You know, if I had been in charge of the Xander story, I probably would've had it be a race to get to Xander before he escapes and kills himself over the guilt of killing Elise, then if you catch up to him and talk to him with the avatar then he would live and become the peaceful king of Nohr. He wouldn't become one of your units because he can't bring himself to raise his sword after the death that he caused. If you don't catch him then it changes the ending by removing Xander entirely, having Nohr fall into hard times because it doesn't have Xander as a qualified leader. So basically my idea would be to make Xander a good person that actually matters in the game
Also it doesn’t make him look like a complete moron and prick. Seriously the way he says he’ll still fight for garon, especially when after he dies, he says he knows that garon’s far gone makes him look like such an idiot
"Damn, was this chapter some of the most tedious, easiest, and monotonous shit I've ever played" -Crash on Chapter 20 "Damn, was this game some of the most tedious, easiest, and monotonous shit I've ever played" -Me on the entirety of Birthright
1337b3nnyvav00m I almost quit birthright at the end, but decided to stick through it because it was near the end, but i basically rage quitted, just decided to give ryoma 2 boots and dragon herbs and all the other stat boosters i had lieing around because i wanted to get it over with... fuck birthright
I honestly didn't find Tears of a Dragon emotional, at all. In fact I actually started laughing because of the unnecesary sacrifice (I mean come on, Corrin had an entire army and Lilith of all people takes the blow?). There's also the fact that outside of the prolouge chapters, she never shows up throughout the story and barely has any personality (all she does is eat a bunch and say 'thank you' all the time).
It hit me harder when I realized that her shrine is now empty- with the exception of Lilith's Kerchief on the floor. This, and she is replaced by a mere ghost on the battlefield- it was like losing a dog.
Lilith’s death just felt meaningless when Corrin should EASILY be able to OBLITERATE Hans. If they played a crit sound effect, and had Hans say a crit voiceline while doing a cut in, THAT might’ve made more sense. Like, you see Hans getting a crit in a middle of a cutscene, but then Lilith jumps in just before it lands. But what it REALLY needed was for Lilith to actually do, like, ANYTHING throughout the story. She just gives you the castle, and then sits in her temple until showing up out of nowhere and sacrificing herself. Like, wth. Where was she throughout the whole story?!
I found it kind of silly how I could almost instantly pinpoint the chapters you were talking about when you did your Conquest chapter lists, but I couldn't do the same for this list. Kinda shows how much more compelling Conquest was, and how unique (or terrible) each chapter was. Really looking forward to more of your content!
I just recently found your channel, and I have to say, really enjoy your content man! And also, you have no idea how happy I am to find someone who loves Camilla as much as me! Seriously, when I played Revelations for the first time, I hit the "fuck it" button and married her again.
Tanks very much i'm glad you my work, and i'm also glad you love Camilla as much as I do, and trust me in revelations I was tempted to hit the 'fuck it' button as well.
I personally prefered Birthrights story compared to Conquests, it may also help that I'm more sympathetic to the Hoshidan cause then I am Nohr's. I just think the story makes a lot more sense, but Conquest's take on things are interesting. Though I will say that Birthright makes Xander seem like a stubborn douchebag who won't listen to reason for the sake of "Oh tragic heartbreak! We were once siblings but now we are enemies! I'm sorry Little Princess, but I cannot see Father's obvious evilness!" Whilst daddio sits on the Nohrian throne like Emporer Palpatine! DX
Xander is considered by the fanbase a Camus archtype (guy loyal to his country but stubborn and not willing to listen) which is not very loved by the fanbase.
They CAN be loved as characters, but it's a matter of execution... Take for example Selena - not "Fates" Selena, I'm talking about Selena Fluorspar, one of Grado's generals from FE8. Anyway, General Selena is very loyal to Grado, and stubborn about it, but she's also painted as a tragic victim of circumstance; she has VERY well-explained reasons to be loyal to Emperor Vigarde (he sent provisions to her starving village, despite they couldn't even pay taxes, and also in their most dire time to boot) and seems to consider him almost a father-figure from her dialogue with various characters. She's also not totally unreasonable - while she brands General Duessel a traitor on the spot for questioning his orders in Chapter 10 (leading to him joining Ephraim soon after), on Chapter 13 after speaking to Myrrh her Boss dialogue with Duessel has her apologising to him and saying she understands WHY he sides against Grado, while also stating she can't bring herself to do the same... Seriously, she's positively gracious towards Myrrh, lets her go back to Ephraim instead of taking her hostage, and doesn't fight with anger but solemn acceptance; and much earlier, when she's been forbidden in Chapter 2 to stop the bandit attacks in war-torn Renais, she hires Eirika (who is posing as a mercenary) to dispose of them - stating that the people shouldn't suffer just because their leaders are at war. That said, even characters like Selena Fluorspar - and Camus himself, from the Akaneia games - have the key trait which people don't always like: absolute loyalty, even when they disagree with their master (or their country) in methods... I think that General Bryce of the Four Riders from "Path of Radiance" may be the best example of why many people dislike the Camus archetype - when he speaks to King Ashnard of Daein, his liege lord, Ashnard outright admits to Bryce's FACE that he murdered his own father the previous (and more benevolent) king, gloating because he knows that Bryce won't raise a sword to him because of his sworn vows of loyalty. And... there's also the Wyvern Generals of Bern in FE6: Murdock fights to the last to keep King Zephiel's enemies away from his king, and both Brenya and Galle continue to fight for their cause even after Zephiel's death because they can't see another path and are bound by their oaths; none of the three are horrible people (unlike Narcien, who wasn't as qualified as Galle and was punished for his incompetence with demotion) and they don't agree with the war, but they fight because in their eyes, they don't have a choice - none of them (or Bryce from FE9) have spite towards their enemy, but they feel they must stay the path despite not agreeing with it... This is the embodiment of the Camus archetype in FE, and within it we can see why people can either sympathise with them or not - by the standards of medieval society (or feudalism in general), being loyal to your cause is paramount to all else, especially so once you've sworn loyalty to it. By such standards, YOU are not in the wrong for staying the course, your MASTER is and you are just (in theory, at least) an extension of their will; if you continue to fight for this cause despite hating it, you're an honourable and worthy opponent who is worthy of, at worst, pity; if you turn against it, you're a turncoat and a scummy person even if you actually had VERY good reason for it (see: Jaime Lannister from the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire", who did just that). When you're stuck in a situation like this, it's lose-lose unless you can find a third option - which "Fates" does in the "Revelation" path, and which other characters in both "Conquest" and "Birthright" use to argue their causes (Silas, Kaze, Corrin himself/herself, Azura, etc.) Of course, the reality IS a lot more grey than that - as "Conquest" shows, the decision to let Garon slaughter the soldiers at Fort Jinya earns the Nohrian army as a whole some heavy ire from Yukimura, which is made worse by the fact they PROMISED to spare them before Garon's orders AFTER made it impossible... Silas was lucky that in "Birthright" Corrin sparing him and explaining his/her motivations gives him a reason (or excuse) to join their forces, besides "we were best friends as kids, and I don't want to hurt them" at any rate.
What's funny is that the cutscenes shows Xander is at the advantage, and your at the deaths front door, yet Ryoma's chapter makes it seems like he is at the door. When in reality it is the opposite... fuck. Irony.
Man i feel so dumb. Birthright is only me 2nd fe game after awakening and i feel like i legitimately struggled way more than everyone seems to suggest. Is that because it's mostly series veterans saying it's easy or am i daft?
Well birthright is easier than most FE games, in terms of both level design and the fact that you can grind, but people can still find it legitimately challenging especially if they're new to the series, don't worry you're not daft.
