The thing about julius is that he effectively died at 5, when he first touched the loptyr tome and got possesed by the evil dragon god. He suffers that fate because the cult masterminded everything, to the point of making Arvis and deirdre get together despite them actually being half siblings because their mother was the last person on earth that had Lopto holy blood So julius doesnt really sell out, he is the centerpiece of the cult now, he is the main perpetrator of the child hunts
Great review and retrospective! 16:55 So I had the exact same problem with horse-riding enemies targeting only one of my allies. There's a trick, you need to quickly destroy the enemy leader who is in charge there. Afterwards the enemy AI becomes really bad and the horse-riders will target your allies randomly and distribute the damage as you said. To give an example, when you battle Eldigan he has a lot of knights, you can just talk to him with one character to make him leave, but let's say instead you want to beat him normally. You can just beat him first and his knights will suddenly get very bad AI. But if you leave Eldigan alone then the knights will keep targeting one of your allies at a time, which is what someone competent would do.
Ya got me with that deadpan "okay" at 4:30. Goobers notwithstanding, Genealogy might just be the only Fire Emblem game I've been genuinely interested in trying out, and this vid could be the push I need to withstand that fifteen minute intro. Another job well done.
I'm playing through fe4 for the first time right now. I'm in chapter 5. This game is aware of it's problems and addresses them. For example, sometimes action starts on the opposite side of the map from where your units are. It can be annoying to move your units across the map however this is an opportunity to have your units fall in love. If your units move next to each other they can fall in love which has lots of benefits. Another example of balancing is the arena. It would be too easy to save scum and abuse the arena for xp if you could freely swap powerful items amongst your cast. The game wisely has steep penalties for swapping items. The strategy element of the battle system is worth talking about. You can give stat boosts to units in lots of ways. Love, Authority, terain, items and skills all give sizable stat boosts. You can optimize these stat boosts to help even one of your thieves gain xp in battle. Give your thief the thunder sword and magic ring, park him three spaces away from sigurd and the thief's wife and he can fight some basic enemies.
More than that, in my last playthrough, the child thief you get, I had her father as Azel. She got a magic ring, and I got her the thunder sword. She ended up with more Mag than Str, and she had my 3rd most kills before the game was over.
Hey just to let you know, with FE3 and FE4 you've been playing with old, inferior translation patches. With FE5 I recommend the patch known as L'il Manster
Guess u missed the part where he acknowledged that very point pretty early in the video? Lol but it's good that u mentioned the name of a better English patch in case others are interested in finding one!
If you havent seen it yet, I highly recommend Battle for Wesnoth. Its a free game on PC. The included scenarios are professional quality with numerous fan created content too
Jason I am a big fan of your content, you do a really good job. Your videos on some of the lesser known RPGs, such as Brain Lord, has served as a great resource when I’m looking for something to play that’s off the beaten path. Your thoughts on 7th Saga were spot on, how it’s only notable because of its difficulty. It is one of my favorite SNES RPGs, and you’re one of the few to look past it’s difficulty and give it a reasonably favorable review.
Grandvell is a mistranslation, since Japanese has instances where the translator has multiple possible options when it is translated in English. This happens a lot with 'b' vs 'v' or 'L' and 'R'.
@Lear Gamma in game, you can find some lines about how he was a good child, and then he suddenly changed to the point he tried to kill Julia but failed. Instead, he killed Deidre.
I kind of like how overbearing the exposition is at first because it is the only fire emblem world that really feels like it existed before and after the story of the game. In a way, it’s almost like how Dune or Lord of the Rings can feel like they are sidetracked with information unrelated to the plot, but that density helps make a fully realized world. My second favorite fe game is fates because of the gameplay, but the fates universe would still be bad even if the script was better because nothing exists unless corrin directly observed it. In Jugdral, the war in Issach is happening at the same time as gen 1 and in gen 2 part of Leif’s story is simultaneous. The game never mentions what is happening in august to in gen 2, but I can easily imagine various stories happening throughout Jugdral because the world has real continuity
The best part about this game on a first run is the fact that it feels like a campaign and all its aesthetic is built like a campaign, in all aspects of design. The back story, gameplay, and character design origin and backstory add amd strengthen said campaign, it has short comings but what it brings to the table will always outweigh its shortcomings. And most of your shortcomings that you mentioned are more tailored to you being unable to perform as a player, someone like you requires a lower difficulty setting, the consumer enjoyment matters, a base max difficulty like the installments before fire emblem 8 isn't very good at catering to the unskilled.
