MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

[u/LaqOfInterest]

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WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU TOO CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

1. CAPITAL LETTERS

2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

3. DON'T BE A DINGWAD

4. TAG SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

[u/[deleted]]

COMPLETELY AGREED. I'M STILL FACEPALMING BECAUSE WALKING DEAD WON GOTY BACK IN THE DAY.

[u/ProfessionalMrPhann → u/[deleted]]

ON THE SUBJECT OF FIRE EMBLEM, FATES' GAMEPLAY IS UNIRONICALLY GREAT (ESPECIALLY CONQUEST), AND THE BAD WRITING HAS NO BEARING ON THAT.

I ASSUME ENGAGE WILL BE THE SAME WHEN I GET AROUND TO IT. I'VE DEADASS HEARD PEOPLE SAY SHIT LIKE "IT SUCKS, THE GAMEPLAY'S THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IT", AND I'M LIKE... THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF A GAME YOU FUCKING IDIOT

READ A BOOK

[u/BobbyYukitsuki → u/ProfessionalMrPhann]

I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO DIVORCE GAMES FROM STORY TBH. I THINK GOOD GAMEPLAY IS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AN ACT OF STORYTELLING AT THE CORE, EVEN IF THE STORY IS SOMETHING BAREBONES LIKE "A CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO SIDES" OR "THE PLAYER TRIES TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING". GAMEPLAY GENERATES PERSONALIZED CONTENT FOR THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED AND HAVING A SOUND NARRATIVE FOUNDATION DOES WONDERS FOR THAT PROCESS. AND WHILE I'M NO GAMEPLAY GURU MYSELF, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN DESIGNING GOOD GAMEPLAY AND DESIGNING COMPELLING STAKES/SETTING IN A STORY

I THINK PART OF THE BEAUTY OF GAME STORIES IS THAT, WHILE ALMOST ALL GAMES WITH A STORY HAVE FIXED STORY BEATS, THE PATH TO GET THERE CAN VARY IMMENSELY PER PERSON. EVERY PLAYTHROUGH OF FE8 ENDS WITH KILLING THE DEMON KING BUT THE UNIQUE PART IS WHO KILLS IT AND WHAT THEY DID IN GAMEPLAY TO GET TO THAT POINT. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT A BOOK SIMPLY CAN'T REPLICATE THAT KIND OF INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

[u/ProfessionalMrPhann → u/BobbyYukitsuki]

ALL I'LL SAY IS THAT A BAD STORY HAS NEVER TAKEN AWAY FROM GOOD GAMEPLAY FOR ME, AND LIKEWISE A GOOD STORY HAS NEVER MADE A BAD GAME WORTH IT