Am I the only one who couldn't take any of those character deaths seriously? I mean, those characters had like 0 development in Birthright, their death dialogues were cheesy and clichée and the situations always felt way overdramatic. Elise's sacrifice didn't even have any effect since Xander decided to ignore his sister's death wish and beat you up anyway. Sorry, but in terms of writing, I liked Awakening much better.
Are you kidding? It might just be because Birthright was my first FE main game, but I felt all those deaths RIGHT IN THE FEELS. The fact that Elise did all she could to try and stop the fight, that Xander had to protect his country (well not so much that one, killed him turn 1 lol), AND WHY THE HECK DID LILITH DIE that was the most noble sacrifice I've ever seen. I don't have awakening, so on its own, I LOVED Fe birthright
Xander ignoring Elise's dying wish cemented him as my least favorite character in all of fates. Screw his justice bullcrap, he's just making sorry excuses to keep Garon alive. However I do think Azura's and Ryoma's deaths were handled well.
@@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283 There was build-up and foreshadowing to Azura's Birthright death, and there was no avoiding it. I absolutely loved End of All on the Final maps(Birthright especially) because it gave me that "This is it, not all of us may get out alive." Lo and behold, that's what happened. Never thought I'd hear a Final Boss theme that could compete with the Sonic series. Ryoma's death was handled well imo because there was also no way out for him. Once Corrin won against him, Garon ordered his death, but he refused to die by a Nohrian's hands. I do wish that Azura was actually singing in Revelation Endgame which helped the mood of even Conquest, despite next to no build-up whatsoever, not just because "Final Boss, play epic music."
Ghast Station did a couple of support science videos on Xander that dissects his character, in both supports and story pretty well. My favorite line was in part 2 when he said: "How does Xander think any sort of peaceful alliance between Hoshido and Nohr can exist as long as Garon is alive?" I disagreed with his take on Mokushu, because Kotaro is an evil, scheming politician that wants more and more land, and was responsible for killing Saizo's father and destroying Shura's home kingdom, Kohga. Shame that the 2 different Xanders are the exact opposite of each other though.
Chapter 26 Xander actually has lower stats than his chapter 12 appearance. Despite being 13 levels higher his Strength is 5 lower, his Defense is 5 lower and his Resist is 1 lower. His Skill is 4 higher so he has been training but this is important story wise.
Well, the three suffer from bad writing (Birthright specially because Conquest at least has better gameplay to make up for the writing and Revelations allows you to make team comps with both paths' characters, which can appeal people who like the characters)
Yup I had the same thing. and even worse, when you wait too long the chapters auto activates the next 2 dragon vains WITH RESPAWNING UNITS. I reset after 26 turns and tried it again with the right dragon vains, but the stoneborn were still anoying
Sniping stoneborn wore down my units so much that I got pissed- pissed enough to actually bring Ryoma to the front lines- normally I let my other units to the fighting and just have Ryoma pick off others or save others whom get trapped or swarmed- and sometimes as a boss killer- that way the game is just more fun since there is still some challenge. After tediously walking through and constantly getting poked by Stoneborn to a point where I needed to heal even my tankiest units, I reached to final slope. Only ti pick the wring vein and get immediately swarmed. Then just as the lava ran out... IT RETURNED AND THE ENEMIES RESPAWNED. At that point I just went "F*** IT." I flew Scarlet right up to the boss and switched to Ryoma, then just let him clear the entire final floor on his own- because I was just TIRED OF THIS BS.
The fight against Xander felt like Luke vs Vader in return of the jedi, The avatar gets pissed because of an emotionally damaging event, than viciously attacks Xander, beating him back and eventually overpowering him without much effort
What happens when you play Birthright first? Elise and Xander die: Oh no… that’s sad Takumi gets mad at you after you side with Nohr on your second play through: *open sobbing* I’M SO SORRY!!!!! Don’t judge me I just really like Takumi
It was better handled in this route since the one who did it is designed to be a hate-sink character, so it made sense for him to do it instead of a random faceless.
Glad you like that about my video because that's how I like to discussing things so people can understand my reasoning, rather than just saying I like this because I said so.
+CRASHX500 that makes sense. Like Path of Radiance, it has to be balanced (save for talking about the black knight). I still love moment of fate. Favorite chapter in the series
Chapter 24 is one of my faves because of the clutch Vantage activation I got that saved Oboro from certain death by granting her a Dual Guard. It was such a nice challenging map and you just gotta love it whenever you survive a near death moment :3
I like how we have the emotional scene of Lilith's death in that chapter, and then there's just fucking Sakura in a clown hat and ninja mask. I don't know which of the 90 channels or so in the description painted that lovely visage, but bravo. Excellent work.
Sidar Erdem There is some truth to that, Awakening can be piss easy if you abuse the shit out grinding and second seals, however I find that awakening is a harder game if you DON'T grind or use the second seal system to change classes, or rest unit levels and it actually becomes a rather challenging game, especially if you don't use any of the children.
I just noticed you have your castle code in the description. Man, such a shame I wasn’t able to see it before the servers were cut. Really would’ve been cewl. Oh well.
Demon falls was probably my 2nd least favorite chapter in birthright (I was gonna say first but you reminded me of Fort dragonfall which we can agree on), but that was because in my experience with it featured very few flying units and constantly camping units near Azura to heal off the lava damage because I was to cheap to use up my staves. At least I now know what the correct dragon veins are for next time to hopefully have a better experience.
For chapter 8 perhaps instead of having to slaughter the win tribe it had a condition that you cant be the aggressor when killing an enemy unit thus making it a challenge and fitting into the theme of corrins group not wanting to kill the wind tribe members the cutscene efore
I actually almost burst out crying when BlazingKnight showed the chapter Elise died in even tho I've never watched a birthright play through I've only watched play throughs of conquest and Revelation man I got so attached to Elise in chapter 14 of Revelation she was so cute same thing applied for the chapter of Revelation with Sakura in it matter of fact I might watch those chapters again shortly
I played Birthright without grinding till chapter 12. Maybe that's the reason why I like chapter 11. It was challenging but not impossible. The enemies kept coming and I couldn't take everyone out in time. I had to make some sick moves to keep everyone alive and I actually managed to beat it in one try. I had to give up with the no grinding thing, because the enemies in chapter 12 destroyed me.
Chapter 25 is actually one of my favourite Birthright chapters. The character moments in this level are very good, especially Takumi’s conversation with Iago before and during the battle, proving even more why he’s my Birthright husband and Sakura kicking Iago in balls. As for the ‘annoying’ respawning units, they always start at the bottom of the map, so I always just keep tanks and powerhouses like Ryoma, Oboro and Rinkah and pair them up with some others defensively. And send the others forward to take care of the enemies on the top. So It’s actually pretty fun. Couldn’t agree with you more on the other chapters though.
I can't wait to see what you think of the children characters, because I love all of them. Even if their purpose in the game seemed pretty much last-minute, I feel the children are very well-written. Although, the thing with Hisame should've been left out like in the Japanese version. He's alright without the pickle obsession.
+PKokey true I think he says it looks like I've landed a hit which was so awesome to me because when I initiated the attack he got a crit and defeated the boss
Demon Falls was the worst. You forgot to mention 2 little details about what happens if you pick wrong and create lava: 1) It causes tons of enemies to respawn 2) It slows your movement down to a crawl!! Two things you hate hate hate about other chapters, but they get a free pass here? I do agree that Fort Dragonfall was a pathetic chapter. The Faceless are not only repetitive, they're so weak they couldn't even damage Rinkah (and I did not grind for levels beforehand), meaning I wasn't fighting enemies, I was fighting harmless bags of EXP.
I actually hated Chapter 21 because if you don't know the trick with the statues (like me my first time through), or had RNG cursed units (again, like me), the map's entire gimmick boils down to 3 50% chance guesses in a row, and need I remind that this is Fire Emblem? The only reason I beat that Chapter was because I paired Saizo with Hinoka and had her take him to the boss so he could kill it.
