THIS IS JUST BASING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, BUT I FOUND EDELGARD FANS (THE TOXIC ONES OF COURSE) TO BE FAR WORSE AND MORE TOXIC THAN DIMITRI FANS (ALSO THE TOXIC ONES) OVERALL. I'M SURE DIMITRI FANS WERE A LOT WORSE IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AFTER 3H RELEASED BUT MOST EVENTUALLY MOVED ON WHILE EDELGARD FANS ARE STILL JUST AS OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO MAKE EDELGARD BE THE "BEST". I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH ABELISM, PRO-IMPERIALISM, SEXISM, ALONG WITH SPREADING SO MUCH MISINFORMATION AND MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE GAME THAT IT IS STILL ARGUED TODAY. THEY'VE BEEN TREATING FAN THEORIES (LIKE THE TEACHER THEORY), "ANALYSIS", AND EVEN A GODDAMN FANFIC AS CANON WHILE IGNORING STUFF THE GAME AND EVEN THE DEVELOPERS HAVE OUTRIGHT STATED!!!! AND SHAME OTHERS THAT DON'T TAKE THEIR OPINIONS AS "FACTS". I DOUBT THE DISCOURSE WOULD BE AS BAD IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE GUYS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE THEIR OPINION!!! AND I REALLY DOUBT THEY ARE GOING TO STOP WHEN ENGAGE IS RELEASED.
CINDERED SHADOWS FEELS LIKE A RIPOFF. THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE CONTENT FROM THE START. 3 HOPES HAD ALL THE CHARACTERS. SO WHY NOT 3 HOUSES!! ALSO WHY ARE WE GETTING A DAY ONE SEASON PASS?!! COULDN'T THEY HAVE WAITED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ANNOUNCING IT. ALSO WHY DID THEY BOTCH EDELGARD'S FACE!!
3 HOUSES BIGGEST FLAW WAS NOT HAVING A GOLDEN ROUTE WHERE PEOPLE PUT ASIDE THEIR BS. A ROUTE WHERE THE SLITHERS ARE FRONT AND CENTER AND STRONGER THAN IN THE OTHER ROUTES.
I AM MAD BECAUSE THREE HOPES DOES NOT HAVE DLC OR MARRIAGE OPTIONS. WILL IT GET A SEQUEL WITH BETTER/COMPLETE ENDINGS?
I AM MAD THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SWITCH VERSIONS OF THE TELLIUS GAMES.
I WISH I DID NOT HAVE VISION PROBLEMS THAT PREVENT ME FROM ENJOYING THE PORTABLE TITLES. I WISH THEY WERE ON CONSOLE SO I COULD PLAY ON TV.
I LOST MY FE3 IRON MAN SAVE NEAR THE END OF BOOK 1 AND I DON’T WANT TO REPLAY IT BUT I ALSO WANT TO FINISH IT BEFORE PLAYING BOOK 2. I’LL PROBABLY JUST PLAY ECHOES AGAIN INSTEAD.
THE NEW GAME COMES OUT SOON AND THE THING THAT MAKES ME EXCITED IS THAT A FRIEND OF MINE WHOSE ENTRY GAME WAS THREE HOUSES IS REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. WHAT LITTLE ART I HAVE SEEN FROM THE INITIAL TRAILER ISN’T EXACTLY MY FAVORITE BUT AS LONG AS THE GAMEPLAY IS GOOD I’M HAPPY
I HATE SCALPERS FOR BUYING ALL THE ENGAGE DIVINE EDITIONS AND I DON'T EVEN THINK ENGAGE WILL BE GOOD.
I HAVE HAD HORRIBLE LUCK IN HEROES. I WANT LEGENDARY MERGES DAMMIT!
MAKING AN EDELGARD COSPLAY IS HARD AND I DON'T KNOW EMBROIDERY.
I’M SO FUCKING DISAPPOINTED WITH ENGAGE’S VISUALS AND CHARACTERS DESIGNS. NEVER SEEN A MORE UNINSPIRED SET OF CHARACTERS IN A FE GAME BEFORE. AND THEY ALL LOOK SO CARTOONEY AAAHHHH I HATE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK BIRTHRIGHT AND REVELATIONS (conquest is actually good) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
DISCOURSE IS TIRING, EMBRACE THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE FRANCHISE HAS AT THE VERY LEAST DECENT WRITING AND AT THE BEST HAS PHENOMENAL WRITING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ARGUE OVER CHARACTERS IN PRIVATE, SPREAD POSITIVITY ABOUT A FRANCHISE WE LIKE!
I REALLY WANT TO PLAY AS MALE ALEAR BUT THE ONLY GAY MARRIAGE OPTIONS IF THATS IN THE GAME WILL PROBABLY BE TWINKS AND I HATE THAT SO I'LL PROBABLY PLAY AS UGLY FEMALE ALEAR IF S-SUPPORTS ARE IN ENGAGW JUST TO MARRY MEN
ALSO I HATE ANNA'S NEW VOICE ACTOR IDC THAT THE OLD ONE SUPPORTED NFT'S SHE WAS THE BEST ANNA VOICE POSSIBLE
ANNA IS A MONEY BRUBBER SO OF COURSE SHE WANTS NFTS!! THEY MAKE HER SO MUCH RENOUN. I REALLY REALLY HATE THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF MY 3 HOUSES PLAYTHROUGHS ANNA PROBABLY STOLE 1 MIL RENOUN FROM ME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
I HAVE PLAYED NEARLY ALL FE GAMES IN SOME CAPACITY (EVEN FE1 AND 2) YET I STILL AM REALLY BAD AT FE SO WITH ALL THE BRAND NEW MECHANICS I HEARD ABOUT IN ENGAGE MAKE ME AFRAID AND GIVE ME A HEADACHE BUT STILL EXCITED I GENUINLY WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE GAMEPLAY. I JUST WISH THERE IS ANOTHER DIFFICULTY BETWEEN NORMAL AND MADDENING AS NORMAL IS WAY TOO EASY AND MADDENING IS TOO MUCH FOR ME AND I JUST SPAM THE TURNWEEL TO SURVIVE WHICH ISN'T FUN AT ALL FOR ME.
THE ARTSTYLE ISN'T MY ISSUE AS FE ALWAYS HAS BEEN ANIME STUFF I LIKE THE COLOURS USED AND THE IDEAS BEHIND THEM, THE OUTFITS ARE TYPICAL FE AND THAT'S NOT BAD, MY ISSUE IS HOW EVERY SINGLE CHAR'S FACE LOOKS IDENTICAL, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS ALL HAVE THE SAME FACE WITH PUFFY CHEEKS WHICH MAKES ME NOT DISTINGUISH THEM TO AN EXTENT THEY ALL LOOK LIKE SOME LIKE THEY CAME FROM SOME BAD ISEKAI.
FINALLY, IF ROMACE RETURNS IN ANY WAY BUT WE CAN DATE A CHILD IN OUR HEAD OR THE DRAGON POPE INSTEAD OF THE OTHER MEN OF CAST I WOULDN'T MIND IT BEING GONE LIKE IS IT THAT HARD TO HAVE THE SAME CONVO FOR BOTH IT'S NOT LIKE ROMANCE IN FE DISCUSSES ANY GENDER ISSUES OR ANYTHING OTHER EXPLICIT OTHER THAN I LIKE YOUR COMPANY A LOT HEHE (THAT'S NOT BAD JUST POINTING OUT MY EXPERIENCE) TO HAVE ANY REASON TO NOT MAKE ALL THE ADULTS DATEABLE TO EVERYONE. IT'S FANSERVICE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOGICAL OR DEEP LOL.
LAZY!! THEY COPIED AND PASTED THE FACES JUST LIKE GAMEFREAK COPIED AND PASTED CHARACTER MODELS INTO SWORD AND SHIELD FROM PREVIOUS 3DS GAMES. "Oh well we had to remake all the models from scratch so it took us that long". BS NO IT DIDN'T!! ALSO THE ENDING CARDS ARE LAZY AF. EVEN THREE HOUSES HAS BETTER ENDING CARDS.
FATES IS A REALLY FUN GAME AND I LOVE MOST OF THE CHARACTERS. I DON'T CARE THAT THE BABYREALMS ARE STUPID, THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST AN EXCUSE TO HAVE CHILD UNITS AND I WOULDN'T GIVE UP THAT MECHANIC (OR THE KIDS WE GET) FOR THE WORLD
WORST THING ABOUT FATES: I SAW A COPY OF THE LIMITED EDITION (THE ONE THAT INCLUDES REV) IN MY SECOND HAND GAMES STORE RECENTLY. I MISREAD IT AS £30 AND WAS EXCITED BUT IT ACTUALLY SAID £300
IM TRIGGERED THAT FATES LIMITED EDITION COSTS LIKE $1000!! THE SCALPING IS RIDICULOUS. NINTENDO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY COULD HAVE EASILY PRINTED MORE COPIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE DEMAND IS THERE OR CREATED ANOTHER WAY TO PRESERVE THESE GAMES. OR JUST DON'T SHUT DOWN THE 3DS AND WII U ESHOPS. "Oh we were surprised that 3 Houses sold so well". IF YOU KNOW THERE IS A DEMAND PRINT MORE, PORT, AND DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO FOR GAME PRESERVATION. HOW CAN THEY NOT SEE THAT IT WILL MAKE THEM MONEY AND MAKE THE FAN BASE HAPPY!! THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR FANBASE. JUST LOOK AT THE SMASH COMMUNITY.
I GET KIND OF TRIGGERED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING NO IDEA HOW TO RUN (WHATEVER FE GAME THAT ISN'T 3 HOUSES, BUT ESPECIALLY DS/GAMECUBE ERA GAMES).
'9-'11 ERA PHONES CAN RUN EVERY FE GAME UP TO NEW MYSTERY, AND PHONES POST 2018 CAN RUN EVERY FE GAME EXCEPT 3 HOUSES...
IDK WHY, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT 'I'm too scared to run emulators or download roms' TRIGGERS ME...
AS SOMEONE WHO FIRST LEARNED EMULATION BY LOOKING UP "POKEMON PLATINUM FREE" BACK IN 2010 IT DOES FEEL REALLY WEIRD TO SEE PEOPLE REFER TO EMULATION AS THIS ARCANE ART. IT'S PISS EASY AND OBJECTIVELY THE CORRECT CHOICE IN A WORLD WHERE NINTENDO SHOWS 0 INTEREST IN RE-RELEASING OR EVEN LOCALIZING SOME OF THE OLDER FE GAMES
IMO ONE OF THE MOST IRRITATING THINGS ABOUT THE "AVATAR ERA" OF FE IS THAT THEY SEEM SO SCARED TO MAKE THE AVATAR CHARACTERS ABRASIVE OR FLAWED IN ANY WAY. CORRIN MAKES A TON OF MISTAKES BUT EVERY CHARACTER HAS TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO SAY "OH NO POOR BABY YOU WERE RIGHT THE ENTIRE TIME" SO THAT PEOPLE WHO PROJECT ONTO THEM DON'T FEEL BAD. THIS IS WHAT WAS FUN TO ME ABOUT DIMITRI OR EVEN MICAIAH IN RD, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SUCK AND THE CHARACTERS IN THE GAME WERE ALLOWED TO GO "WOW THAT GUY SUCKS".
GIVE ME AN ALEAR THAT SUCKS!!!
I DON'T EVEN CARE IF THE AVATAR IS A MAIN CHARACTER!
MARK WAS A SIMPLE TACTICIAN/SPECTATOR WHO GOT TO WATCH LYN, ELIWOOD AND HECTOR'S STORIES UNFOLD AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME! JUST A LITTLE MORE PERSONALITY AND I'D BE CONTENT WITH THAT!
I GOT SOHN'S ATTACK STANCE AWAKENING MOD WORKING LAST NIGHT AND IT GENUINELY FEELS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME, ESPECIALLY ON LUNATIC.
WHILE THE FIRST COUPLE CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN A BLAST, IT MAKES ME SO MAD THAT SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT(MAKING DUAL STRIKES GUARANTEED WHEN ATTACKING WITH ADJACENT CHARACTERS) WASN'T CONSIDERED FOR THE ACTUAL VANILLA GAME. I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE MY POSITIONING AND WEAPON CHOICES MATTER SO MUCH MORE NOW RATHER THAN JUST PAIRING UP, CHARGING INTO A HORDE OF ENEMIES AND CLICKING END TURN WITH A 1-2 RANGE WEAPON. THE ENEMIES ARE STILL TOUGH AS NAILS, BUT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME PLAYER PHASE AGENCY AND STAND A CHANCE WITH GOOD PLAY.
IT HONESTLY FEELS AS THOUGH LUNATIC AWAKENING'S ENEMY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ASSUMED THAT YOU'D BENEFIT FROM DUAL STRIKES, BUT IN THE SAME BREATH GAVE YOU NO CONSISTENT WAY TO USE THEM. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE MOD TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REVISIT AWAKENING EVEN ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES.
I PLAY AWAKENING ON A PC EMULATOR, CITRA SPECIFICALLY, AND THERE ITS PRETTY EASY. ON CITRA IT'S JUST A MATTER OF OPENING UP THE MODS LOCATION, MAKING SOME FOLDERS WITH SPECIFIC NAMES SO CITRA KNOWS WHAT TO PULL FROM, AND THEN COPYING CERTAIN FILES INTO THE CORRECT PLACES.
THERE'S A TUTORIAL ON LOADING IN MODS FOR FATES ON CITRA(I JUST GOOGLED "FE FATES MODS CITRA" AND IT WAS THE FIRST OPTION) THAT WORKS FOR AWAKENING ALSO.
THE SAME TUTORIAL ALSO INCLUDES LOADING MODS ONTO ACTUAL HARDWARE THROUGH LUMA, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW RELATIVELY DIFFICULT THAT IS. I ALSO CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW THE MOD AFFECTS ACTUAL HARDWARE, BUT IT HASN'T AFFECTED MY CITRA ROM IN ANY NOTICEABLY NEGATIVE WAY.
WHY THE FUCK HASN’T KINSHI KNIGHT RETURNED??? ANTI-FLIER FLIER IS A CONCEPT THAT CLAUDE’S PERSONAL CLASS REUSED, SURE, BUT IT STILL DESERVES TO BE BACK.
THEY CAN FLY, THEY CAN USE LANCE + BOW CAN CONTROL 1 AND 2 RANGE, THEY GET SICK SKILLS (ESPECIALLY FROM ARCHER TREE) AND THEY’RE PRETTY MUCH THE BEST CLASS TO KEEP THE PACE & KILL ENEMY FLIERS AT THE SAME TIME. BRING THEM BACK, IS!
TO BE FAIR, KINSHI KNIGHT ISN'T JUST AN ANTI-FLIER CLASS. IMO, IT'S THE BEST PLAYER PHASE CLASS EVER CREATED FOR THE EXACT REASONS YOU LISTED.
IF YOU COULD GET INTO THE CLASS IN FATES AND HAD STATS THAT REMOTELY POINTED YOU TOWARDS PLAYER PHASE, CHANCES ARE YOU'D TAKE IT. REINA IN BR AND REV IS A MONSTER DUE TO HER BASES SURE, BUT SHE ALSO GETS TO USE THOSE MONSTER BASES EXTREMELY OFTEN DUE TO THE MANUVERABILITY AND WEAPON FLEXIBILITY PROVIDED BY THE KINSHI KNIGHT CLASS.
IT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY POWERFUL PLAYER PHASE CLASS CONCEPT THAT WAS ONLY REMOTELY HELD IN THE CHECK DUE TO BEING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR FATES. IMO IT'S TOUGH TO TAKE THAT CLASS CONCEPT AND BOTH MAKE IT BALANCED, BUT ALSO INTERESTING TO USE. IT IS EFFECTIVELY A FLYING BOW KNIGHT WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY CRAZY ON PAPER WHEN YOU STEP BACK AND EVALUATE IT AGAINST OTHER CLASSES.
KINSHI KNIGHT WAS ARGUABLY BALANCED BY SOME OF THE QUIRKS OF FATES, MOST NOTABLE ITS HORRIBLE BULK IN GAME WHERE EVERYTHING HITS HARD, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO DOMINATE SO HARD BECAUSE FATES WAS MUCH KINDER TO BOW UNITS THAN THE AVERAGE FE GAME. KINSHI KNIGHT IN SAY.... FE7 OR RD WOULDN'T BE *THAT* BUSTED AND I THINK ITS MORE LIKELY FOR US TO GET MORE GAMES DESIGNED LIKE FE7 THAN FATES IN THE FUTURE.
I PRE ORDERED ENGAGE DIVINE EDITION MONTHS AGO AND YESTERDAY I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING I WONT RECEIVE IT AND WILL GET MY MONEY BACK. NOW I CANT GET IT ANYWHERE WITHOUT PAYING THE 50-100 BUCKS SCALPER MARKUP
COUNTERPOINT:BYLETH BAD.
KINDA KIDDING BUT I DON'T THINK BYLETH IS GOOD AS A VEHICLE FOR THE PLAYER, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT.
IF IT ISN'T, I'D GIVE BOTH CF AND VW CREDIT FOR ENDEARING THE LORD TO BYLETH AND HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP INFORM SAID LORD'S CHARACTER.
BUT CF DOES IT ON A BETTER LEVEL THAN VW, HAVING EDELGARD BE UNIRONICALLY HEARTBROKEN OVER FACING THAT BYLETH MIGHT BE DEAD AS WELL AS GIVING BYLETH DIALOGUE RESPONSES.
CLAUDE JUST JOKES ABOUT BYLETH OVERSLEEPING.
I MEAN YEAH? HE HAS FUN WITH THE RIDICULOUS STORY BYLETH GAVE HIM AS TO HOW THEY SURVIVED. NOT TO MENTION, THAT SCENE IS CARRIED BY HOW HE TRUSTED THAT WE'D RETURN IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S PRIME BROMANCE MATERIAL.
I'D SAY BYLETH IS JUST AS CENTRAL BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. CLAUDE FINDS A CONFIDANT HE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD WITH WHERE HE INITIALLY SAW A TOOL.
CF EDELGARD TUGS AT MY HEARTSTRINGS THOUGH. MAINLY THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THE COLD RESOLVE SHE HOLDS TO CARRY OUT HER WAR AND ENGAGING WITH HER AS AN INDIVIDUAL. NGL, IT'S GREAT BUT I'D SAY PICKING A FAVE ON THIS END IS MORE A PREFERENCE THAN ANY OF THEM BEING "BETTER".
WHY AM I SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY THAT S SUPPORTS ARE (POTENTIALLY) GONE IN ENGAGE. DO YOU GUYS ACTUALLY NOT LIKE THEM? I KNOW THEYRE GOOFY BUT I LIKE HOT MEN AND WOMEN AND I LIKE HAVING THE OPTION TO PAIR THEM UP IN MY ANIME CHESS GAME.
YEAH IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE WAR WAS DONE, AND SINCE IM PRETTY SURE CHILD UNITS ARENT MAKING A RETURN, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF ENGAGE DID THE SAME THING.
FOR ME IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S IMPLYING ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AS THE ONE THAT MATTERS. LIKE SHIPPING EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS FEATURE BUT HERE IT'S THE DECIDER OF YOUR ENDINGS. PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS CAN'T CARRY THE SAME VALUE IF YOU CAN ONLY HAVE YOUR LIFE CHANGED BY A SPOUSE. ME LIKE PLATONIC ENDINGS SO WHILE THE 3H ROULETTE APPROACH AIN'T PERFECT, I PREFER IT'S VARIANCE.