The daisy gag at the end is great. Patty is better but sure. Funny thing about chapter 5. With some glitches and weird RNG abuse, you can save quan and ethlyn. Buuut.... it softlocks you out of the game so.... it's just a novelty. As for the beginning of the game, yeah it showers you with waaaaaay too much text. I had to play gen one 3 times over before I actually knew wtf was going on. 😐
"I always thought awakening was the first entry to have romance and childbearing mechanics in it..." Well, it is called Fire Emblem GENEALOGY after all. Oh shit... Breath of Fire II is up next... sweet. And yes, I insisted on watching the entirety of that final battle because I needed to hear the word bye before I could leave. But I did struggle to make it ngl
Currently going through "old" emblem (which for me is 1-5, as I've played everything 6 and onward multiple times). I'm on FE3, just about to wrap up book 1. SO far I've enjoyed FE3, but it's far too easy and honestly I'd rather just be playing the DS remakes (Which are among my all time favorite FE games, up there with the GBA entries, and Shadows of Valentia). I'm looking forwards to getting to FE4 though, to see if it live up to the hype i've read for years and years. I'm not as fond of a lot of modern emblem as I am of "older" (FE 6 - 12) emblem (fates is, IMO, the worst ever entry. Awakening is Mid, engage is mid, and TH is.... well it's pretty good actually), but i've never gotten into the SNES entries before.
Loved this fire emblem so much, I'm in the 'It needs a remake crowd!' especially with how well they nailed the gaiden remake. You could also revive dead units in this game! There is a priest unit who can revive someone, but it cost alot to fix the revive staff and the priest couldn't really make money in the arena. You also needed to do it in the same battle the character died in. The right pairings were also 'fun' if you made the effort(aka looked up a guide lol), you'd wind up with multiple kids who could practically solo the 2nd half of the game on their own.
There's Perhaps Few Games Better Than FE4, I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT FIRE EMBLEM GAME, for fire Emblem fans that is, I think there are way better fire emblems for casuals or just jrpg fans but I'm at the camp that believes if it were released around the same time as it came out in the west, it would be heralded right up there with link to the past, Ocarina of Time and all of the greats
agguy high five i first beat the game few weeks ago and also got the giberish ending so im imiadiatedly replaying with the better translartion and im on second map of gen 2 (not fun times tho Arthur forseti is so funny i dont know who you did but i do recomend this pairing for Tailtyu yes it screws tine over a little in comparision to Azelle (who is my favorite gen 1 character so i had him marry lachesis my 3rd favorite genone character )but highier rank in the best weapon type and being able to easily buy the pursuit sing is nothing to scoff at when it gives you forseti on a horse
This is an interesting one. My only REAL experience with Super Famicom Fire Emblem is Thracia 776 and that's uh. It's a game alright, and not one I'd recommend to everyone, much less anyone due to its infamy. This was an interesting peek and opinion of it. Maybe I'll finally get back to it [and the other] SFam Fire Emblems one day.
I played all the Fire Emblem games, but FE4 and 5 were the games I have not played because I really just cannot get into FE4. I don't think its bad at all but I just could never get into it.
@@Razeluxe01 Man, I reread this now and while I can understand not liking Fates and Awakening... if you couldn't enjoy 3 Houses and Echoes, your taste is trash man. You got no business talking shit LOL.
The thing about julius is that he effectively died at 5, when he first touched the loptyr tome and got possesed by the evil dragon god. He suffers that fate because the cult masterminded everything, to the point of making Arvis and deirdre get together despite them actually being half siblings because their mother was the last person on earth that had Lopto holy blood
So julius doesnt really sell out, he is the centerpiece of the cult now, he is the main perpetrator of the child hunts
Actually, he died at 10.
He first touched the Loptus Tome at the age of 10, not 5.
I've literally been waiting since the fe3 review for this. This game while slow, is a masterpiece. I'm glad you loved it.
Great review and retrospective! 16:55 So I had the exact same problem with horse-riding enemies targeting only one of my allies. There's a trick, you need to quickly destroy the enemy leader who is in charge there. Afterwards the enemy AI becomes really bad and the horse-riders will target your allies randomly and distribute the damage as you said. To give an example, when you battle Eldigan he has a lot of knights, you can just talk to him with one character to make him leave, but let's say instead you want to beat him normally. You can just beat him first and his knights will suddenly get very bad AI. But if you leave Eldigan alone then the knights will keep targeting one of your allies at a time, which is what someone competent would do.
Ya got me with that deadpan "okay" at 4:30. Goobers notwithstanding, Genealogy might just be the only Fire Emblem game I've been genuinely interested in trying out, and this vid could be the push I need to withstand that fifteen minute intro. Another job well done.
I'm playing through fe4 for the first time right now. I'm in chapter 5.
