gay post ahead:
i blazed through radiant dawn on hard with almost no units dying until the final 5-part stage. AND i had fun doing it, and i enjoyed the story, which was well written and conveyed.
then shadow dragon comes along and takes a huge leap back, no shoving, no rescuing, only 5 item slots, pretty much everything back to basics. the story is primitive NES garbage that doesn't keep me entertained. and the strangest thing is, the only unit i have left at the end is marth.
seriously, every single other character i recruited died. and i don't suck at fire emblem, i'm actually really good. like i said i've beaten radiant dawn on hard (which is the equivalent of the japanese extreme mode)
i dont think the game is hard or anything, i just think i was so unmotivated by the lack of features and decent story and character development that i fucked around until i was actually at endgame and i only had 9 units left, half of whom i hadn't even used a master crest on. then every one of them died and i got a lucky few shots in on the final boss dragon faggot.
ok im done ranting!