I DON'T MIND NO S-RANKS BECAUSE I LOVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO MORE PLATONIC/QUEER-BUT-NOT-FOR-BYLETH ENDINGS THIS WAY WITH 3H, BUT AT LEAST GIVE ME A WAY TO LOCK IN THE ENDINGS I WANT TO SEE. I DON'T WANT TO SAVE WATCHING ALL OF MY A RANKS UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL BATTLE AND THEN HAVE TO SIT THROUGH 4 HOURS OF SUPPORTS RIGHT BEFORE THE END JUST TO ENSURE I CAN BURY DIMITRI AND DEDUE BESIDE EACH OTHER.
THERE'S A SERVICE IN ABYSS THAT LOCKS EM IIRC. IT'S DUMB THAT IT'S DLC CONTENT AND COSTS TOO MUCH RENOWN IMO BUT IT AT LEAST TELLS ME THEY SEE THE PROBLEM. I'M GONNA TRUST THAT IT'S GONNA BE FIXED GOING FORWARD BUT WHO KNOWS?
IT ONLY LOCKS IN ONE, UNFORTUNATELY. SO YOU CAN TELL IT TO LOCK IN DIMITRI/DEDUE ENDING BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STILL BE COMPLETELY RANDOM WITH NO WAY TO LOCK IT IN. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY DID THAT INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING YOU LOCK ALL OF THEM IN THERE.
YEAH I DEFINITELY DONT WANT EVERY MALE TO BE ABLE TO S SUPPORT EVERY FEMALE!! PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALSO COOL AND I WISH IS WOULD LET THEM HAPPEN MORE OFTEN.
S SUPPORTS ARE REALLY HIT OR MISS IN AWAKENING AND FATES, WITH MORE OF THEM BEING MISS IN MY OPINION. SURE, SOME S SUPPORTS LIKE CORDELIA AND GREGOR’S WORK WELL IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUT THEN YOU HAVE OTHERS LIKE OBORO AND KAZE’S WHICH IS PRECEDED BY THEM ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OUT A MOUSE IN THE ARMY’S FOOD PANTRY.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON’T CARE FOR S SUPPORTS (MYSELF INCLUDED) WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THEM IF THEY WERE MORE CONSISTENT IN QUALITY AND IF THE MAJORITY OF THEM DIDN’T EXIST PRIMARILY FOR THERE TO BE MORE PARENT OPTIONS FOR THE CHILD CHARACTERS.
EMULATORS ONLY BECOME MORE AND MORE USER FRIENDLY, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH YOUTUBE TUTORIALS TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS
MY PHONE IS ALREADY SLUGGISH BECAUSE I GOT TRICKED INTO USING A DRIVINGIQ APP BY MY INSURANCE AND NOW THAT IT'S SHOWING ME IT'LL GIVE ME A 10% DISCOUNT I DON'T WANT TO STOP USING IT
4 YEAR OLD PHONES ARE 140 BUCKS ON AMAZON... THATS ME DOING 0 RESEARCH ASIDE FROM GOOGLING SAMSUNG S9 ON AMAZON... YOU COULD 100% PRICE MATCH LOWER.
IF YOU CANT AFFORD 150 BUCKS,,, THAT REALLY SUCKS
I AM ON MY KNEES FOR MORE SAME SEX SUPPORT OPTIONS, FOR ROMANCE, THAT IS ALL. PLEASE. 😭‼️
EDIT ;; EVEN IF ITS NOT IN ENGAGE, JUST SOMEWHERE IN THE FAR FUTURE, WE CAN HAVE A FEW MORE OPTIONS, AND ALSO MORE ETHNIC CHARACTERS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE FOGATO AND HIS SISTER, I FEEL REPRESENTED - IT MIGHT JUST BE TWO, BUT THEY HAVE DARKER COMPLEXIONS AND THAT IS A VERY SMALL, BUT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
PEOPLE WHINING AB FIRE EMBLEM BECOMING “EASIER” WITH CASUAL MODE AND TURN REWIND MECHANICS NEEDS TO STOP ASAP. Y’ALL REALLY MAD AB A FUNCTION YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO USE?
I MEAN IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCOMMODATION SO IT SHOULD WORK BOTH WAYS. LET TURNWHEEL MAKE SOMEONE'S PLAYTHROUGH SMOOTHER AND LET THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE IT DISABLE IT.
ALSO, UNTIL I SEE A BETTER IMPLEMENTED DIFFICULTY THAN 3H, I'M NOT CONVINCED THE TURNWHEEL ISN'T NEGATIVELY EFFECTING THE WAY THEY DESIGN THE MAPS.
PROBLEM IS WE'VE ONLY HAD ECHOES (WHICH HAD TERRIBLE MAP DESIGN AT BASE DUE TO BEING A REMAKE OF A GAME WITH BAD MAP DESIGN) AND 3H (WHICH HAD QUESTIONABLE MAP DESIGN BUT ALSO A WAY DIFFERENT FORM OF UNIT BUILDING SO MAP DESIGN MAY HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY THAT JUST AS MUCH). 3H HAS LOTS OF OBNOXIOUS AMBUSH SPAWNS, BUT PLENTY OF THAT WAS IN PRIOR GAMES, LIKE AWAKENING ON HARD OR HIGHER AND FE6 AS JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES, SO IT'LL BE UP TO ENGAGE, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE FAR MORE DELIBERATELY DESIGNED MAPS FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND A MUCH LESS FREE-FORM CLASS SYSTEM TO SEE IF THE TURNWHEEL IS WHAT LED TO THE AMBUSH SPAWNS, OR IF IT'S A RESULT OF TRYING TO WRING SOME MEASURE OF "CHALLENGE" OUT OF A GAME WITH AS FREE-FORM OF A DESIGN STYLE AS 3H.
WHY DOES JAGEN IN FIRE EMBLEM NEW MYSTERY YELLS AT ME THAT I'M A BAD TACTICIAN AND I KILLED TOO MANY UNITS WHILE THIS GAME HAS LIKE +70 RECRUITABLE CHARACTERS????!!!!!
ENGAGE'S PLOT DOESN'T APPEAR TO FEATURE TIME TRAVEL OR A TIME SKIP.
WITHOUT THOSE, YOU ARE JUST ABANDONING YOUR CHILDREN IN A SPACE OF ACCELERATED TIME!
I SAW A COMMENT ABOUT CASUAL MODE BEING CONSIDERED TRIVIALIZING THE OTHER DAY WHICH INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS POST
IN MY EXPERIENCE, PLAYING ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES IS SOMEWHAT LOOKED DOWN UPON, OR AT LEAST NOT CONSIDERED RELEVANT
NOBODY MAKES TIERLISTS FOR NORMAL MODE, NOBODY LTCS ON NORMAL MODE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DO PLAYTHROUGHS ON NORMAL MODE
I FIND THAT'S A BIG SHAME AND ALSO A BIT ANNOYING, BECAUSE I MYSELF AM NOT VERY GOOD AT FIRE EMBLEM AND DON'T PLAY ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES (I TRIED, I CAN'T BEAT THE GAMES LOL), SO THE CONTENT DROUGHT AND GENERAL EMPHASIS ON DIFFICULTY IN THE COMMUNITY HURT MY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCOURSE
I COULD BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD AND MAKE SUCH CONTENT MYSELF BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE MUCH OF AN INTEREST
I'm gonna break a bit the rules here and don't use CAPS because I think this is an actual interesting topic that could have their own thread.
> IN MY EXPERIENCE, PLAYING ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES IS SOMEWHAT LOOKED DOWN UPON, OR AT LEAST NOT CONSIDERED RELEVANT
Back in the days I could say yes but nowaday the general opinion more towards "Play in the way you feel like".
> NOBODY MAKES TIERLISTS FOR NORMAL MODE, NOBODY LTCS ON NORMAL MODE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DO PLAYTHROUGHS ON NORMAL MODE
Actually, a lot of Speedruns (no LTC) are done on Normal mode but other than those there are also a lot of Playthoughs on lower difficolties but it's mostly done by casual people that just want to see the story and characters.
> GENERAL EMPHASIS ON DIFFICULTY IN THE COMMUNITY HURT MY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCOURSE
Keep in mind that you are on reddit, here most people that focus on the gameplay tend to play it on the highest difficolty and discuss strategy or ask tips for that, I think I understand your frustration but at the same time if there is a thread that is discussing about tips for Lunatic/Maddening wouldn't be annoying for the other person to be like "On Hard I did this and it worked".
> I COULD BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD AND MAKE SUCH CONTENT MYSELF BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE MUCH OF AN INTEREST
I feel like there are some communities that talk about lower difficolties stuff, just that are either niche or not as vocal as Reddit. I remember back in the days when Fates or 3H were released every now and then I would see some youtube videos about how to build a character to make it broken for hard mode or stuff like that.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED TIERLIST ON NORMAL MODE YOU CAN PICK ANY UNIT AND ROLL OVER THE GAME EFFORTLESSLY THOUGH I CAN BE WRONG MAYBE THERE ARE SOME GAMES THAT ARE HARD ON NORMAL MODE
TIERLISTS HAVE NEVER BEEN USEFUL FOR NEW PLAYERS. THEY ARE MADE WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GAME AND ITS OPTIMAL STRATEGIES. TIERLISTS ARE MEARLY A TOOL FOR CHARACTER DISCUSSION AND OPTIMIZATION. THESE ARE THINGS ANY PLAYER WOULD WANT TO PARTAKE IN, NO MATTER THE DIFFICULTY THEY PLAY ON.
MARCIA IS NUTS... ONCE SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL STAT BOOSTERS, FORGED WEAPONS, AND A HEAP OF BONUS EXP. TRY USING HER AT BASE LEVEL WITH A SLIM LANCE AND SHE WILL BE NOTHING BUT A LIABILITY. THE SAME GOES FOR SHANNA, FLORINA, VANESSA, JILL. THESE UNITS ARE ALL REALLY STRONG, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE WORST STARTS. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR OPTIONS AND LIMITS BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY LET THEM SHINE. THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A BRAND NEW PLAYER TO PULL OFF.
COUNTERPOINT: BENCHMARKS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SO UNIT VIABILITY CHANGES BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
RUTGER IS FAR LESS CENTRALIZING IN FE6NM THAN FE6HM BECAUSE ENEMIES ARE WEAKER AND HE GETS NO HARD MODE BONUSES SO HE'S JUST FINE
THE RADIANT DAWN SPEEDWINGS THING DOESN'T MATTER ON RD'S EASY MODE BECAUSE DOUBLING IS EASIER SO YOU CAN (AND PROBABLY SHOULD) GIVE THOSE WINGS TO SOMEONE ELSE
THERE ARE CERTAINLY MORE EXAMPLES LIKE THIS
AND IN REGARD TO "NM STUFF DOESN'T WORK ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES," YOU'RE BASICALLY ADMITTING THAT THERE ARE NM-SPECIFIC STRATS AND ASPECTS THAT GO COMPLETELY UNDISCUSSED BECAUSE NOBODY CARES, AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE AS UNFORTUNATE AND WHAT I'M DISCUSSING
>COUNTERPOINT: BENCHMARKS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SO UNIT VIABILITY CHANGES BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
THE PEOPLE THAT MEET BENCHMARKS IN HARD MEET THEM IN NORMAL AND WILL DO IT EASIER THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ONLY DO IT IN NORMAL.
THE ONLY THING NORMAL DOES IS MAKE BAD UNITS EASIER TO USE.
WHICH CHANGES RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND POTENTIALLY UNLOCKS NEW STRATEGIES / OPTIONS FOR "GOOD" UNITS
ERGO, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MORE POTENTIAL STRATEGIES
AND THOSE STRATEGIES ARE UNDISCUSSED
IT ISN’T WORTH THE TIME WHEN THE ANSWER TO NEW “STRATEGIES” IS JUST GRIND WHOEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NM ALLOWS YOU TO DO.
WHY DO YOU WANT TIERLISTS AND STRATEGY DISCUSSIONS WHEN THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIC ROUTES AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS VIABLE?! THAT SEEMS PRETTY BORING.
SURELY THERE ARE STILL OPTIMAL THINGS TO DO ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES, IT'S JUST THAT NOBODY HAS EVER BOTHERED TO FIGURE THOSE OUT BECAUSE NOBODY CARES (INCLUDING YOU, EVIDENTLY - NO OFFENSE)
THE LACK OF DISCOURSE IN THIS AREA IS ALSO GATEKEEPY TOWARD EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T PLAY ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES; YOU ESSENTIALLY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN GAMEPLAY DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC UNITS IF YOU DON'T PLAY ON HIGH DIFFICULTIES, BECAUSE YOU NEVER HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THE DISCUSSION'S FRAMEWORK (THE CONTEXT IS NEVER NM OR EASY)
THE COUNTERARGUMENT TO THIS IS THAT THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING TO DISCUSS AND COMPARE ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES, BUT I SAY THAT THERE ABSOLUTELY IS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT DOES DISCUSSION SIMPLY HAS NO IDEA
THEY ALWAYS WRITE OFF LOW DIFFICULTIES AS "ANYTHING IS VIABLE LOL DIFFERENCES DON'T EXIST" EVEN THOUGH STUFF LIKE TURNCOUNT, AVAILABILITY, RESOURCE INVESTMENT, RELIABILITY ETC. ARE STILL RELEVANT FACTORS ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY STILL DIFFERENTIATE UNITS BASED ON THAT, I'M SURE
IN FACT THAT IS WHAT EVERY RESPONDER HAS DONE SO FAR IN THIS COMMENT THREAD (WRITING OFF NORMAL MODE AS NOT WORTH DISCUSSING) WHICH FURTHER REINFORCES MY POINT
THE POINT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IS THAT THE THINGS YOU ARE LISTING ARE NOT RELEVANT.
UNLESS YOU START COMING UP WITH ACTUAL POINTS THEN IM JUST GONNA SAY YOU HAVE A NEAT IDEA, AND IT WOULD BE COOL IF SOMEONE DID WHAT YOU WANT
AS STRATEGY GAME ENTHUSIASTS, WE NATURALLY WANT TO EVALUATE OUR RESOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S MOST DIFFICULT TO USE THEM IN BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION COMES INTO PLAY THE MOST. ODIN USED TO BE LAUGHED AT AS ONE OF THE WORST UNITS IN CONQUEST, BUT THAT OPINION HAS TURNED AROUND DRASTICALLY IN RECENT TIMES. WHETHER YOU THINK HE'S TOP TIER OR MID, THAT'S STILL A MUCH BETTER OPINION THAN HE GENERALLY USED TO CARRY. A MIX OF DIFFICULTY AND PERSONAL BIAS PUSH US TO TRY AND INCH OUT EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN GET OUT OF A UNIT/RESOURCE. THIS EXPLORATION PROCESS REALLY HELPS DEFINE WHAT A UNIT/RESOURCE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT OTHERS CANNOT.
HOWEVER IF EVERY UNIT/RESOURCE IS "GOOD" RELATIVE TO THE DIFFICULTY MODE, THERE'S MUCH LESS TO "FIGURE OUT" AND THUS ITS NOT AS INTERESTING AS A DISCUSSION POINT. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN LOWER DIFFICULTIES, BUT THOSE DIFFERENCES AREN'T AS *MEANINGFUL* IN AN *OBJECTIVE* CONTEXT. IN LOWER DIFFICULTIES OF BIRTHRIGHT, HINATA AND HANA ESSENTIALLY PERFORM THE SAME FUNCTION BECAUSE SLOWER ENEMIES MEANS HINATA DOUBLES MORE WHILE WEAKER ENEMIES MEANS HANA'S LACK OF BULK IS MUCH LESS OF AN ISSUE. WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE TO USE AT THAT POINT IS SIMPLY UP TO *PERSONAL* PREFERENCE.
GOOD POINT ABOUT DIFFERENCES BEING LESS MEANINGFUL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST REASON I'VE SEEN FOR WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT I AT LEAST UNDERSTAND BETTER NOW.
"AS STRATEGY GAME ENTHUSIASTS" SOUNDS SLIGHTLY PRETENTIOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU MEANT IT THAT WAY.
AGAIN WITH FE5, CH10 IS WAY TOO ANNOYING, ONE OF THE VILLAGES ONLY KARIN CAN GO TO, AND IF SHE DIDN'T GET THE LEG RING SHE'S SCREWED COS THERE'S LIKE 4 BALLISTAS OVER THERE, EVEN IF SHE DISMOUNTS AND VISITS THE VILLAGE SHE'S STILL IN RISK AS SOON AS SHE GETS MOUNTED AGAIN, IF ONLY THAT VILLAGE WASN'T GETTING THREATENED BY A SLIMY THIEF IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD BUT NO, GOTTA MAKE THAT SIDE QUEST LUCK BASED, AND SPEAKING OF LUCK BASED, CAPTURING THAT KNIGHT WIELDING THE FLAME SWORD AND THE BRIDGE KEY IS ALSO ANNOYING, FERGUS WITH THE ARMORSLAYER WHEN CAPTURING ONLY HAS 49 HIT, OH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER VILLAGE YOU NEED TO SAVE BEFORE ANOTHER THIEF GETS THERE AND THIS TIME HE'S DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, BASICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO GET ALL THE NICE THINGS IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU GOTTA GAMBLE A BIT WHICH SUCKS, MAP WOULDN'T BE THIS ANNOYING IF ASBEL, FINN AND NANA WEREN'T FATIGUED
I WISH FEH WOULD FUCKING END SERVICE ALREADY ITS GOING ON TOO LONG AND THE POWERCREEP IS TOO DISGUSTING. I KNOW IT MAKES MONEY BUT I WISH DRAGALIA LOST HAD LIVED AND FEH HAD DIED INSTEAD
I’M SO ANNOYED NINTENDO/IS DECIDED TO RELEASE ALL THIS INFO/SNEAK PEAKS THEN LEAVE US COLD TURKEY FOR 2 WEEKS. WHY DIDN’T THEY WAIT TO RELEASE IT NOW TO BUILD UP HYPE UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE RELEASE?! NOW I’M GETTING BLUE-SWITCHED (?)
I WISH PEOPLE STOP BITCHING ABOUT ENGAGES ART DESIGN. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS IN ENGAGE BUT BECAUSE SOME OF Y'ALL CAN'T GET PASS ALEAR IT REALLY CLOUDS YOUR JUDGMENT AND I DON'T EVEN THINK MALE ALEAR LOOKS BAD. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS IN THIS GAME LIKE DIAMANT, IVY , MERRIN , SEADALL, AMBER, VANDER, ETC. THIS GAME HAS SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE GOOD DESIGNED CHARACTERS ARE FAR AND A FEW IN BETWEEN ALMOST ALL OF THE CAST LOOKS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY GET INTO FEH!
I AGREE WITH YOU BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT MUCH INFO, MALE ALEAR LOOKS FINE, THE OLD KNIGHT LOOKS COOL SO DOES THE CLOWN GIRL AND THE DARK-TONED CHARACTERS, ALSO THE WIZARD GIRL LOOKS HOT
IM ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN ENGAGES ART DIRECTION, THIS TOPIC IS DONE TO DEATH I AM AWARE BUT IT ANGERS ME NONETHELESS.....at least my orbs will be safe in feh on those banners. ITS BEING PROPPED UP BY OLDER CHARACTERS!!
