My Fire Emblem: Awakening has finally arrived!

It actually arrived yesterday, but I was too lazy to make a post about it yesterday.

While the release date of the game is supposed to be 4th of February, you must be wondering why did it arrive so late.

Well, first thing was the shipment delay. Anyone who bought the game from the Nintendo e-shop could still get the game on the 4th, but for anyone else, we have to wait till the 8th.

Second thing was the delivery of the game to me. The courier service normally deliver the parcel to the stated address within two to three working days. However, in Malaysia, we celebrate Chinese New Year on the 11th, 12th and 13th. So the game, which should arrive on the 10th or 11th instead arrived on the 14th.

So, yeah. I really wanted it to arrive before Chinese New Year. But hey, the game did arrive on time, so I can't complaint.

After playing an estimated of five hours (or even more), I really enjoy the game. It's sad, really. Cuz my friend came back for Chinese New Year and gave me his copy of Zero Escape: Virtues's Last Reward - another game I also looked forward playing. But now I had to choose between these two games, and I chose Fire Emblem.

While this game had a casual mode which removes permanent death (characters that die will not be revived under normal circumstances, like in previous games), something not present in previous games, I stick to classic mode. Even though in certain chapters my characters did die because of a mistake I made, I don't really mind restarting the chapter.

All in all, this game has insane replay value and its from one of the least known but my favourite series from the GBA. I didn't really care how the reviews of the game will be, cuz I like the art style of the game and their gameplay should be solid, so I should enjoy playing this game. Unlike Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, the DS Fire Emblem game, I didn't really got hooked like I did with the GBA games. It was mostly because of the art style/direction, it was boring to look at.

The battle animations of Shadow Dragon was one of it's flaws in my opinion. It's a bore to look at. The GBA FE games had some cool animations and their art style was alright.

Anyways, enough of my Shadow Dragon ramblings. If you have a 3DS, Fire Emblem: Awakening is a must buy.