[MysticWarrior]

-.-;; I think you should buy Golden Sun. Why? Because it's foolishness to join a Golden Sun board without Golden Sun. :)

[Issac_Zero2]

They are both equal in quality and enjoyment factor but it depends on what you like...
MW is right...there is absolutely no point in joining a GS forum without GS...
Right now I'm bored of FE and GS so its your choice...

[el_Sethro]

though I don't have fire emblem, I have played it and loved it, and I plan to get it soon.

However, in my opinion, even though FE is awesome, GS is a hundred times better (that's just my opinion)

in conclusion, get both. get GoldenSun first, though

[Golden Legacy]

Defintely play both. However, I'd recommend Golden Sun more. The storyline, in my opinion, is more fascinating and more involved (but FE also has a great plot)...

So it's up to you. But seriously, consider playing Golden Sun; you'll love it.

[o0Yo FLipsideR JQ0o]

Im goin to get serious on this....



Golden Sun:

You in for a thrill ride if you get yourself this game, an exccelent serious with a deep plot. Very entertaining and uniqe. For me, its better than any Final fantasy gameplay wise. Though, I wished they would go deeper like the FF serioes. anwyas, you'll see tons of animations and graphics that you will only find in GS! not to mention one heck of a sick sountrack. TLA is btter, but I suggest you start out with one so you can know the stroy and transfer your stats , 'vs, data, and dijinns to unlock stuff and gain a better team in TLA. Very replayable, unless your not into the story. So this game is gonna last you a long time.


-VS-


Fire Emblem
I was excited at first, but it dies out rather quick. Not a span of two weeks though. It was cool at first, then I got bored of it. I'd ahve to say, FE isnt what I'd exect it to be. It isnt even the RPG style I thought it had XD. neywas, this game is BS compare to GS. It aint as fun really. The beggining is weird and boring, so is the music at the begging, later on it getts better, but it didnt quite get my attention as well as GS. I did't even bother palying this game again after beating it once. Pretty sorry if you ask me.The game isnt all that great, even with all the players and the ultimate weapons. Dont forget, when you lose a guy, he's gone forever. Unless you move onto the next story line.

GS

Story: 9/10
Visuals: 10+/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Sounds: 10/10
Replayablility: 8.8/10
Value: 10/10

Total: 9.5

FE
Story: 8.5/10
Visuals: 8/10
Gameplay: 8.7/10
Sounds: 8/10
Replayability: 6/10
Value: 6/10

Total: 7.8


GS owns this house.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

OK, but before you do, listen to my "unbiased" review (j/k)

Golden Sun:

An old-school feeling RPG of epic porportions. Starting in the first one as Isaac, and finishing in The Lost Age as Felix. Great Music, Old School Battle System, and replayability (in case you didn't get all the Djinn). The only "boring" part I can say is the very, very beggining of GS1, where there is much talking. After you leave the 1st town, the game gets moving quickly, and gives you much freedom.

Grapics: 9/10
Music: 10/10
System: 9/10
Overall: 9.5/10

Fire Emblem:

Rpg/Strategy games aren't known for their excellent graphics, but Fire Emblem more then makes up for it. The biggest flaw of this game, though it has a tutorial, the 1st plot is WAY to happy-go-lucky, and gives you no feeling of duty or saving the world at all. After that, the game really gets into motion. It's a unforgivingly realistic game, if one of your units die, they will stay dead for ever, and there is no way to bring them back, which is an upside and a downside (if they gang up on a weak person). But overall, Fire Emblem is a great game.

Graphics: 8.5/10
Music: 10/10
System: 10/10
Overall: 9.5/10

GET THEM BOTH!!!!! (your pick first)

[TobiasMar]

Get both. Fire emvlem LOOKS cool, but I think GS IS cool, but get both! :unsure:

[Julian]

Blade Lord Lyn, on Jun 28 2004, 06:48 PM, said:

An old-school feeling RPG of epic porportions.

I OBJECT YOUR HONOR!! (jk)
but i don't feel that it's oldschool...
GS is fun and unique.
FE is also fun but i don't like the battle system as much.

PS: note that this IS a GS forums and most of us will tell you to get GS, but if you think we have a simular personality as us, i'm pretty sure you'll like the game just as much we do.

[o0Yo FLipsideR JQ0o]

Thats coo. Iight, gl in GS. If you need help, jus ask. If your not saticefied with the game, try and get the second one and get all the super weapons.