This game is aware of it's problems and addresses them. For example, sometimes action starts on the opposite side of the map from where your units are. It can be annoying to move your units across the map however this is an opportunity to have your units fall in love. If your units move next to each other they can fall in love which has lots of benefits.
Another example of balancing is the arena. It would be too easy to save scum and abuse the arena for xp if you could freely swap powerful items amongst your cast. The game wisely has steep penalties for swapping items.
The strategy element of the battle system is worth talking about. You can give stat boosts to units in lots of ways. Love, Authority, terain, items and skills all give sizable stat boosts. You can optimize these stat boosts to help even one of your thieves gain xp in battle. Give your thief the thunder sword and magic ring, park him three spaces away from sigurd and the thief's wife and he can fight some basic enemies.
More than that, in my last playthrough, the child thief you get, I had her father as Azel. She got a magic ring, and I got her the thunder sword. She ended up with more Mag than Str, and she had my 3rd most kills before the game was over.
Hey just to let you know, with FE3 and FE4 you've been playing with old, inferior translation patches. With FE5 I recommend the patch known as L'il Manster
Guess u missed the part where he acknowledged that very point pretty early in the video? Lol but it's good that u mentioned the name of a better English patch in case others are interested in finding one!
Married couple can share their money.
I cannot imagine your patience with this game as every character portrait looks like they need a haircut.
Even Sigurd and his triangle face
Giving Edain a haircut would be a crime against god
LOL you've never seen hair in the 80's and 90's did you?
Man I can't wait for you to experience tharcia 776 (remember to always have spare door keys)
Have 7 for the final map
Thracia 776 is the Pathologic of Fire Emblem I love it so much
Omg u spelled it the same way he mispronounced it lol maybe yall both have dyslexia?
If you havent seen it yet, I highly recommend Battle for Wesnoth. Its a free game on PC. The included scenarios are professional quality with numerous fan created content too
_Whoa,_ I haven't heard that name in a decade or so!
I`m really enjoying that game.
Jason I am a big fan of your content, you do a really good job. Your videos on some of the lesser known RPGs, such as Brain Lord, has served as a great resource when I’m looking for something to play that’s off the beaten path.
Your thoughts on 7th Saga were spot on, how it’s only notable because of its difficulty. It is one of my favorite SNES RPGs, and you’re one of the few to look past it’s difficulty and give it a reasonably favorable review.
Genealogy bros, flare up!
Grandvell is a mistranslation, since Japanese has instances where the translator has multiple possible options when it is translated in English. This happens a lot with 'b' vs 'v' or 'L' and 'R'.
L and R mistranslations are classic, had no idea about B and V though. Now I'm going to be looking for that mistake everywhere!
I think more recent translated material (ie Heroes etc) has gone with "Grannvale" as the official English name as the country.
That battle at the end of the vid had me legit on the edge of my seat
Well, real Julius died when loptopus Bishop gave him that evil book. His soul was devoured by loptopus and his places.
Hm.... would the game explain that, or...
@Lear Gamma in game, you can find some lines about how he was a good child, and then he suddenly changed to the point he tried to kill Julia but failed. Instead, he killed Deidre.
thank you for your service, bud
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHH
You're the best, dude
First time i see one of your videos
Can't wait for you to try Thracia 776, you are in for what i think it's the best FE Experience
I kind of like how overbearing the exposition is at first because it is the only fire emblem world that really feels like it existed before and after the story of the game. In a way, it’s almost like how Dune or Lord of the Rings can feel like they are sidetracked with information unrelated to the plot, but that density helps make a fully realized world. My second favorite fe game is fates because of the gameplay, but the fates universe would still be bad even if the script was better because nothing exists unless corrin directly observed it. In Jugdral, the war in Issach is happening at the same time as gen 1 and in gen 2 part of Leif’s story is simultaneous. The game never mentions what is happening in august to in gen 2, but I can easily imagine various stories happening throughout Jugdral because the world has real continuity
On another note, I have a feeling you would despise metal gear solid 4
Of course, one day Jason will discover *DORCAS EMBLEM* and all other games will become a pale shadow.
Had no idea I wanted that until now
The best part about this game on a first run is the fact that it feels like a campaign and all its aesthetic is built like a campaign, in all aspects of design. The back story, gameplay, and character design origin and backstory add amd strengthen said campaign, it has short comings but what it brings to the table will always outweigh its shortcomings. And most of your shortcomings that you mentioned are more tailored to you being unable to perform as a player, someone like you requires a lower difficulty setting, the consumer enjoyment matters, a base max difficulty like the installments before fire emblem 8 isn't very good at catering to the unskilled.
The daisy gag at the end is great. Patty is better but sure.
