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The gameplay is quite distinct from Dark Souls. It's much simpler since you only need to get good at one weapon and don't need to fiddle with builds in the same way you do in other Souls likes. The Gamecube and Nintendo Wii installments are crazy expensive. It doesn't help that most of the games are expensive. After I played Fire Emblem Awakening on the 3DS on a whim, I couldn't believe I'd been missing out on such a great series all my life. I just finished my first playthrough of Three Houses.