[Golden Legacy]

Actually, I'd recommend playing both GS games in order. Trust me, it'll be worth it!

And hope you like GS! :!:

[Lord Raenef]

But if one of your people die in Fire Emblem, you can't revive them! But in Golden Sun you can.. that kinda pissed me off....... dang you! I would say get Golden Sun first! its the best... well... it is and if your stuck in a place, they have more cheating codes than anyone else... okay, i cheated on the game, but that was only with the dijnn... and you get these cute little animals.... its fun.. so yeah.. oops... I kinda told you a little too much well bye!

[Alex]

Get both games. I have them both and think that they are very good.

[o0Yo FLipsideR JQ0o]

FE:

Get boring, get annoying, pissis u off, good for a while

GS:

stil palying it, fun to restart, better in every way. its wise to place up a poll....

[Sol's Djinn]

N-n-n-no. FE is good to start again 'cos if you have friends on the internet *looks at crowd* you can compare end of game stats and have erm...... Arena Fests? (Sorry, Lyn)

[Golden_Isaac]

No,no,no.Gs is a perfect game and Fe is so not as good.

[Lord Raenef]

calm down you guys... its just a game.. their both good! but i'm more of a golden sun fan.. the ending of FE 7 was kinda hard to understand the ending... well for me it was.... because I wanted to know what was going to happen next!! And I don't think they have the next one in English or in America yet!!!

[Mallick]

Lord Raenef, on Jul 12 2004, 01:06 PM, said:

CALM DOWN!............their both good! but i'm more of a golden sun fan

I'm with lord when it comes to this one :smile:

[Primal]

Flipsider is 100% correct.
Fire Emblem is good for a while. But it gets very, very frustrating when your characters die and you have to keep replaying levels over and over again. Sure, it's good for a while. I loved it for a few weeks.
Golden Sun has less of a story, but the graphics, sound, gameplay, and longevity MORE thatn make up for it. It is much better game than FE. And no. I'm not being bias.

[Sol's Djinn]

Aaaargh. Must be just me, then. GS gets boring after you finish it, the puzzles are mundane.

[Lord Raenef]

But they're still both good... it did piss me off when everytime one person died.... you would have to start over... and when one of the lords die... that just pisses me off too! but in golden sun... if one of the charaters die.. you can revive them... and you have a sertain amout of uses for the weapons on FE 7, that's just weird... but who cares.. their still both good.... FE 7 is more dramatic....

[TorrentLord]

I played Fire Emblem for more than 16 hours...well...only 16 saved, but probably hours more.

And I don't really like the game any more. I didn't beat it either. It's just not one of those games that I can keep playing. Maybe I just don't like...that kind of tactics rpg? Because I liked FFTA.

Hmm. <_<

[Primal]

Thats what I think. I played for like 25 hours, got up to mission 28 or something, and then just got bored with it all. Every level is virtually the same. Move your characters, attack other characters, make sure no one dies. win! very repetetetetetetive.

[GameGuy123]

Both are good!!! There's no other way to say it. I think GS should get a 9.5/10 and FE7 should get a 8/10. This has been expresed more then enough...

[Lord Raenef]

GS is the same way too... you go to all the lighthouses... and you beat all the monsters on the top... you level up... and then you beat it...the ending for FE 7 is good.. it confussed me... but then I got it.... well. because you have to get the 8th one or is it the 6th one? I don't remember..... oh well!

[Issac_Zero2]

Yeah...both are awsome...At first I got hooked onto FE like crazy and worshiped it like crazy...but after months of not playing got me sick of it...I'd give GS 9.8/10 and FE 9.8/10 equal...but if you are looking for a game that would last you a long time...play GS...Training and finding all the secrets will take you longer than playing FE's hecter hard mode...Seriously that game is too easy...
Oh...and what did you mean by the last sentence Lord Raenef? 6 and 8? 8 never even came out...6 is japenese...

[Lord Raenef]

I was confussing myself.... FE 6 is about Elwood's son right? I forgot.. but... uhmm.. how did you beat hectors easy mode! that was hard.... well.. for me it was.. stupid hector! I shall hurt you! and it keeps on pissing me off! I want lyn to have a higher defense!!! And.. did you ever get Getiz? Well.... I liked GS more... I beated it... so that's why I like it more... FE 7 is very challenging.. and I hate it when one of my charater die... I would kill marcus.. he's a waste! he's too slow! but yeah... I would give GS an 9 and FE 7 a 8.9.. very close... but I want to beat Hectors story.. then I'll give it a 9....

