Well, as a Final Fantasy Tactics sperg first, I actually would recommend starting with the PS1 game, or even the Ivalice Chronicles remaster. It's actually a bit hard to get into because it throws a few complex mechanics like CT and charging spells, but the reason why I believe it's so good as a beginner is due to how customizable you can make your party to be. It teaches you stuff like map control, team composition and when to engage the enemy very well, it's also a masterpiece of a game either way so idk, go play it lol.
Fire Emblem has a lot of good entry points so really go with whichever hardware fits you. Sacred Stones is the most beginner-friendly of the GBA games, it sets up a lot of mechanical and design concepts that became common in later FE games (overworld, optional grinding, trainee units) while carrying over most of the mechanics from older FE games and is structured in a way where you'll never be punished to hard for losing units. Path of Radiance for the Game Cube is arguably where modern FE began, it has some of the most enjoyable character writing in the series and is pretty beginner-friendly in terms of difficulty, and also has a sequel that is notoriously difficult with probably the most ambitious story (in terms of writing and gameplay mechanics) in FE history. Awakening for the 3DS is the quintessential newbie FE game, if you think you'll be overwhelmed by one of the older games or Fates it's a good place to start since it has most of the core mechanics of Fire Emblem, combines them with most of the previous games exclusive gimmicks (Sacred Stones overworld, Genealogy's child unit system, etc.), adds in a lot of modern QoL features and gives you the option to turn off permadeath.
I second this because my brother was just like that.
play Tactics Orge ether luct or reborn. (slightly different versions of the same game) not only the best SRPG but also the best JRPG ever (in my objectively correct opinion)
Not surprised
Blue Lions is objectively the best route to play if you’re only playing the game once so lucky him. I'd imagine he might not have liked it as much if he went Black Eagles.
I mean it's just easy stream content for him until either his next hack or Fortune's Weave comes out. Whichever comes first
Isn't the Edelgard route more appropriate? It feels more like a true ending rather than standard forever war plot. Also she had a better group.
Crimson Flower just ended with an implied ending right after Rhea is slain and Byleth's Crest Stone just shatters and their heart starts beating for some unexplained reason.
I genuinely don't remember the epilogue to Claude's. All I remember is that Rhea's implied to have been dying, Team Slither had lost nearly all of their leadership, and the Kingdom might be going through a civil war
Did it mentioned anything about Count Bergliez leading them? Because if not, then that'll be a pretty weird omission.
I think Count Bergliez dies off-screen in VW/SS.
He made it to Ashera in one, just to (((lose))) because he had to "kill" her 10 times as a challenge for content. Dumbest shit ever, and I hope I never see him play that game again because RD is on another level of hard to watch, for a Fire Emblem game, at that.