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From best to worst of the others:

Conquest is great. Story is lacking, but the gameplay is arguably the very best of the 3DS FEs. Interesting and varied maps and refined mechanics make this a fun and challenging game. I also liked the Nohr cast more than the Hoshido cast or the Awakening cast.

Revelation has a weak first half but a great second half. Story is flawed but more interesting than the other Fates games. It gets pretty overcrowded, but if you want to REALLY mess with characters, pairings, and class customization, this is the most open and accessible FE for customizing everything and is very fun on that level.

Birthright is pretty flat. So-so characters and decent mechanics but a really forgettable story and straightforward maps. Very skippable unless you're a diehard FE fan and are committed to beating everything.

Awakening is pretty bad and has fallen to one of my least favorite FEs over time. The characters are pretty forgettable aside from like, the really important ones and a few decent ones (Gaius, Maribelle, and Henry), the maps are all open fields with no real variety, and the mechanics are very busted and not in a fun way. It was okay at the time but aged awfully, avoid it.
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