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/VanceXentan D20 10h ago edited 9h ago

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.

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u/unpeturbedcorvid 7h ago

I'm firmly of the belief that this will be a more popular opinion in a few months time. Right now anything that's not "10/10 this game cured my diabetes, got me a partner, and saved my nans life" gets downvoted in threads like these, but in actual discussion threads would be considered a relatively balanced take.

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u/VanceXentan D20 7h ago

I go out of my way to at least make sure my own experience with a game speaks on my judgement of it, and not just what everyone says. The game is fun, but 70 dollars worth of fun, with four cut lords that will probably be DLC, and the recruitment and busy work just to recruit people you couldn't give four fucks about because you don't know anything about them due to lack of supports/story relevance hurts.

At least in games like Awakening you got a proper intro to guys like Lon'qu and he has proper supports to further endear him to the players despite being in the story for only one chapter and being vaguely relevant in it.