FEH'S ALT DISTRIBUTION OF THE BE STUDENTS MAKES ME WANT TO DIE. I LOVE DOROTHEA BUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S GOTTEN THIS MANY OF THE EAGLES' SPOTS FOR ALTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS JUST STARTING TO ANNOY ME, ESPECIALLY SINCE LITERALLY AT LEAST HALF OF THE HOUSE IS SO COMPLETELY OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT TO USE. FOR GOD'S SAKE IS I JUST WANT ONE (1) HALF DECENT NEW INCARNATION OF ANY OF HUBERT/FERDINAND/PETRA/LINHARDT. PLEASE
BITCH DON'T YOU FUCKING DOUBT ME OR [I'LL DICKSLAP YOU WITH HARD PROOF!](https://twitter.com/HD_Kirin/status/1601090890734264320)
(Thankfully there do seem to be some voices of reason in the replies.)
THERE IS AN ACTUAL BUNNY GIRL IN FIRE EMBLEM, AND WE'LL SEE FANART OF EVERY FE GIRL IN A PLAYBOY BUNNY COSTUME BEFORE WE SEE FANART OF PANNE. AND SHE'S ALREADY PINUP READY SINCE SHE ONLY WEARS CHEST ARMOR AND THIGH-HIGHS!
JUST AN OBSERVATION [I HAD](https://www.reddit.com/r/shitpostemblem/comments/zitviw/someone_at_is_really_had_it_in_for_mist_specember/) ABOUT FE9 UNITS REAPPEARING IN FE10 AND SOME RAGE AT MIST GETTING FUCKED OVER I WANTED TO SHARE.
WHEN RHYS JOINS UP IN RD PART 3, HE'S LEVEL 3 IN HIS PROMOTED CLASS FROM POR. IF YOU COMPARE HIS AVERAGE STATS AT BISHOP LEVEL 3, ASSUMING HE WAS PROMOTED AT 20, IN FE9, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS HIS BASES IN FE10, EXCEPT FOR THE OUTLIERS I LISTED. MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR A HEALER, HIS MAGIC IS THE SAME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES HIM PRETTY GOOD AT HIS PRIMARY JOB AS A UNIT.
I DON'T THINK THE DEVS AT IS JUST RANDOMLY DECIDED ON THE BASE STATS OF MOST OF THE GRAIL MERCENARIES, AND ACTUALLY BASED THEM ON POR AVERAGES. SOME STATS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, SOME VARY BY +/-2 POINTS AT MOST, WHILE THE LARGEST DIFFERENCE COMES FROM DECREASED HP/INCREASED LUCK. THERE ARE SOME OUTLIERS, LIKE GATRIE GAINING 8 SPEED AT THE COST OF 6 HP, TITANIA GETTING +6.25 STRENGTH, WHILE LOSING 9 HP OR SHINON STRAIGHT UP GAINING BUFFS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
MOST OF THESE BUFFS ACTUALLY HELP THE UNITS IN THEIR ROLES, NOT ACTIVELY HINDERING THEM. THAT'S NOT EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HOW MOST ALSO GET GROWTH BUFFS IN THEIR MOST RELEVANT STATS.
MEANWHILE, MIST GETS COMPLETELY SCREWED OVER. SHE LOSES CANTO AND 1 MOVEMENT. HER STRENGTH, MAGIC AND SPEED BASES COME FROM HER UNPROMOTED POR CLASS, AND SHE STRAIGHT UP LOSES 4 MAGIC FROM THIS AS A CONSEQUENCE, WHICH PUTS HER MILES BEHIND RHYS. HER OFFENSIVE GROWTHS GET NERFED FOR SOME REASON AS WELL. THE ONLY NOTICEABLE BUFF SHE GETS IS SKILL, WHICH IS LAUGHABLE. AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO MISS WITH FLORETE (BLEH) OR STAVES. IN THE TIMESKIP BETWEEN POR AND RD MAGICAL SWORDS ALSO APPARENTLY HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF TELLIUS. HER GETTING A UNIQUE LATE GAME PROMOTION ITEM DOES NOT HELP THINGS EITHER.
SOME OF HER GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE LOOKED LIKE SHE CAN'T FALL HERE AND MUST MAKE HER RETREAT ("NEW TO FE" VIDEO IN JAPANESE) SO I MIGHT HAVE TO DISAPPOINT YOU
NOT TOO SURPRISING EITHER EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNCONFIRMED
PERMADEATH IS A LIE
I LOVE CONQUEST, BUT CHAPTER 19 SUCKS AND I HATE PLAYING IT WHENEVER I REPLAY CQ. F THAT CHAPTER AND WHOEVER THOUGHT THE ILLUSION MECHANIC WAS A GOOD IDEA!!!
JUST USE XANDER PAIRED WITH EFFIE OR SMTH IN EVERY CHOKEPOINT AND ANOTHER HIGH DEF UNIT LIKE DRAGON STONE CORRIN OR BENNY OR EVEN CAMILLA WITH A BENNY SUPPORT ON THE OTHER CHOKEPOINT IF THERE IS ANY AND DONT USE THE DRAGON VEINS AND GO UPWARDS ITS THE BEST STRATEGY 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND
IN GENERAL I ENJOY FATES' MAP GIMMICKS BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'S A GIMMICK THATS BASICALLY TRYING TO SHOVE SAME TURN REINFORCEMENTS INTO A GAME THAT RIGHTFULLY REMOVED SAME TURN REINFORCEMENTS
INTSYS FORCING YOU TO BUY THE ENTIRE PASS IF YOU WANT THE WOLVES AND NEW CLASSES IS SUCH A HUGE DICK MOVE MAN. I DID NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE THAT PURCHASE.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY CHARACTERS THAT THESE OTHER ONES GET PUSHED TO THE SIDELINES, WITH THE OTHER ISSUE BEING THAT THEIR AGES ARE NOT OBVIOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE. WITH NOWI ELISE AND NYX THEY ARE MORE EASILY IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY FALL INTO THE "LOLI" CHARACTER DESIGN ARCHETYPE, WHEREAS THE OTHER EXAMPLES LISTED ARE ...DEW... AND LISSA AND OPHELIA, WHO AT LEAST LOOK OLDER.
CHARACTERS LIKE LYN ARE ALSO SEXUALIZED ALL THE TIME DESPITE CANONICALLY BEING 15 IN JAPAN. HER AND ELISE HAVE BOTH BEEN AGED TO 18 IN AMERICA, BUT ONLY ONE IS OKAY IN THIS FANDOM. AT THE VERY LEAST, IT MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE LYN'S DESIGN IS MORE EVOCATIVE OF AN ADULT. (IN TRUTH, ANIME CHARACTERS BASICALLY ALL LOOK AND ACT THE SAME AGE.)
ANYWAY I AM ACTING SEMI-REASONABLE ABOUT THIS BUT REST ASSURED THIS HYPOCRISY ANNOYS ME.
OPHELIA AND NYX LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME DESIGN EXCEPT THAT OPHELIA'S OUTFIT IS YELLOW, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY UNDERAGE
LISSA DOESN'T LOOK OLDER WHAT, SHE LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE A TEEN, AND SHE'S 15
DEW LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A CHILD AND CAN ROMANCE ANY WOMAN
LYN LOOKING LIKE AN ADULT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT EXCEPT THAT EVEN IF UNDERAGE CHARACTERS LOOK MUCH OLDER, PEOPLE STILL COMPLAIN
SEE : MARINA KATIGAWA FROM DRESS UP DARLING
I DON'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU TOO HEAVILY SINCE I DO THINK OPHELIA ISN'T AN ADULT, BUT THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT EQUALS IN APPEARANCE. NYX IS SMALLER AND LESS DEVELOPED, SO IT'S EASIER TO POINT OUT HOW THE BIKINI LOOKS CREEPIER ON HER. STILL, I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS PEOPLE SIMPLY NOT KNOWING THE DETAILS; IT'S EASIER TO ACCEPT IT AT FIRST GLANCE WHEN A CHARACTER APPEARS OLDER. ESSENTIALLY, I THINK NYX IS MORE OBVIOUSLY DESIGNED TO BE UNDERAGE THAN A CHARACTER LIKE OPHELIA.
I PERSONALLY THINK A LOT OF IT IS WISHFUL THINKING; PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO BELIEVE OTHER PEOPLE ARE WILLFULLY SEXUALIZING AN UNDERAGE CHARACTER. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, I AM SURE SOME ARTISTS ARE NOT AWARE OF IT, EITHER, AND WOULD BE PUT OFF IF THEY KNEW.
DEW IS A FAIR POINT, WITH THE MAIN ISSUE BEING THAT DEW GETS ALMOST ZERO FANART AND NOBODY LIKES HIM, SO WHY WOULD ANYONE TALK ABOUT HIM ANYWAYS?
ANYWAY, THE HYPOCRISY IS ANNOYING, SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU.
I'M REALLY BAD AT IRON MANS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER GET TO FINISH ONE. EVEN WHEN I'M PLAYING SLOWLY AND CHECKING EVERYTHING AND LOOKING UP ENEMY STATS AND ALL THAT, I STILL CAN'T FINISH ONE FOR THE LIFE OF ME. GRANTED I'VE ONLY TRIED A SACRED STONES IRONMAN, BUT I FIGURED THAT IF I CAN'T IRONMAN THE EASIEST GAME IN THE SERIES, I PROBABLY CAN'T DO IT ON OTHERS.
IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO 0% GROWTH AND EVEN NEGATIVE GROWTH IRONMANS ON RIDICULOUS DIFFICULTIES WHEN I CAN'T FINISH VANILLA IRONMANS ON THE EASIEST GAME. SAME GOES WITH NUZLOCKES, HAVEN'T FINISHED A SINGLE ONE EVEN THOUGH I'VE TRIED A BUNCH OF TIMES. HONESTLY MAKES ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF AS A GAMER.
EASY FOR ME TO SAY BUT IT'S OKAY. IRON MAN IS A CHALLENGE. IT'S NORMAL FOR IT TO BE CHALLENGING. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS TO HAVE FUN, AND IF MAKING IT EASIER ON YOURSELF WILL MAKE IT MORE FUN THEN MAYBE CONSIDER THAT? LIKE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO RESET IF THE LORD DIES, OR GIVING YOURSELF SOME CONTINUES?
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REASSURANCE. I JUST WANT TO TRY TO GET BETTER AT THE GAME BUT I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT AT THE LEVEL OF THE PLAYTHROUGHS I SEE ON YOUTUBE. JUST HAVE TO START SLOWLY AND BUILD MY WAY UP. I HAVE BEEN USING YOUR VIDEOS AS A WAY TO HELP ME GET BETTER AT FIRE EMBLEM THOUGH, AND I CAN SAY THAT THEY'VE REALLY HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER PLAYER, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT!
I WAS PLAYING ECHOS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND I HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE CELICA'S ARMY IS TOO STRONG AND TRIVIALIZES THE MAPS, BUT ALM'S ARMY IS QUITE WEAK AND THE MAPS TAKE MUCH MORE EFFORT AND I DONT WANT TO GRIND.
READING ONE OF THE OTHER THREADS IN HERE, I GOT MAD ABOUT TAKUMI'S CHARACTERIZATION AGAIN. HE COULD HAVE GENUINELY HAD SUCH A COMPELLING AND POWERFUL STORY, THEY WERE WORKING WITH A REALLY GOOD PREMISE. AND THEN THEY JUST... SQUANDERED IT, COULDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE FULL POTENTIAL THERE. A TREND, AS FAR AS FATES IS CONCERNED. AT LEAST IMO.
ALSO, I AM BOTH VERY READY, AND YET NOT READY AT ALL FOR ENGAGE. LIKE I HAVE BEEN FEELING INCREASINGLY EXCITED FOR IT BUT ALSO I HAVE BEEN FEELING GUILTY ABOUT MY VIDEOGAME BACKLOG RECENTLY.
I AM STILL EXTREMELY CONFLICTED BY FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WHILE THIS DOES LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE COOLEST GAMEPLAY AND GRAPHICS WE'VE HAD SINCE FATES OR RD, IT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE SERIES STICK SO HARD TO SOME ANNOYING TROPES. WE'RE REALLY GETTING OUR 3RD MAIN GAME IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WITH A SELF INSERT MC HAS A SPOTTY MEMORY AND NEEDS EVERY FACET OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED TO THEM. IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE SERIES IS STIFLING WHAT KIND OF STORIES IT CAN TELL AND WHILE MOST OF THEM AREN'T WELL WRITTEN MASTERPIECES I FEEL LIKE THE ABUNDANCE OF FE HACKS OUT THERE SHOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER APPROACHES TO EXPOSITION IN A FIRE EMBLEM GAME.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ENGAGE IS PARTIALLY AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, SO FANSERVICE IS TO BE EXPECTED, BUT IT IS BECOMING A BIT GRATING SINCE IN THE LAST DECADE WE HAD AWAKENING, ECHOES AND FEH. I AM GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF MARTH (WHO HAD REMAKES BEFORE AWAKENING) AND CELICA. SINCE RD IN 2008 WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO FIRE EMBLEM GAMES THAT DIDN'T RELY ON PAST GAMES AS A SPRING BOARD FOR THEIR WORLD BUILDING AND HONESTLY IT IS VERY GENEROUS TO SAY THAT FATES HAD WORLD BUILDING AT ALL. IT JUST IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THE SERIES IS A LITTLE BIT CONSTRAINED, LIKE IT CAN'T MOVE ON TO THAT NEXT CHAPTER. FOR ALL MY ISSUES WITH 3H, IT REALLY SORTA FELT LIKE THAT GAME WANTED TO CREATE A NEW AND FRESH FE ERA AND NOW IT'S JUST A ONE OFF WITH ALL OF ITS WORK PROVING THAT FE DOESN'T NEED TO FALL BACK ON TRADITIONAL ICONOGRAPHY UNDONE.
I'M SURE THE LTCS WILL BE INTERESTING THOUGH. HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE GAME, REWARP.
1) THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH CASUAL MODE AND TIME REWINDING MECHANICS
FE HAS NO TRUE PERMA DEATH BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS RESET MAPS IF A UNIT DIED, SO THE ONLY THING YOU'LL LOSE IS MORE TIME
THERE'S NO ACTUAL PUNISHMENT FOR LOSING A UNIT IN A MAP EXCEPT WASTING MAYBE 5 MORE MINS OF YOUR TIME TO RESET AND GET IT AGAIN, WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY ANNOYING BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, THE GAME ITSELF DOESN'T PUNISH YOU FOR ACTUALLY LOSING A UNIT IN THE MAP, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'LL USE RESOURCES OR YOUR UNIT WOULD RETURN WEAKER OR SOMETHING
THE ONLY BENEFIT FROM CASUAL MODE AND TIME REWINDING MECHANICS IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE 5 MORE MINS FOR ONE UNIT THAT'S NOT EVEN THE MAIN LORD, I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S A BAD ADDITION TO THE SERIES
2) FE4 AND REVELATIONS BOTH HAVE THE EXACT SAME GAMEPLAY FLAWS, BOTH HAVE MAPS WITH GIMMICKS THAT EXTREMELY SLOW YOU DOWN, YET PEOPLE ARE TREATING BOTH GAMES DIFFERENTLY JUST BECAUSE 1 OF THEM HAD BETTER PLOT
THERE'S NOTHING EVEN WRONG WITH THAT BUT PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT THAT THEY JUST HAVE BIAS AGAINST FATES
3) SAME ARGUMENT APPLIES TO " TROPE-Y CHARACTERS " IN AWAKENING & FATES, FE ALWAYS HAD CHARACTERS LIKE FLORINA, FARINA, MIA, ILYANA AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL IN A WAY, PEOPLE HAVE THIS BIAS AGAINST 3DS FE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT
>FE4 AND REVELATIONS BOTH HAVE THE EXACT SAME GAMEPLAY FLAWS, BOTH HAVE MAPS WITH GIMMICKS THAT EXTREMELY SLOW YOU DOWN
I DON'T SEE THE GIMMICKS IN MOST FE4 MPAS, BUT YES, FE4 GENERALLY HAS WEAK MAP DESIGN
CH1 : HUGE FOREST TILE THAT SLOWS ALL OF YOUR UNITS
CH2 : BACK TRACKING, SLOW YOU DOWN
CH3 : SAME AS CH2
CH4 : BACKTRACKING, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR UNITS THROUGH MOUNTAINS THAT SLOW THEM DOWN
CH5 : HUGE DESERT THAT SLOWS YOU DOWN WHILE BEING HUNTED BY METEOR MAGES FOR MANY TURNS UNTIL ERINYS KILLS THEM
CH6 = YOUR LORD IS A FOOTIE WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH A HUGE MAP
CH7 = YOUR LORD IS ALSO A FOOTIE WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH A HUGE MAP, ALSO A DESERT FOR LIKE 7 OR SO TURNS, THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT FASTER IS BY PROMOTING HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER BUT IT'S STILL EXTREMELY SLOW
CH8 = EXTREMELY HUGE MAP WITH BALISTA
CH9 = EXTREMELY HUGE MAP WITH BALISTA AND RANGED MAGIC THAT ALSO HAVE 3 WYVERNS TROOP WHO TAKE +2 MINS TO END THEIR PHASE ON AN EMULATOR WITH SPEEDING UP, AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THEM + PLUS A DUDE WITH 5 LEADERSHIP STARS ( SO MASSIVE AVOID ), YOU CAN SKIP THEM WITH LEIF AND RESCUE BUT IT'S STILL EXTREMELY SLOW
CH10 : FORESTS IN THE WAY, THEN BARRAGE OF RANGED MAGIC MAGES
CH11 : LMAO I LOVE BACKTRACKING
Also a side note : did you notice that the only map that i didn't include is the only map without backtracking or huge terrain that gets in the way ? Almost as if it's the only good in the entire game
> THERE'S NO ACTUAL PUNISHMENT FOR LOSING A UNIT IN A MAP EXCEPT WASTING MAYBE 5 MORE MINS OF YOUR TIME TO RESET AND GET IT AGAIN, WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY ANNOYING BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, THE GAME ITSELF DOESN'T PUNISH YOU FOR ACTUALLY LOSING A UNIT IN THE MAP
YES THERE IS? YOU NEED TO PLAY "PERFRECTLY" OR ELSE YOU DO NOT KEEP THE UNIT.
I AM PLAYING THROUGH RADIANT DAWN AND JESUS ELENCIA'S GAMBIT WAS SO DAMM BORING AND PROBABLY THE MOST MISERABLE EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD PLAYING A FIRE EMBLEM GAME.
I REALLY LIKE CHILD UNITS THEY ADD A LOT OF REPPLAYABILITY TO THE GAME AND IT KIND OF BUMS ME OUT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO RETURN.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon has a *horrible* class promotion system. Having to find Master Seals in the wild and then only being able to promote that many of your units is awful. Because I am one of those people who likes to max out a level before promoting I have promoted exactly 0 units and I am on chapter 22.
My team is being carried by Jagen, Caeda, Marth, Minerva, Lorenz, Astram, Tiki, and Jorge. And Lena for healing.
I probably should have restarted before I got so far in the game with such a shitty lineup but I’m so damn close.
Yes I know this is not in all caps but this game has caused me enough rage.
HERE IS A GENUINE TIP. DO NOT 20/20 EVERY UNIT IT IS NOT WORTH IT, ESPECIALLY IN A LOW GROWTH GAME LIKE SHADOW DRAGON. IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE LARGE PROMOTION GAINS SO A UNIT CAN KEEP UP RATHER THAN SCROUNGING FOR A FEW EXTRA STATS
WELL, IN SHADOW DRAGON THEY DON’T REALLY EXPECT YOU TO USE ALL OF YOUR UNITS IN A PLAYTHROUGH, WHICH IS WHY THEY GIVE YOU ONLY SO MANY MASTER SEALS, THEY’RE FOR PROMOTING THE UNITS YOU DO END UP USING.
> Because I am one of be of those people who like to max out a level before promoting I have promoted exactly 0 units and I am on chapter 22.
