After the release of Three Houses (and getting disappointed by how boring the gameplay was and how the route I played was not that great story wise), I lost my interest in the franchise for a long time. When the leaks started showing up, however, I started to think about the series more and more, to the point of getting Engage at launch.
I will say that even though I did like Alear’s design ever since it got leaked, me trusting the plan was kind of a meme, but as more stuff about the game was getting revealed in trailers and such, my hope for FE got renewed. And I must say, I am glad that I trusted the plan.
I am not exaggerating when I say that it’s the most fun experience I’ve had while playing FE in my entire life. Seeing crit animations like the ones from the GBA era but in 3D was amazing, the break mechanic is genius and made me like player phase and be more careful about positioning in enemy phase instead of just placing anybody who was strong. Conquest used to be my favorite gameplay wise but Engage is 100 times better. I really am looking forward to a future replay, which is something I’d never say with 3H.
The emblems were all quite interesting to use, and each one of them having up to 3 weapons was very useful for a lot of situations. It was also nostalgic seeing and listening to them. They translated quite well into the Engage art style, and the maps from their original games in the paralogues having a bit of a twist was nice. Emblem Eirika my beloved.
A lot of people say the story is not good, but I disagree. Sure, it has tons of clichés, but I thought they were mostly well executed, at least well enough for me not to dislike them. At its worst points I thought the story was decent, and while the ending was a bit convoluted I quite liked it.
I really enjoyed all the characters I’ve used, both personality wise and design wise. I really loved all the fun and colorful designs, I think Mika Pikazo did an excellent job here. The characters are pretty fun and got nice supports, even if a lot aren’t super deep stuff. Shoutout to the Racket of Solm trio, especially Panette who was my MVP.
It’s 2AM right now and I just finished the game, and I don’t really know what else to add besides what I already wrote here. I don’t think it’s recency bias, I believe this became my 2nd favorite Fire Emblem. Peak fiction right there, I genuinely can’t understand the people who didn’t like it, because even if they could think the story or characters were mediocre at best or something along those lines, the game itself was incredibly fun.
I will say that even though I did like Alear’s design ever since it got leaked, me trusting the plan was kind of a meme, but as more stuff about the game was getting revealed in trailers and such, my hope for FE got renewed. And I must say, I am glad that I trusted the plan.
I am not exaggerating when I say that it’s the most fun experience I’ve had while playing FE in my entire life. Seeing crit animations like the ones from the GBA era but in 3D was amazing, the break mechanic is genius and made me like player phase and be more careful about positioning in enemy phase instead of just placing anybody who was strong. Conquest used to be my favorite gameplay wise but Engage is 100 times better. I really am looking forward to a future replay, which is something I’d never say with 3H.
The emblems were all quite interesting to use, and each one of them having up to 3 weapons was very useful for a lot of situations. It was also nostalgic seeing and listening to them. They translated quite well into the Engage art style, and the maps from their original games in the paralogues having a bit of a twist was nice. Emblem Eirika my beloved.
A lot of people say the story is not good, but I disagree. Sure, it has tons of clichés, but I thought they were mostly well executed, at least well enough for me not to dislike them. At its worst points I thought the story was decent, and while the ending was a bit convoluted I quite liked it.
I really enjoyed all the characters I’ve used, both personality wise and design wise. I really loved all the fun and colorful designs, I think Mika Pikazo did an excellent job here. The characters are pretty fun and got nice supports, even if a lot aren’t super deep stuff. Shoutout to the Racket of Solm trio, especially Panette who was my MVP.
It’s 2AM right now and I just finished the game, and I don’t really know what else to add besides what I already wrote here. I don’t think it’s recency bias, I believe this became my 2nd favorite Fire Emblem. Peak fiction right there, I genuinely can’t understand the people who didn’t like it, because even if they could think the story or characters were mediocre at best or something along those lines, the game itself was incredibly fun.