I say Awakening is more beginner-friendly than Fates. Plus, it's a great game so I highly recommend it (people will probably tell you otherwise considering old Fire Emblem fans believe it to be crap because of how simplified everything was)

I started Birthright first and honestly….I'm not sure how I'll even be able to play Conquest. After working with all of the characters and going through most of the story chapters (I'm on Chapter 19 or something), I'm not going to enjoy fighting them. Seriously, if I felt bad for fighting the Nohr family members and…