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/TheShepard15 8h ago

I'd say it depends on what you liked about 3H. I have two friends who aren't buying Fortunes Weave because there's hardly any supports compared to 3H. They also like the shipping/pairing stuff from Awakening that Fortunes Weave lacks.

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u/BarbarousJudge 7h ago

I wouldn't say there are hardly any supports. There are plenty. There are just quite a few characters that barely have any but the game also has nearly double the amount of characters. So while the amount of supports is reduced overall I think it's still more than fine and way less redundant at times. Some support conversations repeated character tropes way too much in 3H while FW trimmed them down to where most supports actually offer something new for the characters.

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u/NotThePersona 6h ago

I think they could have dropped a solid 10-15 characters from the roster and no-one would have noticed.
That is time they could have spent fleshing out the other 50+ characters and supports between them.

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u/FunkyHat112 5h ago

That’s the real downside. The total amount of support conversations is somewhat alright, it’s just that it’s too diluted over such a large cast, so there are support conversations that should be there and just aren’t.

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u/NotThePersona 2h ago

Yeah, is kinda insane how pointless it feels recruiting a bunch of the people.