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/EkkyEkkyGames 9h ago

A rough 'minutes between battles' comparison would be so helpful here! Good characters are a bonus, but wanting to get back to the map is totally fair.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 9h ago

Depending on the run and how much you want to do certain stuff, you're looking at maybe half an hour (including cutscenes and basic prep) to easily two hours between main story battles, but that two hours includes skirmishes, shopping, training, etc. There's more people than ever to give weekly gifts and such to, but less actual support conversations, and the odds of you successfully charming everyone you can in a single run is very, very low.

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u/Ph33rDensetsu 9h ago

and the odds of you successfully charming everyone you can in a single run is very, very low.

Well... About that...

Support levels are preserved between all saves and routes so all you have to do to recruit everyone in a single run is do your weekly activities that raise supports at the beginning of a chapter and then restart the chapter. You gain back any gold and items spent and keep any support level you gained.

I used spoiler tags just in case you don't actually want to know this trick that might be considered an exploit by some.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 8h ago

So everything resets except social link progress? I got the impression EVERYTHING reset.

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u/Ph33rDensetsu 7h ago

Everything else does. That's the one thing that doesn't!