I imagine they'd summon Thales if they were gonna summon main villains from old FE games. Summoning Edelgard would be like summoning Camus or the Black Knight. Yes they take on an antagonistic role at times in their stories, but they also take on heroic roles as is needed. I think it ultimately will come down to how many rings are in the main story and how do you obtain them. For all we know the 12 they teased in the opening of the trailer are the only 12. My guess is the part of the dlc expansion will be adding more hero rings for fan favorite characters even if it's only those 12 in the base game.I hope IS throws gasoline on the Fire Emblem fandom by making villains summon-able by the enemy and they summon Edelgard
Well. To be fair. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Black Knight is used as a villain and his mask off is used as the “Hero”. (Assuming they decide to use Black Knight).I imagine they'd summon Thales if they were gonna summon main villains from old FE games. Summoning Edelgard would be like summoning Camus or the Black Knight. Yes they take on an antagonistic role at times in their stories, but they also take on heroic roles as is needed. I think it ultimately will come down to how many rings are in the main story and how do you obtain them. For all we know the 12 they teased in the opening of the trailer are the only 12. My guess is the part of the dlc expansion will be adding more hero rings for fan favorite characters even if it's only those 12 in the base game.
Yeah that's kinda why I threw BK with Camus and Edelgard. If they are going to have "recruitable" rings I can see a scenario where their antagonist form are "corrupted" rings and their hero forms are after the good guys liberate them. I'm just not sure how confident I am that there will be recruitable rings.Well. To be fair. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Black Knight is used as a villain and his mask off is used as the “Hero”. (Assuming they decide to use Black Knight).
I believe we see that in the trailer actually when the Alear/Marth fusion is attackingRegarding the UI that shows 2 hits as separate instead of “x2”, FEH has some skills with damage reduction on the first hit, so we may get something similar here.
Yeah I agree. I'm a sucker for the deluxe edition of FE games but this one was a little too much. If it was 89.99 then I would've gotten it but in this economy I can't be too stupid lol. I am a sucker for steelbooks thoooooDivine edition looks a bit weak to me this time around? An extra £40 for a steelbook, postcards, poster and art book feels like a lot when the first 3 are often bundled into launch editions of various rpgs anyway.
I do love an art book, I’m just not sure it’s worth the extra £40 to me
Noice, got my on that one!Right now I'm playing Symphony of War. I'm about 10 chapters in and it's fun. The battle system is exciting tbh. The story is fine. Nothing mind blowing. Dialogue can be middle school level at times but again it's passable.
We finally get to know this guy's name: Clan. He's Flamme's twin brother. Second Tweet show off a pretty cool new magic crit. The little bit of map music we get to hear sounds nice, too. I'm really liking how the OST is sounding based off of these short samples we're hearing. Very distinct from 3H!
I honestly think it just feels like older Fire Emblem's. So I don't mind the route they are taking. Looking forward to the game
Finally...this will sound ridiculous since the game isn't out and no one has played it but for some reason I don't feel confident about the story? I knew from the leaks FE characters from past games will be summoned but I didn't realise it will be actually part of the story. I just don't know to be honest, it dosen't excite me much which is a shame.
At least we have a name of the continent which is immediately better than Fates in reagrds to world building?
I mean they're twins. They're suppose to look alike. Also agree to disagree, I personally like their designs.Am I strange in liking Pepsi and Colgate but hating the twins designs? I don't like how beige they are altogether
Am I strange in liking Pepsi and Colgate but hating the twins designs? I don't like how beige they are altogether
I agree that the voice acting sounds pretty meh in the trailer, but I also thought that about the VO in the Three Hopes trailers, yet it sounded just as good as Three Houses in-game, so it may just be out of context lines that sound weird in trailers but fine in game. I assume Nintendo is still using the same dubbing studio they've used for every modern FE game except Fates, (including Warriors 1 & 2 and Heroes) so I have faith that it'll be good.Funny how I haven't commented on this yet despite being a huge FE fan lol.
Artstyle is unfortunately not to my liking, specifically the female characters which is weird because I do like anime but something about them feels really off? Still, I'm getting used to it but it is a downgrade in my opinion compared to other FE games.
On the bright side, god damn, this game looks absolutely gorgeous and clean! In fact, I love that the game looks like/reminds me of 3ds FE atmosphere which I really miss.
Combat and animation looks spicy and crunchy and the UI is also really clean.
Soundtrack will obviously be a banger.
I also like that it seems to be 1 route only, no multiple routes which I think should be once in a while.
Now...from the first trailer, the English voice acting doesn't sound amazing to be put it lightly. The last several FE games had excellent VA and I'm hoping it's the same with this one but I'm not feeling confident about that.
Finally...this will sound ridiculous since the game isn't out and no one has played it but for some reason I don't feel confident about the story? I knew from the leaks FE characters from past games will be summoned but I didn't realise it will be actually part of the story. I just don't know to be honest, it dosen't excite me much which is a shame.