Once you do your favorite characters in the entirety of Fates, will you then talk on the paralouges and the child units? I'd love to hear your thoughts on them, as I personally find them to be better than the Awakening kids. Even though it's only slightly.
I don't know when i'll do the paralogue or fates child units videos, but i'll definitely get them done at some point, I just have to get/use all the child units and play all the paralogues. I will say though that I have to disagree with you preferring the fates children to the awakening children, because I think it's the other way around, but hey to each their own.
16:51 not so much on lunatic (i accidentally blind run birthright on lunatic; thought it was on hard mode; realized it by chapter 10 after restarting so many times lmao). i guessed wrong the 1st time and realized it too late and then i was surrounded = restart chapter. the 2nd time i beat it. the chapter where i fought Iago was the HARDEST CHAPTER IN THE FUQQIN GAME aka so many restarts!!! if the maids had "inevitable end" (dont have the "shuriken breaker"), i woulda raged... 25:24 LUL!! 27:18 put me to sleep?! no, i couldnt even sleep til ive beaten that cursed chapter....
a little surprised that the endgame of birthright was not on any of the lists since I don't think that anyone liked the "can't save between previous chapter and endgame."
Chapter 11 is even worse than you said. If Corin is a higher level than Takumi, and they have a C rank support, Takumi can solo the chapter on lunatic with point blank.
I really enjoyed Chapters 7, 12, 13, 16 and 26. They make you race for treasure, provide a good challenge (on Lunatic) and don't overstay their welcome. Chapters 23 & onwards would've been great too if only the reinforcement quantities weren't so ridiculous (Chapter 24's reinforcements don't stop until TURN 20! That level took me 4 HOURS to beat!). I hated the faceless map (for the same reasons in this video) and detested the lava land hell map
Funny story from my first Birthright playthrough. When I finally got to Xander, I was expecting him to utterly wreck me, but I figured I'd use the first turn to get a hit or two in. I ended up getting a crit and killing him in one shot, which ended the chapter for me on the first turn...merely seconds after the chapter officially started. XP
However, with your choices, I liked most of the chapters you said you didn't like, and chapter 11 was the first chapter I lost a unit on in classic (normal difficulty). I also found the chapter with climbing the mountain incredibly tedious, but my LEAST favourite chapter was chapter 10 (Ninja Village), because it was so, SO boring to move units across the spikes. Also, I didn't really appreciate the Conquest spoilers, which you didn't warn for.
I'm actually shocked with all of your reasons Leo's chapter didn't make the worst list. Small, boring map? CHeck. Fighting hordes of Faceless? Check. Incredibly easy? I expected Leo and his retainers to be hard, spent 12 turns carefully taking out the hordes working my way toward them. Got sick of waiting, charged them, and found I could one shot any of them with my weakest units, let alone Corrin and Ryoma. I found that chapter to practically be a joke. Which is all the more a shame considering Leo and his guys are beastly in Conquest and Revelations.
Conquest, yes, Revelations, very less-so, especially for his retainers. There's nothing l like more than getting a level 12 unprompted unit, and a level 14 unprompted unit at chapter 17, and I wouldn't consider both Odin and Niles worth using at this point in the game. Leo is still dope though.
Niles I didn't use as much but I've seen a lot of people get decent mileage out of him. Odin I always found to be really good, though the true hidden gem is his daughter Ophelia. In both my Conquest and Revelations playthroughs she wouldn't stop with the critical hits, dodging everything, and ultimately being one of the 3 to help wreck the final boss. Heck, in some maps my strategy turned into the ultimate Fire Emblem joke. "Everyone take the left flank. Ophelia and whoever, take the right."
I'm gonna say it: I finished chapter 25 in three turns on accident. One of the units next to Iago had entrap, so he teleported the avatar, and I ended up killing Iago when he engaged me (I had maximum skill and strength, plus a ranged sword and astra, which activated and annihilated him).
I very much agree with your #1 worst pick. i just stopped playing Fire Emblem altogether (for over a year) once i reached Fort Dragonfall in my 2nd playthrough. It wasn't until i saw a few of your videos that i decided to get back into Fire Emblem.
I feel like that was a pretty good joke in the #5 best intro but you didn't have to meticulously explain exactly why we thought it was Garon's boss chapter
I'm not gonna post my opinions on a few chapters on here Chapter 21-I don't have any idea how this is at number 1. It's long, tedious, and if you get it the Dragon vein wrong, you have to deal with more very annoying stoneborn and enemies in terrain that you can barely more in. In my first run of this chapter, I was only on the third dragon vein at turn 39 and then lost Caeldori to a mechanist. Chapter 11- I do agree about fighting one type of enemy when it comes to faceless, but for chapter 11, you can't just win the map with Takumi, Setsuna, and Reina alone. They're still archers and thus can't counter at close range. This means that you still have to use other units to fight other units especially when all the enemies rush to you later in the map
Don't know I barely used him so I can't say, on my second play-through of birthright I'll make sure he's part of the team since a lot of people like him.
FFS Chapter 11... I cheesed out the chapter even worse than just sending Tacomeat, Reina and Setsuna reking everyone's shit... it was worse. I activated the tornado in the middle of the ship, put Rinkah, Dragonstone avi and Nepheenee paired up while Sakura and Felicia healed from behind and Kaze did Kaze things... and rhe enemy next went round the back due to the reduction in movement speed that they would've suffered as a result, meaning they only attacked my three units who were taking like, 2 damage at most. I legit had to heal and hit end turn like, 10 times before the map was over.
Now I do like your countdowns but sometimes the music choice is weird. Like in number 3 of your favorite it has a sad moment where one of the main character dies but for the music you put in the promotion theme? That's like putting soothing music in the most epic of wars. Oh and did you know that Number 2 of your favorites you can get Arthur and Ephie as a green unit if you talk to them with corrin?
I’m not sure if Xander was easy from a lore perspective. Supposedly, despite his initial assertion otherwise, Elise’s death at his hand shook him deeply, so much so that he effectively lost the will to live.
chapter 12 in birthright in the opera house was stupidly broken. corrin pair up with flying unit, fly to unguarded exit, escape and win in 3 turns with no battles
So CRASH... is the next one going to be "Top 10 Fates Characters"? Or are you going to make it a Top 15/Top 20? Because let me assure you, I for one will NOT be disappointed if you extend that one to talk more about some of your favourite characters as a group - I want more about Elise based on her "Birthright" role, and a bit on Kaze's motivations in "Conquest" based on his overall character; I want to be SURE you have Azura on that list, because I will be pretty surprised if you don't - after all, what we learn about her on "Revelation" really puts high on my favourite FE characters in general, and the fact her goals and motives remind me of Elincia in "Radiant Dawn... yeah. Just in general, I really want to see how the characters between Nohr and Hoshido compare to each other when pitted together - and how their rankings change based on not just one route but all three. Really, I'm not trying to put any sort of pressure on you - I'm just legitimately excited. You have a clear passion for FE which is reflected in your videos, and it's hard not to feel the same love you do when watching them - and the anticipation. Plus, given that the Tellius games and their similarly-enormous case of characters got a Top 20 countdown, I think personally that it's only fair if you at least CONSIDER giving the "Fates" cast a bit more limelight (probably more a Top 15 than Top 20, though). Because if anything, that will be even MORE exciting than just a Top 10... just saying. ;-)
CRASHX500 WHOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!! ^.^ Ahem... I mean that yes, that makes sense to me - while Top 20 might've been good, it probably would've also been just reiterating a lot that you already said (and predictable, because of the placement of characters from the Hoshido and Nohr lists). You're also doing both a Top 10 Child Units, and a Top 10 Worst Characters list - and I REALLY hope that Yukimura is on the latter, because I have NOT forgiven him for his personality transplant between "Conquest" and "Revelation", and even on "Birthright" he's barely useful (and with little in Supports, too!) Besides, unlike Tellius where you counted non-player characters - even if the only one you PUT on it was the Black Knight, you cheeky scoundrel! ;-D Especially since he IS briefly playable in RD - in "Fates" there aren't that many non-recruitable characters of key significance or with notable personalities... The bosses you can capture don't have much in terms of personality or story significance, and the other bosses aren't much better in most cases. That said, of the "Fates" bosses I liked Kilma for his sympathetic motivations, and the tragic implication he's been killed in "Birthright", given Flora's actions (and what we learn about him in her Supports) gives him some depth despite limited screen-time. I also admit to finding Kotaro a breath of fresh air: he's more realistically evil (and interesting) than the MAIN villains, since he's more ambitious and conniving, as opposed to Garon/Iago/Hans being OTT cruel and bloodthirsty; he's limited to just one chapter per route, so he never feels over-used or stagnant, and feels like a real threat when he DOES appear; and he has in-built narrative significance, since his actions in the past led to Shura's country being destroyed and annexed and to him murdering Saizo and Kaze's father, so he adds to the depth of two supporting characters - them having unique battle dialogue with him, and the fact that Saizo even gets unique dialogue with Kotaro if he lands the KILLING blow (telling his father's spirit he's avenged his death), was also a nice touch... Neither boss is "top character" material, but I admit that unlike Iago and Hans they actually INTERESTED me, and for the right reasons (unlike Garon, who interests me for some of the WRONG reasons!) Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to it, CRASH. Take your time, don't rush it - I'm sure a great video is on the way, mate!
