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[Fire Blazer]

Awakening >> FE9 >> FE7 > FE12/FE8 > FE2 > FE6/FE3 > FE5 > FE1 > FE4 > FE11 > BS

Feel free to also do it numerically e.g.

1. Awakening
2. Path of Radiance
3. Blazing Sword

etc.

or by tiers (see Shu's post a few posts below)

by overall value/enjoyment/quality not plot or music or gameplay or anything else individually

[GyppyGirl2021]

Overall... hoo, that's a toughy for me. Lessee...


1. Path of Radiance
2. The Sacred Stones
3. Awakening
4. Sword of Seals
5. New Mystery of the Emblem
6. Radiant Dawn
7. Shadow Dragon
8. Thracia 776
9. Genealogy of the Holy War
10. Blazing Sword
11. Gaiden (????)


...This is likely not 100% accurate.

[Shu]

I gotta do it like this

Elite:
Awakening
FE5
FE6

Good:
FE4
FE3
FE2

Okay:
FE7
FE8
FE9

Bad:
FE10
FE11

That's mine. Too hard to pick a number 1 favorite.

[Cero]

1. Path of Radiance
2. Awakening
3. Blazing Sword
4. New Mystery of the Emblem
5. Sacred Stones
6. Radiant Dawn
7. Thracia 776
8. Sealed Sword
9. Shadow Dragon

Haven't played through Genealogy of the Holy War or Gaiden.

[Bobryk]

I'm gonna do it like Shu because 1. I can't pick a #1 and 2. I may or may not be a little buzzed still

Top

Awakening
Radiant Dawn
Blazing Sword

High

Path of Radiance
Sacred Stones
Heroes of Light and Shadow

Mid

*Genealogy of the Holy War
**Thracia 776

Low

Binding Blade
Shadow Dragon

Never played

Fe1/3 (originals)
Gaiden


*This is one of the best FEs if you count story...but the enjoyment after the first playthrough is ugh because pairing in the first generation becomes more of a chore/annoyance

**Too difficult/luck based to be considered enjoyable for me without save state abuse. Fake difficulty is fake.

(I *'d Fe4 and 5 because they're typically considered some of the better games so I felt the need to explain myself on why I rank them so low in regards to enjoyability.)

[Mercurius]

wait

FE1 > FE11?

come on, it's not that bad...

[kirant]

This is based on the era they were made, NOT their capabilities by today's standards (a key sticking point for me: if we used today's standards, GoldenEye would be horrible, for example)

I used tier "names" to indicate sharp drops. Games within the same "bracket" are fairly comparable.

High
- Blazing Sword
- Awakening
- Genealogy of the Holy War (1st playthrough)

Mid-High
- Sword of Seals
- Thracia 776
- Genealogy of the Holy War (2+ playthrough)

Mid
- Sacred Stones
- Path of Radiance
- Radiant Dawn
- Fire Emblem

Mid-Low
- Mystery of the Emblem
- Gaiden
- New Mystery of the Emblem

Low
- Shadow Dragon

[Seraphinox]

God Tier

Sword of Seals
Geneaology
Blazing Sword

High Tier

Thracia
Path of Radiance

Good Tier


Radiant Dawn
Sacred Stones
Gaiden
Mystery of the Emblem

Playable Tier

Fe:1
Shadow Dragon

Not rated
Fe:12
Awakening


I think Fe:6 has the right difficulty across the board, a huge character roster, differening chapter, many extra ones and a decent story to boot, for it's the best.

Fe:4 and 7 are there too because I love Fe:4's gameplay. 7 because it was my second game and I love the story.

Path or Radiance is there because it does it's job well, the lack of dark magic is strange and I will never get used to not playing FE on a handheld. A lot more enjoyable than 10 I must say.

Haven't played Awakening or 12 so...

[Fire Blazer]

Fixed to say Ranking/Tier list I meant to originally make it a ranking list but I was tired and mistakenly called it a tier list but both work fine XP

So here's my tier list

Top (9.5+)

Awakening

High (8.5-9.5)

Path of Radiance
Heroes of Shadow and Light
Blazing Sword
Sacred Stones

Good (8.0 - 8.5)

Gaiden
Thracia 776

Mid/Average (7.0 - 8.0)

Sealed Sword/Binding Blade
Mystery of the Emblem*
Dragon of Darkness and Sword of Light*

Low (6.0 - 7.0)

Radiant Dawn
Genealogy of the Holy War*

Not Played (Unrated)

Berwick Saga
Tearring Saga

Shouldn't Have Played (0.0 - 0.0)

Shadow Dragon

[arimibn]

To be honest, I've enjoyed every FE game that I've played a ridiculous amount except for Shadow Dragon.

[Cero]

You know Shadow Dragon isn't that bad. Just compared to the others is why everyone hates it.

[Seraphinox]

QUOTE (ShadowCero @ May 12 2013, 08:30 PM)

You know Shadow Dragon isn't that bad. Just compared to the others is why everyone hates it.

I was gonna say this, as it's own game I think it's pretty good. Granted I've only beaten it once which shows my love for it, but I am replaying it now so...

[arimibn]

I didn't say it was bad. I just said I didn't enjoy it a ridiculous amount like the others.

[Bobryk]

Yeah, on its own, Shadow Dragon is a fine game. It's just not a very good Fire Emblem game. If a person were to play it as their first Fire Emblem, they definitely wouldn't think it was as bad a game as we all do.

I personally like SD for its ridiculousness. Like, Marth + Generic solos, reclassing Lena to swordmaster, Navarre to curate, stuff like that. It's really funny to have a team of manly men as healers and dainty women as front line fighters.

[Shu]

I think SD's biggest downfall was it's poor game feel. It was on a new system, yet it didn't look or feel any better than previous games in the series. On top of the fact that it's a remake, it makes for a rather underwhelming package for longtime fans.