At least we have a name of the continent which is immediately better than Fates in reagrds to world building?
Still, since I'm such a FE sucker, this is a day 1 for me but safe to say I'm not that excited as I was to 3H.
At least FE4 Remake is on the way though
Like Drayden from Pokémon BW?I'd like the dude with the beard if the beard wouldn't look like a plastic piece glued to his face.
Seriously, the hair is okay, but they need to work on beards, they look strange.
Those are my exact feelings. I hate the art direction and the character design is very weak, but the actual quality of the animations and rendering is nicer in every way. I wish I could've had both though ahahahahI can understand if someone dislike the new art direction about characters, compared to Three Houses or even just because "too anime"...
but visually this game is ten times better than TH: transition are smoother, with little nice touches, animations are way smoother/richer and more fluid, flames/fire/lights/reflection effects on the armors/environments are nice
surely there is a change of tone, compared to TH, but GUST is at work, and they are doing a very nice job
To like, grossly over-generalize, the FE games can be sort of divided into two camps-- focused on the relationships between several nations, or focused on beating up a big bad dragon with a sword... Sometimes there's overlap, and many of the beat-up-a-big dragon games have great characters/stories.I mostly worried about the story. While it wasn't perfect, TH's story was a big step up from the previous games and with Engage it feels like it's going to good ol FE plot.
We finally get to know this guy's name: Clan. He's Flamme's twin brother. Second Tweet show off a pretty cool new magic crit. The little bit of map music we get to hear sounds nice, too. I'm really liking how the OST is sounding based off of these short samples we're hearing. Very distinct from 3H!
Good point. If we really do get FE4 Echoes next, we'll have a very dense, complicated plot. Maybe keeping it simple for this go around will be a wise choice in the bigger pictureI think I am somewhat ok if the story is very old school FE, you know save the kingdom and kill the dragon after 3H. While I loved 3H, I think this game could serve as a palate cleanser after the more darker and "grounded" (for a FE game) story. And if the next game is Geneology, yeah I am ok having a more light hearted story in between somewhat darker entries.
Granted, this is all based on a 3 minute trailer and some post info. No matter how light hearted a FE game looks, there will still be dark tones in the story.
This is a good point—execution is a very important part of writing and storytelling and can heavily affect the quality of said storytelling. Poor execution is something that I think Three Houses struggles a lot with. Having a dense, deep, dark, etc. story only means so much when it's incredibly lacking in execution. Even if Engage has simpler and less grounded writing and storytelling, it could still end up being really good if it's executed well, not to mention the much better presentation and production values this game has in comparison to 3H (although I guess you could also consider presentation and production values an aspect of story execution).I really don't care about having a classic story. The GBA games and even Echoes had a classic story but told in a very good way. Three Houses had a dense storyline but that is not the case for the majority of the other FE's games
Psst, Plot Twist.I also like that it seems to be 1 route only, no multiple routes which I think should be once in a while.
Well it was suppose to release around the 30th anniversary as a celebration title but covid happened so it makes sense to "summon heroes". Also outside of the 2 warrior games, recent endeavors, FE does not do spinoffs (TMS is technically a new IP), all games are mainline, even remakes.The "summoning past heroes" bit makes the game feel more like a spin-off than a mainline entry, and I worry it's going to take away from what should be the focus: the characters and how they relate to each other and the world they live in
Got the FE CE as well, right now I am waiting for XC3 which I think I will miss for sure XDI think it's evident how their approach is "sexier" than before (Awakening/Fates/Heroes)
but that's not necessarily a bad thing
btw I approached Atelier with Ryza, due to its looking (not because of Ryza herself, lol, but in terms of visual quality I was impressed by this small third party effort, actually looking SO GOOD on the Switch), so I'm actually really glad they went with Gust for a better-looking Fire Emblem
I'm pretty hyped, honestly. Already preordered the limited edition on the My Nintendo store (while waiting for the XB3 LE to be up..!)
I think it's supposed to be Cramme. Flamme and Cramme
Holy shit, for some reason I was thinking "I guess we'll have to wait for the February direct to see a new trailer" but no, the game comes out in January.I am looking forward to the inevitable "Fire Emblem Direct", probably in mid-Dec to really blow out what is going on. I'm going to guess that there will ultimately be around the same number of new characters (not counting past Lords) as Three Houses, if not more. Gotta feed that Heroes virtuous gacha cycle after all!
Also didn't get the greatest first impression on character designs but one thing from the trailer that partially assuages concerns is that it seems like this new entry will have a particular focus on providing a lot of different outfits/looks for the characters. So hopefully there will always be a look or three available to mitigate any potentially lame designs.
To be fair, the same could be said about Three Houses first trailer.Three Houses had the best character writing of any Fire Emblem released in English so far, and the tone set by that initial trailer isn't very promising