See I don't know about top 10 worst fates units because there really aren't any units I activate hate in fates, sure there are ones I don't care about but no one I truly hate (not counting NPC's).
CRASHX500 Fair enough... FE generally is pretty good about making its playable characters likeable (despite the number), which is itself an impressive feat, and the multi-path aspect of "Fates" does a great job fleshing many of them out. And yeah, outside a certain few NPCs, I really don't hate anyone in the game - although I find Yukimura tedious and don't care much for him at all, I don't actively hate the guy; I guess I more dislike his bipolar shift in REV, since I find it odd he's sympathetic to you joining Nohr, the active enemy yet he decries you as traitor because you refuse to CHOOSE... *headdesk* -.- No matter - I'll still keep watching and commenting on your videos. You haven't gotten rid of me yet! ;-P
i HATED chapter 21. i messed up one dragon vein and got stuck, to the point where i had to turn reina and shigure as taxi services. it was so slow and unfair.
I find I disagree with you on a lot of things, but I quite like that because I like it that there aren't really any universally poor fire emblem characters and maps. All of them can get some love and find their potential with the right player :)
About all the heart breaks,
Azura did say that your heart would be cut in two.
And she mentioned that it would be by a double-edged blade.
Pretty sure the only one getting their heart cut in two with a double-edged blade is Elise.
Anthony Ridolfi Exactly.
+Anthony Ridolfi
that is the correct interpertation of it. siegfried is the only legendary double edged blade sans yato.
But it's not supposed to! Birthright is supposed to be light-hearted and easy!
I felt nothing when Lilith. Died. She talked like, 3 times man, come on.
True dat. Plus I don't need to have a pet talking American consumer who abuses welfare and who spent all there money on "gender studies," and ramen.
Dry T. Guy ?
Honestly, you're actually right tbh.
If you click on her portrait on the battle prep menu before you start, her regular animal form still appears, even after her "death."
You know, if I had been in charge of the Xander story, I probably would've had it be a race to get to Xander before he escapes and kills himself over the guilt of killing Elise, then if you catch up to him and talk to him with the avatar then he would live and become the peaceful king of Nohr. He wouldn't become one of your units because he can't bring himself to raise his sword after the death that he caused. If you don't catch him then it changes the ending by removing Xander entirely, having Nohr fall into hard times because it doesn't have Xander as a qualified leader.
So basically my idea would be to make Xander a good person that actually matters in the game
Also it doesn’t make him look like a complete moron and prick. Seriously the way he says he’ll still fight for garon, especially when after he dies, he says he knows that garon’s far gone makes him look like such an idiot
The hardest part of Birthright for me was fighting that adorable little cinnamon bun, Keaton! WHY KEATON!? WHYYYYYYYY!?!?!?
Mighty Two-Headed Meerkat keaton and a cinnamon bun ? Thats like saying leo is a nice guy.
@@pifilixxiv3192 well, he is...from a certain point of view
@@AlexanderLingg well nevermind, but still...
I fought keaton in Birthright and married him in conquest
I fought kaden in conquest and married him in Birthright
"Damn, was this chapter some of the most tedious, easiest, and monotonous shit I've ever played" -Crash on Chapter 20
"Damn, was this game some of the most tedious, easiest, and monotonous shit I've ever played" -Me on the entirety of Birthright
Ikr, I couldn't get through birthright. Too boring.
I liked it conquest is still better though
1337b3nnyvav00m I almost quit birthright at the end, but decided to stick through it because it was near the end, but i basically rage quitted, just decided to give ryoma 2 boots and dragon herbs and all the other stat boosters i had lieing around because i wanted to get it over with... fuck birthright
1337b3nnyvav00m I heard that revalation is even worse or something
I honestly didn't find Tears of a Dragon emotional, at all. In fact I actually started laughing because of the unnecesary sacrifice (I mean come on, Corrin had an entire army and Lilith of all people takes the blow?).
There's also the fact that outside of the prolouge chapters, she never shows up throughout the story and barely has any personality (all she does is eat a bunch and say 'thank you' all the time).
I feel you
Well, i guess she isn't really a truly memorable character when all she does is being an hungry dragonfish
I also felt something like this with Flora.
Like I really like Flora, but her death is just ludicrous.
PLOT TWIST: SHE'S THE AVATAR'S SISTER....
It hit me harder when I realized that her shrine is now empty- with the exception of Lilith's Kerchief on the floor. This, and she is replaced by a mere ghost on the battlefield- it was like losing a dog.
Lilith lived as she died. Random and irreverent.
Lilith’s death just felt meaningless when Corrin should EASILY be able to OBLITERATE Hans. If they played a crit sound effect, and had Hans say a crit voiceline while doing a cut in, THAT might’ve made more sense. Like, you see Hans getting a crit in a middle of a cutscene, but then Lilith jumps in just before it lands.
But what it REALLY needed was for Lilith to actually do, like, ANYTHING throughout the story. She just gives you the castle, and then sits in her temple until showing up out of nowhere and sacrificing herself. Like, wth. Where was she throughout the whole story?!
Amazing video! That Elise moment was so accurate! I bawled my eyes out when I first saw that cutscene...
I found it kind of silly how I could almost instantly pinpoint the chapters you were talking about when you did your Conquest chapter lists, but I couldn't do the same for this list. Kinda shows how much more compelling Conquest was, and how unique (or terrible) each chapter was. Really looking forward to more of your content!
I literally one shoted Xander in his chapter
So did I, literally never completed a fire emblem chapter so fast. As birthright is so easy I had no incentive to grind for exp on the other enemies
Ditto
same
Indeed
Brady Schnieder That kinda ruins the chapter story wise, just use an hexing rod even on lunatic. Fucking easiest chapter.
8:59 crap i can't take this scene seriously because of Sakura.
The Chespineapple the fucking hat.
I just recently found your channel, and I have to say, really enjoy your content man! And also, you have no idea how happy I am to find someone who loves Camilla as much as me!
Seriously, when I played Revelations for the first time, I hit the "fuck it" button and married her again.
Tanks very much i'm glad you my work, and i'm also glad you love Camilla as much as I do, and trust me in revelations I was tempted to hit the 'fuck it' button as well.
I personally prefered Birthrights story compared to Conquests, it may also help that I'm more sympathetic to the Hoshidan cause then I am Nohr's. I just think the story makes a lot more sense, but Conquest's take on things are interesting.
