I love some of the fire emblem games but awakening is definitely a top 3 FE game (maybe even a number one). I love the characters, the freedom, the dialogue, the story, the gameplay is enjoyable, and the cinematic cartoonish cutscenes are my favorite. I've never played a strategy videogame and FE awakening is definitely a great one. I want to say it's fun but there are matches or levels later in the game that are a pain in the freaking butt to win. It's mainly the levels with commanders that summon lots of minions unless you either kill commander, sit on towers to delay that spot, and/or speed through the level so you can win. It's quite difficult. But I manage to win and it's a great game. If you've not played or liked other fire emblem games then I recommend you play this one.
I have wanted to play fire emblem for years but didn't get the console but now I finally got to play one and awakening is awesome!