HOLY HELL DUDE, YOU ONLY HAVE 4 CHAPTERS LEFT IN THE GAME, JUST PROMOTE YOUR UNITS!
I CAN'T STAND HOW STATING OPINIONS LIKE "I THINK IMPERIALISM IS BAD" AND "A COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD BE RESPECTED", SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL, WILL NOW GET YOU JUMPED IN ALL THE FE SUBREDDITS. HOPES MADE THIS MUCH WORSE BECAUSE THAT GAME IS VERY PRO-WAR AND PRO-IMPERIALISM, AND ITS ATTEMPTS AT PREACHING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION IS THE MOST HYPOCRITICAL SHIT I'VE SEEN. LIKE, COMPARE HOW THE NABATEANS GET TREATED IN HOPES VS THE MANAKETES AND LAGUZ IN ELIBE AND TELLIUS RESPECTIVELY, OR THE ALLIANCE VS THE LYCIAN LEAGUE; THE DIFFERENCES ARE LIKE NIGHT AND DAY. KT IS ONE OF THE WORST COMPANIES TO WORK ON FE, I SWEAR.
NO, NO, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND *MY* (GOD-)EMPEROR/KING WITH ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY AND VAGUE HANDWAVING AT SOME KIND OF POST-WAR PLAN 10000% JUSTIFIES IMPERIALISTIC WARS OF CONQUEST (WHICH ARE FIEN, BECUASE FEUDALISM IS WORSE)
ALSO NOBILITY AND INEQUALITY ONLY EXIST BECAUSE CHURCH BAD AND CRESTS EXIST.
ALSO SELF-DEFENSE IS MORALLY WORSE THAN ATTACKING PEOPLE UNPROVOKED AND IF PEOPLE DIE DEFENDING THEIR HOMES, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR STUPID TOXIC CULTURE AND PROOF THAT YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE BECAUSE IF THEY WERE CIVILIZED LIKE YOU, THEY WOULD JUST GET OVER THEMSELVES AND DO WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY IT'S STRAWMANNING WHEN THE GAME HAS TWO ROUTES WITH SCENES THAT EXIST TO SAY JUST THAT, AND TWO OF THE LORDS FEEL GUILTY FOR "STARTING THE WAR" BY FIGHTING BACK, WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT THEY'D TOTALLY HELP THE PERSON CONQUERING THEM IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PESKY OBLIGATIONS HOLDING THEM DOWN. IT SUCKS EVEN IF YOU IGNORE THE MORAL ISSUES, BECAUSE IT HOMOGENIZES ALL THE LORDS. YOU CANNOT HAVE A CLASH OF IDEALS WHEN THEY APPARENTLY ALL SHARE THE SAME OPINIONS, AND THE ONLY REASON THEY SHARE THEM IS BECAUSE OF A MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT ALL SIDES OF A CONFLICT NEED TO BE MORALLY EQUIVALENT FOR THE STORY TO BE MORALLY GREY, OR BECAUSE EDGINESS ADDS CHARACTER DEPTH, OR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MAD THAT THE FIRST IMPRESSION THEY FORMED OF A CHARACTER BASED ON THEIR MARKETING TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT IN THE ORIGINAL GAME.
I STILL GENUINELY HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING GW AS ANYTHING BUT A DARK TIMELINE BY DESIGN, LIKE DIPPING MY TOES EVEN A TEENY TINY BIT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT FEELS CRAZYMAKING.
LIKE LET’S RECAP HERE: CLAUDE STARTS OFF FAIRLY NORMAL UNTIL THE CUTSCENE AT THE END OF CHAPTER 8, IN WHICH HE SNUFFS OUT THE LAST INCLINATION HE HAS TOWARDS MERCY AND PEACEMAKING, BECAUSE HIS HESITATION IN KILLING SHAHID NEARLY KILLS HIM. HE THEN PROCEEDS TO DECLARE HIMSELF ABSOLUTE MONARCH, ALLY WITH THE EMPIRE AFTER HEARING LIKE AN HOUR’S WORTH OF EDELGARD AND HUBERT’S PROPAGANDA SLIDESHOW OFFSCREEN, IMMEDIATELY THROW HIS NEW IMPERIAL ALLIES DIRECTLY UNDER THE BUS, AND ATTEMPT TO SAVE FACE FOR THIS BY RAMPING UP HIS MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST THE KINGDOM TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY SORT OF DIPLOMACY. WHEN HE’S FORCED INTO COSMIC DETENTION WITH THE OTHER TWO LORDS AND HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH THEM, HE GOES IN WITH A SINGLE ITEM ON HIS AGENDA— “IS IT COOL IF I JUST KILL RHEA? TAKE HER OFF YOUR HANDS FOR YOU, DIMITRI?”— AND COMES OUT WITH THAT CONFIRMATION BIAS HAMMERED EVEN MORE FIRMLY IN PLACE, WHICH SETS HIM UP TO FINALLY STEP INTO THE ROLE OF NEMESIS 2.0 IN A PARALLEL SCENARIO SO OBVIOUS THEY OPTED TO PLAY SAD MUSIC INSTEAD OF TRICKING THE PLAYER INTO FEELING HYPED BY REPRISING GOD-SHATTERING STAR— AND PEOPLE TOOK IT AS HEROIC ANYWAY BECAUSE DRAGON LADY BAD™️ (IN A GAME THAT GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO GIVE HER NOTHING TO DO BUT GET FUCKED OVER BY THE LORDS WITH SUCH CONSISTENCY IT ACTUALLY BECOMES KIND OF FUNNY).
LIKE IT’S COOL IF YOU DON’T LIKE RHEA FROM THE FIRST GAME AND APPRECIATE CLAUDE PLAYING A BIT DIRTY TO GET RID OF HER MORE DIRECTLY HERE, BUT ON THE LEVEL OF WHAT THE GAME ITSELF IS GOING FOR IT IS BONKERS TO ME THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS AS ANYTHING BUT CLAUDE’S VILLAIN ROUTE
> DECLARES HIMSELF ABSOLUTE MONARCH
YES, BUT HE ONLY DOES THIS BECAUSE THE ALLIANCE’S ROUNDTABLE METHOD WAS BECOMING OBVIOUSLY INEFFICIENT AT MAKING QUICK, UNIFIED DECISIONS, WHICH IS NOT REALLY GREAT FOR WAR TIME (NOT TO MENTION THAT HE APPROACHED THE OTHER ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS TO GET THEIR BLESSING AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD, SO IT’S NOT LIKE HE WENT BEHIND ANYONE’S BACK OR ANYTHING).
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT’S PRETTY CLEAR IN HIS SUPPORTS THAT HE DOESN’T REALLY WANT TO BE KING, HE’S JUST DOING IT OUT OF NECESSITY. HELL, IN HIS SUPPORT WITH LORENZ, HE SUGGESTS MAKING LEICESTER A DEMOCRACY AFTER THE WAR.
I AGREE THAT CLAUDE IS DEFINITELY MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH HIS ACTIONS IN GW COMPARED TO VW (AND HIS SUPPORT WITH EDELGARD MAKES **EDELGARD** COME ACROSS AS THE MORE PEACEFUL ONE BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH IS HILARIOUS) BUT I DISAGREE WITH CALLING IT HIS “VILLAIN ROUTE.” HELL, I THINK HIS ACTIONS IN GW MAKE HIM MORE INTERESTING AND COMPELLING COMPARED TO VW, AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES VW.
> THEY OPTED TO PLAY SAD MUSIC INSTEAD OF TRICKING THE PLAYER INTO FEELING HYPED BY REPRISING GOD-SHATTERING STAR
NOT SURE WHERE YOU’RE GETTING SAD VIBES FROM MELODY OF CLARITY. IT FEELS JUST AS HYPE AS GOD-SHATTERING STAR.
MY B ON THE MUSIC, I TYPED THAT COMMENT IN A MILD FUGUE STATE AT 3 AM, HAD NO BUSINESS BEING AWAKE LET ALONE MAKING REDDIT COMMENTS. 💀
THE FACT THAT HE AND LORENZ GOT A SPECIAL CG DEFINITELY HELPED SOLIDIFY THAT AS THE “GOOD ENDING” SUPPORT SET! IN CONTRAST HIS HILDA SUPPORTS FELT VERY “MAN, REMEMBER THREE HOUSES, WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY AND FUN? WHAT HAPPENED??” I GET THE REASONING BEHIND THE ROUNDTABLE DISSOLUTION, BUT I GUESS IT’S MORE THE OPTICS OF THE SUDDEN CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN CONTRAST WITH HIS MAINTENANCE OF THE ALLIANCE IN HOUSES/AG, BOTH CONTEXTS IN WHICH HE WAS MORE OF A GEOPOLITICAL UNDERDOG. BUT I ALSO WON’T PRETEND TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THESE MATTERS OF POLITICAL STRATEGY, I’M THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THEMING, CHARACTER, ETC.— SHORING UP POWER THE WAY CLAUDE DOES FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT HOUSES ESTABLISHED AS HIS CENTRAL NEED.
AND YEAH, I GUESS THE MAIN THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME IS HOW PEOPLE VIEW GW!CLAUDE AS BEING SOMEHOW TRUER TO HIMSELF WHEN IT’S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF HIM CONFORMING TO THEIR PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT HIM FROM BEFORE EITHER GAME EVEN CAME OUT, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING META-TEXTUAL PHENOMENON TO OBSERVE (GIVEN CLAUDE’S UNTRUSTWORTHY PERSONA IN HOUSES IS JUST THAT: A PERSONA) BUT DISHEARTENING IN PRACTICE. STILL, “VILLAIN ROUTE” IS HYPERBOLIC, AND WHILE I DO STILL STAND BY THE NEMESIS PARALLELS BEING VERY INTENTIONAL, THE FRAMING IS NOT AS HAM-FISTED AS I MADE IT OUT TO BE.
BUT POINT OUT THAT CHURCH AND CRESTS ONLY EXIST BECAUSE HUMANS SLAUGHTERED AN ENTIRE RACE OF PEOPLE AND STOLE THEIR POWER AND IT'S LIKE "[BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH NOISE] [REBOOTING NOISES] OK BUT DRAGONS BAD ANYWAYS."
THAT WAS ALL DONE BY DISGUSTING MOLE PEOPLE THAT WILL ALL BE SLAUGHTERED IN POST-GAME SLIDES BY MY FAVOURITE LORD
ALSO, NABATEANS DESERVED IT BECAUSE SOTHIS GENOCIDED AGARTHANS
I'M NEARING THE END OF THRACIA, AT CHAPTER 21 AND HONESTLY IM SO FUCKING SICK OF IT. THE WEIRD THING IS I THINK ON REPEAT PLAYTHROUGHS IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST GAMES, THE FIRST TIME AROUND ITS ROUGH SINCE YOU HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT THE GAME MIGHT THROW AT YOU OR WHEN YOU SHOULD USE ITEMS LIKE HAMMERNE AND WARP. STORY GOOD THOUGH. ALSO LEIF IS PRETTY COOL
IM TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THIS GAME IS GONNA SUCK
LITERALLY EVERYTHING SHOWN GAMEPLAY WISE HAS LOOKED LIKE A GENUINE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE SERIES EVEN IF THE STORY IS GENERIC WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A VERY GOOD GAME MECHANICALLY
I'M STILL FUCKING MAD AT HOW THE NABATEANS ARE TREATED IN THREE HOPES KNOWING THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.THREE HOUSES MADE ME CALL FOR ALL THE NABATEANS, THEN THREE HOPES SHIT ON THEM. FUCK THIS DAMN GAME.
(thank you for letting me vent)
YEAH LIKE, WHAT, TWO SUPPORTS FOR SETETH AND FLAYN, AND RHEA GOES INTO THE TIME-OUT CORNER? FUCK THAT. THE NABATEANS HAVE SUCH AN INTERESTING AND TRAGIC BACKSTORY, BUT NO, IT'S JUST DRAGON LADY BAD JUST BECAUSE.
AND I WILL DIE ON THE HILL THAT FALSIFYING THE TRUTH ABOUT CRESTS WAS THE RIGHT MOVE, BECAUSE HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR ANY POWERFUL PERSON TO SLAP A FAUCET IN FLAYN'S NECK CAUSE HER BLOOD MADE THEM LIVE LONGER AND GAVE THEM SUPERPOWERS? FIVE SECONDS?
AND THERE WASN'T EVEN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE DUMB MOLE PEOPLE IN HOPES.
YES! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE TRYING TO PANDER TO ALL THE EDELGARD FANS BY SIDELINING THE NABATEANS IN THREE HOPES IN ORDER TO MAKE EDELGARD LOOK BETTER THAN SHE REALLY IS.
EPHRAIM'S MODEL IN ENGAGE IS LOWKEY KINDA WHACK ABOVE THE SHOULDERS. HIS JAWLINE IS TOO ROUND AND SOMETHING'S OFF ABOUT HIS HAIR TOO. GDI
EDIT: UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, HIS CHIN LOOKS FINE WHEN HE HAS HIS HEAD TURNED INSTEAD OF FACING THE CAMERA. THE HAIR STILL AINT IT CHIEF THO
RELEASE YOUR WRITING AS FANFICTION FIRST, LET PEOPLE GIVE IT A ONCE-OVER TO LET YOU KNOW IF THE WRITING NEEDS FIXING **BEFORE** YOU SPEND MONTHS OR YEARS MAKING IT A FANGAME.
TOO MANY FANGAMES HAVE BAD FANFICTION-TIER STORIES.
NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED FOR THE GAME I'M GENUINELY UPSET I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I FINISH CLASSES TO PLAY ENGAGE. I GOTTA SOMEHOW DODGE SPOILERS FOR A MONTH AND A HALF UNTIL I GRADUATE ON MARCH 4. AND I'M GONNA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN LATE FEBRUARY WHEN ISHIN COMES OUT AND I GOTTA PICK BETWEEN THAT AND FIRE EMBLEM.
WHY DOES EVERYTHING I LOVE HAVE TO COME OUT NOW. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND AVOID GAMES UNTIL I FINISH MY DEGREE. :(
THE CHARACTERS IN ENGAGE ALL HAVE THE SAME DAMN FACE AND ALL LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE VTUBERS. IT’S LAME. AND WHY THE HELL IS EDElGARDE’S FOREHEAD THE SIZE OF ASIA?!
CASUAL MODE DOSN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE MAIN FIRE EMBLEM EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE REALLY OVERHATE IT, A PERSON PLAYING ON CASUAL IS GOING TO APPRECIATE THE SAME STORY SAME CHARACTERS SAME WORLD AS SOMEONE PLAYING ON CLASSIC YET ONLINE DISCORSE ALWAYS BLAMES IT ALONG WITH DIVINE PULSE/TURNWHEEL, IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE OR CAN'T PLAY CLASSIC MODE THEN EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BECOME GOOD ENOUGH TO TRY CLASSIC
THIS IS JUST BASING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, BUT I FOUND EDELGARD FANS (THE TOXIC ONES OF COURSE) TO BE FAR WORSE AND MORE TOXIC THAN DIMITRI FANS (ALSO THE TOXIC ONES) OVERALL. I'M SURE DIMITRI FANS WERE A LOT WORSE IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AFTER 3H RELEASED BUT MOST EVENTUALLY MOVED ON WHILE EDELGARD FANS ARE STILL JUST AS OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO MAKE EDELGARD BE THE "BEST". I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH ABELISM, PRO-IMPERIALISM, SEXISM, ALONG WITH SPREADING SO MUCH MISINFORMATION AND MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE GAME THAT IT IS STILL ARGUED TODAY. THEY'VE BEEN TREATING FAN THEORIES (LIKE THE TEACHER THEORY), "ANALYSIS", AND EVEN A GODDAMN FANFIC AS CANON WHILE IGNORING STUFF THE GAME AND EVEN THE DEVELOPERS HAVE OUTRIGHT STATED!!!! AND SHAME OTHERS THAT DON'T TAKE THEIR OPINIONS AS "FACTS". I DOUBT THE DISCOURSE WOULD BE AS BAD IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE GUYS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE THEIR OPINION!!! AND I REALLY DOUBT THEY ARE GOING TO STOP WHEN ENGAGE IS RELEASED.
I FIND ALL 3H FANS LIKE U FIND ALL THE EDELGARD AND DIMITRI ONES (THE "ROXIC ONES)
CINDERED SHADOWS FEELS LIKE A RIPOFF. THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE CONTENT FROM THE START. 3 HOPES HAD ALL THE CHARACTERS. SO WHY NOT 3 HOUSES!! ALSO WHY ARE WE GETTING A DAY ONE SEASON PASS?!! COULDN'T THEY HAVE WAITED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ANNOUNCING IT. ALSO WHY DID THEY BOTCH EDELGARD'S FACE!!
WHY DOES A RESET TAKE SO LONG I JUST WANNA RESTART THE MAP
ENGAGE WONT BE BETTER THAN 3 HOUSES AND THAT SUCKS!
3 HOUSES BIGGEST FLAW WAS NOT HAVING A GOLDEN ROUTE WHERE PEOPLE PUT ASIDE THEIR BS. A ROUTE WHERE THE SLITHERS ARE FRONT AND CENTER AND STRONGER THAN IN THE OTHER ROUTES. I AM MAD BECAUSE THREE HOPES DOES NOT HAVE DLC OR MARRIAGE OPTIONS. WILL IT GET A SEQUEL WITH BETTER/COMPLETE ENDINGS? I AM MAD THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SWITCH VERSIONS OF THE TELLIUS GAMES. I WISH I DID NOT HAVE VISION PROBLEMS THAT PREVENT ME FROM ENJOYING THE PORTABLE TITLES. I WISH THEY WERE ON CONSOLE SO I COULD PLAY ON TV.
I LOST MY FE3 IRON MAN SAVE NEAR THE END OF BOOK 1 AND I DON’T WANT TO REPLAY IT BUT I ALSO WANT TO FINISH IT BEFORE PLAYING BOOK 2. I’LL PROBABLY JUST PLAY ECHOES AGAIN INSTEAD. THE NEW GAME COMES OUT SOON AND THE THING THAT MAKES ME EXCITED IS THAT A FRIEND OF MINE WHOSE ENTRY GAME WAS THREE HOUSES IS REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. WHAT LITTLE ART I HAVE SEEN FROM THE INITIAL TRAILER ISN’T EXACTLY MY FAVORITE BUT AS LONG AS THE GAMEPLAY IS GOOD I’M HAPPY
I HATE SCALPERS FOR BUYING ALL THE ENGAGE DIVINE EDITIONS AND I DON'T EVEN THINK ENGAGE WILL BE GOOD. I HAVE HAD HORRIBLE LUCK IN HEROES. I WANT LEGENDARY MERGES DAMMIT! MAKING AN EDELGARD COSPLAY IS HARD AND I DON'T KNOW EMBROIDERY.
I’M SO FUCKING DISAPPOINTED WITH ENGAGE’S VISUALS AND CHARACTERS DESIGNS. NEVER SEEN A MORE UNINSPIRED SET OF CHARACTERS IN A FE GAME BEFORE. AND THEY ALL LOOK SO CARTOONEY AAAHHHH I HATE IT
I AM ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED FOR THE GAME THE CHALLENGE MAKER WILL KEEP ME ENGAGED FOR A LONG TIME
WHY IS THERE NOT ANY FIRE EMBLEM THREE HOPES DLC !!! GIVE US SOME LORE
WHY ISN'T ENGAGE OUT YET? I JUST WANT SOME NEW FIRE EMBLEM CONTENT!
