Fire Emblem: Awakening
Wedding knight anxiety
by Matthew Diener 13/2/2013
Product: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Format: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Players: 1-2
Version: US
For most of us, marriage is the time when we have deep conversations about balancing careers and friends with upcoming lifestyle choices.
In Fire Emblem: Awakening, marriage is a time to sit down with your future spouse and discuss whether they're planning to master the Dark Knight's Lifestealer ability before they switch classes to Wyvern Rider.
It may sound unromantic, but it pays to be pragmatic in a fantasy world where your spouse is your only shield against arrows and axes.
Till death do us part
Fire Emblem: Awakening follows the story of your amnesiac main character and the bold warrior Chrom, who leads the warband known as The Shepherds.
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Summary
Strategy role-playing at its finest, Fire Emblem: Awakening marries sophistication and character development in a way rarely found in the genre
RATINGS
Audio/visual: 9
Gameplay: 10
Value: 10
Innovation: 9
Overall: 10