Though I will say that Birthright makes Xander seem like a stubborn douchebag who won't listen to reason for the sake of "Oh tragic heartbreak! We were once siblings but now we are enemies! I'm sorry Little Princess, but I cannot see Father's obvious evilness!"
Whilst daddio sits on the Nohrian throne like Emporer Palpatine! DX
And Ryoma and Takumi are purely Butthurt about me buying the better version.
ikr xander seems nicer in conquest but very stubborn in birthright and revelation
Conquest punishes the brain,
Birthright punishes the heart,
and Revelation punishes your wallet
Xander is considered by the fanbase a Camus archtype (guy loyal to his country but stubborn and not willing to listen) which is not very loved by the fanbase.
They CAN be loved as characters, but it's a matter of execution... Take for example Selena - not "Fates" Selena, I'm talking about Selena Fluorspar, one of Grado's generals from FE8. Anyway, General Selena is very loyal to Grado, and stubborn about it, but she's also painted as a tragic victim of circumstance; she has VERY well-explained reasons to be loyal to Emperor Vigarde (he sent provisions to her starving village, despite they couldn't even pay taxes, and also in their most dire time to boot) and seems to consider him almost a father-figure from her dialogue with various characters. She's also not totally unreasonable - while she brands General Duessel a traitor on the spot for questioning his orders in Chapter 10 (leading to him joining Ephraim soon after), on Chapter 13 after speaking to Myrrh her Boss dialogue with Duessel has her apologising to him and saying she understands WHY he sides against Grado, while also stating she can't bring herself to do the same... Seriously, she's positively gracious towards Myrrh, lets her go back to Ephraim instead of taking her hostage, and doesn't fight with anger but solemn acceptance; and much earlier, when she's been forbidden in Chapter 2 to stop the bandit attacks in war-torn Renais, she hires Eirika (who is posing as a mercenary) to dispose of them - stating that the people shouldn't suffer just because their leaders are at war.
That said, even characters like Selena Fluorspar - and Camus himself, from the Akaneia games - have the key trait which people don't always like: absolute loyalty, even when they disagree with their master (or their country) in methods... I think that General Bryce of the Four Riders from "Path of Radiance" may be the best example of why many people dislike the Camus archetype - when he speaks to King Ashnard of Daein, his liege lord, Ashnard outright admits to Bryce's FACE that he murdered his own father the previous (and more benevolent) king, gloating because he knows that Bryce won't raise a sword to him because of his sworn vows of loyalty. And... there's also the Wyvern Generals of Bern in FE6: Murdock fights to the last to keep King Zephiel's enemies away from his king, and both Brenya and Galle continue to fight for their cause even after Zephiel's death because they can't see another path and are bound by their oaths; none of the three are horrible people (unlike Narcien, who wasn't as qualified as Galle and was punished for his incompetence with demotion) and they don't agree with the war, but they fight because in their eyes, they don't have a choice - none of them (or Bryce from FE9) have spite towards their enemy, but they feel they must stay the path despite not agreeing with it...
This is the embodiment of the Camus archetype in FE, and within it we can see why people can either sympathise with them or not - by the standards of medieval society (or feudalism in general), being loyal to your cause is paramount to all else, especially so once you've sworn loyalty to it. By such standards, YOU are not in the wrong for staying the course, your MASTER is and you are just (in theory, at least) an extension of their will; if you continue to fight for this cause despite hating it, you're an honourable and worthy opponent who is worthy of, at worst, pity; if you turn against it, you're a turncoat and a scummy person even if you actually had VERY good reason for it (see: Jaime Lannister from the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire", who did just that). When you're stuck in a situation like this, it's lose-lose unless you can find a third option - which "Fates" does in the "Revelation" path, and which other characters in both "Conquest" and "Birthright" use to argue their causes (Silas, Kaze, Corrin himself/herself, Azura, etc.)
Of course, the reality IS a lot more grey than that - as "Conquest" shows, the decision to let Garon slaughter the soldiers at Fort Jinya earns the Nohrian army as a whole some heavy ire from Yukimura, which is made worse by the fact they PROMISED to spare them before Garon's orders AFTER made it impossible... Silas was lucky that in "Birthright" Corrin sparing him and explaining his/her motivations gives him a reason (or excuse) to join their forces, besides "we were best friends as kids, and I don't want to hurt them" at any rate.
God dammit guys, Xander is LETTING you win, it's pretty fuckin' obvious.
What's funny is that the cutscenes shows Xander is at the advantage, and your at the deaths front door, yet Ryoma's chapter makes it seems like he is at the door. When in reality it is the opposite... fuck. Irony.
Lilith: *dies*
Me: LILITH WHY??? YOU WERE LEVEL 60.
Chapter 25, at least at the end you get to see Iago reduced to a sniveling crying wreck begging for mercy.
NUT.
Man i feel so dumb. Birthright is only me 2nd fe game after awakening and i feel like i legitimately struggled way more than everyone seems to suggest. Is that because it's mostly series veterans saying it's easy or am i daft?
Well birthright is easier than most FE games, in terms of both level design and the fact that you can grind, but people can still find it legitimately challenging especially if they're new to the series, don't worry you're not daft.
damn. didn't think I'd get a direct reply from you. thanks.
Not a problem, you did ask a question so I answered it for you :)
Gavin Mccormick Nope. Birthright was my second, and I thought it was a total joke.
Gavin Mccormick no worries dude i feel the same way
Great video man! :)
Am I the only one who couldn't take any of those character deaths seriously? I mean, those characters had like 0 development in Birthright, their death dialogues were cheesy and clichée and the situations always felt way overdramatic. Elise's sacrifice didn't even have any effect since Xander decided to ignore his sister's death wish and beat you up anyway.
Sorry, but in terms of writing, I liked Awakening much better.
Are you kidding? It might just be because Birthright was my first FE main game, but I felt all those deaths RIGHT IN THE FEELS. The fact that Elise did all she could to try and stop the fight, that Xander had to protect his country (well not so much that one, killed him turn 1 lol), AND WHY THE HECK DID LILITH DIE that was the most noble sacrifice I've ever seen. I don't have awakening, so on its own, I LOVED Fe birthright
Xander ignoring Elise's dying wish cemented him as my least favorite character in all of fates. Screw his justice bullcrap, he's just making sorry excuses to keep Garon alive.
However I do think Azura's and Ryoma's deaths were handled well.
@@AkameGaKillfan777 I agree on Xander, he's ass and because of Birthright. Granted none of the deaths were good in my opinion except for maybe Gunters
@@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283 There was build-up and foreshadowing to Azura's Birthright death, and there was no avoiding it. I absolutely loved End of All on the Final maps(Birthright especially) because it gave me that "This is it, not all of us may get out alive." Lo and behold, that's what happened. Never thought I'd hear a Final Boss theme that could compete with the Sonic series.
Ryoma's death was handled well imo because there was also no way out for him. Once Corrin won against him, Garon ordered his death, but he refused to die by a Nohrian's hands.
I do wish that Azura was actually singing in Revelation Endgame which helped the mood of even Conquest, despite next to no build-up whatsoever, not just because "Final Boss, play epic music."
Ghast Station did a couple of support science videos on Xander that dissects his character, in both supports and story pretty well.
My favorite line was in part 2 when he said: "How does Xander think any sort of peaceful alliance between Hoshido and Nohr can exist as long as Garon is alive?"
I disagreed with his take on Mokushu, because Kotaro is an evil, scheming politician that wants more and more land, and was responsible for killing Saizo's father and destroying Shura's home kingdom, Kohga.
Shame that the 2 different Xanders are the exact opposite of each other though.