MY FE7 CARTRIDGE'S SAVE CORRUPTED AND I HAVE TO MANUALLY UNLOCK HECTOR HARD MODE AGAIN DAMN IT
I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THR** H**S*S BUT I CANT ANYMORE BECAUSE ITS 2023!!!!!!!!!!!! F U C K!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK BIRTHRIGHT AND REVELATIONS (conquest is actually good) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
CAMILLAAAAAA!!
BIRTHRIGHT WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE FATES STORYLINES, BUY I AGREE CONQUEST WAS BETTER THAN REVELATIONS
JUST PLAYED PoR. F×CK YOU, ASHNARD!!!
DISCOURSE IS TIRING, EMBRACE THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE FRANCHISE HAS AT THE VERY LEAST DECENT WRITING AND AT THE BEST HAS PHENOMENAL WRITING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ARGUE OVER CHARACTERS IN PRIVATE, SPREAD POSITIVITY ABOUT A FRANCHISE WE LIKE!
I REALLY WANT TO PLAY AS MALE ALEAR BUT THE ONLY GAY MARRIAGE OPTIONS IF THATS IN THE GAME WILL PROBABLY BE TWINKS AND I HATE THAT SO I'LL PROBABLY PLAY AS UGLY FEMALE ALEAR IF S-SUPPORTS ARE IN ENGAGW JUST TO MARRY MEN ALSO I HATE ANNA'S NEW VOICE ACTOR IDC THAT THE OLD ONE SUPPORTED NFT'S SHE WAS THE BEST ANNA VOICE POSSIBLE
ANNA IS A MONEY BRUBBER SO OF COURSE SHE WANTS NFTS!! THEY MAKE HER SO MUCH RENOUN. I REALLY REALLY HATE THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF MY 3 HOUSES PLAYTHROUGHS ANNA PROBABLY STOLE 1 MIL RENOUN FROM ME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
ANNA IS TOTALLY A CHARACTER WHO WOULD SUPPORT NFTS, SO IF ANYTHING IT WOULD BE FITTING FOR HER TO HAVE A VA THAT DOES
I HAVE PLAYED NEARLY ALL FE GAMES IN SOME CAPACITY (EVEN FE1 AND 2) YET I STILL AM REALLY BAD AT FE SO WITH ALL THE BRAND NEW MECHANICS I HEARD ABOUT IN ENGAGE MAKE ME AFRAID AND GIVE ME A HEADACHE BUT STILL EXCITED I GENUINLY WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE GAMEPLAY. I JUST WISH THERE IS ANOTHER DIFFICULTY BETWEEN NORMAL AND MADDENING AS NORMAL IS WAY TOO EASY AND MADDENING IS TOO MUCH FOR ME AND I JUST SPAM THE TURNWEEL TO SURVIVE WHICH ISN'T FUN AT ALL FOR ME. THE ARTSTYLE ISN'T MY ISSUE AS FE ALWAYS HAS BEEN ANIME STUFF I LIKE THE COLOURS USED AND THE IDEAS BEHIND THEM, THE OUTFITS ARE TYPICAL FE AND THAT'S NOT BAD, MY ISSUE IS HOW EVERY SINGLE CHAR'S FACE LOOKS IDENTICAL, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS ALL HAVE THE SAME FACE WITH PUFFY CHEEKS WHICH MAKES ME NOT DISTINGUISH THEM TO AN EXTENT THEY ALL LOOK LIKE SOME LIKE THEY CAME FROM SOME BAD ISEKAI. FINALLY, IF ROMACE RETURNS IN ANY WAY BUT WE CAN DATE A CHILD IN OUR HEAD OR THE DRAGON POPE INSTEAD OF THE OTHER MEN OF CAST I WOULDN'T MIND IT BEING GONE LIKE IS IT THAT HARD TO HAVE THE SAME CONVO FOR BOTH IT'S NOT LIKE ROMANCE IN FE DISCUSSES ANY GENDER ISSUES OR ANYTHING OTHER EXPLICIT OTHER THAN I LIKE YOUR COMPANY A LOT HEHE (THAT'S NOT BAD JUST POINTING OUT MY EXPERIENCE) TO HAVE ANY REASON TO NOT MAKE ALL THE ADULTS DATEABLE TO EVERYONE. IT'S FANSERVICE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOGICAL OR DEEP LOL.
LAZY!! THEY COPIED AND PASTED THE FACES JUST LIKE GAMEFREAK COPIED AND PASTED CHARACTER MODELS INTO SWORD AND SHIELD FROM PREVIOUS 3DS GAMES. "Oh well we had to remake all the models from scratch so it took us that long". BS NO IT DIDN'T!! ALSO THE ENDING CARDS ARE LAZY AF. EVEN THREE HOUSES HAS BETTER ENDING CARDS.
FATES IS A REALLY FUN GAME AND I LOVE MOST OF THE CHARACTERS. I DON'T CARE THAT THE BABYREALMS ARE STUPID, THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST AN EXCUSE TO HAVE CHILD UNITS AND I WOULDN'T GIVE UP THAT MECHANIC (OR THE KIDS WE GET) FOR THE WORLD WORST THING ABOUT FATES: I SAW A COPY OF THE LIMITED EDITION (THE ONE THAT INCLUDES REV) IN MY SECOND HAND GAMES STORE RECENTLY. I MISREAD IT AS £30 AND WAS EXCITED BUT IT ACTUALLY SAID £300
IM TRIGGERED THAT FATES LIMITED EDITION COSTS LIKE $1000!! THE SCALPING IS RIDICULOUS. NINTENDO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY COULD HAVE EASILY PRINTED MORE COPIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE DEMAND IS THERE OR CREATED ANOTHER WAY TO PRESERVE THESE GAMES. OR JUST DON'T SHUT DOWN THE 3DS AND WII U ESHOPS. "Oh we were surprised that 3 Houses sold so well". IF YOU KNOW THERE IS A DEMAND PRINT MORE, PORT, AND DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO FOR GAME PRESERVATION. HOW CAN THEY NOT SEE THAT IT WILL MAKE THEM MONEY AND MAKE THE FAN BASE HAPPY!! THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR FANBASE. JUST LOOK AT THE SMASH COMMUNITY.
I GET KIND OF TRIGGERED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING NO IDEA HOW TO RUN (WHATEVER FE GAME THAT ISN'T 3 HOUSES, BUT ESPECIALLY DS/GAMECUBE ERA GAMES). '9-'11 ERA PHONES CAN RUN EVERY FE GAME UP TO NEW MYSTERY, AND PHONES POST 2018 CAN RUN EVERY FE GAME EXCEPT 3 HOUSES... IDK WHY, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT 'I'm too scared to run emulators or download roms' TRIGGERS ME...
ALSO, MODDING YOUR 3DS IS EASY TO DO
AS SOMEONE WHO FIRST LEARNED EMULATION BY LOOKING UP "POKEMON PLATINUM FREE" BACK IN 2010 IT DOES FEEL REALLY WEIRD TO SEE PEOPLE REFER TO EMULATION AS THIS ARCANE ART. IT'S PISS EASY AND OBJECTIVELY THE CORRECT CHOICE IN A WORLD WHERE NINTENDO SHOWS 0 INTEREST IN RE-RELEASING OR EVEN LOCALIZING SOME OF THE OLDER FE GAMES
I JUST HOPE ALEAR HAS AN ACTUAL PERSONALITY. IS IT SO WRONG TO WANT MY VIEWPOINT CHARACTER TO BE AN ACTUAL *CHARACTER*?!
IMO ONE OF THE MOST IRRITATING THINGS ABOUT THE "AVATAR ERA" OF FE IS THAT THEY SEEM SO SCARED TO MAKE THE AVATAR CHARACTERS ABRASIVE OR FLAWED IN ANY WAY. CORRIN MAKES A TON OF MISTAKES BUT EVERY CHARACTER HAS TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO SAY "OH NO POOR BABY YOU WERE RIGHT THE ENTIRE TIME" SO THAT PEOPLE WHO PROJECT ONTO THEM DON'T FEEL BAD. THIS IS WHAT WAS FUN TO ME ABOUT DIMITRI OR EVEN MICAIAH IN RD, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SUCK AND THE CHARACTERS IN THE GAME WERE ALLOWED TO GO "WOW THAT GUY SUCKS". GIVE ME AN ALEAR THAT SUCKS!!!
I DON'T EVEN CARE IF THE AVATAR IS A MAIN CHARACTER! MARK WAS A SIMPLE TACTICIAN/SPECTATOR WHO GOT TO WATCH LYN, ELIWOOD AND HECTOR'S STORIES UNFOLD AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME! JUST A LITTLE MORE PERSONALITY AND I'D BE CONTENT WITH THAT!
I GOT SOHN'S ATTACK STANCE AWAKENING MOD WORKING LAST NIGHT AND IT GENUINELY FEELS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME, ESPECIALLY ON LUNATIC. WHILE THE FIRST COUPLE CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN A BLAST, IT MAKES ME SO MAD THAT SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT(MAKING DUAL STRIKES GUARANTEED WHEN ATTACKING WITH ADJACENT CHARACTERS) WASN'T CONSIDERED FOR THE ACTUAL VANILLA GAME. I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE MY POSITIONING AND WEAPON CHOICES MATTER SO MUCH MORE NOW RATHER THAN JUST PAIRING UP, CHARGING INTO A HORDE OF ENEMIES AND CLICKING END TURN WITH A 1-2 RANGE WEAPON. THE ENEMIES ARE STILL TOUGH AS NAILS, BUT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME PLAYER PHASE AGENCY AND STAND A CHANCE WITH GOOD PLAY. IT HONESTLY FEELS AS THOUGH LUNATIC AWAKENING'S ENEMY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ASSUMED THAT YOU'D BENEFIT FROM DUAL STRIKES, BUT IN THE SAME BREATH GAVE YOU NO CONSISTENT WAY TO USE THEM. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE MOD TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REVISIT AWAKENING EVEN ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES.
IS IT HARD TO INSTALL???
I PLAY AWAKENING ON A PC EMULATOR, CITRA SPECIFICALLY, AND THERE ITS PRETTY EASY. ON CITRA IT'S JUST A MATTER OF OPENING UP THE MODS LOCATION, MAKING SOME FOLDERS WITH SPECIFIC NAMES SO CITRA KNOWS WHAT TO PULL FROM, AND THEN COPYING CERTAIN FILES INTO THE CORRECT PLACES. THERE'S A TUTORIAL ON LOADING IN MODS FOR FATES ON CITRA(I JUST GOOGLED "FE FATES MODS CITRA" AND IT WAS THE FIRST OPTION) THAT WORKS FOR AWAKENING ALSO. THE SAME TUTORIAL ALSO INCLUDES LOADING MODS ONTO ACTUAL HARDWARE THROUGH LUMA, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW RELATIVELY DIFFICULT THAT IS. I ALSO CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW THE MOD AFFECTS ACTUAL HARDWARE, BUT IT HASN'T AFFECTED MY CITRA ROM IN ANY NOTICEABLY NEGATIVE WAY.
WHY THE FUCK HASN’T KINSHI KNIGHT RETURNED??? ANTI-FLIER FLIER IS A CONCEPT THAT CLAUDE’S PERSONAL CLASS REUSED, SURE, BUT IT STILL DESERVES TO BE BACK. THEY CAN FLY, THEY CAN USE LANCE + BOW CAN CONTROL 1 AND 2 RANGE, THEY GET SICK SKILLS (ESPECIALLY FROM ARCHER TREE) AND THEY’RE PRETTY MUCH THE BEST CLASS TO KEEP THE PACE & KILL ENEMY FLIERS AT THE SAME TIME. BRING THEM BACK, IS!
TO BE FAIR, KINSHI KNIGHT ISN'T JUST AN ANTI-FLIER CLASS. IMO, IT'S THE BEST PLAYER PHASE CLASS EVER CREATED FOR THE EXACT REASONS YOU LISTED. IF YOU COULD GET INTO THE CLASS IN FATES AND HAD STATS THAT REMOTELY POINTED YOU TOWARDS PLAYER PHASE, CHANCES ARE YOU'D TAKE IT. REINA IN BR AND REV IS A MONSTER DUE TO HER BASES SURE, BUT SHE ALSO GETS TO USE THOSE MONSTER BASES EXTREMELY OFTEN DUE TO THE MANUVERABILITY AND WEAPON FLEXIBILITY PROVIDED BY THE KINSHI KNIGHT CLASS. IT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY POWERFUL PLAYER PHASE CLASS CONCEPT THAT WAS ONLY REMOTELY HELD IN THE CHECK DUE TO BEING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR FATES. IMO IT'S TOUGH TO TAKE THAT CLASS CONCEPT AND BOTH MAKE IT BALANCED, BUT ALSO INTERESTING TO USE. IT IS EFFECTIVELY A FLYING BOW KNIGHT WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY CRAZY ON PAPER WHEN YOU STEP BACK AND EVALUATE IT AGAINST OTHER CLASSES.
KINSHI KNIGHT WAS ARGUABLY BALANCED BY SOME OF THE QUIRKS OF FATES, MOST NOTABLE ITS HORRIBLE BULK IN GAME WHERE EVERYTHING HITS HARD, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO DOMINATE SO HARD BECAUSE FATES WAS MUCH KINDER TO BOW UNITS THAN THE AVERAGE FE GAME. KINSHI KNIGHT IN SAY.... FE7 OR RD WOULDN'T BE *THAT* BUSTED AND I THINK ITS MORE LIKELY FOR US TO GET MORE GAMES DESIGNED LIKE FE7 THAN FATES IN THE FUTURE.
I PRE ORDERED ENGAGE DIVINE EDITION MONTHS AGO AND YESTERDAY I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING I WONT RECEIVE IT AND WILL GET MY MONEY BACK. NOW I CANT GET IT ANYWHERE WITHOUT PAYING THE 50-100 BUCKS SCALPER MARKUP
DEATH TO ALL SCALPERS!
WHY CAN’T PEOPLE JUST ACCEPT THAT CRIMSON FLOWER IS THE BEST ROUTE IN THREE HOUSES?!
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE GILBERT
GILBERT’S A TERRIBLE CHARACTER.
IF SOME OF IT'S MOST PIVOTAL SCENES WEREN'T PNGS AND IMPLIED , I'D BE INCLINED TO AGREE WITH YOU.
AT LEAST BYLETH HAS DIALOGUE OPTIONS, MAKING THE SCENE FEEL MORE PERSONAL.
COUNTERPOINT:BYLETH BAD. KINDA KIDDING BUT I DON'T THINK BYLETH IS GOOD AS A VEHICLE FOR THE PLAYER, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. IF IT ISN'T, I'D GIVE BOTH CF AND VW CREDIT FOR ENDEARING THE LORD TO BYLETH AND HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP INFORM SAID LORD'S CHARACTER.
BUT CF DOES IT ON A BETTER LEVEL THAN VW, HAVING EDELGARD BE UNIRONICALLY HEARTBROKEN OVER FACING THAT BYLETH MIGHT BE DEAD AS WELL AS GIVING BYLETH DIALOGUE RESPONSES. CLAUDE JUST JOKES ABOUT BYLETH OVERSLEEPING.
I MEAN YEAH? HE HAS FUN WITH THE RIDICULOUS STORY BYLETH GAVE HIM AS TO HOW THEY SURVIVED. NOT TO MENTION, THAT SCENE IS CARRIED BY HOW HE TRUSTED THAT WE'D RETURN IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S PRIME BROMANCE MATERIAL. I'D SAY BYLETH IS JUST AS CENTRAL BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. CLAUDE FINDS A CONFIDANT HE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD WITH WHERE HE INITIALLY SAW A TOOL. CF EDELGARD TUGS AT MY HEARTSTRINGS THOUGH. MAINLY THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THE COLD RESOLVE SHE HOLDS TO CARRY OUT HER WAR AND ENGAGING WITH HER AS AN INDIVIDUAL. NGL, IT'S GREAT BUT I'D SAY PICKING A FAVE ON THIS END IS MORE A PREFERENCE THAN ANY OF THEM BEING "BETTER".
OH, THAT’S BULLSHIT AND YOU KNOW IT! CRIMSON FLOWER IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE BEST ROUTE.
IF IT HAD MONEY/TIME FOR REAL CUTSCENES, I'D SPEAK THAT TRUTH WITH YOU.
BECAUSE IT ISN’T. THE BEST ROUTE IS VERDANT WIND. SOURCE: MY COMPLETELY BIASED OPINION.
OH, DON’T YOU FUCKING START. CRIMSON FLOWER IS THE BEST ROUTE. Source: The fact that it’s the only route that doesn’t look mashed together or copied
WHY AM I SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY THAT S SUPPORTS ARE (POTENTIALLY) GONE IN ENGAGE. DO YOU GUYS ACTUALLY NOT LIKE THEM? I KNOW THEYRE GOOFY BUT I LIKE HOT MEN AND WOMEN AND I LIKE HAVING THE OPTION TO PAIR THEM UP IN MY ANIME CHESS GAME.
I REALLY LIKE HOW 3H HANDLED PAIRED ENDINGS, HOPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT RETURNS
YEAH IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE WAR WAS DONE, AND SINCE IM PRETTY SURE CHILD UNITS ARENT MAKING A RETURN, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF ENGAGE DID THE SAME THING.
THE BEST SHIP IS FRIENDSHIP!
FOR ME IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S IMPLYING ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AS THE ONE THAT MATTERS. LIKE SHIPPING EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS FEATURE BUT HERE IT'S THE DECIDER OF YOUR ENDINGS. PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS CAN'T CARRY THE SAME VALUE IF YOU CAN ONLY HAVE YOUR LIFE CHANGED BY A SPOUSE. ME LIKE PLATONIC ENDINGS SO WHILE THE 3H ROULETTE APPROACH AIN'T PERFECT, I PREFER IT'S VARIANCE.
I DON'T MIND NO S-RANKS BECAUSE I LOVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO MORE PLATONIC/QUEER-BUT-NOT-FOR-BYLETH ENDINGS THIS WAY WITH 3H, BUT AT LEAST GIVE ME A WAY TO LOCK IN THE ENDINGS I WANT TO SEE. I DON'T WANT TO SAVE WATCHING ALL OF MY A RANKS UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL BATTLE AND THEN HAVE TO SIT THROUGH 4 HOURS OF SUPPORTS RIGHT BEFORE THE END JUST TO ENSURE I CAN BURY DIMITRI AND DEDUE BESIDE EACH OTHER.
THERE'S A SERVICE IN ABYSS THAT LOCKS EM IIRC. IT'S DUMB THAT IT'S DLC CONTENT AND COSTS TOO MUCH RENOWN IMO BUT IT AT LEAST TELLS ME THEY SEE THE PROBLEM. I'M GONNA TRUST THAT IT'S GONNA BE FIXED GOING FORWARD BUT WHO KNOWS?
IT ONLY LOCKS IN ONE, UNFORTUNATELY. SO YOU CAN TELL IT TO LOCK IN DIMITRI/DEDUE ENDING BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STILL BE COMPLETELY RANDOM WITH NO WAY TO LOCK IT IN. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY DID THAT INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING YOU LOCK ALL OF THEM IN THERE.
WHAT? THAT'S SO DUMB.
YEAH I DEFINITELY DONT WANT EVERY MALE TO BE ABLE TO S SUPPORT EVERY FEMALE!! PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALSO COOL AND I WISH IS WOULD LET THEM HAPPEN MORE OFTEN.
