Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia discussion.

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spemanig said:

RolStoppable said:

You said it's your first Fire Emblem game. You are going to be like the guy who is baffled that Metroid: Other M is considered awful because it's his first Metroid.

IIRC Grieth's Castle is the desert map where the AI acts all weird and doesn't know whether it should attack or retreat inside the castle. The level design of this particular map is bad to begin with, but the behavior of the AI outright sucks.

Most people aren't saying this game is awful, though. Other M isn't a good comparison at all. People don't like that game because it betrays what metroid is in all facets. The worst this game is alleged to do is be too faithful to the original's aged gameplay.

The thing is Gaiden is very different from the other older games.

Though that does not mean you should not play the game; just keep in mind that the core game is not the same as the others.