Let's Play Fire Emblem - Chapter 1: Backwards Knights

Dr. Javelin

Nathan Latsk
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It says Fire Emblem on the front, with no "Awakening" or "Sacred Stones" after it. Clearly, this is the first in the series.

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Okay, here we go.

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Wait, that's all the info I can put in? Where's the stat modifiers? Where's the avatar appearance?

No, wait. Clearly they're just going to use the stats I already have from Awakening. That's good, because I maxed them all out.

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Scariest chapter name ever.

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Is this a Fire Emblem cliche or something? Waking up in the middle of a field and meeting people who instantly like you and accept you? I feel like I'm playing a GBA version of Awakening.

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I...guess it is. : /

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All I previously know about Lyn is that she's an Assist Trophy in Brawl.

Does she get to dash across the entire map and slash people instantly in this game too?

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Oh no. No no no NO NO. We are NOT doing the amnesia thing agai-

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Oh. Good.

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My internet name is now officially Lyn-approved.

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So then any complex backstory for me is quickly glossed over as something happens.

Convenient.

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What is it with bandits in Fire Emblem games? I feel like there are more bandits than civilians, honestly.

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Yes, that's what bandits do.

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Ain't no way I'm staying in here. Gimme my Brave Sword and Thoron and Mjölnir and-

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Sure I can. I think I got the Silver Medal for Most Enemies Killed in Awakening.

Gold was Morgan. It's always Morgan. Kid knows how to fight.

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Do you not know what this fancy gold robe I'm wearing means? It means I'm a Grandmaster, lady. I'm, like, the pinnacle of strategy.

Let's do this.

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Advice? My advice is to sit back and watch as I single-handedly destroy these chumps with magic.

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Wait, what?

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I hate this game.

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It looks like my job will not consist of smashing my enemies into tiny bits, and will instead consist of babysitting a bunch of weaklings.

And there was much sadness.

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Well, if I'd brought my Swiftsole with me, you wouldn't move so slowly. Sorry, but I didn't plan on waking up in a field with nothing.

Although you'd think that would be something I'm used to by now.

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The silly thing about Fire Emblem is that most of the time, combat consists of enemies running to you, not away from you. It'd be cooler if you had to run them down or something.

But that's probably just my RTS mind talking.

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Unless you can throw your sword, like that stupid animation for Amatsu in Awakening.

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Oh, I guess you only have an Iron Sword. Well, that's cool. I used only those through the entire campaign of Sacred Stones.

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This is why I never put axe users in my army.

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If you screencap it perfectly, it looks beautiful when you hit someone. Like it's a magic sword of turning enemy health into light.

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One turn later, he's dead.

Though he managed to hit. I would be upset, except for the fact that this is probably a cutscene designed to teach me to use vulnerary even though clerics are a much better way of restoring health.

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Predicted.

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That's good. You're smart enough t-

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Oh please. Are really this lazy?

You know, if I was the one with the sword, this wouldn't be happening.

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Wait a sec! Where did those Vulneraries come from? And why does she have two?

I'm just going to assume that the bandit dropped them.

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You totally couldn't have done this yourself, Lyn.

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Uh, an assist trophy?

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Dumbest. Name. Ever.

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I'm going to spare you the embarrassment of laughing at that name, and just kill you.

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Aw crap.

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While your concern for my safety is great and all, I think I'll just pick up your sword and kill him myself if you die.

You know, it's way cooler that way.

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Oh yeah, I forgot about the gate healing factor. That's always annoying.

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Convienent.

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Whoa.

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W-wait, don't leave! I need that sword t-

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Boom. Lyn's got some moves.

Eirika's crit animation was way lamer than this.

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To be honest, I would probably be thinking the same thing if I was him. How did she split into three copies, vanish, and then attack?

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Impressive. Most impressive.

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Not really. Cutscene Power and Plot Armor shield you from falling to any early game mooks.

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And here we do. We win.

Now we can steal everything insid-

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Wait, what?

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Yeah, grabbing a Vulnerary from your satchel and giving it to you was pretty exhausting.

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All shall bow before my Vulnerary-grabbing skills.

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Uh, I guess? I wasn't really planning on going anywhere, but if you're that impressed by my ability to use Vulnerary...

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Oh. That sucks.

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I could make another joke about how it's always bandits, but out of respect for Lyn I won't.

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The chief goal of Fire Emblem is to teach guys that women are just as good at killing people as they are.

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Well, that's good. Off to adventure, I guess?

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Uh, if we had more than one sword, I guess I could train you.

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Wait, so... I'm actually in charge in this game?

Sweet. No high-ranking Lords to overrule my good advice.