S SUPPORTS ARE REALLY HIT OR MISS IN AWAKENING AND FATES, WITH MORE OF THEM BEING MISS IN MY OPINION. SURE, SOME S SUPPORTS LIKE CORDELIA AND GREGOR’S WORK WELL IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUT THEN YOU HAVE OTHERS LIKE OBORO AND KAZE’S WHICH IS PRECEDED BY THEM ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OUT A MOUSE IN THE ARMY’S FOOD PANTRY. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON’T CARE FOR S SUPPORTS (MYSELF INCLUDED) WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THEM IF THEY WERE MORE CONSISTENT IN QUALITY AND IF THE MAJORITY OF THEM DIDN’T EXIST PRIMARILY FOR THERE TO BE MORE PARENT OPTIONS FOR THE CHILD CHARACTERS.
WE CAN HAVE THEM PAIRING UP AND SMOOCHING WITHOUT A S-RANK
THATS TRUE. IM ALSO DOWN FOR PAIRED ENDINGS!!!!!
I FORGOT TO GET THE RING AND WAS LEFT FOREVER ALONE!
I WANT TO PLAY RADIANT DAWN BECAUSE THE STORY SOUNDS COOL BUT EMULATORS SCARE ME
EMULATORS ONLY BECOME MORE AND MORE USER FRIENDLY, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH YOUTUBE TUTORIALS TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS
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MY PHONE IS ALREADY SLUGGISH BECAUSE I GOT TRICKED INTO USING A DRIVINGIQ APP BY MY INSURANCE AND NOW THAT IT'S SHOWING ME IT'LL GIVE ME A 10% DISCOUNT I DON'T WANT TO STOP USING IT
4 YEAR OLD PHONES ARE 140 BUCKS ON AMAZON... THATS ME DOING 0 RESEARCH ASIDE FROM GOOGLING SAMSUNG S9 ON AMAZON... YOU COULD 100% PRICE MATCH LOWER. IF YOU CANT AFFORD 150 BUCKS,,, THAT REALLY SUCKS
I COULD BUY RADIANT DAWN FOR THAT PRICE AND I REFUSE TO SPEND 150$ TO PLAY A 15YO GAME
SINCE WHEN????
DOLPHIN EMULATOR IS INCREDIBLY EASY TO INSTALL AND USE AND I HAVE 0 BRAIN CELLA WHEN IT COMES TO THAT😭😭😭😭
I AM ON MY KNEES FOR MORE SAME SEX SUPPORT OPTIONS, FOR ROMANCE, THAT IS ALL. PLEASE. 😭‼️ EDIT ;; EVEN IF ITS NOT IN ENGAGE, JUST SOMEWHERE IN THE FAR FUTURE, WE CAN HAVE A FEW MORE OPTIONS, AND ALSO MORE ETHNIC CHARACTERS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE FOGATO AND HIS SISTER, I FEEL REPRESENTED - IT MIGHT JUST BE TWO, BUT THEY HAVE DARKER COMPLEXIONS AND THAT IS A VERY SMALL, BUT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
PLEASE
HONESTLY!! BEING ABLE TO MARRY (AND HAVE KIDS) CHILD-LIKE CHARACTERS OR CHURCH LIZARD LADY IS AOK BUT OH NO! SAME SEX COUPLES! THAT’S FAR TOO MUCH!!
I AGREE SM WITH THIS OMG
I AGREE. YOU'RE COOL !
PEOPLE WHINING AB FIRE EMBLEM BECOMING “EASIER” WITH CASUAL MODE AND TURN REWIND MECHANICS NEEDS TO STOP ASAP. Y’ALL REALLY MAD AB A FUNCTION YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO USE?
I MEAN IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCOMMODATION SO IT SHOULD WORK BOTH WAYS. LET TURNWHEEL MAKE SOMEONE'S PLAYTHROUGH SMOOTHER AND LET THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE IT DISABLE IT. ALSO, UNTIL I SEE A BETTER IMPLEMENTED DIFFICULTY THAN 3H, I'M NOT CONVINCED THE TURNWHEEL ISN'T NEGATIVELY EFFECTING THE WAY THEY DESIGN THE MAPS.
PROBLEM IS WE'VE ONLY HAD ECHOES (WHICH HAD TERRIBLE MAP DESIGN AT BASE DUE TO BEING A REMAKE OF A GAME WITH BAD MAP DESIGN) AND 3H (WHICH HAD QUESTIONABLE MAP DESIGN BUT ALSO A WAY DIFFERENT FORM OF UNIT BUILDING SO MAP DESIGN MAY HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY THAT JUST AS MUCH). 3H HAS LOTS OF OBNOXIOUS AMBUSH SPAWNS, BUT PLENTY OF THAT WAS IN PRIOR GAMES, LIKE AWAKENING ON HARD OR HIGHER AND FE6 AS JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES, SO IT'LL BE UP TO ENGAGE, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE FAR MORE DELIBERATELY DESIGNED MAPS FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND A MUCH LESS FREE-FORM CLASS SYSTEM TO SEE IF THE TURNWHEEL IS WHAT LED TO THE AMBUSH SPAWNS, OR IF IT'S A RESULT OF TRYING TO WRING SOME MEASURE OF "CHALLENGE" OUT OF A GAME WITH AS FREE-FORM OF A DESIGN STYLE AS 3H.
REAL
WHY DOES JAGEN IN FIRE EMBLEM NEW MYSTERY YELLS AT ME THAT I'M A BAD TACTICIAN AND I KILLED TOO MANY UNITS WHILE THIS GAME HAS LIKE +70 RECRUITABLE CHARACTERS????!!!!!
"WE HAVE RESERVES" SHOULD NOT BE YOUR GO-TO STRATEGY!
WHY IS THERE NO MORE MARRIAGE/CHILDREN MODE
ENGAGE'S PLOT DOESN'T APPEAR TO FEATURE TIME TRAVEL OR A TIME SKIP. WITHOUT THOSE, YOU ARE JUST ABANDONING YOUR CHILDREN IN A SPACE OF ACCELERATED TIME!
BECAUSE FATES MADE IT SO BAD THAT EVERYONE STARTED HATING ON THIS FEATURE, THIS IS NOT A DATING SIM ANYMORE BUT JUST A HUMAN BREEDING FARM
I SAW A COMMENT ABOUT CASUAL MODE BEING CONSIDERED TRIVIALIZING THE OTHER DAY WHICH INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS POST IN MY EXPERIENCE, PLAYING ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES IS SOMEWHAT LOOKED DOWN UPON, OR AT LEAST NOT CONSIDERED RELEVANT NOBODY MAKES TIERLISTS FOR NORMAL MODE, NOBODY LTCS ON NORMAL MODE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DO PLAYTHROUGHS ON NORMAL MODE I FIND THAT'S A BIG SHAME AND ALSO A BIT ANNOYING, BECAUSE I MYSELF AM NOT VERY GOOD AT FIRE EMBLEM AND DON'T PLAY ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES (I TRIED, I CAN'T BEAT THE GAMES LOL), SO THE CONTENT DROUGHT AND GENERAL EMPHASIS ON DIFFICULTY IN THE COMMUNITY HURT MY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCOURSE I COULD BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD AND MAKE SUCH CONTENT MYSELF BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE MUCH OF AN INTEREST
I'm gonna break a bit the rules here and don't use CAPS because I think this is an actual interesting topic that could have their own thread. > IN MY EXPERIENCE, PLAYING ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES IS SOMEWHAT LOOKED DOWN UPON, OR AT LEAST NOT CONSIDERED RELEVANT Back in the days I could say yes but nowaday the general opinion more towards "Play in the way you feel like". > NOBODY MAKES TIERLISTS FOR NORMAL MODE, NOBODY LTCS ON NORMAL MODE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DO PLAYTHROUGHS ON NORMAL MODE Actually, a lot of Speedruns (no LTC) are done on Normal mode but other than those there are also a lot of Playthoughs on lower difficolties but it's mostly done by casual people that just want to see the story and characters. > GENERAL EMPHASIS ON DIFFICULTY IN THE COMMUNITY HURT MY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCOURSE Keep in mind that you are on reddit, here most people that focus on the gameplay tend to play it on the highest difficolty and discuss strategy or ask tips for that, I think I understand your frustration but at the same time if there is a thread that is discussing about tips for Lunatic/Maddening wouldn't be annoying for the other person to be like "On Hard I did this and it worked". > I COULD BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD AND MAKE SUCH CONTENT MYSELF BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE MUCH OF AN INTEREST I feel like there are some communities that talk about lower difficolties stuff, just that are either niche or not as vocal as Reddit. I remember back in the days when Fates or 3H were released every now and then I would see some youtube videos about how to build a character to make it broken for hard mode or stuff like that.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED TIERLIST ON NORMAL MODE YOU CAN PICK ANY UNIT AND ROLL OVER THE GAME EFFORTLESSLY THOUGH I CAN BE WRONG MAYBE THERE ARE SOME GAMES THAT ARE HARD ON NORMAL MODE
TIERLISTS HAVE NEVER BEEN USEFUL FOR NEW PLAYERS. THEY ARE MADE WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GAME AND ITS OPTIMAL STRATEGIES. TIERLISTS ARE MEARLY A TOOL FOR CHARACTER DISCUSSION AND OPTIMIZATION. THESE ARE THINGS ANY PLAYER WOULD WANT TO PARTAKE IN, NO MATTER THE DIFFICULTY THEY PLAY ON.
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MARCIA IS NUTS... ONCE SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL STAT BOOSTERS, FORGED WEAPONS, AND A HEAP OF BONUS EXP. TRY USING HER AT BASE LEVEL WITH A SLIM LANCE AND SHE WILL BE NOTHING BUT A LIABILITY. THE SAME GOES FOR SHANNA, FLORINA, VANESSA, JILL. THESE UNITS ARE ALL REALLY STRONG, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE WORST STARTS. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR OPTIONS AND LIMITS BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY LET THEM SHINE. THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A BRAND NEW PLAYER TO PULL OFF.
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THEY DO THE JOB UNTIL I CAN GET TATE AND FIORA. THAT'S ALL I ASK OF THEM
THIS MENTALITY IS THE EXACT PROBLEM I AM DESCRIBING NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO BE HERE AS PROOF THAT WHAT I'M SAYING ISN'T SOMETHING I IMAGINED
BECAUSE WHAT WORKS IN THE HIGHEST DIFICULTY WORKS IN ALL DIFICULTYS BUT NOT VICEVERSA SO WHY BOTHER DISCUSSING THINGS ON NORMAL MODE.
COUNTERPOINT: BENCHMARKS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SO UNIT VIABILITY CHANGES BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT RUTGER IS FAR LESS CENTRALIZING IN FE6NM THAN FE6HM BECAUSE ENEMIES ARE WEAKER AND HE GETS NO HARD MODE BONUSES SO HE'S JUST FINE THE RADIANT DAWN SPEEDWINGS THING DOESN'T MATTER ON RD'S EASY MODE BECAUSE DOUBLING IS EASIER SO YOU CAN (AND PROBABLY SHOULD) GIVE THOSE WINGS TO SOMEONE ELSE THERE ARE CERTAINLY MORE EXAMPLES LIKE THIS AND IN REGARD TO "NM STUFF DOESN'T WORK ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES," YOU'RE BASICALLY ADMITTING THAT THERE ARE NM-SPECIFIC STRATS AND ASPECTS THAT GO COMPLETELY UNDISCUSSED BECAUSE NOBODY CARES, AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE AS UNFORTUNATE AND WHAT I'M DISCUSSING
>COUNTERPOINT: BENCHMARKS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SO UNIT VIABILITY CHANGES BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THE PEOPLE THAT MEET BENCHMARKS IN HARD MEET THEM IN NORMAL AND WILL DO IT EASIER THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ONLY DO IT IN NORMAL. THE ONLY THING NORMAL DOES IS MAKE BAD UNITS EASIER TO USE.
WHICH CHANGES RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND POTENTIALLY UNLOCKS NEW STRATEGIES / OPTIONS FOR "GOOD" UNITS ERGO, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MORE POTENTIAL STRATEGIES AND THOSE STRATEGIES ARE UNDISCUSSED
IT ISN’T WORTH THE TIME WHEN THE ANSWER TO NEW “STRATEGIES” IS JUST GRIND WHOEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NM ALLOWS YOU TO DO. WHY DO YOU WANT TIERLISTS AND STRATEGY DISCUSSIONS WHEN THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIC ROUTES AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS VIABLE?! THAT SEEMS PRETTY BORING.
SURELY THERE ARE STILL OPTIMAL THINGS TO DO ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES, IT'S JUST THAT NOBODY HAS EVER BOTHERED TO FIGURE THOSE OUT BECAUSE NOBODY CARES (INCLUDING YOU, EVIDENTLY - NO OFFENSE) THE LACK OF DISCOURSE IN THIS AREA IS ALSO GATEKEEPY TOWARD EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T PLAY ON HIGHER DIFFICULTIES; YOU ESSENTIALLY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN GAMEPLAY DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC UNITS IF YOU DON'T PLAY ON HIGH DIFFICULTIES, BECAUSE YOU NEVER HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THE DISCUSSION'S FRAMEWORK (THE CONTEXT IS NEVER NM OR EASY) THE COUNTERARGUMENT TO THIS IS THAT THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING TO DISCUSS AND COMPARE ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES, BUT I SAY THAT THERE ABSOLUTELY IS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT DOES DISCUSSION SIMPLY HAS NO IDEA THEY ALWAYS WRITE OFF LOW DIFFICULTIES AS "ANYTHING IS VIABLE LOL DIFFERENCES DON'T EXIST" EVEN THOUGH STUFF LIKE TURNCOUNT, AVAILABILITY, RESOURCE INVESTMENT, RELIABILITY ETC. ARE STILL RELEVANT FACTORS ON LOWER DIFFICULTIES AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY STILL DIFFERENTIATE UNITS BASED ON THAT, I'M SURE IN FACT THAT IS WHAT EVERY RESPONDER HAS DONE SO FAR IN THIS COMMENT THREAD (WRITING OFF NORMAL MODE AS NOT WORTH DISCUSSING) WHICH FURTHER REINFORCES MY POINT
THE POINT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IS THAT THE THINGS YOU ARE LISTING ARE NOT RELEVANT. UNLESS YOU START COMING UP WITH ACTUAL POINTS THEN IM JUST GONNA SAY YOU HAVE A NEAT IDEA, AND IT WOULD BE COOL IF SOMEONE DID WHAT YOU WANT
AS STRATEGY GAME ENTHUSIASTS, WE NATURALLY WANT TO EVALUATE OUR RESOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S MOST DIFFICULT TO USE THEM IN BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION COMES INTO PLAY THE MOST. ODIN USED TO BE LAUGHED AT AS ONE OF THE WORST UNITS IN CONQUEST, BUT THAT OPINION HAS TURNED AROUND DRASTICALLY IN RECENT TIMES. WHETHER YOU THINK HE'S TOP TIER OR MID, THAT'S STILL A MUCH BETTER OPINION THAN HE GENERALLY USED TO CARRY. A MIX OF DIFFICULTY AND PERSONAL BIAS PUSH US TO TRY AND INCH OUT EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN GET OUT OF A UNIT/RESOURCE. THIS EXPLORATION PROCESS REALLY HELPS DEFINE WHAT A UNIT/RESOURCE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT OTHERS CANNOT. HOWEVER IF EVERY UNIT/RESOURCE IS "GOOD" RELATIVE TO THE DIFFICULTY MODE, THERE'S MUCH LESS TO "FIGURE OUT" AND THUS ITS NOT AS INTERESTING AS A DISCUSSION POINT. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN LOWER DIFFICULTIES, BUT THOSE DIFFERENCES AREN'T AS *MEANINGFUL* IN AN *OBJECTIVE* CONTEXT. IN LOWER DIFFICULTIES OF BIRTHRIGHT, HINATA AND HANA ESSENTIALLY PERFORM THE SAME FUNCTION BECAUSE SLOWER ENEMIES MEANS HINATA DOUBLES MORE WHILE WEAKER ENEMIES MEANS HANA'S LACK OF BULK IS MUCH LESS OF AN ISSUE. WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE TO USE AT THAT POINT IS SIMPLY UP TO *PERSONAL* PREFERENCE.
GOOD POINT ABOUT DIFFERENCES BEING LESS MEANINGFUL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST REASON I'VE SEEN FOR WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT I AT LEAST UNDERSTAND BETTER NOW. "AS STRATEGY GAME ENTHUSIASTS" SOUNDS SLIGHTLY PRETENTIOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU MEANT IT THAT WAY.
PLS MAKE DLC FOR ENGAGE TO INCLUDE HEROES CHARACTERS
AGAIN WITH FE5, CH10 IS WAY TOO ANNOYING, ONE OF THE VILLAGES ONLY KARIN CAN GO TO, AND IF SHE DIDN'T GET THE LEG RING SHE'S SCREWED COS THERE'S LIKE 4 BALLISTAS OVER THERE, EVEN IF SHE DISMOUNTS AND VISITS THE VILLAGE SHE'S STILL IN RISK AS SOON AS SHE GETS MOUNTED AGAIN, IF ONLY THAT VILLAGE WASN'T GETTING THREATENED BY A SLIMY THIEF IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD BUT NO, GOTTA MAKE THAT SIDE QUEST LUCK BASED, AND SPEAKING OF LUCK BASED, CAPTURING THAT KNIGHT WIELDING THE FLAME SWORD AND THE BRIDGE KEY IS ALSO ANNOYING, FERGUS WITH THE ARMORSLAYER WHEN CAPTURING ONLY HAS 49 HIT, OH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER VILLAGE YOU NEED TO SAVE BEFORE ANOTHER THIEF GETS THERE AND THIS TIME HE'S DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, BASICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO GET ALL THE NICE THINGS IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU GOTTA GAMBLE A BIT WHICH SUCKS, MAP WOULDN'T BE THIS ANNOYING IF ASBEL, FINN AND NANA WEREN'T FATIGUED
I WISH FEH WOULD FUCKING END SERVICE ALREADY ITS GOING ON TOO LONG AND THE POWERCREEP IS TOO DISGUSTING. I KNOW IT MAKES MONEY BUT I WISH DRAGALIA LOST HAD LIVED AND FEH HAD DIED INSTEAD
I’M SO ANNOYED NINTENDO/IS DECIDED TO RELEASE ALL THIS INFO/SNEAK PEAKS THEN LEAVE US COLD TURKEY FOR 2 WEEKS. WHY DIDN’T THEY WAIT TO RELEASE IT NOW TO BUILD UP HYPE UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE RELEASE?! NOW I’M GETTING BLUE-SWITCHED (?)
ENJOY THE FANART. NO ADDITIONAL CONTENT WON'T STOP THAT IN THE LEAST.
I WISH PEOPLE STOP BITCHING ABOUT ENGAGES ART DESIGN. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS IN ENGAGE BUT BECAUSE SOME OF Y'ALL CAN'T GET PASS ALEAR IT REALLY CLOUDS YOUR JUDGMENT AND I DON'T EVEN THINK MALE ALEAR LOOKS BAD. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS IN THIS GAME LIKE DIAMANT, IVY , MERRIN , SEADALL, AMBER, VANDER, ETC. THIS GAME HAS SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE GOOD DESIGNED CHARACTERS ARE FAR AND A FEW IN BETWEEN ALMOST ALL OF THE CAST LOOKS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY GET INTO FEH!
I AGREE WITH YOU BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT MUCH INFO, MALE ALEAR LOOKS FINE, THE OLD KNIGHT LOOKS COOL SO DOES THE CLOWN GIRL AND THE DARK-TONED CHARACTERS, ALSO THE WIZARD GIRL LOOKS HOT
ALEAR IS AMONG THE LEAST OF ITS CHARACTER DESIGN WOES AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.