[Issac_Zero2]

Lol...that's not very fair to rate a game just becuase you can't beat one part...hehe...
FE is a game of patience...If someone dies...Then restart the chapter...easy and simple...and train alot in the arena...I trained one whole day in an arena to level everyone up to their maximum level...It was worth it...Breezed throgh the hard modes...
FE is fustrating once in a while but it is good...

[Primal]

Why are you guys...using...so many...full...stops?...
Yeah I "worshipped" FE for a bit when It came out, but after a while I realised it just dosn't deserve it.
I'd give GS a 9.7/10 The only let downs are the mass monster encounters in GS1, and the semi-unoriginal story, but both are easily forgetable.
I'd give FE an 8.2/10. The let dows are some of the near-impossible missions, sometimes terrible graphics, story is far too complicated.
GS is definately a better game.

[TorrentLord]

Oh, and before, I didn't read the first page, but o0Yo FLipsideR JQ0o's review on Fire Emblem is exactly what I thought.

Oh, and patience? A game shouldn't be made to test your patience; to see how many times you can repeat a level before you go mad.

[Sky Dragon]

Golden Sun is a better game but if u want someting other than pure RPG, get Fire Emblem

[Neon]

Meh, I worshipped GS for ages, but then i realized it didn't deserve it.
But i must say, Golden SUn is GREAT your first time through, absolutly brilliant, with the best graphics and sound i've seen on the GBA :D.

I havn't played Fire Emblem, but i'm throwing around the idea of getting it...

I suggest FFTA :wacko: <_<.

[Elliott]

FFTA is a great strategy game. Better than FE. I never really worshipped GS, but I stick by it being a great game. Definately one of the best GBA titles.

[Ultimate Felix 22]

GS

I have replayed GS and TLA so many times, and it still doesn't get old. All of the dungeons have a solution. Djinn are fun to collect. You dont have to redo dungeons over and over because someone died, you just revive them and continue. This game doesn't test your patience, the music is just phenomenal, and its pure fun.

FE

I'm still stuck on dread isle because i lost too many people. Some of the chapters are IMPOSSIBLE. I know a few people that when playing the last level, have Nergal down to like 1 HP and Nergal kills a lord. This game gets boring because you have to play levels over and over. The graphics, you can't compare them to GS because they are so different: GS graphics are almost 3D, and FE's pixelated. The music is pretty good, but most of the music is made from the same song.

[Lord Raenef]

yeah... but I like the screen things.... lol.. Sain is too funny... such a perv... lol... but.. but what's FFTLA? it sounds good... but yeah... I might get it if you tell me what it is.... * thinks * is it a Final Fantasy game? but yeah... its kinda hard to get charaters on FE.... I can't get Geitz.. but I got Karala... you have to battle her! Its unfair... it truely is... and well her and Barte get married in the future.. well I think they do... that's what it said in this thingy I read.. oh well... I say GS is better.. because you can revive your people... I killed Marcus.. but who needs him! he's just a waste of money! and he's sooo slow!!!!!

[Blade Lord Lyn]

GS: Fun game (still) but I still can't get past the talking. . . once that's done, on to fun!

FE: I've played out 7 mercilessly, I have no clue how many hours I've played it. . . but I got tired of it and started playing the others, which, no suprise, gave me many more hours of fun.

FFT: One of the best Strategy RPG's ever, only FE4 can match it.

FFTA: Is nowhere near as good as FE, or FFT. And I know what I'm talking about when it comes to Srpgs.

[ForteGX]

I've never played Fire Emblem...it looks cool, and Eliwood is Roy's father...but I've never played it :silence:

[Dullahan]

You can't possibly compare these games, they're completely different genres! It's like comparing a FPS to a puzzle game.

[ForteGX]

Well...they're both RPG's, so they are in the same Genre.

[Dullahan]

No their not, Golden Sun is an RPG, Fire Emblem is a STRAGEY game with rpg elements.

[ForteGX]

Would it be more appropriate to compare Advanced Wars and Fire Emblem?

(In a new topic, of course...)

[Dullahan]

YES!!!! And Advance Wars would win seeing as i haven't played Fire Emblem because it keeps getting delayed.