To battle!
 
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This is great.

Dr. Javelin said:
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This is why I never put axe users in my army.
lol, sounds about right for you. :P

But at least with my experience with them the CPU's seem to miss WAY more than your personal units.
 
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Not really. I've missed plenty of times with 90+ Hit chance.

...by plenty I mean about 7 times.

But I beg to differ. Vaike missed all the time in Awakening, which is why I never trained him. Also because his defense was awful. Like his personality.
 
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Dr. Javelin said:
Not really. I've missed plenty of times with 90+ Hit chance.

...by plenty I mean about 7 times.

But I beg to differ. Vaike missed all the time in Awakening, which is why I never trained him. Also because his defense was awful. Like his personality.
They don't really miss that much for me. (and I always found that Vaike's high hp made up for his weaknesses)
 
Re: Let's Play Fire Emblem

Somehow I like this more than the video variations of this. This bodes well.
 
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Two updates in one day!
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*Grandmaster Javelin

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A journey of a thousand screencaps starts with a single download.

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Oh, good! Now I can buy myself a sword, and use my awesome stats to kill everyone in our path!

I think I'll start my own empire, Walhart style. That would be awesome.

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Look, it's Virion's great-great-great-grandfather.

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Burn.

I like Lyn, she doesn't put up with much.

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Oh, and here's the red knight. There's always a red knight and a green knight, although usually the green one is more srs bsns and the red one is more casual. Guess these guys are reversed?

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Lyn thinks that he's just trying to pick her up. I can't really blame her - that's the kind of thing most red knights do.

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What's this? Something important might happen?

Aw, c'mon. I wanted to start my own empire.

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We randomly bump into... you guessed it... more bandits.

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Wait... just four guys? Man, Lyn's awesome enough for this. We can take 'em.

Especially if she would give me the sword. : |
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Cowards? No, it's cowardly for us to attack four brigands.

I'd be surprised if they hit more than twice.

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WHAT A TWIST

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Oh hello there. I think I'll call Mr. Green Knight Vain instead. How are you, Vain?

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Yeah, he's definitely Virion's ancestor.

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Wait, this guy doesn't have a sword either? Darn, I was hoping I could steal his.

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Silly Vain. He didn't bother to learn the weapons triangle, which clearly states that if you are fighting an axeman and you only have a lance, you must run as fast as you can.

Unless you're playing Awakening, in which case you can just kill them. Because it's that easy.

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I really, really hope he doesn't complain about 6 damage.

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"I'm used to just seeing NO DAMAGE pop up over their head!"

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Kent's getting reeeeeal tired of this.

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Ahaha, well done. Vain is going to be my official "Laugh at his suffering" character.

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Unlike his comrade, Kent knows what he's doing.

And here comes Lyn with the final blow...

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Boom.

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"I mean, I was following the weapons triangle and everything!"

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Lyn notices that Vain is injured, but he annoys her so she decides not to help him.

I'd probably do the exact same thing tbh.

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"That's my great-great-great-great-grandfather!"

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After getting healed, Sain manages to hit for the first time in this game.

Possibly for the first time in his life.

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After dispatching the last chump, we arrive at...

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The boss.

This guy has got to be related to Binks from FE8 somehow.

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I attacked him first with Kent because I like to distribute experience evenly - Kent will get EXP from the first attacks, and then someone else will finish the boss to get more EXP. This way, all my units will be level 2 at the end.

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You should have brought more minions. Four guys against Lyn? Not a chance.

Especially since they only brought axes.

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Give me a sword and I'll show you just how fantastic my work can be.

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Oh yeah, back to the plot. This should be good.

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Something something something about how she's the long-lost grandaughter of some nobleman far away.\

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE

The brother of the nobleman wants to kill her because... she's in the line of succession? I guess that makes sense. Although he should have sent guys with spears, because as everyone knows, Lords use swords.

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Your "Lord" classification begs to differ.

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There's never a chance of resolving things peacefully in Fire Emblem games.

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Well, it's not like we were doing anything else...
 
hush

he's still not nearly as good as hector, who i started using recently

hector is unbelievably awesome, even more so than ross
 
this isn't really the first in the series javelin
it's really the seventh, the first six just didn't come over here.
anyway, cool lp, following
 
Niime said:
this isn't really the first in the series javelin
i know that, i was just joking
Sylveon said:
HEY JAVELIN DON'T LEAVE US HANGING.
sorry! i was planning to go through the game and then come back and let's play it, but i'm already on chapter 22 and it's not slowing down, so i think i'll have to just abandon that idea and work on this before i finish the game
 
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