this games gameplay rocks i found it super addicting to the point i played it in my mind it was seriously fun - there’s a lot of mechanics to learn so there’s a bit of a learning curve otherwise it’s sick

for reference i played conquest and three houses before this

i thought the level designs were really fun until they would spam reinforcements to lengthen chapters unnecessarily
the enemy ai felt a little weird because of how they prioritized your units for damage output so it’s a guessing game of who they target but i got used to it overtime

there’s a time crystal that acts like the divine pulse in three houses but with 10 charges - it felt super forgiving at first but i found myself thankful for it towards the endgame

the story is a cornball mess with lame characters and writing - there’s emotional moments that felt super unearned and predictable plot points - a huge eye roll
overall

a lot of the dialogue felt really lame and i just didn’t care for anybody except the units that carried my shit hard but even then they didn’t provide me with enough shmeat to learn about them
you really get the most out of a character with the where are they now when you beat the game and even still it’s super unearned and forgettable

this games music was boring for me except for maybe a handful of tracks - i won’t include the songs from previous games you can find during preludes - even the songs that are good i personally didn’t find to be worth writing home about except maybe 2

i was indifferent for the fan service provided from previous fire emblem characters - all their dialogue was just hey i’m this hero and you’re my friend

there are a lot of characters that aren’t shown a lot of love unless they’re main characters - and even still it’s barebones

which is annoying because they don’t exist unless you use them so you just lose them to the void of a character list because you will literally not see them in a cutscene unless you do a support interaction

the home base somniel was super dead like the monastery so thank god for the fast travel for the important stuff

I would’ve dropped it if the gameplay didn’t rock this much because i really was not a fan of about everything else