@Insider2000:
I don't know why, but I've been kind of dreading this game. Like, I know I want to play the actual game of strategy and leveling and support, but everything else just kind of irks me. And now hearing how 'bad' the story apparently is doesn't make it any better.
I'll still get the game, cause god knows I need new Fire Emblem gameplay like heroine. The vein's ready, just hit me up with both copies. I'm just not looking forward to the dueling stories.
Depending on how it will release here I definitely recommend getting Third Route + 1.
After playing through all three I feel like recycling is not that bad between third route and either one of the base versions but it might just be because I had a break between IK and Nohr. Whereas I almost played Hoshido and Nohr back to back.
In any case IK just offers the most classes and thus experimentation possibilities so even if you can only get 1 that's the one to get I think.
Really after spending so much time with it my only real gripes right now is how fucked up forging is and how they handle DLC(But then the DLC stuff was the same for Awakening really). But things like the being able to buy skills online from spotpass teams is great(Unless you're Nohr without gold dlc then you're fucked) and probably promote a healthy community for a while.