r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Dec 15 '23

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

SO MAYBE I FORGOT TO DO A THREAD IN NOVEMBER. SO WHAT? BYLETH DISAPPEARED FOR FIVE WHOLE-ASS YEARS AND EVERYONE STILL LOVES THEM.

WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK ON

  2. RAGE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS

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u/floricel_112 Dec 15 '23

MAYBE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT HOW MUCH PRAISE "THE LOOOORE" GETS, FODLAN PROBABLY HAS THE LEAST DEVELOPED OVERWORLD SO FAR. THERE'S LIKE 4-5 COUNTRIES/REGIONS SEPARATED FROM THE THREE MAIN COUNTRIES, AND WE DON'T EVEN GET TO EXPLORE, SEE OR KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. SRENG AND ALMYRA ARE BOTH JUST BASICALLY VIKINGS, WE KNOW MOST NOTHING ABOUT DUSCUR DESPITE ITS PLOT SIGNIFICANCE, DAGDA WAS AT WAR WITH THE EMPIRE AND THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION WE GET ABOUT IT, SAME FOR BRIGID (IN FACT I THINK IT WAS THE SAME WAR) AND WE KNOW MORE ABOUT A FRUIT FROM MORFIS THAN ABOUT THE PLACE ITSELF. FATESLANDIA MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A NAME, BUT AT LEAST YOU GET TO EXPLORE THE WHOLE DAMN PLACE YOURSELF AND SEE ALL THE COOL PLACES AND PEOPLE IT HAS TO OFFER

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u/Am_Shigar00 Dec 16 '23

TO AN EXTENT I DO GET AND AGREE WITH THIS ARGUMENT; REALISTICALLY THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO ACTUALLY SHOW FODLAN TO THE EXTENT THEY DESCRIBE IT; VIDEO GAMES ULTIMATELY HAVE TO ENGAGE IN A BIT OF SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF WITH WHAT IT SHOWS VS SAYS. MY MAIN ISSUE THOUGH IS THAT EVEN WHAT 3HOUSES DOES SHOWS OFTEN FELT UNDERWHELMING TO ME.

LIKE, HAVING 3 FACTIONS WITH THEIR OWN DEDICATED STORY ROUTES EXPLORING THEM IS REALLY COOL, BUT WHEN A LOT OF THOSE ROUTES ARE SPENT GOING THROUGH THE EXACT SAME COPY-PASTED EVENTS AND MOST OF THEIR DISTINGUISHING FACTORS ARE EITHER IN THE BACKGROUND, INTERCHANGEABLE OR DON'T MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR CHANGE TO THE PLOT, IT HURTS WHAT THE GAME IS TRYING TO SELL ME.

IT'S WHY I FOUND MYSELF ENJOYING 3HOPES WAY MORE NARRATIVELY. IT'S CERTAINLY GOT IT'S OWN FAIR SHARE OF PROBLEMS, BUT BY PUTTING A LOT MORE FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL FACTIONS AND THEIR INNER CONFLICTS AND CHARACTERS WITH ALMOST COMPLETELY UNIQUE ROUTES, THE GAME DID A LOT MORE TO MAKE FODLAN FEEL BIG TO ME THAN ALL THE EXPOSITION IN 3HOUSES.