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Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance


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Manufacturer: Nintendo



ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496962760
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: 45496962760
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: 2006-09-08

Features
3D battlefields where you command your knights, winged soldiers, pikemen, and skinshifters in man-to-man, turn-based combat
New units that can learn skills and work with the new laguz fighters
All-new magic categories and spells available for tactical use - new magic triangles and class skills
Find special artifacts in each mission, to introduce skills to your characters
Visit the blacksmith to create customized weapons to raise your overall speed and attack power

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Editorial Reviews:

Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance leads you into the life of a young soldier who'll become a hero, in a world filled with political unrest and class struggle. Ike is inexperienced and untested, but he'll rise to the challenges he faces while the country of Daein invades the nation of Crimea. To make things more difficult, a new race called the laguz are aiding you in battle -- but humans and laguz don't trust each other, even though they fight together. It's a difficult time, filled with obstacles and dangers. Lead your mercenaries to victory and bring them back alive, in this challenging strategy epic. Work to form a bond with other units - talk with them after each battle to gain support Use the laguz to transform into animal forms and dole out fierce attacks


User Comments about the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Sorry for him. I can say THAT from experience. It's not supposed to be the same, is it. For this to happen, you finish off enemies or survive a battle. The game is too high in quality, and has too great of a story to miss out on. There's a sequel.The three star reviewer stated too not expect a relive of FF Tactics. This game actually most of your time spent fighting.


Well, it's not supposed to be the same, right. Your friend in gaming,CPU12 The Nintendo FreakGood Luck. Is a sequel EVER as good as the original. Watching the characters talk is actually quite interesting if you like story-lines at all. This guy must have been insane. Another one star reviewer said, "Fire Emblem is too hyped." What was that.


This can cause a random advancement in stats. Because my little sister of 10 years of age loses if she doesn't add in strategy. That reviewer also said that the half the game is watching characters talk. All that guy wanted was real time fighting. Once you gain one hundred points, you level up. He also wrote that the story had too many loose ends. He person is TOO used to really good story-lines and characters.


They won't survive on the battlefield." Anyone should be smart enough to know to let weaker characters finish off enemies for more experience, but let the stronger units soften them up.Leveling up: In Fire Emblem, the enemies get stronger as you go along. Once again. (Then again, there were 7 releases in Japan before we ever got one. What are the negative reviewers talking about.


This is a strategy-RPG game, NOT a fighting game. So, spread out who gets exp.A two star reviewer who is a fan of Fire Emblem said it wasn't as good as the GBA Fire Emblems. That's also not true. This guy said, ".if your units don't level up, tough.


How much are we missing out on). The story behind the game will overcome the reading involved. No. No, it's not fun. I have heard hardly any hype about this Fire Emblem, or any newer Fire Emblem. This game is great. I'm gonna have to let one star go.All in all, this is one of the games that needs to be in any gamers shelf. The game is NOT based around who is stronger or has the better weapon.


One of the one star reviewers said that, ".you never get to actually attack any of your enemies." That's not true. This reviewer says also, that the chance to lose a unit forever is not fun. However, this makes the game pretty challenging.


Unless you're an expert player. And besides, you know that you've done the level correctly if none of your units die. But at least it makes the game challenging.


:) This reviewer also stated that the story and characters weren't that good. So the characters have to get stronger as you go along. That same reviewer said that the game is nothing like any of the other strategy RPGs he had played.


Once you have done that, you earn a certain amount of experience points depending on the enemy and your average strength compared to that enemies' strength. Too challenging for the majority of gamers.


everything also sounds good too. This has got be one of the best games out there for the gamecube. The story is showstopping and full of surprises and in terms of epic it can be compared to lord of the rings. About 3% of the story is done through cinematic cutscenes and the voice acting is good. The combat is simple and easy to learn, yet later on it soon get,s very complicated and fun at the same time. The graphics are beautiful and colerful and look great. Overall 10 out of 10.



One example is that on my first go, I had to restart because I didn't train Ike. The good: Fire emblem is a fun strategic game that challenges you tests your skills.It also is fun to challenge yourself in replay.The bad: Once a troop dies he is gone forever. Ok, I will start by saying this is hard but it rocks. You also have to be careful training soldiers. There is more good stuff in this game then I can remember so buy this and you won't regret it.



There is no denying that watching a character die is immensely frustrating, but that factor makes the battle system legitimately challenging and realistic. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, a turn-based tactics game for the Game Cube, is about a young mercenary, Ike, who becomes entangled in a series of conflicts between the waring nations of Crimea and Daein. Sometimes this results from surprise attacks, a moment of carelessness, or pure bad luck. Those who do not have the patience to try and try again should not play this game.Overall, the game is a 9/10. For newcomers, the entire series of Fire Emblem is a game that requires immense patience, strategy, and often, luck. If your character dies mid-chapter, you can start over from the chapter beginning OR continue along without him ever again. From these factors alone, it's a niche game.The game is roughly 30 chapters long.


There are no revives in this game. Each individual skirmish relies heavily on the character's equipped weapon as well, due to a weapons triangle (Sword > Axe, Axe > Lance, Lance > Sword). The gameplay is a combination of chess and an RPG; players will improve their stats through battling. Additionally, there are a variety of skills that your army members can equip to bolster their abilities.I'd like to address one of the largest concerns with Fire Emblem in general- permanent character deaths. Fire Emblem challenges the gamers' mental capabilities and stamina, and I fully recommend it to those who are looking for such a challenge.


I don't know why this does not have 5 stars as the overal rating. I never get board or try hard to get to the fighting sequences like I did in Sacred Stones. 3: The storyline has much more to it than the others as well. Path of Radiance is fantastic.1: The charecters names are atleast sane unlike many of the other charecters in Fire Emblems. 2: The charecters are also different from eachother and interesting. If you have any interest in games, get this one it will definately be among your top 5.