r/gaming • u/SaveADay89 • 10h ago

How is the new Fire Emblem?

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?

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u/SwizzGod 10h ago

Funny I don’t play but a friend of mine said it’s less focus on the social stuff that’s what he likes about it

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u/bassboyjulio182 10h ago

It’s less than the previous Fire Emblem but still a fair amount compared to your standard tactics game

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u/SwizzGod 10h ago

Gotcha. Like I said I don’t play but if that’s par the course for the series, why would people complain about it. I mean that’s the game right?

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u/vezwyx 9h ago

Three Houses was a gigantic leap in the social aspects of Fire Emblem. Building relationships between your characters is something that's had a minor role in the series for a while, but that was built out into taking up half of the game for Three Houses, and it's not something that everyone appreciated.

"Less social sim than Three Houses" is therefore bringing the game closer to traditional FE, but there's a lot of room for systems that some series veterans aren't particularly interested in. The battles in FE have been a gold standard in tactical turn-based RPGs for a long time, so it makes sense that people who are drawn to that gameplay specifically could be turned off by this newer focus on mechanics/systems that really have nothing to do with that

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u/Tiernoch 7h ago

I've been playing FE since the first official release in English, I can deal with the increased social aspects but it is frustrating that the map designs really are not that great in stretches.

If I only had three houses to compare I would consider it a step up, but Engage had great map design which is a big frustration to see that not continued.

I also do not care for getting rid of the weapon triangle, but a lot of that is also that I'm just not a huge fan of how the TH/FW handles weapons and classes (a class upgrade getting access to a new weapon used to feel amazing).