peak gameplay, cringe ass story
I’m trying y’all
This review contains spoilers
Played on Hard difficulty, no DLC
I actually enjoyed the writing here, I liked the general theme of familial love and loss and thought it was executed decently enough even if it doesn't explore it in the depth I would've liked
I don't think Lumera's death is poorly written either necessarily because the game treats it as "Oh, it's so unfair I didn't get to know you" unlike Fates where Corrin's mom dying makes her go super saiyan.
The biggest issues I had with the writing were the midgame where that theming wasn't really there, or the sudden backstories for both Marni and Sombrom which do connect to the theming but aren't built to that cheapens them.
Also found the general mechanics pretty fun, although a lot of the maps I'm not sure how memorable they are. Certainly not the worst maps, just kinda middle-of-the-road. Some of them though were fun like a lot of the early game is pretty solid at teaching certain things, and particular shoutouts to the Pact Ring map that can get pretty intense with the advancing enemies.
Overall I enjoyed Engage quite a bit.
I actually enjoyed the writing here, I liked the general theme of familial love and loss and thought it was executed decently enough even if it doesn't explore it in the depth I would've liked
I don't think Lumera's death is poorly written either necessarily because the game treats it as "Oh, it's so unfair I didn't get to know you" unlike Fates where Corrin's mom dying makes her go super saiyan.
The biggest issues I had with the writing were the midgame where that theming wasn't really there, or the sudden backstories for both Marni and Sombrom which do connect to the theming but aren't built to that cheapens them.
Also found the general mechanics pretty fun, although a lot of the maps I'm not sure how memorable they are. Certainly not the worst maps, just kinda middle-of-the-road. Some of them though were fun like a lot of the early game is pretty solid at teaching certain things, and particular shoutouts to the Pact Ring map that can get pretty intense with the advancing enemies.
Overall I enjoyed Engage quite a bit.
Strategically very fun game, but the story declines compared to 3h.
I have it pending to finish, sooner or later I will pick it up, but I feel the same thing happens lately. Either they make a mechanically entertaining game (awakening, fates...) with a normal story, or they make a game with a very good story (3h echoes of valentia...), but more boring gameplay.
Juego estratégicamente muy divertido, pero la historia decae en comparación con 3h.
Lo tengo pendiente de terminar, tarde o temprano lo retomaré, pero siento que pasa lo mismo últimamente. O hacen un juego entretenido mecánicamente (awakening, fates...) con una historia normal, o hacen un juego con muy buena historia (3h echoes of valentia...), pero jugabilidad más aburrida.
I have it pending to finish, sooner or later I will pick it up, but I feel the same thing happens lately. Either they make a mechanically entertaining game (awakening, fates...) with a normal story, or they make a game with a very good story (3h echoes of valentia...), but more boring gameplay.
Juego estratégicamente muy divertido, pero la historia decae en comparación con 3h.
Lo tengo pendiente de terminar, tarde o temprano lo retomaré, pero siento que pasa lo mismo últimamente. O hacen un juego entretenido mecánicamente (awakening, fates...) con una historia normal, o hacen un juego con muy buena historia (3h echoes of valentia...), pero jugabilidad más aburrida.
This game is stupid, and fun. Actually the strategy and gameplay can get complex. Uh, I'm going to score it lower though cause no playable dragons in base game
Story bad gameplay fun soundtrack good merrin hot what else do you want me to say