How is the new Fire Emblem?

[u/SaveADay89]

I'm a big fan of the fire emblem games, but I will admit that I didn't like engage. I found the combat to be as engaging as ever, but the anime tropes and characters were really annoying. I liked 3H, though. My issues is that I heard the new one is heavily skewed towards the out of combat activities, particularly the social features. Is this true?

[u/VanceXentan]

The recruitment aspect is complete dog shit, the characters are well written but supports are few and far between one guy has ONE support. Story is fine but doesn't have the same impact that three houses did. The avatar is a fucking bird for all of act 1 and 2 gameplay speaking. Busy work is 90% of the game. Combat feels enjoyable but after one route it drags out. the lore was expanded upon which is nice. Do you like the alien aspect in some fire emblems? then you better hope you do because they're the background cause of why things are happening in this game.

Game is a 7 of 10 if I'm being very generous.

Edit: the downvotes don't scare me from objectively stating this is a average quality fire emblem game. As a veteran of the series since before awakening i'm not going to let reddit karma keep me from stating my opinion. The lows are REALLY bad, and the highs while there are objectively not enough to overcome it's short comings. You randomly have plot twists that come in Leda's route with no preamble like with Orchel, and her face.

[u/Iggy_Slayer → u/VanceXentan]

Agreed with everything. They really dropped the ball on the character aspect by making like 70% of the units in the game borderline random grunts you hire in other strategy games.

[u/distinctvagueness → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Probably cuz most of those are for the other 4 cut/dlc routes

[u/VanceXentan → u/Iggy_Slayer]

People are going to downvote me because they're mega fans but they're full of shit. People can enjoy the games as they will. I personally play on hard/casual myself but have been playing since the Sacred Stones. This game just isn't up to par. I don't know ANYONE but the main cast after doing Leda's, and Dietrich's routes unless they have some sort of plot relevance because the game doesn't explain who they are except for quick blurbs that are optional if you talk to them. I already listed out my grievances so i won't do so again but just to show i'm not fully biased against the game:

The writing is great for the characters, the characters are fun and enjoyable to see them do their things. Graphics are an improvement over three houses. Combat can be fun but it gets replayed to often, and sometimes the maps are bullshit. Especially on the first route. This game has SOOO many flaws fanboys are going to overlook just because it's Fire Emblem.

Fun fact: On both the routes i played? The mandatory mercenary recruit has ZERO supports with their main cast like what the fuck are Catannia, and Yang Jie doing?

[u/distinctvagueness → u/VanceXentan]

Leda and Dietrich are more disconnected from the "big plot" than the other 2. But yeah cast is strangely centralized on 3-5 characters per route

[u/VanceXentan → u/distinctvagueness]

That in itself should be a rather large flaw in itself. That two of the four routes exclude the 'big plot' in itself. Anyone who thought 'I want to start with a lord dancer' shouldn't get punished for wanting said lord, or wanted something more familiar and went with Dietrich.