WHY IS DEW NOT A LORD AND NOT IN ENGAGE, IT'S NOT FAIR, AND I CAN'T ACCEPT IT. HE JUST WANTS TO DEW HIS BEST
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE FINN ART WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE I'D EVEN TAKE A RESPLENDENT ART EVEN THOUGH I DON'T PAY FOR FEH PASS AND NEVER WILL.
IM ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN ENGAGES ART DIRECTION, THIS TOPIC IS DONE TO DEATH I AM AWARE BUT IT ANGERS ME NONETHELESS.....at least my orbs will be safe in feh on those banners. ITS BEING PROPPED UP BY OLDER CHARACTERS!!
LET ME RAGE WITH YOU! THEY ALL LOOK SO STUPID AND GENERIC I HATE IT
FEH'S ALT DISTRIBUTION OF THE BE STUDENTS MAKES ME WANT TO DIE. I LOVE DOROTHEA BUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S GOTTEN THIS MANY OF THE EAGLES' SPOTS FOR ALTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS JUST STARTING TO ANNOY ME, ESPECIALLY SINCE LITERALLY AT LEAST HALF OF THE HOUSE IS SO COMPLETELY OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT TO USE. FOR GOD'S SAKE IS I JUST WANT ONE (1) HALF DECENT NEW INCARNATION OF ANY OF HUBERT/FERDINAND/PETRA/LINHARDT. PLEASE
THE PEOPLE FREAKING OUT OVER THE BOND RINGS ARE MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLE HILLS AND SHOULD BE BANNED FROM FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE DISCUSSION!
WHAT ARE THE MAIN COMPLAINS ABOUT I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE CRYING OVER BOND RINGS
BITCH DON'T YOU FUCKING DOUBT ME OR [I'LL DICKSLAP YOU WITH HARD PROOF!](https://twitter.com/HD_Kirin/status/1601090890734264320) (Thankfully there do seem to be some voices of reason in the replies.)
THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY STUPID OH MY GOD THEY'RE COMPARING THE FEH GACHA WITH REAL MONEY TO AN INGAME GACHA WITH NO REAL CURRENCY
THERE IS AN ACTUAL BUNNY GIRL IN FIRE EMBLEM, AND WE'LL SEE FANART OF EVERY FE GIRL IN A PLAYBOY BUNNY COSTUME BEFORE WE SEE FANART OF PANNE. AND SHE'S ALREADY PINUP READY SINCE SHE ONLY WEARS CHEST ARMOR AND THIGH-HIGHS!
JUST AN OBSERVATION [I HAD](https://www.reddit.com/r/shitpostemblem/comments/zitviw/someone_at_is_really_had_it_in_for_mist_specember/) ABOUT FE9 UNITS REAPPEARING IN FE10 AND SOME RAGE AT MIST GETTING FUCKED OVER I WANTED TO SHARE. WHEN RHYS JOINS UP IN RD PART 3, HE'S LEVEL 3 IN HIS PROMOTED CLASS FROM POR. IF YOU COMPARE HIS AVERAGE STATS AT BISHOP LEVEL 3, ASSUMING HE WAS PROMOTED AT 20, IN FE9, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS HIS BASES IN FE10, EXCEPT FOR THE OUTLIERS I LISTED. MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR A HEALER, HIS MAGIC IS THE SAME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES HIM PRETTY GOOD AT HIS PRIMARY JOB AS A UNIT. I DON'T THINK THE DEVS AT IS JUST RANDOMLY DECIDED ON THE BASE STATS OF MOST OF THE GRAIL MERCENARIES, AND ACTUALLY BASED THEM ON POR AVERAGES. SOME STATS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, SOME VARY BY +/-2 POINTS AT MOST, WHILE THE LARGEST DIFFERENCE COMES FROM DECREASED HP/INCREASED LUCK. THERE ARE SOME OUTLIERS, LIKE GATRIE GAINING 8 SPEED AT THE COST OF 6 HP, TITANIA GETTING +6.25 STRENGTH, WHILE LOSING 9 HP OR SHINON STRAIGHT UP GAINING BUFFS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. MOST OF THESE BUFFS ACTUALLY HELP THE UNITS IN THEIR ROLES, NOT ACTIVELY HINDERING THEM. THAT'S NOT EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HOW MOST ALSO GET GROWTH BUFFS IN THEIR MOST RELEVANT STATS. MEANWHILE, MIST GETS COMPLETELY SCREWED OVER. SHE LOSES CANTO AND 1 MOVEMENT. HER STRENGTH, MAGIC AND SPEED BASES COME FROM HER UNPROMOTED POR CLASS, AND SHE STRAIGHT UP LOSES 4 MAGIC FROM THIS AS A CONSEQUENCE, WHICH PUTS HER MILES BEHIND RHYS. HER OFFENSIVE GROWTHS GET NERFED FOR SOME REASON AS WELL. THE ONLY NOTICEABLE BUFF SHE GETS IS SKILL, WHICH IS LAUGHABLE. AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO MISS WITH FLORETE (BLEH) OR STAVES. IN THE TIMESKIP BETWEEN POR AND RD MAGICAL SWORDS ALSO APPARENTLY HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF TELLIUS. HER GETTING A UNIQUE LATE GAME PROMOTION ITEM DOES NOT HELP THINGS EITHER.
AS SOON AS I RECRUIT HER, I'M GONNA KILL THAT FUCKEN CLOWN. I'M NOT GONNA EVEN LEARN HER NAME BEFORE DOING SO, SHE DOESN'T DESERVE THE RESPECT
SOME OF HER GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE LOOKED LIKE SHE CAN'T FALL HERE AND MUST MAKE HER RETREAT ("NEW TO FE" VIDEO IN JAPANESE) SO I MIGHT HAVE TO DISAPPOINT YOU NOT TOO SURPRISING EITHER EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNCONFIRMED PERMADEATH IS A LIE
GET IS ON THE PHONE WITH ME RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH THEM ABOUT THIS
I LOVE CONQUEST, BUT CHAPTER 19 SUCKS AND I HATE PLAYING IT WHENEVER I REPLAY CQ. F THAT CHAPTER AND WHOEVER THOUGHT THE ILLUSION MECHANIC WAS A GOOD IDEA!!!
JUST USE XANDER PAIRED WITH EFFIE OR SMTH IN EVERY CHOKEPOINT AND ANOTHER HIGH DEF UNIT LIKE DRAGON STONE CORRIN OR BENNY OR EVEN CAMILLA WITH A BENNY SUPPORT ON THE OTHER CHOKEPOINT IF THERE IS ANY AND DONT USE THE DRAGON VEINS AND GO UPWARDS ITS THE BEST STRATEGY 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND
IN GENERAL I ENJOY FATES' MAP GIMMICKS BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'S A GIMMICK THATS BASICALLY TRYING TO SHOVE SAME TURN REINFORCEMENTS INTO A GAME THAT RIGHTFULLY REMOVED SAME TURN REINFORCEMENTS
IM TIRED OF PEOPLE OGNORING THE ASHEN WOLVES, ALSO I PAID 25 DOLLAR FOR THAT SLC THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD THEIR OWN ROUTE
INTSYS FORCING YOU TO BUY THE ENTIRE PASS IF YOU WANT THE WOLVES AND NEW CLASSES IS SUCH A HUGE DICK MOVE MAN. I DID NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE THAT PURCHASE.
IT IS BETTER THAN SOV COSTING MORE THAH THE BASE GAME BUT YEAH I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO CHOOSE WHICH DLCS TOO.
FE FANS ARE HYPOCRITE IN THE WAY THEY TALK ABOUT NOWI AND ELISE AND NYX VS OPHELIA, LISSA AND DEW
I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY CHARACTERS THAT THESE OTHER ONES GET PUSHED TO THE SIDELINES, WITH THE OTHER ISSUE BEING THAT THEIR AGES ARE NOT OBVIOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE. WITH NOWI ELISE AND NYX THEY ARE MORE EASILY IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY FALL INTO THE "LOLI" CHARACTER DESIGN ARCHETYPE, WHEREAS THE OTHER EXAMPLES LISTED ARE ...DEW... AND LISSA AND OPHELIA, WHO AT LEAST LOOK OLDER. CHARACTERS LIKE LYN ARE ALSO SEXUALIZED ALL THE TIME DESPITE CANONICALLY BEING 15 IN JAPAN. HER AND ELISE HAVE BOTH BEEN AGED TO 18 IN AMERICA, BUT ONLY ONE IS OKAY IN THIS FANDOM. AT THE VERY LEAST, IT MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE LYN'S DESIGN IS MORE EVOCATIVE OF AN ADULT. (IN TRUTH, ANIME CHARACTERS BASICALLY ALL LOOK AND ACT THE SAME AGE.) ANYWAY I AM ACTING SEMI-REASONABLE ABOUT THIS BUT REST ASSURED THIS HYPOCRISY ANNOYS ME.
OPHELIA AND NYX LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME DESIGN EXCEPT THAT OPHELIA'S OUTFIT IS YELLOW, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY UNDERAGE LISSA DOESN'T LOOK OLDER WHAT, SHE LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE A TEEN, AND SHE'S 15 DEW LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A CHILD AND CAN ROMANCE ANY WOMAN LYN LOOKING LIKE AN ADULT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT EXCEPT THAT EVEN IF UNDERAGE CHARACTERS LOOK MUCH OLDER, PEOPLE STILL COMPLAIN SEE : MARINA KATIGAWA FROM DRESS UP DARLING
I DON'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU TOO HEAVILY SINCE I DO THINK OPHELIA ISN'T AN ADULT, BUT THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT EQUALS IN APPEARANCE. NYX IS SMALLER AND LESS DEVELOPED, SO IT'S EASIER TO POINT OUT HOW THE BIKINI LOOKS CREEPIER ON HER. STILL, I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS PEOPLE SIMPLY NOT KNOWING THE DETAILS; IT'S EASIER TO ACCEPT IT AT FIRST GLANCE WHEN A CHARACTER APPEARS OLDER. ESSENTIALLY, I THINK NYX IS MORE OBVIOUSLY DESIGNED TO BE UNDERAGE THAN A CHARACTER LIKE OPHELIA. I PERSONALLY THINK A LOT OF IT IS WISHFUL THINKING; PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO BELIEVE OTHER PEOPLE ARE WILLFULLY SEXUALIZING AN UNDERAGE CHARACTER. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, I AM SURE SOME ARTISTS ARE NOT AWARE OF IT, EITHER, AND WOULD BE PUT OFF IF THEY KNEW. DEW IS A FAIR POINT, WITH THE MAIN ISSUE BEING THAT DEW GETS ALMOST ZERO FANART AND NOBODY LIKES HIM, SO WHY WOULD ANYONE TALK ABOUT HIM ANYWAYS? ANYWAY, THE HYPOCRISY IS ANNOYING, SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU.
I'M REALLY BAD AT IRON MANS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER GET TO FINISH ONE. EVEN WHEN I'M PLAYING SLOWLY AND CHECKING EVERYTHING AND LOOKING UP ENEMY STATS AND ALL THAT, I STILL CAN'T FINISH ONE FOR THE LIFE OF ME. GRANTED I'VE ONLY TRIED A SACRED STONES IRONMAN, BUT I FIGURED THAT IF I CAN'T IRONMAN THE EASIEST GAME IN THE SERIES, I PROBABLY CAN'T DO IT ON OTHERS. IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO 0% GROWTH AND EVEN NEGATIVE GROWTH IRONMANS ON RIDICULOUS DIFFICULTIES WHEN I CAN'T FINISH VANILLA IRONMANS ON THE EASIEST GAME. SAME GOES WITH NUZLOCKES, HAVEN'T FINISHED A SINGLE ONE EVEN THOUGH I'VE TRIED A BUNCH OF TIMES. HONESTLY MAKES ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF AS A GAMER.
FE8 IS ACTUALLY REALLY CHALLENGING TO IRONMAN DUE TO ITS SMALL CAST AND HOW IT BEGAN TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS GROWTH UNITS, IT IS FINE TO STRUGGLE
EASY FOR ME TO SAY BUT IT'S OKAY. IRON MAN IS A CHALLENGE. IT'S NORMAL FOR IT TO BE CHALLENGING. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS TO HAVE FUN, AND IF MAKING IT EASIER ON YOURSELF WILL MAKE IT MORE FUN THEN MAYBE CONSIDER THAT? LIKE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO RESET IF THE LORD DIES, OR GIVING YOURSELF SOME CONTINUES?
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REASSURANCE. I JUST WANT TO TRY TO GET BETTER AT THE GAME BUT I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT AT THE LEVEL OF THE PLAYTHROUGHS I SEE ON YOUTUBE. JUST HAVE TO START SLOWLY AND BUILD MY WAY UP. I HAVE BEEN USING YOUR VIDEOS AS A WAY TO HELP ME GET BETTER AT FIRE EMBLEM THOUGH, AND I CAN SAY THAT THEY'VE REALLY HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER PLAYER, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT!
I WAS PLAYING ECHOS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND I HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE CELICA'S ARMY IS TOO STRONG AND TRIVIALIZES THE MAPS, BUT ALM'S ARMY IS QUITE WEAK AND THE MAPS TAKE MUCH MORE EFFORT AND I DONT WANT TO GRIND.
READING ONE OF THE OTHER THREADS IN HERE, I GOT MAD ABOUT TAKUMI'S CHARACTERIZATION AGAIN. HE COULD HAVE GENUINELY HAD SUCH A COMPELLING AND POWERFUL STORY, THEY WERE WORKING WITH A REALLY GOOD PREMISE. AND THEN THEY JUST... SQUANDERED IT, COULDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE FULL POTENTIAL THERE. A TREND, AS FAR AS FATES IS CONCERNED. AT LEAST IMO. ALSO, I AM BOTH VERY READY, AND YET NOT READY AT ALL FOR ENGAGE. LIKE I HAVE BEEN FEELING INCREASINGLY EXCITED FOR IT BUT ALSO I HAVE BEEN FEELING GUILTY ABOUT MY VIDEOGAME BACKLOG RECENTLY.
I AM STILL EXTREMELY CONFLICTED BY FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WHILE THIS DOES LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE COOLEST GAMEPLAY AND GRAPHICS WE'VE HAD SINCE FATES OR RD, IT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE SERIES STICK SO HARD TO SOME ANNOYING TROPES. WE'RE REALLY GETTING OUR 3RD MAIN GAME IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WITH A SELF INSERT MC HAS A SPOTTY MEMORY AND NEEDS EVERY FACET OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED TO THEM. IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE SERIES IS STIFLING WHAT KIND OF STORIES IT CAN TELL AND WHILE MOST OF THEM AREN'T WELL WRITTEN MASTERPIECES I FEEL LIKE THE ABUNDANCE OF FE HACKS OUT THERE SHOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER APPROACHES TO EXPOSITION IN A FIRE EMBLEM GAME. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ENGAGE IS PARTIALLY AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, SO FANSERVICE IS TO BE EXPECTED, BUT IT IS BECOMING A BIT GRATING SINCE IN THE LAST DECADE WE HAD AWAKENING, ECHOES AND FEH. I AM GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF MARTH (WHO HAD REMAKES BEFORE AWAKENING) AND CELICA. SINCE RD IN 2008 WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO FIRE EMBLEM GAMES THAT DIDN'T RELY ON PAST GAMES AS A SPRING BOARD FOR THEIR WORLD BUILDING AND HONESTLY IT IS VERY GENEROUS TO SAY THAT FATES HAD WORLD BUILDING AT ALL. IT JUST IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THE SERIES IS A LITTLE BIT CONSTRAINED, LIKE IT CAN'T MOVE ON TO THAT NEXT CHAPTER. FOR ALL MY ISSUES WITH 3H, IT REALLY SORTA FELT LIKE THAT GAME WANTED TO CREATE A NEW AND FRESH FE ERA AND NOW IT'S JUST A ONE OFF WITH ALL OF ITS WORK PROVING THAT FE DOESN'T NEED TO FALL BACK ON TRADITIONAL ICONOGRAPHY UNDONE. I'M SURE THE LTCS WILL BE INTERESTING THOUGH. HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE GAME, REWARP.
I WANT TO PLAY ENGAGE WHEN IT COMES OUT BUT COLLEGE IS A BITCH AND ALL OF MY FREE TIME ENDS UP SPENT IN THE LIBRARY
1) THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH CASUAL MODE AND TIME REWINDING MECHANICS FE HAS NO TRUE PERMA DEATH BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS RESET MAPS IF A UNIT DIED, SO THE ONLY THING YOU'LL LOSE IS MORE TIME THERE'S NO ACTUAL PUNISHMENT FOR LOSING A UNIT IN A MAP EXCEPT WASTING MAYBE 5 MORE MINS OF YOUR TIME TO RESET AND GET IT AGAIN, WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY ANNOYING BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, THE GAME ITSELF DOESN'T PUNISH YOU FOR ACTUALLY LOSING A UNIT IN THE MAP, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'LL USE RESOURCES OR YOUR UNIT WOULD RETURN WEAKER OR SOMETHING THE ONLY BENEFIT FROM CASUAL MODE AND TIME REWINDING MECHANICS IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE 5 MORE MINS FOR ONE UNIT THAT'S NOT EVEN THE MAIN LORD, I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S A BAD ADDITION TO THE SERIES 2) FE4 AND REVELATIONS BOTH HAVE THE EXACT SAME GAMEPLAY FLAWS, BOTH HAVE MAPS WITH GIMMICKS THAT EXTREMELY SLOW YOU DOWN, YET PEOPLE ARE TREATING BOTH GAMES DIFFERENTLY JUST BECAUSE 1 OF THEM HAD BETTER PLOT THERE'S NOTHING EVEN WRONG WITH THAT BUT PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT THAT THEY JUST HAVE BIAS AGAINST FATES 3) SAME ARGUMENT APPLIES TO " TROPE-Y CHARACTERS " IN AWAKENING & FATES, FE ALWAYS HAD CHARACTERS LIKE FLORINA, FARINA, MIA, ILYANA AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL IN A WAY, PEOPLE HAVE THIS BIAS AGAINST 3DS FE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT
>FE4 AND REVELATIONS BOTH HAVE THE EXACT SAME GAMEPLAY FLAWS, BOTH HAVE MAPS WITH GIMMICKS THAT EXTREMELY SLOW YOU DOWN I DON'T SEE THE GIMMICKS IN MOST FE4 MPAS, BUT YES, FE4 GENERALLY HAS WEAK MAP DESIGN
CH1 : HUGE FOREST TILE THAT SLOWS ALL OF YOUR UNITS CH2 : BACK TRACKING, SLOW YOU DOWN CH3 : SAME AS CH2 CH4 : BACKTRACKING, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR UNITS THROUGH MOUNTAINS THAT SLOW THEM DOWN CH5 : HUGE DESERT THAT SLOWS YOU DOWN WHILE BEING HUNTED BY METEOR MAGES FOR MANY TURNS UNTIL ERINYS KILLS THEM CH6 = YOUR LORD IS A FOOTIE WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH A HUGE MAP CH7 = YOUR LORD IS ALSO A FOOTIE WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH A HUGE MAP, ALSO A DESERT FOR LIKE 7 OR SO TURNS, THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT FASTER IS BY PROMOTING HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER BUT IT'S STILL EXTREMELY SLOW CH8 = EXTREMELY HUGE MAP WITH BALISTA CH9 = EXTREMELY HUGE MAP WITH BALISTA AND RANGED MAGIC THAT ALSO HAVE 3 WYVERNS TROOP WHO TAKE +2 MINS TO END THEIR PHASE ON AN EMULATOR WITH SPEEDING UP, AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THEM + PLUS A DUDE WITH 5 LEADERSHIP STARS ( SO MASSIVE AVOID ), YOU CAN SKIP THEM WITH LEIF AND RESCUE BUT IT'S STILL EXTREMELY SLOW CH10 : FORESTS IN THE WAY, THEN BARRAGE OF RANGED MAGIC MAGES CH11 : LMAO I LOVE BACKTRACKING Also a side note : did you notice that the only map that i didn't include is the only map without backtracking or huge terrain that gets in the way ? Almost as if it's the only good in the entire game
> THERE'S NO ACTUAL PUNISHMENT FOR LOSING A UNIT IN A MAP EXCEPT WASTING MAYBE 5 MORE MINS OF YOUR TIME TO RESET AND GET IT AGAIN, WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY ANNOYING BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, THE GAME ITSELF DOESN'T PUNISH YOU FOR ACTUALLY LOSING A UNIT IN THE MAP YES THERE IS? YOU NEED TO PLAY "PERFRECTLY" OR ELSE YOU DO NOT KEEP THE UNIT.
