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For generations, the nations of Magvel have lived in perfect peace. Now, defying all reason, the Grado Empire has invaded neighboring Renais. Twin heirs to the throne of Renais, Eirika and Ephraim fight to free their kingdom and uncover the secret behind their former ally’s treachery in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Execute your attack! Plan your strategy to take advantage of your strengths and exploit your enemy’s weaknesses. Guide your soldiers carefully, because if they fall in battle, they’re gone forever! Command dozens of soldiers on the field, from the familiar pegasus knights and cavaliers to brand-new units like the mage knights, who wield both weapons and wizardry in battle. [Nintendo]
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Game Informer
Strategy noobs might find this title a bit too much to digest, as character death is permanent and even normal fights stretch your brain to the limit. [July 2005, p.126]
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Nintendo Power
Sacred Stones brilliantly treads the line between depth and accessibility, and Intelligent Systems has bone to great lengths with the difficulty settings to please gamers of all skill levels. [July 2005, p.100]
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Electronic Gaming Monthly
More unique battlegrounds, different attack ranges and effects, a new mechanic or two - the Emblem formula would benefit from some added complexity. [July 2005, p.117]
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Cheat Code Central
For a change, the single-player mode is actually better than the multi-player mode. Expect weeks upon weeks of pure gaming fun.
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Play Magazine
You won't find anything grounbreaking here, but you will find a highly enjoyable strategy game. [July 2005, p.82]
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games(TM)
Don’t be discouraged by Sacred Stones’ similarity to the previous Fire Emblem game; we wouldn’t change it for the world. [Aug 2005, p.116]
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GameCritics
Technically sound but leaving me feeling hollow and unsatisfied, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones reminds me quite a bit of the series I mentioned earlier, "Advance Wars." Both games hooked me immediately and sucked me in the first time around, and both sequels left me hungry by staying too close to the original formula and coming off like add-ons or extended missions instead of being true sequels.
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The average user rating for this game is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 39 User Votes Shogun M. gave it a10: Yotik Y. gave it a10: Cobra J. gave it a7: Acornman gave it a10: [Anonymous] gave it a7: Ike gave it a9: Chris gave it a10: |
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