I am so hyped to see your thoughts on Revelations that is literally all I can say I'm quite excited
Chapter 26 Xander actually has lower stats than his chapter 12 appearance. Despite being 13 levels higher his Strength is 5 lower, his Defense is 5 lower and his Resist is 1 lower. His Skill is 4 higher so he has been training but this is important story wise.
5:20 everyone after that chapter in a nutshell
burning falls was AWFUL we have such different opinions but that's y I love ur countdowns
Nick Fuck burning falls.
Because nothing like running on hot coals with no shoes on right? XD
I feel like this in terms of games
Conquest is better gameplay wise but Birthright is better story wise and Revelation is a great middle ground.
At least IMO
Revelation has a horrible story though
"A Loser"
Comeback: unnecessary
Well, the three suffer from bad writing (Birthright specially because Conquest at least has better gameplay to make up for the writing and Revelations allows you to make team comps with both paths' characters, which can appeal people who like the characters)
Bullshit are wrong choices in chapter 22 not too bad. Up to 6 waves of enemies and stoneborn. This chapter made me ragequit as it punished me too hard
I meant 21
Yup I had the same thing. and even worse, when you wait too long the chapters auto activates the next 2 dragon vains WITH RESPAWNING UNITS. I reset after 26 turns and tried it again with the right dragon vains, but the stoneborn were still anoying
Birthright is easy. You're playing incorrectly.
Sniping stoneborn wore down my units so much that I got pissed- pissed enough to actually bring Ryoma to the front lines- normally I let my other units to the fighting and just have Ryoma pick off others or save others whom get trapped or swarmed- and sometimes as a boss killer- that way the game is just more fun since there is still some challenge. After tediously walking through and constantly getting poked by Stoneborn to a point where I needed to heal even my tankiest units, I reached to final slope. Only ti pick the wring vein and get immediately swarmed. Then just as the lava ran out... IT RETURNED AND THE ENEMIES RESPAWNED. At that point I just went "F*** IT." I flew Scarlet right up to the boss and switched to Ryoma, then just let him clear the entire final floor on his own- because I was just TIRED OF THIS BS.
Neon Darkness You can just block all the holes before making a choice, and then use fliers and azura to "snipe" the boss and get it over with
The fight against Xander felt like Luke vs Vader in return of the jedi, The avatar gets pissed because of an emotionally damaging event, than viciously attacks Xander, beating him back and eventually overpowering him without much effort
9:36 Why does Saizo have a tail??????
What happens when you play Birthright first?
Elise and Xander die: Oh no… that’s sad
Takumi gets mad at you after you side with Nohr on your second play through: *open sobbing* I’M SO SORRY!!!!!
Don’t judge me I just really like Takumi
Egg Egg I could never judge you. I'd react the same.
Takumi's my birthright husband
As one Lobster Lord would say right about now, "I've been waiting for this!"
Seriously though, Crash I enjoy your content. Keep up the good work ^^
How2beat borfrite1.pair lobster with flying unit2.fly to the bass3.switch to ryoma and beet it
*gotta* *love* *dem* *beets* 🍍
(Mumbles in background.)
Me: defuq did you say?!
(More mumbles.)
Me: how is that not a beet?!
I don't think that Lilith died THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD BE DEAD AFTER CAPPING HER STATS FROM THE FOOD YOU FEED HER
@ 5:10 Thank you, Silas! I knew he couldn't skip over that
Was Lilith's death really all that sad?
It was better handled in this route since the one who did it is designed to be a hate-sink character, so it made sense for him to do it instead of a random faceless.
Arrgus s no lol
No
What I like about your top 10/5 videos is that you go into more depth than most people.
Glad you like that about my video because that's how I like to discussing things so people can understand my reasoning, rather than just saying I like this because I said so.
+CRASHX500 True. Rushing a video is like giving ganondorf the triforce, you don't do it. Slow and steady wins the race.
Yes but I've learnt over time that going too slow is not a good thing, I mean I don't want to make a 50+ minutes top 10 ever again.
+CRASHX500 that makes sense. Like Path of Radiance, it has to be balanced (save for talking about the black knight). I still love moment of fate. Favorite chapter in the series
Crash I love all your fire emblem content. I just want you to know that.:D
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it :)
geez you have a serious "boredom" issue lol. Just turn animations off and press start at enemy phase. It's not too tough
That takes away from the animation and the game itself lol
Plus the majority of people like the animations and don't wanna see weird sprite things that are worse than the GBa fight
I like animations too
It took me three tries to figure out that the white ball was the dragon vein you're supposed to use in the dragon falls :(
Chapter 24 is one of my faves because of the clutch Vantage activation I got that saved Oboro from certain death by granting her a Dual Guard. It was such a nice challenging map and you just gotta love it whenever you survive a near death moment :3
"Ahhhh!! got you, didn't I?"
*Smacks like button.*
Got me good! Until I remembered, "Oh wait... That's right! Garon didn't love me!"
3:01 Yeah, when the chapter was being introduced, I was thinking “Wait, what? Why are there clips of Garon here instead of Xander?”
I like how we have the emotional scene of Lilith's death in that chapter, and then there's just fucking Sakura in a clown hat and ninja mask.
I don't know which of the 90 channels or so in the description painted that lovely visage, but bravo. Excellent work.
Ryouma:"I will stop you!"
Camilla:"To hell you will!"
how ironic with me having those to marry eachother in my main revelations file...
Xander doesn't attack you on lunatic mode, on all difficulties, except maybe normal, he starts attacking as soon as you attack him
Sidar Erdem Ryoma doesn't attack back until turn 25
He also starts attacking you if you kill both Laslow and Peri.
Sacred stones is not easier than Birthright or Awakening
To me it was
And for the general consensus, it's easy
It was for me.
Sidar Erdem There is some truth to that, Awakening can be piss easy if you abuse the shit out grinding and second seals, however I find that awakening is a harder game if you DON'T grind or use the second seal system to change classes, or rest unit levels and it actually becomes a rather challenging game, especially if you don't use any of the children.
Hard classic Awakening is piss easy, even without grinding
I just noticed you have your castle code in the description. Man, such a shame I wasn’t able to see it before the servers were cut. Really would’ve been cewl. Oh well.
Tragic, just tragic. Shame Nintendo had to close the Wii U and 3ds servers so early.
Demon falls was probably my 2nd least favorite chapter in birthright (I was gonna say first but you reminded me of Fort dragonfall which we can agree on), but that was because in my experience with it featured very few flying units and constantly camping units near Azura to heal off the lava damage because I was to cheap to use up my staves. At least I now know what the correct dragon veins are for next time to hopefully have a better experience.
No mention of Chapter 18: Leo? it has respawning faceless that appear on turn 0, poisonous land and it can be beaten in one turn
Yay the best part of my Saturday has arrived!!!!
For chapter 8 perhaps instead of having to slaughter the win tribe it had a condition that you cant be the aggressor when killing an enemy unit thus making it a challenge and fitting into the theme of corrins group not wanting to kill the wind tribe members the cutscene efore
I actually almost burst out crying when BlazingKnight showed the chapter Elise died in even tho I've never watched a birthright play through I've only watched play throughs of conquest and Revelation man I got so attached to Elise in chapter 14 of Revelation she was so cute same thing applied for the chapter of Revelation with Sakura in it matter of fact I might watch those chapters again shortly
"Pleasure Palace" is a sex toy/porn shop in my town...
Looooooooooool.
Annnnnnnnnnnd my life has been complete. I can die happy.
I wish we could face-less of these monsters!*Rimshot*
Chapter 11. Or as I like to call it, Archery Range
Did anyone notice that in Heirs Of Fate 1, Seigbert is in the exact same spot as Xander is in the same map chapter 26?
I like how Kiragi has better luck than his father
I know Elise's death was sad, but I believe Floras death was way worse. She set herself on fire right in front of her own sister, that's pretty sad.
Xander, a character I would despise if he wasn't so amazing in Conquest. Kills his sister, nah, I'ma still gonna kill you.