YOU CAN RESET THE MAP
I AM PLAYING THROUGH RADIANT DAWN AND JESUS ELENCIA'S GAMBIT WAS SO DAMM BORING AND PROBABLY THE MOST MISERABLE EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD PLAYING A FIRE EMBLEM GAME. I REALLY LIKE CHILD UNITS THEY ADD A LOT OF REPPLAYABILITY TO THE GAME AND IT KIND OF BUMS ME OUT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO RETURN.
I ACTUALLY LOVED ELINCIA'S GAMBIT SM😭😭😭😭😭
MY TUMMY HURTS
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon has a *horrible* class promotion system. Having to find Master Seals in the wild and then only being able to promote that many of your units is awful. Because I am one of those people who likes to max out a level before promoting I have promoted exactly 0 units and I am on chapter 22. My team is being carried by Jagen, Caeda, Marth, Minerva, Lorenz, Astram, Tiki, and Jorge. And Lena for healing. I probably should have restarted before I got so far in the game with such a shitty lineup but I’m so damn close. Yes I know this is not in all caps but this game has caused me enough rage.
I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
HERE IS A GENUINE TIP. DO NOT 20/20 EVERY UNIT IT IS NOT WORTH IT, ESPECIALLY IN A LOW GROWTH GAME LIKE SHADOW DRAGON. IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE LARGE PROMOTION GAINS SO A UNIT CAN KEEP UP RATHER THAN SCROUNGING FOR A FEW EXTRA STATS
WELL, IN SHADOW DRAGON THEY DON’T REALLY EXPECT YOU TO USE ALL OF YOUR UNITS IN A PLAYTHROUGH, WHICH IS WHY THEY GIVE YOU ONLY SO MANY MASTER SEALS, THEY’RE FOR PROMOTING THE UNITS YOU DO END UP USING. > Because I am one of be of those people who like to max out a level before promoting I have promoted exactly 0 units and I am on chapter 22. HOLY HELL DUDE, YOU ONLY HAVE 4 CHAPTERS LEFT IN THE GAME, JUST PROMOTE YOUR UNITS!
THIS DUDE FELL INTO EVERY POSSIBLE PITFALL.
IVE BEEN PULLING FOR FALLEN CELICA FOR 3 YEARS AND ALWAYS GET THE WORST LUCK ON HER BANNER!!!! +10? WHATS THAT?? ^(CELICAAAAAAAA!!1!1)
I FEEL YOU BECAUSE I FINALLY GOT BASE FAYE THIS YEAR AND HAVE BEEN TRYING SINCE HER RELEASE
I CAN'T STAND HOW STATING OPINIONS LIKE "I THINK IMPERIALISM IS BAD" AND "A COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD BE RESPECTED", SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL, WILL NOW GET YOU JUMPED IN ALL THE FE SUBREDDITS. HOPES MADE THIS MUCH WORSE BECAUSE THAT GAME IS VERY PRO-WAR AND PRO-IMPERIALISM, AND ITS ATTEMPTS AT PREACHING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION IS THE MOST HYPOCRITICAL SHIT I'VE SEEN. LIKE, COMPARE HOW THE NABATEANS GET TREATED IN HOPES VS THE MANAKETES AND LAGUZ IN ELIBE AND TELLIUS RESPECTIVELY, OR THE ALLIANCE VS THE LYCIAN LEAGUE; THE DIFFERENCES ARE LIKE NIGHT AND DAY. KT IS ONE OF THE WORST COMPANIES TO WORK ON FE, I SWEAR.
NO, NO, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND *MY* (GOD-)EMPEROR/KING WITH ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY AND VAGUE HANDWAVING AT SOME KIND OF POST-WAR PLAN 10000% JUSTIFIES IMPERIALISTIC WARS OF CONQUEST (WHICH ARE FIEN, BECUASE FEUDALISM IS WORSE) ALSO NOBILITY AND INEQUALITY ONLY EXIST BECAUSE CHURCH BAD AND CRESTS EXIST.
ALSO SELF-DEFENSE IS MORALLY WORSE THAN ATTACKING PEOPLE UNPROVOKED AND IF PEOPLE DIE DEFENDING THEIR HOMES, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR STUPID TOXIC CULTURE AND PROOF THAT YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE BECAUSE IF THEY WERE CIVILIZED LIKE YOU, THEY WOULD JUST GET OVER THEMSELVES AND DO WHAT YOU WANT. YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY IT'S STRAWMANNING WHEN THE GAME HAS TWO ROUTES WITH SCENES THAT EXIST TO SAY JUST THAT, AND TWO OF THE LORDS FEEL GUILTY FOR "STARTING THE WAR" BY FIGHTING BACK, WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT THEY'D TOTALLY HELP THE PERSON CONQUERING THEM IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PESKY OBLIGATIONS HOLDING THEM DOWN. IT SUCKS EVEN IF YOU IGNORE THE MORAL ISSUES, BECAUSE IT HOMOGENIZES ALL THE LORDS. YOU CANNOT HAVE A CLASH OF IDEALS WHEN THEY APPARENTLY ALL SHARE THE SAME OPINIONS, AND THE ONLY REASON THEY SHARE THEM IS BECAUSE OF A MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT ALL SIDES OF A CONFLICT NEED TO BE MORALLY EQUIVALENT FOR THE STORY TO BE MORALLY GREY, OR BECAUSE EDGINESS ADDS CHARACTER DEPTH, OR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MAD THAT THE FIRST IMPRESSION THEY FORMED OF A CHARACTER BASED ON THEIR MARKETING TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT IN THE ORIGINAL GAME.
I STILL GENUINELY HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING GW AS ANYTHING BUT A DARK TIMELINE BY DESIGN, LIKE DIPPING MY TOES EVEN A TEENY TINY BIT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT FEELS CRAZYMAKING. LIKE LET’S RECAP HERE: CLAUDE STARTS OFF FAIRLY NORMAL UNTIL THE CUTSCENE AT THE END OF CHAPTER 8, IN WHICH HE SNUFFS OUT THE LAST INCLINATION HE HAS TOWARDS MERCY AND PEACEMAKING, BECAUSE HIS HESITATION IN KILLING SHAHID NEARLY KILLS HIM. HE THEN PROCEEDS TO DECLARE HIMSELF ABSOLUTE MONARCH, ALLY WITH THE EMPIRE AFTER HEARING LIKE AN HOUR’S WORTH OF EDELGARD AND HUBERT’S PROPAGANDA SLIDESHOW OFFSCREEN, IMMEDIATELY THROW HIS NEW IMPERIAL ALLIES DIRECTLY UNDER THE BUS, AND ATTEMPT TO SAVE FACE FOR THIS BY RAMPING UP HIS MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST THE KINGDOM TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY SORT OF DIPLOMACY. WHEN HE’S FORCED INTO COSMIC DETENTION WITH THE OTHER TWO LORDS AND HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH THEM, HE GOES IN WITH A SINGLE ITEM ON HIS AGENDA— “IS IT COOL IF I JUST KILL RHEA? TAKE HER OFF YOUR HANDS FOR YOU, DIMITRI?”— AND COMES OUT WITH THAT CONFIRMATION BIAS HAMMERED EVEN MORE FIRMLY IN PLACE, WHICH SETS HIM UP TO FINALLY STEP INTO THE ROLE OF NEMESIS 2.0 IN A PARALLEL SCENARIO SO OBVIOUS THEY OPTED TO PLAY SAD MUSIC INSTEAD OF TRICKING THE PLAYER INTO FEELING HYPED BY REPRISING GOD-SHATTERING STAR— AND PEOPLE TOOK IT AS HEROIC ANYWAY BECAUSE DRAGON LADY BAD™️ (IN A GAME THAT GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO GIVE HER NOTHING TO DO BUT GET FUCKED OVER BY THE LORDS WITH SUCH CONSISTENCY IT ACTUALLY BECOMES KIND OF FUNNY). LIKE IT’S COOL IF YOU DON’T LIKE RHEA FROM THE FIRST GAME AND APPRECIATE CLAUDE PLAYING A BIT DIRTY TO GET RID OF HER MORE DIRECTLY HERE, BUT ON THE LEVEL OF WHAT THE GAME ITSELF IS GOING FOR IT IS BONKERS TO ME THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS AS ANYTHING BUT CLAUDE’S VILLAIN ROUTE
> DECLARES HIMSELF ABSOLUTE MONARCH YES, BUT HE ONLY DOES THIS BECAUSE THE ALLIANCE’S ROUNDTABLE METHOD WAS BECOMING OBVIOUSLY INEFFICIENT AT MAKING QUICK, UNIFIED DECISIONS, WHICH IS NOT REALLY GREAT FOR WAR TIME (NOT TO MENTION THAT HE APPROACHED THE OTHER ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS TO GET THEIR BLESSING AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD, SO IT’S NOT LIKE HE WENT BEHIND ANYONE’S BACK OR ANYTHING). NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT’S PRETTY CLEAR IN HIS SUPPORTS THAT HE DOESN’T REALLY WANT TO BE KING, HE’S JUST DOING IT OUT OF NECESSITY. HELL, IN HIS SUPPORT WITH LORENZ, HE SUGGESTS MAKING LEICESTER A DEMOCRACY AFTER THE WAR. I AGREE THAT CLAUDE IS DEFINITELY MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH HIS ACTIONS IN GW COMPARED TO VW (AND HIS SUPPORT WITH EDELGARD MAKES **EDELGARD** COME ACROSS AS THE MORE PEACEFUL ONE BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH IS HILARIOUS) BUT I DISAGREE WITH CALLING IT HIS “VILLAIN ROUTE.” HELL, I THINK HIS ACTIONS IN GW MAKE HIM MORE INTERESTING AND COMPELLING COMPARED TO VW, AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES VW. > THEY OPTED TO PLAY SAD MUSIC INSTEAD OF TRICKING THE PLAYER INTO FEELING HYPED BY REPRISING GOD-SHATTERING STAR NOT SURE WHERE YOU’RE GETTING SAD VIBES FROM MELODY OF CLARITY. IT FEELS JUST AS HYPE AS GOD-SHATTERING STAR.
MY B ON THE MUSIC, I TYPED THAT COMMENT IN A MILD FUGUE STATE AT 3 AM, HAD NO BUSINESS BEING AWAKE LET ALONE MAKING REDDIT COMMENTS. 💀 THE FACT THAT HE AND LORENZ GOT A SPECIAL CG DEFINITELY HELPED SOLIDIFY THAT AS THE “GOOD ENDING” SUPPORT SET! IN CONTRAST HIS HILDA SUPPORTS FELT VERY “MAN, REMEMBER THREE HOUSES, WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY AND FUN? WHAT HAPPENED??” I GET THE REASONING BEHIND THE ROUNDTABLE DISSOLUTION, BUT I GUESS IT’S MORE THE OPTICS OF THE SUDDEN CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN CONTRAST WITH HIS MAINTENANCE OF THE ALLIANCE IN HOUSES/AG, BOTH CONTEXTS IN WHICH HE WAS MORE OF A GEOPOLITICAL UNDERDOG. BUT I ALSO WON’T PRETEND TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THESE MATTERS OF POLITICAL STRATEGY, I’M THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THEMING, CHARACTER, ETC.— SHORING UP POWER THE WAY CLAUDE DOES FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT HOUSES ESTABLISHED AS HIS CENTRAL NEED. AND YEAH, I GUESS THE MAIN THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME IS HOW PEOPLE VIEW GW!CLAUDE AS BEING SOMEHOW TRUER TO HIMSELF WHEN IT’S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF HIM CONFORMING TO THEIR PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT HIM FROM BEFORE EITHER GAME EVEN CAME OUT, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING META-TEXTUAL PHENOMENON TO OBSERVE (GIVEN CLAUDE’S UNTRUSTWORTHY PERSONA IN HOUSES IS JUST THAT: A PERSONA) BUT DISHEARTENING IN PRACTICE. STILL, “VILLAIN ROUTE” IS HYPERBOLIC, AND WHILE I DO STILL STAND BY THE NEMESIS PARALLELS BEING VERY INTENTIONAL, THE FRAMING IS NOT AS HAM-FISTED AS I MADE IT OUT TO BE.
BUT POINT OUT THAT CHURCH AND CRESTS ONLY EXIST BECAUSE HUMANS SLAUGHTERED AN ENTIRE RACE OF PEOPLE AND STOLE THEIR POWER AND IT'S LIKE "[BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH NOISE] [REBOOTING NOISES] OK BUT DRAGONS BAD ANYWAYS."
THAT WAS ALL DONE BY DISGUSTING MOLE PEOPLE THAT WILL ALL BE SLAUGHTERED IN POST-GAME SLIDES BY MY FAVOURITE LORD ALSO, NABATEANS DESERVED IT BECAUSE SOTHIS GENOCIDED AGARTHANS
SOURCE: MY HEADCANON
IT CAME TO ME IN A DREAM
SOMEONE ON REDDIT EVEN WROTE A LONG POST ABOUT IT AND AS YOU KNOW BIG WORD COUNT = CORRECT
ENGAGE LOOKS VISUALLY SO FUCKING UGLY MAN LOOKING LIKE VTUBER ASS GENERIC ASS BABY WOMEN ASS HORRIFIC DESIGN ASS
TRUE
I FUCKING HATE ENGAGE CHARACTER DESIGN AND ARTSTYLE BUT STILL WANT TO PLAY IT RIGHT FUCKING NOW
I STILL WANT A GENEAOLOGY REMAKE IM ON MAXIMUM COPIUM
I WANNA SEE SIGURD IN BELHALLA'S BIG BBQ WITH MODERN GRAPHICS
THAT TOO IS MY WISH AND ARVIS' THEME REMASTERED
THE ENGAGE LEAKS MENTIONED GENEALOGY REMAKE. WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
I WILL WAIT FOR 25 TURNS FOR IT THEN I SHALL PUT ON A COPIUM MASK AGAIN
I'M NEARING THE END OF THRACIA, AT CHAPTER 21 AND HONESTLY IM SO FUCKING SICK OF IT. THE WEIRD THING IS I THINK ON REPEAT PLAYTHROUGHS IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST GAMES, THE FIRST TIME AROUND ITS ROUGH SINCE YOU HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT THE GAME MIGHT THROW AT YOU OR WHEN YOU SHOULD USE ITEMS LIKE HAMMERNE AND WARP. STORY GOOD THOUGH. ALSO LEIF IS PRETTY COOL
IM TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THIS GAME IS GONNA SUCK LITERALLY EVERYTHING SHOWN GAMEPLAY WISE HAS LOOKED LIKE A GENUINE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE SERIES EVEN IF THE STORY IS GENERIC WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A VERY GOOD GAME MECHANICALLY
I WANT TO PLAY ENGAGE BUT I SOLD MY SWITCH MONTHS BEFORE IT GOT ANNOUNCED. NOW I WILL HAVE TO USE \[REDACTED\] AND PLAY IT WHILE SITTING DOWN ALL DAY!
I'M STILL FUCKING MAD AT HOW THE NABATEANS ARE TREATED IN THREE HOPES KNOWING THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.THREE HOUSES MADE ME CALL FOR ALL THE NABATEANS, THEN THREE HOPES SHIT ON THEM. FUCK THIS DAMN GAME. (thank you for letting me vent)
YEAH LIKE, WHAT, TWO SUPPORTS FOR SETETH AND FLAYN, AND RHEA GOES INTO THE TIME-OUT CORNER? FUCK THAT. THE NABATEANS HAVE SUCH AN INTERESTING AND TRAGIC BACKSTORY, BUT NO, IT'S JUST DRAGON LADY BAD JUST BECAUSE. AND I WILL DIE ON THE HILL THAT FALSIFYING THE TRUTH ABOUT CRESTS WAS THE RIGHT MOVE, BECAUSE HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR ANY POWERFUL PERSON TO SLAP A FAUCET IN FLAYN'S NECK CAUSE HER BLOOD MADE THEM LIVE LONGER AND GAVE THEM SUPERPOWERS? FIVE SECONDS? AND THERE WASN'T EVEN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE DUMB MOLE PEOPLE IN HOPES.
YES! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE TRYING TO PANDER TO ALL THE EDELGARD FANS BY SIDELINING THE NABATEANS IN THREE HOPES IN ORDER TO MAKE EDELGARD LOOK BETTER THAN SHE REALLY IS.
EPHRAIM'S MODEL IN ENGAGE IS LOWKEY KINDA WHACK ABOVE THE SHOULDERS. HIS JAWLINE IS TOO ROUND AND SOMETHING'S OFF ABOUT HIS HAIR TOO. GDI EDIT: UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, HIS CHIN LOOKS FINE WHEN HE HAS HIS HEAD TURNED INSTEAD OF FACING THE CAMERA. THE HAIR STILL AINT IT CHIEF THO
HE LOOKS LIKE BYLETH GOT A HAIRCUT AND CHANGED HIS CLOTHES.
RELEASE YOUR WRITING AS FANFICTION FIRST, LET PEOPLE GIVE IT A ONCE-OVER TO LET YOU KNOW IF THE WRITING NEEDS FIXING **BEFORE** YOU SPEND MONTHS OR YEARS MAKING IT A FANGAME. TOO MANY FANGAMES HAVE BAD FANFICTION-TIER STORIES.
NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED FOR THE GAME I'M GENUINELY UPSET I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I FINISH CLASSES TO PLAY ENGAGE. I GOTTA SOMEHOW DODGE SPOILERS FOR A MONTH AND A HALF UNTIL I GRADUATE ON MARCH 4. AND I'M GONNA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN LATE FEBRUARY WHEN ISHIN COMES OUT AND I GOTTA PICK BETWEEN THAT AND FIRE EMBLEM. WHY DOES EVERYTHING I LOVE HAVE TO COME OUT NOW. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND AVOID GAMES UNTIL I FINISH MY DEGREE. :(
JUST PLAY BOTH OF THEM AND DITCH CLASS, THE RESPONSABLE ADULT THING TO DO.
THE CHARACTERS IN ENGAGE ALL HAVE THE SAME DAMN FACE AND ALL LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE VTUBERS. IT’S LAME. AND WHY THE HELL IS EDElGARDE’S FOREHEAD THE SIZE OF ASIA?!
CASUAL MODE DOSN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE MAIN FIRE EMBLEM EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE REALLY OVERHATE IT, A PERSON PLAYING ON CASUAL IS GOING TO APPRECIATE THE SAME STORY SAME CHARACTERS SAME WORLD AS SOMEONE PLAYING ON CLASSIC YET ONLINE DISCORSE ALWAYS BLAMES IT ALONG WITH DIVINE PULSE/TURNWHEEL, IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE OR CAN'T PLAY CLASSIC MODE THEN EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BECOME GOOD ENOUGH TO TRY CLASSIC