Emabulator
12-16-2008, 05:27 AM
EuroGamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=343913) and IGN UK (http://ds.ign.com/articles/937/937944p1.html) have posted reviews of Intelligent Systems' turn-based strategy game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. This remake for the Nintendo DS received an overall score of 8/10 in both reviews. IGN UK's closing comments:
But Shadow Dragon is a Fire Emblem game, and for that we must be thankful, because even now, nearly twenty years and 12 games later, the series still represents one of the pinnacles of turn-based strategy. It hasn’t toppled the Sacred Stones from its berth as the best game in the series (or, if you’re a purist, Fire Emblem on the GBA), and it feels a bit like a missed opportunity to ally the game that started it all with some of the many incremental improvements that have been introduced since. Still, though, it is a Fire Emblem game, and for some of us, that’s enough.Note: Although the game is already out in Europe the North American release date is still listed as TBA 2009.
But Shadow Dragon is a Fire Emblem game, and for that we must be thankful, because even now, nearly twenty years and 12 games later, the series still represents one of the pinnacles of turn-based strategy. It hasn’t toppled the Sacred Stones from its berth as the best game in the series (or, if you’re a purist, Fire Emblem on the GBA), and it feels a bit like a missed opportunity to ally the game that started it all with some of the many incremental improvements that have been introduced since. Still, though, it is a Fire Emblem game, and for some of us, that’s enough.Note: Although the game is already out in Europe the North American release date is still listed as TBA 2009.