I played Birthright without grinding till chapter 12.
Maybe that's the reason why I like chapter 11.
It was challenging but not impossible.
The enemies kept coming and I couldn't take everyone out in time.
I had to make some sick moves to keep everyone alive and I actually managed to beat it in one try.
I had to give up with the no grinding thing, because the enemies in chapter 12 destroyed me.
7:56 "ironic. (S)he could save others from death but not H(er)self."
Chapter 25 is actually one of my favourite Birthright chapters. The character moments in this level are very good, especially Takumi’s conversation with Iago before and during the battle, proving even more why he’s my Birthright husband and Sakura kicking Iago in balls. As for the ‘annoying’ respawning units, they always start at the bottom of the map, so I always just keep tanks and powerhouses like Ryoma, Oboro and Rinkah and pair them up with some others defensively. And send the others forward to take care of the enemies on the top. So It’s actually pretty fun. Couldn’t agree with you more on the other chapters though.
I can't wait to see what you think of the children characters, because I love all of them. Even if their purpose in the game seemed pretty much last-minute, I feel the children are very well-written. Although, the thing with Hisame should've been left out like in the Japanese version. He's alright without the pickle obsession.
What about the chapter in Mokushu? That map was frustrating!
I fucking loathe that chapter
It's only bad in Nohr...
+PKokey true I think he says it looks like I've landed a hit which was so awesome to me because when I initiated the attack he got a crit and defeated the boss
PKokey Even worse in Nohr...
"Long Live Mokushu"
- Mokushu, and only Mokushu
Demon Falls was the worst. You forgot to mention 2 little details about what happens if you pick wrong and create lava:
1) It causes tons of enemies to respawn
2) It slows your movement down to a crawl!!
Two things you hate hate hate about other chapters, but they get a free pass here?
I do agree that Fort Dragonfall was a pathetic chapter. The Faceless are not only repetitive, they're so weak they couldn't even damage Rinkah (and I did not grind for levels beforehand), meaning I wasn't fighting enemies, I was fighting harmless bags of EXP.
I actually hated Chapter 21 because if you don't know the trick with the statues (like me my first time through), or had RNG cursed units (again, like me), the map's entire gimmick boils down to 3 50% chance guesses in a row, and need I remind that this is Fire Emblem? The only reason I beat that Chapter was because I paired Saizo with Hinoka and had her take him to the boss so he could kill it.
The song before you reveil each chapter fits with the theme nicly. A double edged blade. 5 best, 5 worst.
Lol that troll reveal with the first entry. Got me good.
I'm predicting Silas in the Top 5 on the next list. Some of the best supporys and perfect husbando material
I feel like #-4 is just a huge advertisement for the Kinshi Knight considering Reina is given to you for free and the entire enemy roster is fliers
Once you do your favorite characters in the entirety of Fates, will you then talk on the paralouges and the child units? I'd love to hear your thoughts on them, as I personally find them to be better than the Awakening kids. Even though it's only slightly.
I don't know when i'll do the paralogue or fates child units videos, but i'll definitely get them done at some point, I just have to get/use all the child units and play all the paralogues. I will say though that I have to disagree with you preferring the fates children to the awakening children, because I think it's the other way around, but hey to each their own.
Did anyone notice the statue in the chapter Tears of a Dragon is the same dragon that Garon turns into in birthright
Really?!?!
Its Anankos. The same statue can be seen in MyCastle of Conquest.
I can not take the part at 9:05 seriously in your footage. The jester hat and ninja mask?
16:51
not so much on lunatic (i accidentally blind run birthright on lunatic; thought it was on hard mode; realized it by chapter 10 after restarting so many times lmao). i guessed wrong the 1st time and realized it too late and then i was surrounded = restart chapter. the 2nd time i beat it.
the chapter where i fought Iago was the HARDEST CHAPTER IN THE FUQQIN GAME aka so many restarts!!! if the maids had "inevitable end" (dont have the "shuriken breaker"), i woulda raged...
25:24
LUL!!
27:18
put me to sleep?! no, i couldnt even sleep til ive beaten that cursed chapter....
a little surprised that the endgame of birthright was not on any of the lists since I don't think that anyone liked the "can't save between previous chapter and endgame."
Chapter 11 is even worse than you said. If Corin is a higher level than Takumi, and they have a C rank support, Takumi can solo the chapter on lunatic with point blank.
I really enjoyed Chapters 7, 12, 13, 16 and 26. They make you race for treasure, provide a good challenge (on Lunatic) and don't overstay their welcome. Chapters 23 & onwards would've been great too if only the reinforcement quantities weren't so ridiculous (Chapter 24's reinforcements don't stop until TURN 20! That level took me 4 HOURS to beat!).
I hated the faceless map (for the same reasons in this video) and detested the lava land hell map
5:29 My total reaction to her death, except I literally stop playing for a few hours as I cry my tears out and start comfort eating
Do you think that later on you would do a Top 5 or Top 10 of the new classes in Fates - ie: Butlers, Maligs, Bow-Thieves and the Hoshidan Classes?
I will do a top 10 new classes in fates video at some point don't worry.
Funny story from my first Birthright playthrough. When I finally got to Xander, I was expecting him to utterly wreck me, but I figured I'd use the first turn to get a hit or two in. I ended up getting a crit and killing him in one shot, which ended the chapter for me on the first turn...merely seconds after the chapter officially started. XP
5:30 same. Same. I cried my EYES out like three times in the space of the before and after the map of that chapter.
However, with your choices, I liked most of the chapters you said you didn't like, and chapter 11 was the first chapter I lost a unit on in classic (normal difficulty). I also found the chapter with climbing the mountain incredibly tedious, but my LEAST favourite chapter was chapter 10 (Ninja Village), because it was so, SO boring to move units across the spikes.
Also, I didn't really appreciate the Conquest spoilers, which you didn't warn for.
5:18 Silas really got you there, didn't he BlazingKnight?
I'm actually shocked with all of your reasons Leo's chapter didn't make the worst list.
Small, boring map? CHeck.
Fighting hordes of Faceless? Check.
Incredibly easy? I expected Leo and his retainers to be hard, spent 12 turns carefully taking out the hordes working my way toward them. Got sick of waiting, charged them, and found I could one shot any of them with my weakest units, let alone Corrin and Ryoma.
I found that chapter to practically be a joke. Which is all the more a shame considering Leo and his guys are beastly in Conquest and Revelations.
Conquest, yes, Revelations, very less-so, especially for his retainers. There's nothing l like more than getting a level 12 unprompted unit, and a level 14 unprompted unit at chapter 17, and I wouldn't consider both Odin and Niles worth using at this point in the game. Leo is still dope though.
+CuriousGerudo *unpromoted
Blame autocorrect
Also, on mobile.
Niles I didn't use as much but I've seen a lot of people get decent mileage out of him.
Odin I always found to be really good, though the true hidden gem is his daughter Ophelia. In both my Conquest and Revelations playthroughs she wouldn't stop with the critical hits, dodging everything, and ultimately being one of the 3 to help wreck the final boss. Heck, in some maps my strategy turned into the ultimate Fire Emblem joke.
"Everyone take the left flank. Ophelia and whoever, take the right."
I'm gonna say it: I finished chapter 25 in three turns on accident. One of the units next to Iago had entrap, so he teleported the avatar, and I ended up killing Iago when he engaged me (I had maximum skill and strength, plus a ranged sword and astra, which activated and annihilated him).
Missed the S-rank weapons in the chests, though.
Just out of mere curiosity, what do you think of Birthright's Chapter 27 and Endgame?
They were fine, nothing speculator but not bad either
I very much agree with your #1 worst pick. i just stopped playing Fire Emblem altogether (for over a year) once i reached Fort Dragonfall in my 2nd playthrough. It wasn't until i saw a few of your videos that i decided to get back into Fire Emblem.
