The Fire Emblem Discussion

[A Black Falcon]

You're saying the word "strategy", Lazy, but what I'm reading is "RPG". "I'm level 99 and have this equipment and armor etc etc"? That's RPG stuff more than it is strategy, though more RPG-ish strategy games do have some of those elements of course... but strategy isn't just about that, it's about, well, strategizing. And I would absolutely say that FE has much more strategic depth than FFT. Really, how much do you need to worry about formations, positioning, etc, in FFT? Some, but not as much as in FE. Range matters, but not as much with the small maps... formations do some, but less with the smaller units-on-the-field counts... etc.

It gets even more clear when you compare FFTA to FE7... FE7 isn't just a far better game, but it requires much deeper strategy and more tactics. FFTA requires strategy too, but it's just not the same, not even close... I know that FFT is (a lot) better than FFTA, but still. It's not as good as FE.

Though, admittedly, I tend to also play Fire Emblem by levelling up a few omni warriors and sending them with a couple groups here and there.

But then you run into a challenge which would be much easier with a more balanced group, and not just a couple of units levelled far beyond the rest...

I think they went with the advance name just for the sake of the already confusing series names. Titles that we didnt get, Japan didnt get, etc. Its as bad as FF used to be. Here's hoping for the unreleased US versions hitting the virtual console. But it wasn't actually a continuing story line (an official series) until late in its life as a series.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. They decided to stick with that one name instead of changing it for every platform... Battalion Wars got a different name (in the US) because it's considered a separate series, part of the Wars game style but not an Advance Wars game.