[MysticWarrior]

All of you are rating Fire Emblem badly because you can't get past a part. That's because Fire Emblem is a game for EXPERTS. It's not the games fault you messed up and ended up with too little units on a hard mission.

[Gattaca]

ok... first of all mystic warrior... get the stick out of yur ass... and second of all, this is coming from a person who has FINISHED both games.... golden sun was better by far, fire emblem did not allow for as many choices, and was way to easy to beat.... it didn't have enough plot, so lyn was trying to fight off dudes... and meets her grandfather.... and elwood is looking for a relative.... all fire emblem really was, was fight off as many dudes that are in red suits as u can, without getting the blue dudes killed, it also didn't allow for enough choices in battles, all u were able to choose was wat weapon u were going to use, if u were even able to choose that, which when u were attacked, instead of attacking, u weren't. it did have more of a choice in different types of characters though, as GS only had fire, water, wind etc, FE had peggasus warrior, and general, and knight etc, but within those different types GS had more choices, as in psynergy's which class u wanted, which djinn u wanted, which psynergy u wanted. fire emblem just got way too boring way too fast, and i am suprised that i even managed to stay awake to finish it..... but if u wanted someone who could honestly say that they didn't like the game, and wasn't just saying that because 'they couldn't get past a hard part'... well... there u go.... and FE isn't a game for experts, perhaps it takes a while to think out the stategy, but of all the games in the world, it is not nearly the hardest to understand, nor complete. people who did get stuck, perhaps just needed to think it through more, but it is a game that can be completed by n e one, though y they would want to try, is their own problem (i personally tried it because i heard that it was good, in my opinion, the person that said that was sorely mistaken)

[MysticWarrior]

Thank you, another thing like that and you will be warned. Also, I finished both games too.

Also, Fire Emblem was kill the red suits and keep the blues alive? Golden Sun was keep the heroes alive while chasing the bad guys.

Please do not jump to conclusions, or you will face consequences.

[Gattaca]

first of all, don't threaten me... i don't take well to it, although,,, i guess i did deserve it, and yes golden sun was keep teh heroes alive while killing the bad guuys.... but it was less straight forward than blue and red, which allowed for more interesting plot, perhaps even with when u were in champa with the pirate, in that game people could change from bad guys to good guys, such as how in the first game felix was yur enemy (sorta), but in the second one he was the hero, it was the plot twists that actually affected the gameplay that made it interesting, while in fire emblem, most of the plot twists only affected yur game by adding a character....

[Blade Lord Lyn]

And I'm guessing you forgot Supports and such, which goes into extreme detail about each character hmm? Bad guys can change to good guys in BOTH games if you haven't noticed. But hey. . . . it could be just me.

But MW, Gatta is right to, you can't threaten him like that, really.

[MysticWarrior]

Okay. I'm not discussing this anymore because I'm tired. I still have a lot of reasons, but I only debate with people who are rude. People who post things politely only makes me say "okay". XD

[Blade Lord Lyn]

ForteGX, on Jul 20 2004, 03:46 PM, said:

Would it be more appropriate to compare Advanced Wars and Fire Emblem?

(In a new topic, of course...)

There is an Advance Wars VS FE topic. I made it.

[Gattaca]

lol nice! and yes... srry i forgot about the whole thing about bad guys switching... i should have rem'd... (that dude who went into the dudes army to get money for his wifes leg or something like that).... but i still don't think that it had as much of an effect on the plot in FE as it did in GS considering the more choices that came with a char switching sides in GS, such as yet again when briggs swtiched in champau got the ability to get the trident... and such..... maybe i'm just being thick... wouldn't suprise me.....

[Blade Lord Lyn]

I'm just glad the arguing stopped. It's not worth it, both games are equally good. (and if you're wondering, a plot changing join would be Ninian, especially when she "leaves")

[ForteGX]

I haven't played Fire Emblem, but I don't think I'd like it as much as GS because once you lose a character, it's permenant. Plus it requires a real strategy, not just "hack, slash, blast". It's like...chess...

But the game itself looks great and sounds great...(I've seen video clips of it...and read lots of reviews...)

[BloodPhoenix]

Fire Emblen is good, but will never be as good as Golden Sun... i hear there making Fire Eblem on the Gamecube? that might be intresting!

[Silo STATIC]

*sigh* You're just asking for the impossible, aren't you, BP?

Welp, there goes another one ...

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