Most maps have you capturing multiple castles.Ĭapturing a castle has a few benefits besides allowing you to progress through each chapter. Having previous saves allows you to experiment and make mistakes without having to replay a map that might take over an hour to complete. Saving during chapters is essential, as maps often throw in new objectives or spawn enemies that will catch new players off guard. While I expected such huge maps to be frustrating in a game with permadeath (I reset when a unit dies), Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War mitigates this by allowing players to save at the beginning of each turn. Each map is easily three times the size of your average Fire Emblem map.Ĭhapters have several objectives, which usually involve seizing a castle. While this may sound short compared to a typical Fire Emblem game’s 25-30 chapters, maps in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War are massive, country-spanning affairs. In the second half of the game, you play as an almost entirely new cast of characters, the children of your units in the first half (or replacement characters for any parents that die or aren’t paired up).Įach half of the game is six chapters long, for a total of 12 maps. The first half of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a tale of political intrigue where you have the opportunity to play matchmaker and pair up your units. While many people think of romance and children as Fire Emblem: Awakening’s contribution to the series, it was actually done first in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. While Fire Emblem: Gaidentook us away from Archanea, that felt like more of a detour before returning for Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. The fourth entry in the series, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, kicks off a new tale in a brand-new world (powered by fan translation). Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy Warfeels like the first step toward Fire Emblem becoming the anthology series it is today.

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