I feel like that was a pretty good joke in the #5 best intro but you didn't have to meticulously explain exactly why we thought it was Garon's boss chapter
I'm not gonna post my opinions on a few chapters on here
Chapter 21-I don't have any idea how this is at number 1. It's long, tedious, and if you get it the Dragon vein wrong, you have to deal with more very annoying stoneborn and enemies in terrain that you can barely more in. In my first run of this chapter, I was only on the third dragon vein at turn 39 and then lost Caeldori to a mechanist.
Chapter 11- I do agree about fighting one type of enemy when it comes to faceless, but for chapter 11, you can't just win the map with Takumi, Setsuna, and Reina alone. They're still archers and thus can't counter at close range. This means that you still have to use other units to fight other units especially when all the enemies rush to you later in the map
Chapter 23 was the bane of my existence on LunaClassic
How so you feel about Azama?
Don't know I barely used him so I can't say, on my second play-through of birthright I'll make sure he's part of the team since a lot of people like him.
+CRASHX500 Azama is great you gotta use him!
I suggest that you change azama's class to apothecary because he has beastly strength and lackluster magic. Don't use him as a healer.
nah man. dread fighter azama is best azama. dude had 21 str at level 14 for me on lunatic. dudes insane
Mozu is amazing as a dread fighter
FFS Chapter 11... I cheesed out the chapter even worse than just sending Tacomeat, Reina and Setsuna reking everyone's shit... it was worse.
I activated the tornado in the middle of the ship, put Rinkah, Dragonstone avi and Nepheenee paired up while Sakura and Felicia healed from behind and Kaze did Kaze things... and rhe enemy next went round the back due to the reduction in movement speed that they would've suffered as a result, meaning they only attacked my three units who were taking like, 2 damage at most. I legit had to heal and hit end turn like, 10 times before the map was over.
Now I do like your countdowns but sometimes the music choice is weird. Like in number 3 of your favorite it has a sad moment where one of the main character dies but for the music you put in the promotion theme? That's like putting soothing music in the most epic of wars. Oh and did you know that Number 2 of your favorites you can get Arthur and Ephie as a green unit if you talk to them with corrin?
Yes I did that on my first playthrough
Okay I was just wondering because you didn't mention it the first time.
I’m not sure if Xander was easy from a lore perspective. Supposedly, despite his initial assertion otherwise, Elise’s death at his hand shook him deeply, so much so that he effectively lost the will to live.
Hey CrashX500 Will you make a top ten or top five pairings? Like Xander and Charlotte?
Well i'm gonna do top 15 supports which is kind of like pairings, so I guess the best answer I can give you is maybe.
chapter 12 in birthright in the opera house was stupidly broken. corrin pair up with flying unit, fly to unguarded exit, escape and win in 3 turns with no battles
So CRASH... is the next one going to be "Top 10 Fates Characters"? Or are you going to make it a Top 15/Top 20? Because let me assure you, I for one will NOT be disappointed if you extend that one to talk more about some of your favourite characters as a group - I want more about Elise based on her "Birthright" role, and a bit on Kaze's motivations in "Conquest" based on his overall character; I want to be SURE you have Azura on that list, because I will be pretty surprised if you don't - after all, what we learn about her on "Revelation" really puts high on my favourite FE characters in general, and the fact her goals and motives remind me of Elincia in "Radiant Dawn... yeah. Just in general, I really want to see how the characters between Nohr and Hoshido compare to each other when pitted together - and how their rankings change based on not just one route but all three.
Really, I'm not trying to put any sort of pressure on you - I'm just legitimately excited. You have a clear passion for FE which is reflected in your videos, and it's hard not to feel the same love you do when watching them - and the anticipation. Plus, given that the Tellius games and their similarly-enormous case of characters got a Top 20 countdown, I think personally that it's only fair if you at least CONSIDER giving the "Fates" cast a bit more limelight (probably more a Top 15 than Top 20, though). Because if anything, that will be even MORE exciting than just a Top 10... just saying. ;-)
Well i'm glad your excited for the video and good news for you it's going to be top 15 because I simply could restrict it to 10 entries.
CRASHX500 WHOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!! ^.^
Ahem... I mean that yes, that makes sense to me - while Top 20 might've been good, it probably would've also been just reiterating a lot that you already said (and predictable, because of the placement of characters from the Hoshido and Nohr lists). You're also doing both a Top 10 Child Units, and a Top 10 Worst Characters list - and I REALLY hope that Yukimura is on the latter, because I have NOT forgiven him for his personality transplant between "Conquest" and "Revelation", and even on "Birthright" he's barely useful (and with little in Supports, too!)
Besides, unlike Tellius where you counted non-player characters - even if the only one you PUT on it was the Black Knight, you cheeky scoundrel! ;-D Especially since he IS briefly playable in RD - in "Fates" there aren't that many non-recruitable characters of key significance or with notable personalities... The bosses you can capture don't have much in terms of personality or story significance, and the other bosses aren't much better in most cases.
That said, of the "Fates" bosses I liked Kilma for his sympathetic motivations, and the tragic implication he's been killed in "Birthright", given Flora's actions (and what we learn about him in her Supports) gives him some depth despite limited screen-time. I also admit to finding Kotaro a breath of fresh air: he's more realistically evil (and interesting) than the MAIN villains, since he's more ambitious and conniving, as opposed to Garon/Iago/Hans being OTT cruel and bloodthirsty; he's limited to just one chapter per route, so he never feels over-used or stagnant, and feels like a real threat when he DOES appear; and he has in-built narrative significance, since his actions in the past led to Shura's country being destroyed and annexed and to him murdering Saizo and Kaze's father, so he adds to the depth of two supporting characters - them having unique battle dialogue with him, and the fact that Saizo even gets unique dialogue with Kotaro if he lands the KILLING blow (telling his father's spirit he's avenged his death), was also a nice touch... Neither boss is "top character" material, but I admit that unlike Iago and Hans they actually INTERESTED me, and for the right reasons (unlike Garon, who interests me for some of the WRONG reasons!)
Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to it, CRASH. Take your time, don't rush it - I'm sure a great video is on the way, mate!
See I don't know about top 10 worst fates units because there really aren't any units I activate hate in fates, sure there are ones I don't care about but no one I truly hate (not counting NPC's).
CRASHX500 Fair enough... FE generally is pretty good about making its playable characters likeable (despite the number), which is itself an impressive feat, and the multi-path aspect of "Fates" does a great job fleshing many of them out. And yeah, outside a certain few NPCs, I really don't hate anyone in the game - although I find Yukimura tedious and don't care much for him at all, I don't actively hate the guy; I guess I more dislike his bipolar shift in REV, since I find it odd he's sympathetic to you joining Nohr, the active enemy yet he decries you as traitor because you refuse to CHOOSE... *headdesk* -.-
No matter - I'll still keep watching and commenting on your videos. You haven't gotten rid of me yet! ;-P
I hope I don't get rid of you all at, your passion for fire emblem moves me :)
Dude. Camilla was totally feelin' you up.
Well she was my wife in conquest ;)
My favorites were 14 and 12. Also, Lunatic mode makes Chapter 22 much less empty.
I find it so weird that we almost had the opposite opinion on most of your lists. Our opinions must be very different.
WHY GODDAMN ELISE
She was the only Nohr royal that made me hesitate when I choosed Hoshido
I loved her so much
i HATED chapter 21. i messed up one dragon vein and got stuck, to the point where i had to turn reina and shigure as taxi services. it was so slow and unfair.
I find I disagree with you on a lot of things, but I quite like that because I like it that there aren't really any universally poor fire emblem characters and maps. All of them can get some love and find their potential with the right player :)
That's the reason we love fire emblem so much, everyone views/plays it different and everyone will have different things like/don't like.