound one bit good judging from your review.

It has a 92 on metacritic which makes it the highest rated FE game ever. Just because does not like it does not mean it is not good. The fact he has only played one other leads me to believe this type of game might not be his favorite. I recal he like more emotionally driven story lines like Tales of Symohona or the like.

Your problem is I couldn't give a rats ass about metacritic. The game looks average to me despite it's metascore and this applies to almost every other JRPG out there. 

That's good that you don't treat Metacritic as a tell-all sign of how good a game is, but you shouldn't treat one fan's review as law either. Considering that this game received near unanimous praise from reviewers and fans alike, and is selling better than every other game in the franchise, it seems safe to think that Soriku's opinion might be in the minority.

@Xen: I'll post a more in-depth response when I get home from work, but Awakening is quite a bit different than past games. Personally, though, I didn't really share his "mindless" complaint, outside of bonus missions tailored towards players that want to grind. FE:A is probably my GOTY 2013, honestly.