When comparing Fire Emblem Awakening vs Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, the Slant community recommends Fire Emblem Awakening for most people. In the question“What are the best RPGs for the Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS?” Fire Emblem Awakening is ranked 7th while Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Fire Emblem Awakening is:
Users can pair certain male female characters in battle to improve their relationship. Once it reaches a certain point the characters can breed offspring who then can be used as more troops in the team. This makes for an ingenious way to build up ones roster as well as adds a relationship aspect to the story and gameplay.
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Pros
Pro Interesting use of relationships
Users can pair certain male female characters in battle to improve their relationship. Once it reaches a certain point the characters can breed offspring who then can be used as more troops in the team. This makes for an ingenious way to build up ones roster as well as adds a relationship aspect to the story and gameplay.
Pro Very customizable
Not only is ones troops customizable through their looks, armor and weapon choices but there are many aspects of the game itself that can be changed such as the voice work or skipping cut scenes.
Pro One of the most fleshed out RPG worlds in recent times
Cons
Con Amount of options may be too much to grasp
While not the worst thing in the world there are quite a lot of options in this game. A forging system for weapons a special power system for all characters may not ever be touched in a playthrough making one ask why they were included. On top of this they may be difficult to grasp the full mechanics upon first look and so may make for systems people do not really want to explore.
Con Downgraded graphics
The graphics from the PS2 version have been downgraded significantly in this release.
Con No orchestral soundtrack
The orchestral soundtrack from the NTSC/PAL PS2 version and JP 3DS version has been removed, replaced by MIDIs of dubious quality.