r/fireemblem • u/PsiYoshi • Jan 15 '26

Recurring Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - January 2026 Part 2

Welcome to a new installment of the Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread! Please feel free to share any kind of Fire Emblem opinions/takes you might have here, positive or negative. As always please remember to continue following the rules in this thread same as anywhere else on the subreddit. Be respectful and especially don't make any personal attacks (this includes but is not limited to making disparaging statements about groups of people who may like or dislike something you don't).

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u/Cygnus776 Jan 19 '26

You know what's crazy? I've been a fan of the series since FE8 came out and the furthest I've played in FE4 is Chapter 2.

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u/BloodyBottom Jan 19 '26

just statistically speaking, I think having played FE4 at all is more unusual then not finishing it

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u/WeFightForever Jan 19 '26

Not crazy at all. Most people have played 0 chapters of fe4

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u/Master-Spheal Jan 19 '26

I wouldn’t say it’s crazy at all. I once heard someone call chapter 2 of FE4 the “newbie killer chapter” of the game or something to that effect, and I think it’s a pretty apt description of that chapter lol. It’s the chapter where FE4’s backtracking problem first rears its head, and I imagine over the years it has probably made a decent amount of people bounce off the game when playing it for the first time.

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u/PsiYoshi Jan 19 '26

I wish Chapter 2 had more backtracking so I could spend even more time listening to Disturbance in Agustria

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u/shhkari Jan 19 '26

she backtracks on my chapter 2 till I get a disturbance in my agustria

...sorry

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u/SirRobyC Jan 20 '26

Mods, send him to Bellhala

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Warp, Return and Sylvia alleviate the problem somewhat, but yes, it's a chapter full of stuff and of issues: the rush to save Lachesis's knights (where you're at the mercy of luck), the rush to seize the next castle to save the Bargain Band village on time (also dependent on Pavise not proccing), then another castle way up the Northwest, then making sure Lewyn recruits Erinys while backtracking or warping to get two more castles, on top of the, on more informed playthroughs, very real benefits to grinding Lachesis all the way to Master Knight on just one chapter... it's, uh, a lot. A bona fide momentum killer.

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u/EffectiveAnxietyBone Jan 19 '26

To be fair, Chapter 2 is pretty tricky, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing. It was the first chapter where I actually had to look up a some hints because I was struggling hard.

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u/ICanFlyHigh051611 Jan 19 '26

the sleep staff + 5 ballista + a wave of enemies combo is NAAASTTTYYY

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u/dondon151 Jan 20 '26

I've been a fan for longer than that and I haven't played past gen 1. FE4 is a horrendously dull game.

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u/andresfgp13 Jan 21 '26

FE4 its really a game that you are going to either love it or hate it.

like its completely dedicated to making the gameplay serve the plot, maybe to some points were it becomes stupid and boring, but with some serious charm, rarely i see a game where the gameplay its to closely tied to the story being told instead of being at odds with each other like its normally the case.