Currently replaying on Hector hard mode, and I'm convinced that Mekkah making that long ass critique about how fe7's plot apparently sucks completely destroyed this game's reputation. It was always "mid" this, "mid" that afterwards, and I kinda got roped into following the fe7 hate-train hivemind. Yeah it's nowhere near as complex as Jugdral before it or Tellius after it, but it's really a neat little story about a Sacaean plainswoman reclaiming her heritage, and two longtime friends of noble status going on a journey to save one's father. There's some drama, mystery and a little tragedy, but nothing groundbreaking. It's really just Fire Emblem comfort food. There's no grand conflict, nor is the world at stake (for the most part), but I feel this is the game after FE4 that really pushed towards characters being given more time in the spotlight in FE games. Lyn's story and Lyndis' Legion again just have this level of comraderie only is really surpassed with the Greil Mercenaries. After stumbling a bit with FE6, Intelligent Systems found their footing without Shouzou Kaga to guide them, and to some, the next few games that followed would be considered on par with, and in some cases better than the previous director's best works.
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First smart FE7 player I'm happy
it was really jarring to see how many people online don't like fe7 when my friends who got me into fe all absolutely adore it. youtubers should just never talk about fire emblem maybe
@junie yeah same, I remember when I was real young, before I'd even played any fe, I watched fe7 vids and thought the crit animations were super cool and that's what compelled me to get awakening since emulation wasn't something I knew about. got around to emulating it later and liked it a ton, but I didn't revisit it for years and that vid and general sentiment was really negative which really surprised me and changed my outlook on it since memories of my original playthrough were hazy. finished hhm yesterday, and I really regret listening to those people. there was a lot of talk of the map design sucking too but tbh the only bad one is battle before dawn but talking about that is like beating a dead horse lol, i really liked cog of destiny and victory or death despite hearing horror stories about them
i didnt even know people disliked the map design in 7... how do you get mad at arguably the best map design on the gba when it came after the game that gave us Hero of the Western Isles
i didn't even know that fe7 was unpopular now in the broader fanbase. I still thought it was one of the favorites. That's very interesting tho bc i feel like it was held up as one of the greatest games if not the greatest in the whole series for a while, and for just one guy to create such a strong paradigm shift maybe shows why fetube sucks and no one should take it as seriously as they do lul. really every youtube niche focused on one video game never does any good for its fanbase's perception and understanding of the game.
ThatMagicalMage
1 year ago