What an absolutely phenomenal DLC!
I held out on playing it for some time because I wasn’t exactly satisfied with the base game’s story. Not that it was bad, but it was a little too generic for my liking. What the original story for Engage did notably well, though, is firmly establish not only its characters and their personalities, but also its kingdoms and by extension its overall world-building.
The Fell Xenologue is genuinely riveting to read and play because it has an incredibly solid foundation to build upon. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the twins, but they grow on you fairly quickly, and the series of twists and turns do a fantastic job of appealing to pathos. The only real downside to the DLC is that the map designers clearly hate anyone who doesn’t play on Normal difficulty, but other than that it’s an amazing experience.
Oh! And the Four Winds are some of the best characters in the game if not the whole franchise. I adore them so much, and I can’t wait to read their supports back in the main game! For them alone this DLC is an easy 5/5 — the superb story and challenging combat are just the cherries on top!
I held out on playing it for some time because I wasn’t exactly satisfied with the base game’s story. Not that it was bad, but it was a little too generic for my liking. What the original story for Engage did notably well, though, is firmly establish not only its characters and their personalities, but also its kingdoms and by extension its overall world-building.
The Fell Xenologue is genuinely riveting to read and play because it has an incredibly solid foundation to build upon. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the twins, but they grow on you fairly quickly, and the series of twists and turns do a fantastic job of appealing to pathos. The only real downside to the DLC is that the map designers clearly hate anyone who doesn’t play on Normal difficulty, but other than that it’s an amazing experience.
Oh! And the Four Winds are some of the best characters in the game if not the whole franchise. I adore them so much, and I can’t wait to read their supports back in the main game! For them alone this DLC is an easy 5/5 — the superb story and challenging combat are just the cherries on top!