Funny thing about chapter 5. With some glitches and weird RNG abuse, you can save quan and ethlyn. Buuut.... it softlocks you out of the game so.... it's just a novelty.
As for the beginning of the game, yeah it showers you with waaaaaay too much text. I had to play gen one 3 times over before I actually knew wtf was going on. 😐
I just can’t wait to be King!
It's good to be the king.
- Mel Brooks
I've heard nothing but good things about this game right down to the characters and the story
"I always thought awakening was the first entry to have romance and childbearing mechanics in it..." Well, it is called Fire Emblem GENEALOGY after all. Oh shit... Breath of Fire II is up next... sweet. And yes, I insisted on watching the entirety of that final battle because I needed to hear the word bye before I could leave. But I did struggle to make it ngl
Haha the freaking gummy bear at the end
Great video:)
Heck yeah vacation in California and a new vid?!
Nice video dude.
yo I love Fire Emblem
Currently going through "old" emblem (which for me is 1-5, as I've played everything 6 and onward multiple times). I'm on FE3, just about to wrap up book 1. SO far I've enjoyed FE3, but it's far too easy and honestly I'd rather just be playing the DS remakes (Which are among my all time favorite FE games, up there with the GBA entries, and Shadows of Valentia). I'm looking forwards to getting to FE4 though, to see if it live up to the hype i've read for years and years. I'm not as fond of a lot of modern emblem as I am of "older" (FE 6 - 12) emblem (fates is, IMO, the worst ever entry. Awakening is Mid, engage is mid, and TH is.... well it's pretty good actually), but i've never gotten into the SNES entries before.
Loved this fire emblem so much, I'm in the 'It needs a remake crowd!' especially with how well they nailed the gaiden remake.
You could also revive dead units in this game! There is a priest unit who can revive someone, but it cost alot to fix the revive staff and the priest couldn't really make money in the arena. You also needed to do it in the same battle the character died in.
The right pairings were also 'fun' if you made the effort(aka looked up a guide lol), you'd wind up with multiple kids who could practically solo the 2nd half of the game on their own.
Fe4 has best plot of all fe games.
Thracia's is better
But characters are generally better in FE16. Deirdre is a walking plot device.
Gamecube FE is better
@@eleonorepb4565 Yeah I don’t think anyone would argue FE4 has the best characters (but maybe a potential FE4 remake would???)
@@leargamma4912 Judgral has the best plot then 🎉
0:57 that’s it boys we can pack up our agenda has been pushed
There's Perhaps Few Games Better Than FE4, I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT FIRE EMBLEM GAME, for fire Emblem fans that is, I think there are way better fire emblems for casuals or just jrpg fans but I'm at the camp that believes if it were released around the same time as it came out in the west, it would be heralded right up there with link to the past, Ocarina of Time and all of the greats
agguy high five i first beat the game few weeks ago and also got the giberish ending so im imiadiatedly replaying with the better translartion and im on second map of gen 2 (not fun times tho Arthur forseti is so funny i dont know who you did but i do recomend this pairing for Tailtyu yes it screws tine over a little in comparision to Azelle (who is my favorite gen 1 character so i had him marry lachesis my 3rd favorite genone character )but highier rank in the best weapon type and being able to easily buy the pursuit sing is nothing to scoff at when it gives you forseti on a horse
>Reviews RPGs
>Does not like plot and text
okay sure
Fe6 is the best old fire emblem, but fe4 is also pretty great.
6:55 thats what my parents said
This is an interesting one. My only REAL experience with Super Famicom Fire Emblem is Thracia 776 and that's uh. It's a game alright, and not one I'd recommend to everyone, much less anyone due to its infamy. This was an interesting peek and opinion of it. Maybe I'll finally get back to it [and the other] SFam Fire Emblems one day.
lol that repetetive fight at the end :D
I could not get into Engage at all.
Arvis did nouthing wrong
The maps in Genealogy were faaaar toooooooooo biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig.
Get over it, lazy
@@leargamma4912 🤣
I played all the Fire Emblem games, but FE4 and 5 were the games I have not played because I really just cannot get into FE4. I don't think its bad at all but I just could never get into it.
Man. I've never heard so many awful take one after the other in such a short time span.
Nah this is awesome. New fan going back the the best one
@@yasahana4447 I meant how he actually likes the new games and skips all the story of the games
@@Razeluxe01 LOL I too cringed at that.
@@Razeluxe01 I mean... the plot of the new games is trash so I don't blame him LOL, that's the only way to enjoy them.
@@Razeluxe01 Man, I reread this now and while I can understand not liking Fates and Awakening... if you couldn't enjoy 3 Houses and Echoes, your taste is trash man. You got no business talking shit LOL.